Baselworld Louis Moinet inventor of first chonograph watch

Louis Moinet unveils new chonographs inspired by first man in the space, Russian astronomer Aleksej Lenov, in presence of his daughter and brand ambassador . At press conference in 2012 however that’s exactly what Jean-Marie Schaller informed the watch community would be happening. Thanks to the sale of a seemingly unremarkable watch at auction an extremely remarkable discovery had been made; Nicolas Rieussec did not invent the chronograph as had previously been thought, Louis Moinet did, all the way back in 1816.