Jehan-Jacques Blancpain (born 1693) was a Swiss
industrialist
A business magnate, also known as a tycoon, is a person who has achieved immense wealth through the ownership of multiple lines of enterprise. The term characteristically refers to a powerful entrepreneur or investor who controls, through perso ...
at the beginning of the eighteenth century. Blancpain is a notable figure in the history of
watchmaking
A watchmaker is an artisan who makes and repairs watches. Since a majority of watches are now factory-made, most modern watchmakers only repair watches. However, originally they were master craftsmen who built watches, including all their par ...
, who created the
Blancpain company in 1735, in the town of
Villeret, of which he was mayor.
References
Swiss watchmakers (people)
1693 births
Year of death missing
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