Justin Vulliamy
Justin Vulliamy (* 1712 in Switzerland , † 1797 in England ) was a watchmaker .
In 1730 he emigrated to England and studied watchmaking with Benjamin Gray . He later married Gray's daughter Mary and worked with him in his watch factory in London's Pall Mall . After Gray's death in 1764, Vulliamy took over the family business and mainly manufactured precision pendulum clocks .
His best-known surviving movement is a weight-driven timer with nine sub-dials for minutes, seconds and fractions of a second from the 1770s. He was probably for the Observatory in Richmond determined or was at horse races used.
His son Benjamin Vulliamy (1747-1811) also became a watchmaker and from 1775 took over the technical management of the watch manufacturer Vulliamy & Sons.
literature
- David G. Vulliamy: The Vulliamy clockmakers . Antiquarian Horological Society, Wadhurst 2002.
Individual evidence
- ^ British History Online
- ↑ Cedric Jagger: Miracle clock . Albatros, 1977, ISBN 0-600-34027-9 . P. 35
Web links
- Benjamin Gray & Justin Vulliamy: walnut longcase clock, circa 1750
- Justin Vulliamy: A rare black and applies lacquered tavern clock
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vulliamy, Justin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss-English watchmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1712 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Switzerland |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1797 |
| Place of death | England |