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  2. Pocket watch - Wikipedia

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    Invented by Adrien Philippe in 1842 and commercialized by Patek Philippe & Co. in the 1850s, the stem-wind, stem-set movement did away with the watch key which was a necessity for the operation of any pocket watch up to that point. The first stem-wind and stem-set pocket watches were sold during the Great Exhibition in London in 1851 and the ...

  3. Peter Henlein - Wikipedia

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    Peter Henlein (also spelled Henle or Hele) [1] (1485 - August 1542), a locksmith, clockmaker, and watchmaker of Nuremberg, Germany.Due to the Fire-gilded pomander-shaped watch from 1505, he is often considered the inventor of the pocket watch.

  4. History of watches - Wikipedia

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    The history of watches began in 16th-century Europe, where watches evolved from portable spring-driven clocks, which first appeared in the 15th century. The watch was developed by inventors and engineers from the 16th century to the mid-20th century as a mechanical device, powered by winding a mainspring which turned gears and then moved the ...

  5. List of watchmakers - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Frederick Cooper(1789-1863) English watchmaker London, pocket watch; Edward John Dent (1790–1853), English watchmaker, London, pocket watch, marine chronometer. Jean Jacob (1793–1871), French clockmaker, Paris, chronometer, longcase clock. Chauncey Jerome (1793–1868), American clockmaker, Connecticut, New Haven Clock Co.

  6. History of timekeeping devices - Wikipedia

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    Watches were worn during the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871), and by the time of the Boer War (1899–1902), watches had been recognised as a valuable tool. [184] Early models were essentially standard pocket watches fitted to a leather strap, but, by the early 20th century, manufacturers began producing purpose-built wristwatches.

  7. Antoni Patek - Wikipedia

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    Increasing disagreement between Patek and Czapek obliged the latter to withdraw. In 1851 Czapek established Czapek & Co. where he produced watches until 1869. On 15 May 1845 the place vacated by Czapek was filled by the 30-year-old French watchmaker Adrien Philippe, who in 1842 invented the key-less winding mechanism. [2] [4] [6] [7]

  8. Watch - Wikipedia

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    The first self-winding mechanism was invented for pocket watches in 1770 by Abraham-Louis Perrelet, [57] but the first "self-winding", or "automatic", wristwatch was the invention of a British watch repairer named John Harwood in 1923. This type of watch winds itself without requiring any special action by the wearer.

  9. Mechanical watch - Wikipedia

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    Peter Henlein has often been described as the inventor of the first pocket watch, the "Nuremberg egg", in 1510, but this claim appears to be a 19th-century invention and does not appear in older sources. [24] Until the quartz revolution of the 1970s, all watches were mechanical. Early watches were terribly imprecise; a good one could vary as ...