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The hourglass is often used as a symbol representing the passage of time. Clocks; a watch-maker seated at his workbench. Chronometry [a] or horology [b] (lit. ' the study of time ') is the science studying the measurement of time and timekeeping. [3]
Brittany Nicole "Nico" Cox is an antiquarian horologist based in Seattle, Washington.She owns and operates a business called Memoria Technica. She specializes in the area of conservation and restoration of antique automata, mechanical music objects, complicated clocks and watches, and mechanical magic.
Jean Adrien Philippe (April 16, 1815, La Bazoche-Gouet, Eure-et-Loir – January 5, 1894) was a French horologist and cofounder of watchmaker Patek Philippe & Co. of Geneva, Switzerland. [1] In 1842, Adrien Philippe invented a mechanism for watches which allowed them to be wound and set by means of a crown rather than a key. [2]
Frank Hope-Jones (1867–1950) was a British horologist. He was the founder of the electronic clock company Synchronome, which found success in 1921 with the Shortt-Synchronome clock . He was also influential in the development of wireless radio technology in the United Kingdom.
Abraham-Louis Breguet (French pronunciation: [abʁa.am lwi bʁeɡɛ]; 10 January 1747 – 17 September 1823), born in Neuchâtel, then a Prussian principality, was a Swiss-French horologist who made many innovations in the course of a career in watchmaking industry, including the tourbillon.
George Daniels, CBE, FBHI, FSA, AHCI (19 August 1926 – 21 October 2011) was an English horologist, inventor of the coaxial escapement, author and a classic car collector. [ 1 ] He hand built 23 pocket watches and two wrist watches, as well as clocks.
Astronomer, horologist, cleric, mathematician, astrologer Richard of Wallingford (1292–1336) was an English mathematician, astronomer, horologist, and cleric who made major contributions to astronomy and horology while serving as abbot of St Albans Abbey in Hertfordshire.
Thomas Mudge (1715 – 14 November 1794, London) was an English horologist who invented the lever escapement, a technological improvement to the pocket watch.