Ferdinand Berthoud

Ferdinand Berthoud
Born18 March 1727
Plancemont-sur-Couvet
Died20 June 1807
Groslay, Val-d'Oise
Occupation(s)watchmaker, scientist, Horologist-Mechanic by appointment to the King and the Navy

Ferdinand Berthoud (French pronunciation: [fɛʁdinɑ̃ bɛʁtu]; born 18 March 1727, in Plancemont-sur-Couvet, Principality of Neuchâtel; died 20 June 1807, in Groslay, Val d'Oise), was a scientist and watchmaker. He became master watchmaker in Paris in 1753. Berthoud, who held the position of Horologist-Mechanic by appointment to the King and the Navy, left behind him an exceptionally broad body of work, in particular in the field of marine chronometers.

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