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Peter Henlein+Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (Germany) · Early sixteenth centuryPeter HenleinLocksmithing and early portable spring-driven timepiecesc. 1485 – 1542Huygens first pendulum clockThe Hague, Dutch Republic · Mid-to-late seventeenth centuryChristiaan HuygensMathematics, astronomy, and the theory of pendulum and balance-spring regulation1629 – 1695Thomas Tompion00London, England · Late seventeenth to early eighteenth centuryThomas TompionPrecision clocks and watches; workshop organisation1639 – 1713Portret van George Graham, RP-P-1909-1250London, England · Early-to-mid eighteenth centuryGeorge GrahamPrecision escapements, astronomical and scientific instruments1673 – 1751John Harrison UhrmacherBarrow-upon-Humber; later London, England · Eighteenth centuryJohn HarrisonMarine chronometers and the longitude problem1693 – 1776Marine chronometer no. 7 by Howells & Pennington for Thomas Mudge Junior, London, 1795 - Clockmakers' Museum - London, UK - DSC05417London, England · Eighteenth centuryThomas MudgeLever escapement and precision watchmaking1717 – 1794John ArnoldLondon, England · Late eighteenth centuryJohn ArnoldMarine chronometers and precision escapements1736 – 1799Breguet Paris Closed Face Pocket Watch – 1870sParis, Switzerland (Neuchâtel), active in France · Late eighteenth to early nineteenth centuryAbraham-Louis BreguetPrecision watchmaking, complications, and horological design1747 – 1823Abraham-Louis PerreletLe Locle, Switzerland · Late eighteenth centuryAbraham-Louis PerreletSelf-winding mechanisms and Jura watchmaking1729 – 1826Jean-Antoine LépineParis, France · Late eighteenth centuryJean-Antoine LépineThin watch movement architecture1720 – 1814Ferdinand Berthoud - UhrmacherParis, Switzerland (Neuchâtel), active in France · Eighteenth centuryFerdinand BerthoudMarine chronometers and horological writing1727 – 1807Pierre Le Roy chronometer 1766Paris, France · Eighteenth centuryPierre Le RoyMarine chronometer escapements1717 – 1785Antide JanvierParis (born in the Jura, at Saint-Claude), France · Late eighteenth to early nineteenth centuryAntide JanvierAstronomical clocks and planetary mechanisms1751 – 1835Edward John Dent ClockmakerLondon, England · Nineteenth centuryEdward John DentChronometers and precision clocks, including 'Big Ben'1790 – 1853Charles FrodshamLondon, England · Nineteenth centuryCharles FrodshamMarine chronometers and precision escapements1810 – 1871Signed Albert H. Potter & Co., Geneva dial — watch No. 20, circa 1875; exterior detail, not a portrait or movement viewGeneva, United States, active in Switzerland · Late nineteenth centuryAlbert PotterHigh-grade complicated watches and escapements1836 – 1908Gold Hunter by Nicole Nielsen – 1858London, Switzerland, active in England · Nineteenth centuryAdolphe NicoleChronograph mechanisms1809 – 1876Leschot TiefbohrerGeneva, Switzerland · Nineteenth centuryGeorges-Auguste LeschotInterchangeable-parts machine tools for watchmaking1800 – 1884Dennison, Aaron Lufkin, PortraitBoston; later Birmingham, England, United States, later England · Mid-to-late nineteenth centuryAaron Lufkin DennisonIndustrialised, interchangeable-parts watch manufacturing1812 – 1895Webster Clay Ball ClockmakerCleveland, Ohio, United States · Late nineteenth to early twentieth centuryWebster Clay BallRailroad watch standards and retailing1847 – 1922A. Lange & Sohne. Rose Gold Pocket Watch – 1920Glashütte, Germany (Saxony) · Mid-nineteenth centuryFerdinand Adolph LangeFounding the German precision watchmaking industry1815 – 1875Ditisheim PaulLa Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland · Late nineteenth to early twentieth centuryPaul DitisheimChronometry and precision timing competitions1868 – 1945George Daniels Grand Complication watchLondon; later Isle of Man, England (Isle of Man) · Twentieth centuryGeorge DanielsIndependent watchmaking and the co-axial escapement1926 – 2011Thomas EarnshawLondon, England · Late eighteenth to early nineteenth centuryThomas EarnshawSpring detent chronometer escapement and standardised chronometer production1749 – 1829Josiah Emery, London lever watch — signed enamel dial, gold case hallmarked 1792–93; Science Museum Group L2015-3366London, Switzerland (Vaud), active in England · Late eighteenth centuryJosiah EmeryEarly refinement and production of the detached lever escapementc. 1725 – 1797Julien le roy in cassa di antoine foullet, orologio da mensola, xviii secoloParis, France · Early-to-mid eighteenth centuryJulien Le RoyRoyal clockmaking and refinement of the verge escapement1686 – 1759Clock of the Vestals Carrying the Sacred Fire, case by Pierre-Philippe Thomire, clock by Robert Robin, 1789 - Corcoran Gallery of Art - DSC01288Paris, France · Late eighteenth centuryRobert RobinRoyal clockmaking and precision pendulum clocks1741 – 1799Kunstkammer-Bürgi-Globusuhr DSC9135Kassel; later Prague, Switzerland (Toggenburg), active in Hesse-Kassel and Prague · Late sixteenth to early seventeenth centuryJost BürgiPrecision astronomical clocks, the remontoire, and mathematical instrument making1552 – 1632Howard Boston Serie 0Roxbury, Massachusetts, United States · Mid-to-late nineteenth centuryEdward HowardIndustrialised watch and precision clock manufacturing1813 – 1904Kintarō HattoriTokyo, Japan · Late nineteenth to early twentieth centuryKintaro HattoriFounding Japanese Western-style clock and watch manufacturing1860 – 1934Jules-Louis Audemars (1851-1918)Le Brassus (Vallée de Joux), Switzerland · Late nineteenth to early twentieth centuryJules-Louis AudemarsHigh-complication watch movement construction1851 – 1918Charles Piguet and Prince Peter of Montenegro sittingLe Brassus (Vallée de Joux), Switzerland · Late nineteenth to early twentieth centuryEdward-Auguste PiguetRegulation, adjustment and commercial direction of complicated watch production1853 – 1919Adrien Philippe — historical portrait reproduced in SJX's keyless-works historyGeneva, France, active in Switzerland · Nineteenth centuryJean Adrien PhilippeKeyless winding and hand-setting mechanisms1815 – 1894Joan Jeanrenaud (cropped)Le Locle, Switzerland · Nineteenth centuryJean Adrien JeanrenaudÉtablissage component supply within the Jura cottage-industry systemDates not reliably established in sources consulted (active nineteenth century)Chronograph invented by Nicolas Rieussec, 1821Paris, France · Early nineteenth centuryNicolas-Mathieu RieussecTiming instruments for horse racing; the chronograph1781 – 1866Observatoire de Paris : Pendule directrice Winnerl (titre original)Paris, Austria, active in France · Nineteenth centuryJoseph Thaddäus WinnerlChronograph and split-seconds complications1799 – 1886William James Frodsham (BM Heal,Portraits.218)London, England · Late eighteenth to mid-nineteenth centuryWilliam James FrodshamChronometer-making family firm traditionc. 1778 – 1850Ed Banger RecordsLondon, England · Late seventeenth to early eighteenth centuryEdward BangerPrecision watch and clock production in partnership with Thomas TompionDates not reliably established in sources consulted (active c. 1695 – c. 1720s)Eugène Ketterer 1864Schönwald, Germany (Black Forest) · Eighteenth century (traditional attribution)Franz Anton KettererBlack Forest wooden-movement clockmaking; traditional attribution of the cuckoo clockDates not reliably established in sources consulted (traditionally active c. 1730s)Whitehurst John by Wright of DerbyDerby, England · Eighteenth centuryJohn WhitehurstProvincial scientific clockmaking and instrument-making1713 – 1788Vacheron Constantin 18ct Yellow Gold Dress Pocket Watch – C1920sGeneva, Switzerland · Eighteenth centuryJean-Marc VacheronFounding Geneva watchmaking workshop production1731 – 1805Blankenhain Christian-Speck-Straße 7 Wohnhaus "Villa Fasoldt"Albany, New York, Germany, active in the United States · Nineteenth centuryCharles FasoldtPrecision detached-lever and chronometer watch manufacture1819 – 1898Watch of engraved and pierced silver, signed 'Jose(ph) Knibb, London', London, 1670-5. Watch of engraved and pierced silver, signed 'Jose(ph) Knibb, London'.  Engraved and pierced silver.Oxford, later London, England · Late seventeenth centuryJoseph KnibbDomestic longcase and bracket clocks, early precision pendulum clockmakingc. 1640 – 1711Longcase clock by Daniel Quare, London, c. 1705 - Clockmakers' Museum - London, UK - DSC05379London, England · Late seventeenth to early eighteenth centuryDaniel QuareRepeating watches and clocks, barometers1649 – 1724Horloge de Paul Garnier à la gare d'El AchirParis, France · Nineteenth centuryPaul GarnierChronometers and precision pocket watches, escapement design1801 – 1869SternbrocotParis, France · Nineteenth centuryAchille BrocotClock escapements and mass-producible French mantel clock movements1817 – 1878An eight-day long case regulator clock by Kullberg, numbered 7473, 1905London, Sweden, active in England · Nineteenth centuryVictor KullbergMarine chronometers1824 – 1890Map of Mercer, Mercer County, Pennsylvania HighlightedSt Albans, England · Nineteenth centuryThomas MercerMarine chronometers1822 – 1900Pendule Riefler 279 en caisse, 1910Munich, Germany · Late nineteenth to early twentieth centurySigmund RieflerPrecision regulator clocks for scientific and observatory use1847 – 1912alarm clock Junghans, 1925Schramberg, Germany · Mid-nineteenth centuryErhard JunghansIndustrial-scale clock manufacturing1823 – 1870Gustav Becker clock in UM Poznan (2)Freiburg in Schlesien (now Świebodzice, Poland), Germany (Silesia) · Nineteenth centuryGustav BeckerIndustrial-scale regulator and wall clock manufacturing1819 – 1885Machines agricoles Japy frèresBeaucourt, France (Franche-Comté) · Late eighteenth to nineteenth centuryJapy Frères (Frédéric Japy)Industrial-scale machine manufacture of clock and watch component parts (ébauches)Frédéric Japy, 1749 – 1812; firm active from 1777Silver watch signed 'Ellicott, London, 4859', the movement with cylinder escapement, with London hallmarks for 1761-2, the inner case by 'GB', the pair case later. Silver watch signed 'Ellicott, London, 4859', the movement with cylinder escapement, with London hallmarks for 1761-2, the inner case by 'GB', the pair case later.  Silver.London, England · Eighteenth centuryJohn EllicottCompensation pendulums, precision clocks, and scientific instruments1706 – 1772Clock by Vulliamy London - Sir John Soane's Museum - DSC00017London, England (of Swiss descent) · Late eighteenth to early nineteenth centuryBenjamin VulliamyRoyal and decorative precision clockmaking1747 – 1811Deacon cruisemissilemodelBarton-in-the-Beans, Leicestershire, England · Late eighteenth to early nineteenth centurySamuel DeaconProvincial longcase and turret clockmaking1746 – 1816In the centre of Wyke - geograph.org.uk - 1992495Prescot, Lancashire; later Liverpool, England · Mid-to-late eighteenth centuryJohn WykeWatch tool making and movement/component supply to the tradec. 1720 – 1787Thomas Reid's 1791 precision regulator — dial and presentation inscription photographed at its 2010 handover; not a portraitEdinburgh, Scotland · Late eighteenth to early nineteenth centuryThomas ReidPrecision clockmaking and horological instruction1746 – 1831Crosthwaite House - geograph.org.uk - 73845Dublin, Ireland · Late eighteenth to early nineteenth centuryJohn CrosthwaitePrecision clocks, astronomical instruments and watches1745 – 1829Beha shelf cuckoo clock model 509Eisenbach, Black Forest, Germany (Grand Duchy of Baden) · Mid-to-late nineteenth centuryJohann Baptist BehaBlack Forest cuckoo clock design and manufacture1815 – 1898WomanFactory1940sMoscow, Soviet Union / Russia · Twentieth centuryFirst Moscow Watch Factory (Poljot)State-scale mechanical wristwatch and chronograph manufactureFounded 1930 – (Poljot brand discontinued; successor entities active)Luzon Sukezaemon(bronze statue)Kyoto; later Nagoya (Owari domain), Japan · Early seventeenth centuryTsuda SukezaemonEarly Japanese mechanical clockmaking (wadokei)Traditionally c. 1560s – 1636 or 1638 (exact dates disputed)Zech's clock, 1525Prague, Bohemia (Kingdom of Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire) · Early sixteenth centuryJakob ZechEarly spring-driven clockwork and astronomical table clocksActive c. 1520s (exact lifespan not established in sources consulted here)Pendule klok van Salomon Coster (1657)The Hague, Dutch Republic · Mid-seventeenth centurySalomon CosterPendulum clock constructiond. 1659 (birth year not established in sources consulted here)Urmager Louis Urban Jürgensen 1866Copenhagen, Denmark · Late eighteenth to early nineteenth centuryUrban JürgensenMarine chronometers and precision watches1776 – 1830Alberto Losada - Vuelta 2008León (birth); London (workshop), Spain (working in England) · Nineteenth centuryJosé Rodríguez de LosadaChronometers and watches for the Spanish and Latin American markets1797 – 1870Orologio ad acqua di padre Embriaco a palazzo BerardiCeriana (birth); Rome (workshop), Italy · Nineteenth centuryGiovanni Battista EmbriacoWater-powered clocks (hydrochronometers) and constant-force escapements1829 – 1903Mairet Jean deLe Locle, Switzerland · Nineteenth centurySylvain MairetPrecision watches and chronometry1805 – 1890Guillaume Lo-A-Njoe, 2008Sèvres and Neuchâtel, Switzerland · Late nineteenth to early twentieth centuryCharles Édouard GuillaumeMetallurgy of nickel-steel alloys1861 – 1938PellatonSchaffhausen, Switzerland · Mid twentieth centuryAlbert PellatonAutomatic winding mechanisms1898 – 1966Derek Pratt in his workshop in SwitzerlandSt-Blaise, United Kingdom and Switzerland · Late twentieth to early twenty-first centuryDerek PrattComplicated watchmaking and reconstruction1938 – 2009Léon DufourLe Solliat, Vallée de Joux, Switzerland · Late twentieth to early twenty-first centuryPhilippe DufourHand finishing and complicated watchesborn 1948FP-Journe-IMG 0341Geneva, Switzerland · Late twentieth to early twenty-first centuryFrançois-Paul JourneChronometry and complicated watchesborn 1957Laura Voutilainen Vihreillä NiityilläMôtiers, Finland and Switzerland · Late twentieth to early twenty-first centuryKari VoutilainenHand finishing, restoration and complicated watchesborn 19622008 series 2 open dial by Roger W SmithIsle of Man, United Kingdom · Late twentieth to early twenty-first centuryRoger W. SmithHand watchmaking and coaxial escapement developmentborn 1970John Harrison tombstoneLondon, United Kingdom · Eighteenth centuryWilliam HarrisonSea trials and advocacy of marine timekeepers1728 – 1815Massey West Don Buck Road Triangle RoadNewcastle-under-Lyme and London, United Kingdom · Early nineteenth centuryEdward MasseyLever escapement variants and ship's logs1768 – 1852Jens Olsens frontCopenhagen, Denmark · Late nineteenth to mid twentieth centuryJens OlsenAstronomical clock construction1872 – 1945Elektrische Uhr M. Hipp Nr. 2993Reutlingen and Neuchâtel, Germany and Switzerland · Nineteenth centuryMatthäus HippElectric clocks and impulse mechanisms1813 – 1893Shortt master and slave clock system No 16London, United Kingdom · Early to mid twentieth centuryWilliam Hamilton ShorttFree-pendulum precision clocks1881 – 1971Grossmann karl moritzGlashütte, Germany · Nineteenth centuryMoritz GrossmannPrecision watchmaking, teaching and horological writing1826 – 1885Nakamura Torino2006Tokyo, Japan · Mid to late twentieth centuryTsuneya NakamuraQuartz wristwatch development1920 – 2015Pierre-Jules HetzelBienne, Switzerland · Mid twentieth centuryMax HetzelElectronic tuning-fork timekeeping1921 – 2004Silver and brass watch engraved with the Annunciation and the Nativity, movement by David Ramsay, London, about 1615. Silver & gilt brass watch. Engraved with the Annunciation and the Nativity.  Silver and brass, partially gilded, engraved.London, England · Early 17th centuryDavid RamsayClockmakingc. 1590 – 1653Spring clock by Fromanteel or Fromanteel & Clarke, Amsterdam, c. 1695, oak case veneered in tortoiseshell, brass and gilt brass - Clockmakers' Museum - London, UK - DSC05438London, England · 17th centuryJohn FromanteelClockmakingc. 1638 – 1692Spring clock by Fromanteel or Fromanteel & Clarke, Amsterdam, c. 1695, oak case veneered in tortoiseshell, brass and gilt brass - Clockmakers' Museum - London, UK - DSC05438London, England · 17th centuryAhasuerus FromanteelClockmakingc. 1607 – 1693Edward East winged lantern clockLondon, England · 17th centuryEdward EastWatch and clockmakingc. 1602 – 1696Watson Saskatchewan Main StreetLondon, England · 17th centurySamuel WatsonAstronomical clocksfl. c. 1635 – c. 1710Illustrations de Description abrégée d'une horloge d'une nouvelle invention] / [Non identifié] ; Henry Sully, aut. de texte, 1726Paris, France/England · 18th centuryHenry SullyMarine timekeeping1680 – 1729Jaquet-Droz-img 0322La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland · 18th centuryJean-Pierre DrozMedals, coinage and minting machinery1746 – 1823Jaquet-Droz-img 0322La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland · 18th centuryHenri-Louis Jaquet-DrozAutomata1752 – 1791Leschot TiefbohrerLa Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland · 18th centuryJean-Frédéric LeschotAutomata1747 – 1824Frederic-japyBeaucourt, France · 18th centuryFrédéric JapyClock movement manufacturing1749 – 1812Father Perrelet, the French WatchmakerNeuchâtel, Switzerland · 19th centuryLouis-Frédéric PerreletClockmaking1781 – 1854Pendule Louis Moinet quasi identique à celle que Thomas Jefferson possédaitParis, France · 19th centuryLouis MoinetWatchmaking and astronomy1768 – 1853Antoine-Louis Breguet (1776-1858)Paris, France · 19th centuryAntoine-Louis BreguetWatchmaking1776 – 1858Musée des arts et métiers - manipulateur morse - Louis BreguetParis, France · 19th centuryLouis-Clément BreguetWatchmaking and telegraphy1804 – 18838TH Collin BalesterParis, France · 19th centuryArmand-François CollinTurret clocks1822 – 1895Jean-André Lepaute - Urn Clock - Walters 58248Paris, France · 18th centuryJean-André LepauteClocks1720 – 1789Lepaute. Jean André watch-wikiParis, France · 18th/19th centuryPierre-Basile LepauteClocks1750 – 1843Jean Baptiste LepauteParis, France · 18th centuryJean-Baptiste LepauteClocks1727 – 1802Pendulum watch after Rivaz, dial, engraving 1765St. Maurice, Switzerland · 18th centuryPierre de RivazEscapements1711 – 1772Abraham-Gagnebin-1707-1800La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland · 19th centuryJean-Moïse GagnebinWatches1792 – 1848Abraham-Gagnebin-1707-1800La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland · 18th/19th centuryPierre-Isaac GagnebinWatches1754 – 1826Jordann Perret - Décembre 2014 (2)Le Locle, Switzerland · 19th centuryFrédéric-Louis Favre-PerretHorology1812 – 1896Chris Benoit in the RingNeuchâtel, Switzerland · 19th centuryAchille-Hubert BenoîtHorology1839 – 1904Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery 3Paris, France · 18th centuryJean-Baptiste BaillonClocks1702 – 1772Oudin coilParis, France · 18th centuryCharles OudinWatches1743 – 1803Charles Piguet and Prince Peter of Montenegro sittingGeneva, Switzerland · 19th centuryIsaac-Daniel PiguetComplicated watches1775 – 1841Avenue de Verdun - MeylanLe Brassus, Switzerland · 19th centuryPhilippe-Samuel MeylanComplicated watches1772 – 1845David Henri Grandjean ClockmakerLe Locle, Switzerland · 19th centuryDavid-Henri GrandjeanWatches1772 – 1846Avenue de Verdun - MeylanLe Brassus, Switzerland · 19th/20th centuryCharles-Henri MeylanComplicated watches1842 – 1916Charles Piguet and Prince Peter of Montenegro sittingLe Brassus, Switzerland · 19th centuryLouis-Elysée PiguetGrande sonnerie1816 – 1900Charles Piguet and Prince Peter of Montenegro sittingLe Brassus, Switzerland · 19th/20th centuryVictorin PiguetGrande sonnerie1850 – 1937Jean LecoultreLe Sentier, Switzerland · 19th centuryAmi LeCoultreWatchmaking1823 – 1895Johannes Durrstein ClockmakerGlashütte, Germany · 19th centuryJohannes DürrsteinWatches1845 – 1901Assmann mg 0870Glashütte, Germany · 19th centuryJulius AssmannWatches1827 – 1886Strasser(barless blue)Glashütte, Germany · 19th centuryLudwig StrasserClocks1853 – 1917Armin Rohde Berlinale 2009Glashütte, Germany · 19th/20th centuryGustav RohdeClocks1849 – 1930DTM Mercedes w204 Schneider amkGlashütte, Germany · 19th centuryAdolf SchneiderClocks1824 – 1878Lange-MigrantMother02Glashütte, Germany · 19th/20th centuryRichard LangeWatches1845 – 1932Lange-MigrantMother02Glashütte, Germany · 19th/20th centuryEmil LangeWatches1849 – 1922Lange-MigrantMother02Glashütte, Germany · 20th centuryOtto LangeWatches1878 – 1971Clockface by John KnibbOxford, England · 17th/18th centuryJohn KnibbClockmaking1650 – 1722Knibb BluePlaque ClaydonLondon, England · 17th centurySamuel KnibbClockmaking1625 – c. 1670Knibb-DialLondon, England · 17th centuryPeter KnibbClockmaking1651 – 1679Christopher PinchbeckLondon, England · 18th centuryChristopher PinchbeckWatches1670 – 1732Portrait Anne of Cleves by Hans Holbein the Younger (Louvre)London, England · 18th centuryChristopher Pinchbeck the YoungerWatches1710 – 1783Dent-cairnLondon, England · 19th centuryFrederick DentClocks1811 – 1860Dent-cairnLondon, England · 19th centuryRichard DentClocks1817 – 1856Dent-cairnLondon, England · 19th centuryMarianna DentWatchmaking1810 – 1880Anthony New Mexico Main StreetLondon, England · 18th/19th centuryWilliam AnthonyWatches1765 – 1844London Eye Twilight April 2006London, England · 19th centuryIlbery of LondonWatches19th centuryBovet August 1944Fleurier, Switzerland · 19th centuryEdouard BovetWatches1797 – 1849Louis E. Jacot Los Alamos IDLe Locle, Switzerland · 19th centuryCharles-Yvan JacotWatches1817 – 1896Clocks: James Cox's "perpetual motion" self-winding clock. Engraving by J. Lodge, 1774., 1774London, England · 18th centuryJames CoxAutomata1723 – 1800Williamson, West Virginia; view looking down East 2nd AveLondon, England · 18th centuryTimothy WilliamsonClocksfl. 1769 – 1788Schlachtensee Potsdamer Chaussee-001Paris, France · 18th centuryPeter-Benoît de la ChausséeClocks18th centuryMary Louisa Duncan Putnam - a memoir; William Clement Putman - a memoir (1907) (14782669895)London, England · 17th centuryWilliam ClementClocks17th centuryJoseph Windmills01London, England · 17th/18th centuryJoseph WindmillsClocksc. 1640 – 1724The windmills of KinderdijkLondon, England · 18th centuryThomas WindmillsClocks1670 – 1737Jaquet-Droz-img 0322La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland · 18th centuryPierre Jaquet-DrozAutomata1721 – 1790'Pouzait Escapement', Breguet et Fils, Swiss, circa 1810. Very fine and rare 18K gold, dead centerseconds, pocket watch with Pouzait escapement and ...Geneva, Switzerland · 18th centuryJean-Moïse PouzaitEscapements1743 – 1793Girard Charles Frédéric 1822-1895La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland · 19th centuryConstant GirardWatches1825 – 1903Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun - Madame Perregaux - WGA25078La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland · 19th centuryMarie PerregauxWatches19th centuryElisabeth Vigée-Lebrun - Madame Perregaux - WGA25078La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland · 19th centuryLaurent PerregauxWatches19th centuryJean-François Bautte (1772-1837)Geneva, Switzerland · 19th centuryJean-François BautteWatches1772 – 1837Paris 75002 Rue de la Paix 20160702 Vacheron Constantin clockGeneva, Switzerland · 19th centuryJacques-Barthélemy VacheronWatches1787 – 1864Francois Constantin ClockmakerGeneva, Switzerland · 19th centuryFrançois ConstantinWatches1788 – 1854PocketWatch-RoskopfLa Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland · 19th centuryGeorges-Frédéric RoskopfWatches1813 – 1889CEAS DE BUZUNAR, International Watch Co. Schaffhausen din anul 1928 Carcasă cu două capace din aur (585‰) capacul exterior ghiloșat, având în mijloc locaș pentru blazon, rama și bighelul ornamentate cu motive vegetale; cadran emailat, cu cifre arabe pentru ore, inscripționat International Watch Co. Schaffhausen, secundar excentric, indicatoare tip Breguet; mecanism cu armare manuală, eșapament cu ancoră, seria 886785. Capacul mecanismului inscripționat: „International Watch Co. Schaffhausen”. Serie capac 913393. În 1869, Florentine Ariosto Jones (1841-1916) un inginer din Boston a fondat firma International Watch Company în Schauffhausen, Elveția încercând să îmbine tehnologia modernă cu tradiția elvețiană. A condus firma până la plecarea în SUA, când a vândut-o familiei Rauschenbach, care la rândul lor în 1905 au vândut-o lui Ernst Jakob Homberger.Schaffhausen, United States · 19th centuryFlorentine Ariosto JonesWatches1841 – 1916Schaffhausen Mosergarten Büste Heinrich Moser 1Schaffhausen, Switzerland · 19th centuryJohann Heinrich MoserWatches1805 – 1874Chopard (Madison Ave - New York)Sonvilier, Switzerland · 19th centuryLouis-Ulysse ChopardWatches1836 – 1915Regulator, Alexander Bain, London, um 1845, 1845Edinburgh and London, Scotland · 19th centuryAlexander BainElectric clocks1811 – 1877Astronomische Uhr, Philipp Matthäus Hahn, Echterdingen, um 1785, 1785Kornwestheim, Germany · 18th centuryMatthäus HahnAstronomical clocks1739 – 1790Ottilie Wildermuth von Sophie Pilgram (um 1835)Augsburg, Germany · 16th centuryHans WildermuthRenaissance clocks16th centuryParis-Nice, 20-2-24 (de g. à d.) Gaudet, Vachey, Dupuis sur Terrot (motocyclettes) - btv1b53125965zParis, France · 18th centuryDaniel VacheyClockmaking18th centuryLongcase clock by Justin Vulliamy, London, c. 1750 - Clockmakers' Museum - London, UK - DSC05403London, England · 18th centuryJustin VulliamyClockmaking1712 – 1797Benjamin Lewis VulliamyLondon, England · 19th centuryBenjamin Lewis VulliamyPublic and royal clocks1780 – 1854Cole Thomas The Course of Empire The Savage State 1836London, England · 19th centuryThomas ColeDecorative and desk clocks1800 – 1864James Ferguson Cole ClockmakerLondon, England · 19th centuryJames Ferguson ColePrecision watchesc. 1799 – 1880Lionel RobbinsWaltham, United States · 19th centuryRoyal E. RobbinsHorological industrialist1824 – 1902Bertamiráns - Ames GFDL19Saugus, MA, United States · 19th centuryNathan AmesWatchmaking1826 – 1865WilliamsDepot WilliamsAZWaltham, United States · 19th centuryEdward T. WilliamsWatch factory management19th centuryChurch of the virgin of the burgh Rhodes 14th century nightWaltham, United States · 19th centuryDuane H. ChurchWatch factory automation1849 – 1905Dyott Road, Moseley - geograph.org.uk - 162537Waltham, United States · 19th centuryCharles MoseleyWatch tool making1828 – 1883De Woerd 2Waltham, United States · 19th centuryCharles Vander WoerdWatch factory engineering1821 – 1888Downtown Webster MassWaltham, United States · 19th centuryAmbrose WebsterWatch factory machinery1833 – 1917Walter Hood Fitch01Waltham, United States · 19th/20th centuryEzra C. FitchHorological executive1847 – 1928Hancock main streetElgin, United States · 20th centuryLogan HancockWatchmaking research20th centuryWebster Clay Ball ClockmakerCleveland, OH, United States · 19th/20th centuryWebb C. BallRailroad time standards1848 – 1922Three wheeler in PingyaoElgin, United States · 19th centuryG. M. WheelerWatch grade19th centuryBartlett, Nebraska Bartlett Foods millWaltham, United States · 19th centuryP. S. BartlettWatch grade19th centuryRaymond, WA - Raymond Theatre 01Elgin, United States · 19th centuryW. B. RaymondWatch grade19th centuryFather BunnSpringfield, IL, United States · 19th/20th centuryH. H. BunnWatch factory management19th centuryDeuber-Hampden Watch Works (14067316806)Canton, OH, United States · 19th centuryJohn C. DeuberWatch case and movement manufacturing1842 – 1907Herrenarmbanduhr (GRUEN WATCH & CO.)Cincinnati, OH, United States · 20th centuryFred GruenPrecision watchmaking1872 – 1945Herrenarmbanduhr (GRUEN WATCH & CO.)Cincinnati, OH, United States · 19th/20th centuryDietrich GruenWatchmaking1847 – 1911Efim Ant. SaykoVienna, Austria · 20th centuryReinhold SaykoHorological research20th centurySchalenstein Kultstaette Habring Oberzeiring - Unzmarkt 20230228Völkermarkt, Austria · 21st centuryRichard HabringIndependent watchmakingborn 1964Schalenstein Kultstaette Habring Oberzeiring - Unzmarkt 20230228Völkermarkt, Austria · 21st centuryMaria HabringIndependent watchmakingborn 1965Hans christian andersen 1869Geneva, Denmark and Switzerland · 20th/21st centurySvend AndersenIndependent watchmakingborn 1942Biography | Hora Nova, the watch brand designed by Vincent CalabreseLa Chaux-de-Fonds, Italy and Switzerland · 20th/21st centuryVincent CalabreseIndependent watchmakingborn 1944Paul Haldimann - self portraitThun, Switzerland · 21st centuryBeat HaldimannIndependent watchmakingborn 1964Samoyed portrait head halterSainte-Croix, France and Switzerland · 21st centuryVianney HalterIndependent watchmakingborn 1963Milva and Giorgio Strehler 68Sirnach, Switzerland · 21st centuryAndreas StrehlerIndependent watchmakingborn 1971Peter Speake-Marin working at the watchmaker's benchGeneva, United Kingdom and Switzerland · 21st centuryPeter Speake-MarinIndependent watchmakingborn 1968Image-Greubel Forsey Tourbillon 24 Secondes InclineLa Chaux-de-Fonds, United Kingdom and Switzerland · 21st centuryStephen ForseyHigh-complication watchmakingborn 1967Image-Greubel Forsey Tourbillon 24 Secondes InclineLa Chaux-de-Fonds, France and Switzerland · 21st centuryRobert GreubelHigh-complication watchmakingborn 1960Talking Watches with MB&F founder Max BüsserGeneva, Switzerland · 21st centuryMaximilian BüsserHorological creativeborn 1967Felix Baumgartner-001Geneva, Switzerland · 21st centuryFelix BaumgartnerIndependent watchmakingborn 1975Eduardo Frei 1998Geneva, Switzerland · 21st centuryMartin FreiHorological designborn 1966PapiLe Locle, Switzerland · 21st centuryGiulio PapiMovement designborn 1965Line Renaud Loulou GastéLe Locle, Switzerland · 21st centuryDominique RenaudMovement designborn 1959Bond - Metrocentre 2009Boston, United States · 18th centuryBenjamin BondClockmaking18th centuryBond - Metrocentre 2009Boston, United States · 18th/19th centuryWilliam BondPrecision chronometers1754 – 1842Bond - Metrocentre 2009Harvard, United States · 19th centuryGeorge Phillips BondAstronomy and timing1825 – 1865Nuremberg, Germany · late 16th to early 17th centuryPaul ReinmannNuremberg compass and ivory sundial maker1557–1609Augsburg, Germany · 16th century to early 17th centuryChristoph SchisslerBuilder of high precision scientific instruments and navigational toolsc. 1531–1608Munich, Germany · 1545–1588Ulrich SchniepClockmaker and creator of astronomical instruments and sundialsdied 1588London, England · died 1591Humfrey ColeEngraver and maker of brass mathematical and astronomical instrumentsdied 1591London, United Kingdom · Not establishedMorris TobiasMaker of catalogued automaton and musical clock, eight-day marine chronometer, pair cased verge pocket watchDates not establishedPrague, Not recorded · c. 1538–1606Erasmus HabermelMaker of astronomical and geodetical instrumentsc. 1538–1606Not recorded, Italy · c. 1530–1614Girolamo della VolpaiaMaker of clocks and scientific instrumentsc. 1530–1614London, England · 1591–1606Charles WhitwellMaker of mathematical and scientific instrumentsc. 1568–1611Florence, Not recorded · 16th centuryStefano BuonsignoriCartographer and cosmographer to the Grand Dukes of Tuscanydied 1589Nuremberg, Germany · 1549–1612 (Elder); 1585–1628 (Younger)Hans TroschelMaker of ivory compasses and diptych sundials1549–1612 (Elder); 1585–1628 (Younger)Nuremberg, Germany · early 17th centuryThomas TucherMaker of ornate Nuremberg diptych sundials with compasses1590–1645London, United Kingdom · fl. 1762–1794Eardley NortonMaker of astronomical clocks, musical clocks, chronometers, and watches.1740–1794London, United Kingdom · 1818–1867John PooleMarine chronometer maker1818–1867London, England · 1692–1733Daniel DelanderMaker of catalogued clock watch, longcase clock, table or bracket clockc. 1677–1733London, England · 1780–1859Edward PriorVerge pocket watches for the Ottoman market1780–1859Paris, France · Second half of the sixteenth centuryPhilippe DanfrieDesigner and maker of scientific instruments and mathematical devicesc. 1532–1606London, United Kingdom · 1763–1814George PriorMaker of watches for the Ottoman and Islamic markets1735–1814Augsburg, Germany · Not establishedJohann Georg VoglerEquatorial sundials, moon-dials, and star-dialsDates not establishedLondon, United Kingdom · c. 1720–1740 (period of activity for James Markwick Jr.)Markwick MarkhamClocks and watches produced for the Turkish marketc. 1720–1740 (period of activity for James Markwick Jr.)London, England · c. 1717–1739Charles ClayMaker of musical clocks and royal horological commissionsc. 1680–1739Paris, France · c. 1365–1436Jean FusorisMaker of astrolabes, astronomical clocks, and scientific instrumentsc. 1365–1436London, England · mid-16th centuryThomas GeminiMaker of catalogued english astrolabe, english quadrant, latin-inscribed astrolabec. 1510 – 1562Not recorded, Italy · Not establishedCamillo della VolpaiaMaker of clocks and scientific instrumentsDates not establishedParis, France · Not establishedJacques GoullonsWatches with enamel-painted casesDates not establishedLondon, United Kingdom · 1742–1790Larcum KendallMaker of catalogued marine timekeeper, pocket watch movement1719–1790Paris, France · 1635–1724Michael ButterfieldMaker of mathematical instruments and pocket sundials1635–1724Nuremberg, Germany · c. 1777–1821David BeringerMaker of wooden cubic sundials, compasses, and globes1756–1821Not recorded, France · Early 19th centuryHenri MotelMaker of catalogued marine chronometer, two-day marine chronometer1786–1859Dieppe, Rotterdam, France, Netherlands · c. 1660Charles BloudMaker of ivory sundialsc. 1640–1719Melbourne, Australia · 1827–1908Robert Lewis John ElleryAstronomical and time-keeping instrument superintendent1827–1908London, England · early to mid-19th centuryRobert MolyneuxMaker of catalogued library clock, quarter repeating pocket watchDates not establishedLondon, England · Early 17th centuryRobert GrinkinMaker of catalogued oval pendant watch, oval watchc. 1570–1626 (Senior); 1605–1661 (Junior)Not recorded, United States · 1768–1854Elnathan TaberMaker of tall case clocks and patent timepieces1768–1854Paris, France · 1764–1824Jean-Simon DeverberieBronze artist, designer, and dealer of clocks and furniture1764–1824Roxbury, Massachusetts, United States · Late 18th to early 19th centuryAaron WillardHigh-quality clockmaker and pioneer of early American industrial methods1757–1844Augsburg, Germany · 1527–1599Jeremias MetzgerRenaissance table clocks and goldsmithing1527–1599Not recorded, Italy · Not establishedEufrosino della VolpaiaEngineer and clockmakerDates not establishedCologne, Germany · 1511–1561Caspar VopelMaker of globes, armillary spheres, sundials, quadrants, and astrolabes1511–1561Paris, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France · 1806–1893Victor Athanase PierretMaker of night clocks, marine chronometers, and complex pendulum clocks1806–1893The Hague, The Netherlands · 17th and early 18th centuryPieter Visbach (II)Haagse clocks and pocket watchesc. 1634–1722Geneva, Paris, France, Switzerland · 1714–1796Jean RomillyWatchmaker, journalist, and encyclopédiste1714–1796London, England · 1661–c. 1725John BushmanWatchmaker known for automata and striking movements1661–c. 1725Nuremberg, Germany · Hans I (c.1513–1550), Hans II (1536–1615), Hans III (1547–1632)Hans TucherNuremberg compass and ivory sundial makersHans I (c.1513–1550), Hans II (1536–1615), Hans III (1547–1632)Nuremberg, Germany · 1518–1564Georg HartmannScientific instrument maker and manual writer1489–1564Schonach, Germany · 1848–2025Anton SchneiderHandcrafted Black Forest cuckoo clocksDates not establishedGeneva, Switzerland · 1811–1828Piguet et MeylanMaker of catalogued automaton quarter repeating openface pocket watch, musical automaton pocket watch, musical pocket watch1811–1828Le Brassus, Switzerland · 1811–1885Louis AudemarsHigh-grade complicated watches including repeaters and perpetual calendars1811–1885Iṣfahān, Not recorded · Not establishedKhalīl Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan ‘AlīAstrolabistDates not establishedLouvain, Netherlands · early 1550s to the late 1570sGualterus ArseniusMaker of astronomical instruments including astrolabes and sundialsDates not establishedSalzburg, Munich, Germany · 1582–1629Tobias VolckmerMaker of astrolabes, sundials, quadrants, and other precision instrumentsc. 1550–1629Munich, Not recorded · Late 16th to early 17th centuryMarkus PurmannClock, compass, and scientific instrument makerDates not establishedLondon, Britain · 18th–19th centuryF. PerigalWatch and clockmakers to the KingDates not establishedIsfahan, Persia · c. 1680–c. 1715'Abd al-'AliMaker of Persian astrolabesDates not establishedParis, Not recorded · c. 17th centuryF. L. MeybomMaker of catalogued square pre-balance spring watch, square watchDates not establishedLondon, Not recorded · Not establishedJames TregentWatch and clock maker to the royal familyDates not establishedLondon, England · c. 1580–1613Michael NouwenMaker of catalogued clock watch, verge watchc. 1580–1613Nuremberg, Not recorded · 1550–1597Grüber, HansMaker of clocks, watches, sundials, and scientific instrumentsfl. 1550–1597London, England · fl. 1816–1862J. NewmanScientific and meteorological instrument makerfl. 1816–1862London, Switzerland, France, England · 1805–1891Faucherre, Jean JulienMaker of catalogued watch dial1805–1891Rouen, Not recorded · early 17th centuryNoel HubertWatch and clock makerDates not establishedLahore, Mughal Empire (present-day Pakistan) · 17th centuryḌiyā’ ad-Dīn MuḥammadScientific instrument maker producing astrolabes and celestial globesDates not establishedIṣfahān, Persia (Iran) · Not established‘Abd al-A’immaMaker of catalogued arabic-inscribed astrolabe, persian-inscribed astrolabeDates not establishedHeilbronn, Not recorded · c. 1540–1619Johann Anton LindenMaker of astronomical instruments and gold/silver objectsc. 1540–1619Antwerp, Not recorded · c. 1514–1562/63Gillis CoignetMaker of astrolabes, globes, sundials and astronomical compendiac. 1514–1562/63Lahore, India (Mughal Empire) · fl. 1609–1659Muḥammad MuqīmAstrolabe and scientific instrument makerDates not establishedParis, France · Not establishedLouis MontjoyéClockmakerDates not establishedNot recorded, Netherlands · 18th centuryJ. M. JuntesMaker of catalogued floor clock, tall case clockDates not establishedBuchholz, Straubing, Regensburg, Prague, Germany · Late 16th centuryJosua HabermelMaker of scientific instruments, sundials, and topographic equipmentfl. 16th century, died before 1600Munich, Vienna, Germany, Austria · 1571–1613Alexius SchniepLocksmith, clock maker, and sundial makerc. 1550s–1613London, England · 18th centuryMarkwick, James (the younger)Clockmaker specializing in export to the Ottoman Empirefl. 1692–1730Copenhagen, Denmark · c. 1750–1760Gottfred Henrik KleinMaker of catalogued pocket watch, pocket watch with double gold caseDates not establishedParis, Not recorded · mid-18th centuryJean-Joseph de Saint GermainBronze caster and chaser for clocks and furniturec. 1742–1776London, England · 1743–1834Thomas WeeksMaker of ornamental automaton clocks and mechanical curiosities1743–1834Liverpool, New York City, England, United States · fl. 1711–1744John WrightMaker of catalogued bracket clock, oval pocket watchDates not establishedLondon, Not recorded · 1698–1731David LestourgeonCommemorative verge and pendulum watches1660–1731Isfahan, Persia · fl. 1649–1663Muḥammad MahdīAstrolabe maker and engraverfl. 1649–1663Rome, Italy · Not establishedCarlo PlatoMaker of catalogued italian horizontal dialDates not establishedFlorence, Italy · 16th centuryGiovanni Battista GiustiMaker of astronomical and time-measuring instrumentsDates not establishedNot recorded, Morocco · 18th centuryMuḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-BaṭṭuṭīMaker of catalogued arabic-inscribed astrolabe, north africa, scientific instrumentDates not establishedSeville, Not recorded · fl. early 13th centuryMuḥammad ibn Fattūḥ al-Khamā’irīAstrolabe makerDates not establishedVienna and Buda, Austria and Hungary · c. 1470–1509Hans DornMaker of high-quality scientific and astronomical instrumentsc. 1430/1440–1509Not recorded, Iran (Persia) · fl. 1481–1506Muḥammad ṢaffārPersian planispheric astrolabe makerfl. 1481–1506Not recorded, Germany · fl. 1568–1569Melchior ReichleGerman maker of a signed astronomical compendium and crucifix dialfl. 1568–1569Linz, Austria · fl. c. 1580–1600Johann Christoph KellerLinz mathematician and sundial makerfl. c. 1580–1600Liverpool, United Kingdom · fl. c. 1775–1810D. EdmondsLiverpool maker of verge pocket watchesfl. c. 1775–1810