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LOUIS GEORGE is a German watch brand based at Berlin, Germany. For the article about the watchmaker click here. The brand name refers to the Berlin master watchmaker Louis George who became the 'watchmaker to King' Frederick the Great of Prussia on 26 December 1769. Louis George provided clocks, watches and instruments to 3 generations of kings of Prussia and other sovereigns all over Europe including France. He had business relations to Swiss watchmakers like Pierre Jaquet-Droz and Jean-Frederick Leschot. At the end of the 18th century Berlin was considered a watch making hub - mostly for organ or flute clocks with complicated music works attached released by the clock movement itself. The Louis George workshops of the Baroque era produced further more odometer or watches with complications, i.e. dead seconds watches with Pouzait escapement and early chronometer. The brand was re-established in 2009 at Berlin, Germany. File:Louis_George_Konsolenuhr_console_clock.jpg | Royal console clock of the late Baroque era, made at the Berlin workshops of Louis George for the king of France File:LOUIS_GEORGE_montre_de_poche.jpg | Louis George pocket watch, approx. 1810, photo by Dr.Ilk, Munich File:LOUIS_GEORGE_Réf.8945_(68-1).jpg | Modern LOUIS GEORGE Réf.8945 wrist watch in 18 carats gold File:Louis_George_Uhrwerk 2.jpg | Ennobled watch movement of the Réf.8945 ==Modern Watch Models== Modern LOUIS GEORGE watches are made from precious metals only. Nearly all the applied crafts and techniques are more or less can be called antique techniques - like fire enameling, original guilloche engraving or manual master engraving, manual gem setting. A group of several specialists provides the necessary services. Some models will be limited to 25 watches only. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Louis George (watches)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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