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  2. List of watchmakers - Wikipedia

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    Hans Apel (1905–1958), German watch and chronometer maker, Glashütte, student of Alfred Helwig. Fred Lip (1905–1996), French producer of watches and machines, Besançon , Lip . Walter Storz (1906–1974), German master watchmaker, Hornberg , founder of the Stowa clock company.

  3. List of watch manufacturers - Wikipedia

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    This list is a duplicate of Category:Watch brands, which will likely be more up-to-date and complete. Manufacturers that are named after the founder are sorted by surname. Manufacturers that are named after the founder are sorted by surname.

  4. Tourbillon - Wikipedia

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    Modern implementations typically allow the tourbillon to be seen through a window in the watch face. In addition to the decorative effect, a tourbillon can act as a second hand for some watches, if the tourbillon rotates exactly once per minute. Some tourbillons rotate faster than this (Greubel Forsey's 24 second tourbillon for example). Also ...

  5. Watchmaker - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. History of watches - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Mudge, inventor of the lever escapement. The lever escapement, invented by Thomas Mudge in 1754 [18] and improved by Josiah Emery in 1785, gradually came into use from about 1800 onwards, chiefly in Britain; it was also adopted by Abraham-Louis Breguet, but Swiss watchmakers (who by now were the chief suppliers of watches to most of Europe) mostly adhered to the cylinder until the 1860s.

  7. Breitling SA - Wikipedia

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    Breitling Chronomat men's watch ref. B13050 Made in Switzerland. The Chronomat is a collection from Breitling released in 1942, [10] and remains one of the best-selling models produced by the manufacturer. [11] The first Chronomat had a circular slide rule and its design was inspired by military watches. [10]

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  9. Radium dial - Wikipedia

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    November 1917 ad for an Ingersoll "Radiolite" watch, one of the first watches mass marketed in the USA featuring a radium-illuminated dial. Radium was discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie in 1898 [1] and was soon combined with paint to make luminescent paint, which was applied to clocks, airplane instruments, and the like, to be able to read them in the dark.