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2. 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 ...

3. Roger W. Smith - Wikipedia

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   During his time in the Institute, George Daniels was a visiting speaker, and from that moment Roger knew that he wanted to make watches by hand. Smith became interested in making watches by hand. Using instructions from Daniels' book Watchmaking he set about making his first pocket watch in his spare time. In 1990, Roger then aged 22 took the ...

4. George Daniels (watchmaker) - Wikipedia

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   The "Daniels Method" refers to the conception, design and manufacture of a watch all by hand and this was the way George made all of his watches (excluding the crystal and hairspring). [4] Nearly all of these watches involved George expending over 2,500 man hours in the production of each watch with most watches each taking over a year to make. [5]

5. Watchclock - Wikipedia

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   A watchclock station with key hanging on a chain. 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 ...

6. 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 ...

7. Shinola (retail company) - Wikipedia

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   It produces and sells watches, bicycles, leather goods, clocks, home goods, and jewelry. [1] Founded in 2011, Shinola takes its name from a common saying that harkens back to the defunct Shinola shoe polish company. The company was founded by Tom Kartsotis and is owned and operated by Texas-based investment group Bedrock Group LP. [2] [3]