 Soon afterwards, he was asked by King Louis XV to create a watch mounted on a ring for his mistress Madame de Pompadour.Louis was so impressed by the result that he named Beaumarchais "Purveyor to the King", and the Caron family business became prosperous.In 1755 Beaumarchais met Madeleine-Catherine Aubertin, a widow, and married her the following year.