On the 20 Swiss francs banknote, the portrait of an 18 century watchmaker was printed, whose name is Abraham-Louis Perrelet. Switzerland the Watch Kingdom, paid tribute to Perrele by this way in order to show people`s respects for him, and especially for his watches.

Why Perrelet was so admired by the Swiss? Let`s just take a look at the history of this ancient man and his watches.

During the mid-18th century, the Swiss watchmaking industry was totally not what it is now. There even existed no proper tools for some of the important parts of a watch. For realizing his ideal watches, Perrelet focused his efforts on the tools. And he was the first that made the spool, calendar, the average time and the crab claw wheel, and completed a watch all by himself.

Perrelet, as one of the world top luxury watch brands, and regarded as the inventor of the automatic watch by almost all the watch-makers, appeared again under the spotlights and immediately gain the love of the public in 1995. Its automatic pendulum swings as a fan and gains great gravity. Then it can conveniently provide perpetual power for a watch. Just then, this Movement achieved the honor of “Year best Movement” at that time.