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The American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute (AWCI) is a not-for-profit trade association based in the United States that is dedicated to the advancement of the modern watch industry, from which it receives a significant portion of its funding. [1] While the AWCI is an American organization, it also has members throughout the world.
The Horological Society of New York was founded on March 26, 1866, and is one of the oldest horological societies in the world. [2] [3] A group of German immigrants including George Schmidt and Frederick Ruoff founded the group as the Deutscher Uhrmacher Verein, or German Watchmakers Society, with all meetings and business conducted in that language. [4]
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RGM Watch Co. of Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, is one of the last all-American watchmakers around. Unlike most American watch companies, RGM hand-makes its movement parts in-house. The complex interior ...
This chronological list of famous watchmakers is a list of those who influenced the development of ... (1753–1848), American clockmaker, Boston, Banjo-Clock ...
Parsons Horological Institute (originally, La Porte School for Watchmakers; also known as Parsons Horological School) was the first horological school in the United States. It was founded in 1886, in La Porte, Indiana .
A modern watchmaker at his workstation; he wears a magnifying loupe to more easily see the small parts of a watch A watchmaker's lathe in use to prepare a decorative watch component cut from copper. A watchmaker is an artisan who makes and repairs watches. Since a majority of watches are now factory-made, most modern watchmakers only repair ...
With the debut of the Resurgence timepiece, Inglewood-based J.N. Shapiro Watches is realizing founder Joshua Shapiro's dream of producing a watch almost fully made in America. An L.A. watchmaker ...