Benjamin Vulliamy
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Benjamin Vulliamy (born August 27, 1747 in Fields, Leicestershire , † December 25, 1811 in Westminster ) was an English clock and chronometer maker .
His father was the watchmaker Justin Vulliamy . From 1775 he took over his father's workshop in London's Pall Mall and manufactured precision pendulum clocks for observatories as well as pocket watches and pocket chronometers . From 1800 he was the court watchmaker of King George III. for which he u. a. made a precision pendulum clock. His son Benjamin Louis Vulliamy (1780–1854) later took over the workshop.
An astronomical pendulum clock by Vulliamy was, for example, also in the ducal observatory in Jena from 1813 .
Since the watches have been numbered consecutively over three generations and some of the workshop books have been preserved at the British Horological Institute , Vulliamy watches can usually be precisely dated, which allows interesting insights into the further development of watch technology at the time. A family history is published in book form by the British Antiquarian Horological Society .
With his wife Sarah De Gingins (1758–1841) he had eleven children.
Web links
- Benjamin Vulliamy (1747-1811) and JJW Spängler: Mantel clock
- Benjamin Vulliamy's regulator clock, c. 1780
Individual evidence
- ^ AP Ledger, Roger Smith: Benjamin Vulliamy and the Derby Porcelain Manufactory, 1784-1795 .
- ↑ Mention in the Jena Astronomical Collection ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Antiquarian Horological Society, Publications ( Memento November 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ).
- ↑ http://records.ancestry.com/Benjamin_Vulliamy_records.ashx?pid=192910787
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vulliamy, Benjamin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English clock and chronometer maker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 27, 1747 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fields, Leicestershire |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 25, 1811 |
| Place of death | Westminster |