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  2. History of timekeeping devices - Wikipedia

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    The most accurate pendulum clocks were controlled electrically. [166] The Shortt–Synchronome clock, an electrical driven pendulum clock designed in 1921, was the first clock to be a more accurate timekeeper than the Earth itself. [167] A succession of innovations and discoveries led to the invention of the modern quartz timer.

  3. Hoptroff - Wikipedia

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    Hoptroff London watches are advertised by the company as "The most accurate timepieces in the world”. Its atomic timepieces use chip scale atomic clock technology, [14] where a small vessel of Caesium 133 is exposed to 130 °C. [15]

  4. John Arnold (watchmaker) - Wikipedia

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    John Arnold was the first to design a watch that was both practical and accurate, and also brought the term "chronometer" into use in its modern sense, meaning a precision timekeeper. His technical advances enabled the quantity production of marine chronometers for use on board ships from around 1782.

  5. History of watches - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Mudge, inventor of the lever escapement. The lever escapement, invented by Thomas Mudge in 1754 [18] and improved by Josiah Emery in 1785, gradually came into use from about 1800 onwards, chiefly in Britain; it was also adopted by Abraham-Louis Breguet, but Swiss watchmakers (who by now were the chief suppliers of watches to most of Europe) mostly adhered to the cylinder until the 1860s.

  6. One of the rarest watches of all time fetches whopping ... - AOL

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    "One of the most sought-after vintage wristwatches of all time" sold for a massive amount at an auction in Hong Kong on May 31. "One of the most sought-after vintage wristwatches of all time" sold ...

  7. Tourbillon - Wikipedia

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    In modern mechanical watch designs, production of a highly accurate watch does not require a tourbillon. There is even debate among horologists as to whether tourbillons ever improved the accuracy of mechanical watches, even when first introduced, or whether the watches of the day were inherently inaccurate due to design and manufacturing ...

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