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The Encyclopedia of Horology

London, England · c. 1637 – 1710

Samuel Watson

Partially verified

Astronomical clocks

Life & work

Specialized in astronomical work.

Training, contributions & innovations

  • Astronomical clock pioneer

Inventions & patents

  • N/A

Signatures & markings on surviving work

  • Signed work

Collecting significance

Signatures on historic work were applied by retailers and by later hands; attribution should rest on the movement's construction and provenance.

Related photographs

The Prague Astronomical Clock in Old Town - 8559
The Prague Astronomical Clock in Old Town - 8559 — Jorge Royan, CC BY-SA 3.0. Wikimedia Commons file page
Czech-2013-Prague-Astronomical clock face
Czech-2013-Prague-Astronomical clock face — Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikimedia Commons file page

No confidently matched photograph of this subject has been found yet. These photographs show a closely related record, and are not examples of the type described on this page.

Sources & references

  1. Britten, F. J., Old Clocks and Watches and Their Makers
  2. Loomes, B., reference works on British and European clockmakers

Where sources disagree, the disagreement is stated rather than resolved silently.