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Pages in category "French clockmakers" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Jules Andrade; B.
The French inventor Antoine Redier was the first to patent an adjustable mechanical alarm clock, in 1847. [ 12 ] Alarm clocks, like almost all other consumer goods in the United States, ceased production in the spring of 1942, as the factories which made them were converted over to war work during World War II , but they were one of the first ...
Julien Coudrey (or Couldray) (?–1530), French watchmaker, Paris, royal watchmaker of Louis XI of France and Francis I of France, rapier handle watch. Peter Henlein (c. 1479–1542), German locksmith, Nürnberg, often considered the inventor of the watch, portable clocks and watches.
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. Norton made an astronomical clock for George III which still stands in Buckingham Palace.
The English word clock first appeared in Middle English as clok, cloke, or clokke. The origin of the word is not known for certain; it may be a borrowing from French or Dutch, and can perhaps be traced to the post-classical Latin clocca ('bell'). 7th century Irish and 9th century Germanic sources recorded clock as meaning 'bell'. [74]
Le Roy et fils was a French company making clocks and watches. The company was founded in 1785 by Basile Charles le Roy (1765–1839), who later passed it on to his son, Charles-Louis Le Roy. The company was founded in 1785 by Basile Charles le Roy (1765–1839), who later passed it on to his son, Charles-Louis Le Roy.
Armand Couaillet (1865–1954) was a French clock maker from Saint-Nicolas-d'Aliermont in Normandy. In 1890 Couaillet started a business producing carriage clocks; shortly afterwards his three brothers join the business. By the turn of the century, the company employed about 100 workers and were producing 4000 carriage clocks each month.
Today, passers-by can still admire the mosaic in the pavement, announcing his name and title "Horloger de la Marine française" (Clockmaker to the French Navy). Charles Oudin remained in the same area all of his life, although his addresses changed slightly: Galerie de Pierre, 52 (in 1811)[5]; Palais Royal, 52 (in 1812)[6]; and Palais Royal ...