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  2. Watchclock - Wikipedia

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    A watchclock is a mechanical clock used by security guards as part of their guard tour patrol system which require regular patrols. The most commonly used form was the mechanical clock systems that required a key for manual punching of a number to a strip of paper inside with the time pre-printed on it.

  3. Segal's law - Wikipedia

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    A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure. [1] At surface level, the adage emphasizes the consistency that arises when information comes from a single source and points out the potential pitfalls of having too much conflicting information.

  4. Daniel Quare - Wikipedia

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    Quare died on 21 March 1724, aged 75, at his country house at Croydon, and was buried in the Quaker burial ground, Chequer Alley, Bunhill Fields, on 27 March.The Daily Post of Thursday, 26 March, reported: "Last week dy'd Mr. Daniel Quare, watchmaker in Exchange Alley, who was famous both here and at foreign courts for the great improvements he made in that art, and we hear he is succeeded in ...

  5. List of watchmakers - Wikipedia

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    Peter Henlein (c. 1479–1542), German locksmith, Nürnberg, often considered the inventor of the watch, portable clocks and watches. Nicolaus Kratzer (1487–late 1550), German mathematician and astronomer, Munich , royal astronomer of Henry VIII of England , sun dial .

  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. Gallet & Company - Wikipedia

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    Continental Watch Co. (reg. 12 Aug 1879, high-grade and complicated pocket watches for US market) [30] Courvoisier (founded in the 1700s) historic manufacturer of complicated clocks and watches, controlled by the Courvoisier and Gallet families during the late 19th and early 20th century; Defender (reg. pre-1895, pocket watches) [12]

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