in 1784 he organized his own production in dubrovno. peasants were engaged in watchmaking, among them more thirty specialists. at that time, at the local manufactory, belarusian craftsmen were able to produce up to ten mechanisms per month. the products, by the way, were in great demand among rich people from russia and europe. after all, those were the times. ordinary watches were considered an incredible luxury that not everyone could afford. it turns out that the first watch factory appeared in 1769 in st. petersburg, then in moscow. before this, the production of chronometers was carried out by single artisans, so it is a mistaken opinion that the dubrovinsk watchmaking the factory is a pioneer in watchmaking in russia. the clocks from dubrovna are real works of art, they were supplied to the imperial court, and some examples are said to be kept in the funds of the hermitage. unfortunately, the factory, which at one time was very profitable, stopped working a few years after the death of the investor, grigory potemkin, who was given