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Other innovations in timekeeping during this period include the invention of the rack and snail striking mechanism for striking clocks by the English mechanician Edward Barlow, the invention by either Barlow or Daniel Quare, a London clock-maker, in 1676 of the repeating clock that chimes the number of hours or minutes, [140] and the deadbeat ...
Elias Allen (1588–1653). Jan Táborský z Klokotské Hory (1500–1572), Czech astronomer and mechanic, Prague, Prague astronomical clock.; Juanelo Turriano (c. 1500–1585), Spanish clockmaker of the court, Toledo, astronomical clock, restoring the astrarium of Giovanni Dondi.
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.
Thwaites & Reed Clockmakers Ltd.; East Sussex (1740–present) Thomas Tompion (1639–1713) John Alker, Wigan (1775-1850) Benjamin Ward; London (1799–1808) Eardley Norton, a most highly esteemed member of the Clockmakers' Company, was working between 1762 and 1794. There are clocks by him in the Royal Collection and many museums worldwide.
The History of Chauncey Jerome, clockmaker; History of the American Clock Business for the Past Sixty Years, and Life of Chauncey Jerome. Barnum's connection with the Yankee Clock Business, Publisher: F. C. Dayton, New Haven CT 1860; Herbert Randall Survey of New Haven and Environs, 1880-1920 Chauncey Jerome Clock Company” in the CT State Library
Eli Terry Sr. (April 13, 1772 – February 24, 1852) was an inventor and clockmaker in Connecticut.He received a United States patent for a shelf clock mechanism. He introduced mass production to the art of clockmaking, which made clocks affordable for the average American citizen.
Cuckoo clock, a so-called Jagdstück ("hunt piece"), Black Forest, c. 1900, Deutsches Uhrenmuseum, Inv. 2006-013. A cuckoo clock is a type of clock, typically pendulum driven, that strikes the hours with a sound like a common cuckoo call and has an automated cuckoo bird that moves with each note.
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.