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Perfectionnements apportés à la construction de mouvements de montres de toutes dimensions
November 15, 1888
The very first Swiss patent was awarded to La Chaux-de-Fonds watch regulator and inventor Paul Perret, who arrived at the patent office the night before opening to be first in line on November 15, 1888.
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