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  2. Clockmaker - Wikipedia

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    Clockmaker. A clockmaker is an artisan who makes and/or repairs clocks. Since almost all clocks are now factory -made, most modern clockmakers only repair clocks. Modern clockmakers may be employed by jewellers, antique shops, and places devoted strictly to repairing clocks and watches. Clockmakers must be able to read blueprints and ...

  3. History of timekeeping devices - Wikipedia

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    The tower clock of Norwich Cathedral constructed c. 1273 (reference to a payment for a mechanical clock dated to this year) is the earliest such large clock known. The clock has not survived. [ 95 ] The first clock known to strike regularly on the hour, a clock with a verge and foliot mechanism, is recorded in Milan in 1336. [ 96 ]

  4. Worshipful Company of Clockmakers - Wikipedia

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    clockmakers.org. The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers was established under a Royal Charter granted by King Charles I in 1631. [1] It ranks sixty-first among the livery companies of the City of London, and comes under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council. The company established a library and its museum in 1813, which is the oldest specific ...

  5. List of watchmakers - Wikipedia

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    Leopold Hoys (1713–1797), German clockmaker, Bamberg, John Whitehurst (1713–1788), English clockmaker, Derby. Jean Romilly (1714–1796), Swiss watchmaker, Paris, pocket watch. Jean François Poncet (1714–1804), Swiss watchmaker of French origin, clockmaker of the court in Dresden and director of the Grünes Gewölbe.

  6. J. B. Joyce & Co - Wikipedia

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    J. B. Joyce & Co. J. B. Joyce & Co, clockmakers, were founded in Shropshire in England. The company claim to be the oldest clock manufacturer in the world, originally established in 1690, [1] and have been part of the Smith of Derby Group since 1965. [2] The claim is challenged by another English firm of clockmakers, Thwaites & Reed, who claim ...

  7. List of clock manufacturers - Wikipedia

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    German clockmakers. Johann Baptist Beha (1815–1898) Gustav Becker Clock Company; Freiburg in Schlesien, Silesia (1850–1938) Florn. Thomas Haller (Thomas Haller AG), Schwenningen (1880-1900) then merged with Junghans. Thomas Ernst Haller (Haller AG), Schwenningen (1902-1928) then merged with Kienzle.

  8. Winterhalder & Hofmeier - Wikipedia

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    Clocks from Winterhalder & Hofmeier are mechanical precision clocks with the quality standards of Black Forest craftsmanship. [4][5] The numbers of the dial face are in Roman numerals. The dial face is embraced by wood. [6] The clocks can be identified by the engraved W & H SCH initial letters. Most of the clocks were made from 1850 to 1933.

  9. Thomas Tompion - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Tompion, FRS (1639–1713) was an English clockmaker, watchmaker and mechanician who is still regarded to this day as the "Father of English Clockmaking". Tompion's work includes some of the most historic and important clocks and watches in the world, and can command very high prices whenever outstanding examples appear at auction.

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