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Piguet Philippe
Piguet is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Amedée Piguet, Swiss wrestler * Charles Piguet (1859–1918), Swiss tutor * Gabriel Piguet (1887–1952), Roman Catholic bishop * Robert Piguet Robert Piguet (1898 – 1953) was a Swiss-born, Paris-based fashion designer who is mainly remembered for training Christian Dior and Hubert de Givenchy. The Piguet fashion house ran from 1933 to 1951; since then, the brand Robert Piguet has bee ... (1898–1953), Swiss fashion designer See also * Audemars Piguet, company {{surname French-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amedée Piguet
Amedée Piguet (24 May 1904 – 31 December 1990) was a Swiss amateur wrestling, wrestler. He competed in the Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle bantamweight, men's freestyle bantamweight at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He was born on 24 May 1904 in Langendorf, Switzerland, Langendorf and died 31 December 1990 in Solothurn. A watchmaker by profession, he lived all his life in Lommiswil, with his wife Lea Flury and had two children. References External links * 1904 births 1990 deaths Swiss male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Switzerland Wrestlers at the 1928 Summer Olympics {{Switzerland-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Piguet
Charles E. Piguet (17 April 1859 – 24 September 1918) was a Swiss tutor. He tutored the sons of Nicholas I of Montenegro and served as the honorary consul of the Kingdom of Montenegro in Switzerland until 1918. Life Piguet was born in Geneva in 1859. He studied medicine. From 1881 to 1901, Piguet lived in the Montenegrin capital of Cetinje. Here, he tutored the sons of Nicholas I of Montenegro, Princes Danilo, Mirko and Peter. In 1916, Montenegro established a consular mission in Geneva, and Piguet was considered for the position of honorary consul. He held the position until his death, after which it became vacant. He was the sole consul of Montenegro in Switzerland, since the kingdom was absorbed into the new Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes shortly after his death. Piguet also worked as a translator and translated ''Gordana'' by the Serbian writer Laza Kostić into French. Honors In 1893, Piguet became an Officer of the French Legion of Honour. He wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Piguet
Gabriel Piguet (born 24 Feb 1887 at Mâcon, died 3 July 1952 at Clermont-Ferrand) was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Clermont-Ferrand, France. Involved in Catholic resistance to Nazism, he was imprisoned in the Priest Barracks of Dachau Concentration Camp in 1944. He has been honoured as a Righteous Gentile by Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust Memorial. During the Second World War, Piguet allowed Jewish children to be hidden from the Nazis at the Saint Marguerite Catholic boarding school in Clermont-Ferrand. He was arrested by German police in his Cathedral on 28 May 1944 for the crime of giving aid to a priest wanted by the Gestapo. Imprisoned first in Clermont-Ferrand, he was deported to Dachau Concentration Camp in September. At Dachau, Piguet presided over the secret ordination of Blessed Karl Leisner, who died soon after the liberation of the camp. He survived his imprisonment, though physically diminished - he had lost 35 kg. He died seven years later.Martin Gilbert; T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Piguet
Robert Piguet (1898 – 1953) was a Swiss-born, Paris-based fashion designer who is mainly remembered for training Christian Dior and Hubert de Givenchy. The Piguet fashion house ran from 1933 to 1951; since then, the brand Robert Piguet has been associated exclusively with fragrances. Early life and education Piguet was born in Yverdon-les-Bains in Switzerland, in 1898, according to the Swiss Fashion Museum, the Musée suisse de la Mode, which holds his archives, although many other sources give an alternative birth year of 1901. In ''Paris Couturiers and Milliners'', published in 1949, Piguet is said to have been 17 in 1918. Death Piguet died at Lausanne, Switzerland, on 22 February 1953. Career The young Piguet originally trained to be a banker, like his father, but preferred fashion design, much to his father's disapproval. In late 1918, just after the end of World War I, he decided to go to Paris to pursue his vocation. Initially, Piguet began working with Paul Poiret, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audemars Piguet
Audemars Piguet Holding SA () is a Swiss manufacturer of luxury watches and clocks, headquartered in Le Brassus, Switzerland. The company was founded by Jules Louis Audemars and Edward Auguste Piguet in the Vallée de Joux in 1875, acquiring the name ''Audemars Piguet & Cie'' in 1881. The company has been family-owned since its founding. The company is best known for introducing the Royal Oak wristwatch in 1972, which helped the brand rise to prominence within the watchmaking industry. One of its earlier achievements was creating the first minute-repeating movement in 1892. The company developed the first skeleton watch in 1934 and has manufactured some of the thinnest watches, such as the 1986 ultra-thin automatic tourbillon wristwatch (Calibre 2870). History Early history Jules Louis Audemars and Edward Auguste Piguet knew each other in their childhood but were not reconnected until 1874, when they were in their early twenties. In 1875, they formed partnership with Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
