Ferdinand Berthoud

Ferdinand Berthoud
Ferdinand Berthoud
Born	19 March 1727 Neuchâtel
Died	20 June 1807 Montmorency
Citizenship	Swiss

Ferdinand Berthoud (19 March 1727 – 20 June 1807), Swiss chronometer-maker, was born at Plancemont, Neuchâtel.

Carreer

Settling in Paris in 1745, he gained a great reputation for the excellence and accuracy of his marine chronometers. He succeeded the pioneering work of Henry Sully.^[1] He was a member of the Institute and a fellow of the Royal Society of London, and among other works wrote Essai sur l'horlogerie (1763). He died in 1807 at Montmorency, Seine et Oise. He was succeeded in business by his nephew, Louis Berthoud (1759–1813).

He contributed to the development of the chronometer, together with Pierre Le Roy.^[2]

Main clocks

Berthoud marine clock no.2, with motor spring and double pendulum wheel, 1763.

Berthoud marine clock no.3 1763.

Berthoud chronometer no.24 (1782).

Gilt-bronze mantel clock, dial signed Ferdinand Berthoud (Château de Compiègne).

Works

• Histoire de la mesure du temps par les horloges 1 [3]
• Histoire de la mesure du temps par les horloges 2 [4]

Notes

References

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

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