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2. John George Graves - Wikipedia

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   Graves moved to Sheffield to become an apprentice watchmaker. He was apprenticed to W. Wichman of Gibraltar Street. He then set up one of Britain's first mail order businesses, selling first watches and then a wide range of goods. The company employed, at its peak, 3,000 people in Sheffield and had an annual turnover of £1 million.

3. List of watchmakers - Wikipedia

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   Jacques-Frédéric Houriet (1743–1830), Swiss watchmaker, Le Locle, pocket watch, tourbillon. [1] Jules Jürgensen (1745–1811), Danish watchmaker and manufacturer, Le Locle, pocket watch, longcase clock. Peter Kinzing (1745–1816), German clockmaker and mechanic. Daniel Möllinger (1746–1794), German clockmaker, Heidelberg, city clock maker.

4. Pocket watch - Wikipedia

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   Waltham model 1899 pocket watch movement Movement of a gold Elgin pocket watch, c. 1919. Pocket watch movements are occasionally engraved with the word "Adjusted", or "Adjusted to n positions". This means that the watch has been tuned to keep time under various positions and conditions. There are eight possible adjustments: Dial up; Dial down

5. List of watch manufacturers - Wikipedia

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   Names in this list require an article about the watch brand or watchmaker This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .

6. Patek Philippe Henry Graves Supercomplication - Wikipedia

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   On 10 July 2014, Sotheby's announced that in November 2014, the pocket watch would once again be auctioned. [21] On 11 November 2014, the watch was sold in Geneva, Switzerland. The final price, bid by Aurel Bacs serving as proxy for an anonymous entity, reached 23,237,000 Swiss Francs, equivalent to US$24 million at the time. The sum ...

7. Thomas Mudge (horologist) - Wikipedia

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   By 1755 Mudge invented the detached lever escapement, which he first applied to a clock, but which, was later applied to pocket watches, and remains a feature in almost every mechanical pocket watch and wristwatch made since. [2] In 1765 he published the book, Thoughts on the Means of Improving Watches, Particularly those for Use at Sea.