History tells us that the first skeleton watch was created by André-Charles Caron in the 1760s. Born in 1698, Caron was a master clockmaker who worked at the court of King Louis XV of France. He was son of a watchmaker and later in life became father-in-law of another famous French clockmaker, Jean-Antoine Lepine, whose contribution to horology, which p…
The horological elegance of skeleton watches
Not just time-telling devices, but miniature works of art, skeleton watches blend together mechanical complexity with architectural elegance.
