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“That confounded Breguet will insist on doing better!” Talleyrand declared. A family tradition tells how the assembled company at a reception hosted by Talleyrand looked on in shocked silence as Abraham-Louis Breguet threw his watch to the floor to demonstrate his “pare-chute” shock-absorbing system. The watch was then passed among guests who were stupefied to see that it was still in excellent working order.