====== 1844 ======

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  *  [[Patek, Antoine Norbert de|Antoine Norbert count de Patek]] meets the talented French watchmaker [[Philippe, Jean-Adrien|Jean-Adrien Philippe]] at the Paris World Exposition 1844 and elects him as his new partner. From their collaboration emerges the prestigious watch [[manufacture]] [[Patek Philippe]]. 
  *  [[Philippe, Jean-Adrien|Jean-Adrien Philippe]] receives a gold medal at the Paris World Exhibition of 1844 for the [[crown winding]] which he had developed in [[1842]]. 
  *  [[LeCoultre, Charles Antoine|Charles Antoine LeCoultre]] invents the Millionometer, with which the first measurement of mechanical components with a precision of one thousandth of a millimeter becomes possible.
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