====== 1791 ======

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  *  The talented 19-year-old [[Geneva]] watchmaker [[Bautte, Jean-Francois|Jean-Francois Bautte]] begins to sign his first watches. The company Bautte merges with the [[manufacture]] [[Girard-Perregaux]] in [[1906]], and this from then on counts the year 1791 as the beginning of its own company history.
<- [[1790]] | [[1792]] ->
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