List of important watchmakers (chronological)

The chronological list of important watchmakers shows people who have influenced the development of the watch in a technically outstanding manner or who hold an important position as watchmakers through their work. The sorting is done chronologically according to life data.

The list contains the following information:

The name
Life dates in brackets
The nationality and the profession
Main field of activity or a specialty (italic)

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Until 1400

Amemhet (1555–1505 BC), Egyptian prince and engineer, water clock .
Ktesibios (3rd century BC), Greek engineer, water clock with pointer and dial .
Andronikos from Kyrrhos (1st century BC), Greek engineer, water and sundials .
Zhang Heng (78–139), Chinese mathematician and inventor, water meter with additional tank .
Yin Gui (6th century AD), Chinese engineer, water clock with constant liquid level .
Geng Xun (7th century AD), Chinese engineer, equilibrium water clock .
Yuwen Kai (7th century AD), Chinese engineer, equilibrium water clock .
Yi Xing (683–727), Chinese Buddhist monk and engineer, astronomical clock .
Zhang Sixun (10th century AD), Chinese engineer, water clock with water wheel .
Su Song (11th century AD), Chinese engineer, water clock with water wheel and pawl .
Al-Jazari , Arab engineer and author of the 12th century, al-Jazari's elephant watch .
Richard von Wallingford (1292–1336), English mathematician, astronomer and abbot, Wallingford , Astronomical Clock in St Albans Abbey .
Jacopo de Dondi (1293–1359), Italian astronomer and clockmaker, Padua . Astronomical clock in the Palazzo del Capitanio.
Giovanni de Dondi (1318–1389), Italian scholar and university professor, Milan . Astrarium .
Nicolaus Lillienveld (1350 / 1365–1418 / 1435), German watchmaker and engineer, Rostock . Astronomical clock in the Nikolaikirche in Stralsund .
Mikuláš z Kadaně (1350–1420), Czech watchmaker and mechanic, Prague . Prague town hall clock .

1401-1500

Paulus Almanus (around 1475), German Augustinian priest and clockmaker, Augsburg . First illustration of the verge escapement .

Jakob Zech (? –1540), Bohemian watchmaker, Prague . Table clocks.

Julien Coudrey (also Couldray) (? –1530), French watchmaker, Paris . Court watchmaker of Ludwig XI. and Franz I , sword pommel clocks.

Peter Henlein (around 1479 - 1542), German master locksmith, Nuremberg . Wearable watches.

Nicolaus Kratzer (1487 - after 1550), German mathematician and astronomer, Munich . Henry VIII's court astronomer , sundials .

Laurentius Liechti (around 1489 - 1545), Swiss watchmaker, Winterthur , founder of the Liechti watchmaking dynasty .

Hans Luterer (around 1489 - 1548), German and Swiss watchmaker, Freiburg im Breisgau . Tower clocks .

Kaspar Brunner (? –1561), Swiss mechanic, Bern . Zytglogge .

Jan Táborský z Klokotské Hory (1500–1572), Czech astronomer and mechanic, Prague . Prague town hall clock .

1501-1600

Elias Allen (1588-1653)

Juanelo Turriano (after 1500 - 1585), Spanish court watchmaker, Toledo . Astronomical clock , restored Giovanni Dondi's astrarium .
Ulrich Schniepp (? –1588), German watchmaker, Munich . Sundials , court watchmaker.
Taqi al-Din (1526–1585), Ottoman clockmaker, Istanbul various astronomical clocks and instruments, alarm clock, pocket watch .
Bartholomew Newsam (? –1593), English watchmaker, London . Court watchmaker of Elisabeth I.
Ebert Baldewein (1525–1593), German court architect and astronomer, Kassel . Wilhelmsuhr , planetary clock.
Erhard Liechti (around 1530 - 1591), Swiss watchmaker, Winterthur .
Jeremias Metzker (1530 - around 1592), German watchmaker, Augsburg . Astronomical table clocks .
Hans Gruber (1530–1597), German watchmaker, Nuremberg . Table clocks, grandfather clocks with complications.
Christoph Schißler (1530–1608), German watchmaker, Augsburg . Sundials , astrolabe .
Nicolas Urseau (1531–1568), clockmaker of French origin, London . Court watchmaker of Edward VI. until Elisabeth I.
Nicolas Urseau (? –1590), English watchmaker, London . Court watchmaker of Elisabeth I.
Erasmus Habermehl (around 1538 - 1606), clockmaker, Prague . Astronomical and geodetic instruments.
Isaac Habrecht (1544–1620), Swiss watchmaker, Schaffhausen . Astronomical clock of the Strasbourg cathedral .
Georg Roll (1546–1592), German watchmaker, Augsburg . Globe clocks.
Christoph Trechsler (1546–1624), German instrument maker, Dresden . Sundials .
Hans Schlothaim (1546–1625), German watchmaker, Augsburg . Machine clocks .
Moritz Behaim (around 1550), Austrian watchmaker, Vienna . Court watchmaker.
Johann Reinhold (1550–1596), German watchmaker, Augsburg . Astrolabe , table clocks.
Jost Bürgi (1552–1632), German watchmaker and instrument maker, Kassel . Court astronomer.
Josias Habrecht (1552–1575), Swiss watchmaker, Schaffhausen . Astronomical clock of the Strasbourg cathedral .
Hans Leo Haßler (1564–1612), German composer and clockmaker, Nuremberg . Jukeboxes.
Andreas Utzmüller (around 1580), German watchmaker, Bamberg . Wooden wheel clocks with a figurine machine.
Leonhardt Miller (before 1580 - around 1652), German clockmaker, Nuremberg . Sundials .
Randolph Bull (1582–1617), English clockmaker, London . Court watchmaker.
Daniel Scheyrer (1582–1662), Austrian watchmaker, Vienna .
Elias Allen (1588–1653), (C. C.) , English clockmaker, London . Sundials.
Anthoine Arlaud (around 1590–?), French watchmaker, Geneva . Cross clocks and astronomical pocket watches .
Jean Vallier (? –1649), French watchmaker, Lyon . Form clocks, neck clocks.
David Ramsey (around 1590–1654), English clockmaker, London . Court watchmaker, pocket watches .
Christoph Margraf (around 1595), German watchmaker, Augsburg . Court watchmaker in Vienna, ball barrel clock .
Jacques Sermand (1595–1651), Swiss watchmaker, Geneva . Form clocks, crucifix clocks.
Johannes Sayler (1597–1668), German clockmaker, Ulm . Ball barrel clocks , turret clocks, table clocks.
Nicolas Lemaindre (1598–1652), French watchmaker, Blois . Court watchmaker.
Jost Bodeker von Wartbergh , German cathedral vicar, Osnabrück . Art clock with centrifugal pendulum (1578 to 1587).

1601-1700

Christopher Pinchbeck (1670-1732)

Heinrich Gebhardt (1602–1661), German watchmaker, Strasbourg . Astronomical clock .
Wolfgang Hager (watchmaker) (1602–1674), German watchmaker, Arnstadt .
Jean Rousseau (1606–1684), Swiss watchmaker, Geneva . Complicated pocket watches .
Ahasuerus Fromanteel (1607–1693), Dutch watchmaker, London and Amsterdam . Pendulum clocks.
Egbert Jans van Leeuwarden (1608–1674), Dutch clockmaker, Utrecht .
Edward East ( bl. 1610–1693), (C. C.) , English clockmaker, London . Founding member of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, court watchmaker.
David Ramsay ( bl. 1613–1651), (first master of the C. C. ), clockmaker of Scottish descent, London . Court clockmaker of Jakob I and Karl I.
Salomon Coster (1622–1659), Dutch clockmaker, The Hague . First pendulum clock designed by Christiaan Huygens .
Albrecht Erb (1628–1714), Austrian watchmaker, Vienna . Court clockmaker, astronomical art clocks .
Isaac Thuret (? -1706), French watchmaker, Paris . Court watchmaker.
Nathaniel Barrow (? –1699), (C. C.) , English watchmaker, London . Master of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers.
David Bouquet (1632–?), French watchmaker. Pocket watches
Edward Barlow (1636-1716), English clockmaker. Rack mechanism with repeater.
William Clement (1638–1704), English clockmaker, London . Clement inhibition .
Thomas Tompion (1639–1713), (C. C.) , English clockmaker, London . Master of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers.
Joseph Knibb (1640–1711), English clockmaker, London . Clocks.
Johann Martin (1642–1721), German watchmaker, Augsburg . Pocket, sundial and table clocks.
Jean de Hautefeuille (1647–1724), French physicist and inventor, Orléans . Balance .
Simon Lachez (1648–1723), Dutch clockmaker, Utrecht . Guild master.
Daniel Quare (1648–1724), (C. C.) , English clockmaker, London . Master of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, hammer mechanism with repeater.
Joseph Norris (1650 - after 1700), English clockmaker, London . Floor grandfather clocks, support clocks.
Johann Willebrand (1658–1726), German watchmaker, Augsburg . Gear clocks , sundials .
Franz Ludwig Stadlin (1658–1740), Swiss Jesuit and imperial court watchmaker at court in China.
Matthias Ernst (1663–1714), German watchmaker, Ulm . City clockmaker in Ulm, floor clocks .
Nicolas Fatio de Duillier (1664–1753), Swiss mathematician, Duillier , ruby perforated stones.
Bernardo Facini (1665–1731), Italian astronomer, mathematician and instrument maker in Venice . Farnesian clock
Jacques Thuret (1669–1738), French watchmaker, Paris . Court watchmaker of Louis XIV .
Christopher Pinchbeck (1670–1732), English clockmaker, London .
Simon Dilger (1671–1750), German watchmaker, Schollach . Libra clocks, teacher.
George Graham (1673–1751), English clockmaker, London .
Franz Ketterer (1676–1749), German watchmaker, Schönwald in the Black Forest . Cuckoo clocks .
Benjamin Gray (1676–1764), English watchmaker. London . Court watchmaker of George II.
Franz Xaver Bovius (1677–1725), German priest and manufacturer of sundials , Eichstätt .
Jean Dutertre (1684–1734), French watchmaker, Paris . Duplex escapement .
Johannes Klein (1684–1762), Czech mathematician, astronomer and mechanic, Prague . Astronomical clocks and instruments in the Klementinum
Julien Le Roy (1686–1759), French court watchmaker to Louis XV. , Paris . Pocket watches , introduction of the oil sinks.
Martin Schipani (1693–1759), German watchmaker, Würzburg .
John Harrison (1693–1776) English carpenter and self-taught clockmaker, London . Chronometer
Johann Jacob Möllinger (1695–1763), German watchmaker, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse . Privileged watchmaker from the Electoral Palatinate.
Johann Delucca (1697–1753), Austrian watchmaker, Vienna . Grandfather clocks, carriage clocks.
Henry Bridges (1697–1754), English architect and clockmaker, Waltham Abbey . Monumental clock Microcosm
Étienne LeNoir (1699–1778), watchmaker in Paris, master since 1717

1701-1800

1701-1750

John Jefferys (1701–1754), (C. C.) , English watchmaker, London . Pocket watches

Johan Zeller (1701–1778), Swiss watchmaker, Basel . Pendulums, night clocks.

Anders Polhammar (1705–1767), Swedish watchmaker, Stjärnsund.

John Ellicott d. J. (1706–1772), English watchmaker and inventor, London . Court watchmaker, compensation pendulum

Jacques de Vaucanson (1709–1782), French watchmaker, Paris . Machine clocks.

Pierre-Joseph de Rivaz (1711–1772), Swiss watchmaker, Paris . Year old clock.

Justin Vulliamy (1712–1797), English watchmaker, London . Precision pendulum clocks .

Leopold Hoys (1713–1797), German watchmaker, Bamberg .

John Whitehurst (1713–1788), English watchmaker and instrument maker, Derby .

Jean Romilly (1714–1796), Swiss watchmaker, Paris . Pocket watches .

Jean François Poncet (1714–1804), Swiss watchmaker of French descent, court watchmaker in Dresden and director of the Green Vault .

Jean-Baptiste Dutertre (1715–1742), French watchmaker, duplex escapement.

Joseph Möllinger (1715–1772), German watchmaker, Frankenthal . Mechanic, piano maker and mint master, court watchmaker in Zweibrücken .

Thomas Mudge (1715–1794), English clockmaker, London . Inventor of the free lever escapement.

Pierre Le Roy (1717–1785), French watchmaker, Paris . Marine chronometer .

Joseph Gallmeyr (1717–1790), German watchmaker, Munich . Court watchmaker and court mechanic.

Johann Albert Roetig (1718–1787), German watchmaker, Hachenburg

Larcum Kendall (1719–1790), British watchmaker, London . Marine chronometer .

Jean André Lepaute (1720–1789), French royal watchmaker, Paris .

Jean Antoine Lépine (1720–1814), French watchmaker, Paris . Lépine caliber . Pocket watches .

Friedrich Möllinger (1720 or 1726 - 1767), German clockmaker, Mannheim . Watchmaker.

Pierre Jaquet-Droz (1721–1790), Swiss watchmaker, La Chaux-de-Fonds .

James Cox (1723-1800), English clockmaker, London . Automatic machines, export clocks.

Daniel Beat Ludwig Funk (1726–1787), Swiss watchmaker, Bern . Pendulums

David Ruetschmann ( Frater David a Sancto Cajetano ) (1726–1796), clockmaker and mechanic, Vienna , astronomical clocks .

Jean Baptiste Lepaute (1727–1802), French royal watchmaker, Paris .

Willem Snellen (1727–1791), Dutch watchmaker, Dordrecht . Astronomical clocks , marine chronometers .

Ferdinand Berthoud (1727–1807), Swiss watchmaker and specialist author, Paris . Marine chronometer .

Pater Aurelianus a San Daniele (1728–1782), German Augustinian priest , Thuringia . Astronomical grandfather clock .

Sebastian Baumann (1729–1805), German clockmaker, Friedberg , carriage clocks .

Louis Berthoud (1729–1807) Swiss chronometer maker, Paris .

Abraham-Louis Perrelet (1729–1826), Swiss watchmaker, Le Locle . Pocket watches .

Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (1732–1799), French entrepreneur and writer, Paris. Double point escapement .

Alexander Cumming (1733–1814), (C. C.) , English clockmaker, mathematician and mechanic, London .

Ivan Petrovich Kulibin (1735–1818), Russian watchmaker and inventor, Nizhny Novgorod . Clock with automat for Catherine the Great .

Franz Jacob Braun (1735–1813), German watchmaker, Eberbach . Locksmith and watchmaker.

John Arnold (1736–1799), (C. C.) , English clockmaker, London . Ship chronometer .

Jacob Kock (1737–1805), Swedish court watchmaker Gustav III. , Stockholm . Cartel watches .

Philipp Gottfried Schaudt (1739–1809), German schoolmaster and mechanic, Onstmettingen . Astronomical clocks .

Philipp Matthäus Hahn (1739–1790), German pastor, designer and inventor.

Johannes Möllinger (1739–1815), German watchmaker, Fischbach (near Kaiserslautern) . Court watchmaker.

Robert Robin (1742–1799), French watchmaker, Paris . Court watchmakers, pocket watches , clocks.

Hilaire Bassereau (? –1806), French watchmaker, Paris . Court watchmaker.

John Grant (? –1810), English watchmaker, London . Chronometer .

Jean-Moïse Pouzait (1743–1793), Swiss watchmaker and inventor, Geneva . Swiss lever escapement

Jacques-Frédéric Houriet (1743–1830), Swiss watchmaker, Le Locle . Pocket watches , tourbillon .

Jürgen Jürgensen (1745–1811), Danish court watchmaker and inventor. Pocket watches , floor clocks .

Peter Kinzing (1745–1816), German watchmaker and mechanic.

Daniel Möllinger (1746–1794), German watchmaker, Heidelberg . City watchmaker.

Thomas Reid (1746–1831), English clockmaker, Edinburgh . Observation watches .

Jean-Frédéric Leschot (1747–1824), Swiss watchmaker, Geneva , androids

Benjamin Vulliamy (1747–1811), English court watchmaker Georg III. , London . Precision pendulum clocks , pocket watches , pocket chronometers .

Abraham Louis Breguet (1747–1823), Swiss watchmaker and mechanic. Tourbillon , Breguet hairspring .

George Margetts (1748–1808), English chronometer maker, London . Pocket and marine chronometers .

James McCabe (1748–1811), English clockmaker, London . Pocket watches .

Thaddäus Rinderle (1748–1824), German watchmaker and mathematician. Freiburg watchmaker's tool .

Hubert Sarton (1748–1828), Belgian watchmaker, Liège . Pendulums, automatic pocket watches .

Frédéric Japy (1749–1813), French watchmaker and manufacturer, Beaucourt . Raw works.

Johann Gottfried Sechting (1749–1814), German watchmaker. Student of Hahn , Astronomical Clocks .

Thomas Earnshaw (1749–1829), English clock and chronometer maker, London . Marine chronometer .

Antoine Tavan (1749–1836), Swiss watchmaker, Geneva . Precision pocket watches .

Johann Anton Roetig (1750–1800), German watchmaker, Hachenburg .

Paul Philipp Barraud (1750–1820), (C. C.) , English clockmaker, London . Chronometer .

Georg Matthias Burger (1750–1825), German mystic, Nuremberg . Sundials , mechanical earth and celestial globes.

1751-1800

Frédéric-Louis Favre-Bulle (1770–1849)

David Henri Grandjean (1774-1845)

Louis Benjamin Audemars (1782-1833)

James Ferguson Cole (1798-1880)

Edouard Bovet (1797-1849)

Antide Janvier (1751–1835), French watchmaker, Paris . Planetariums, astronomical clocks .

Johann Peter Stahlschmidt (1751–1833), German watchmaker, Freudenberg . Grandfather clocks

Alexius Johann (1753–1826), German designer of astronomical clocks.

Simon Willard (1753–1848), American watchmaker, Boston . Large clocks, banjo clock .

Pierre Louis Berthoud (1754–1813), French watchmaker, Paris . Chronometers, pocket watches.

Elias Möllinger (1754–1799), German watchmaker, Neustadt .

Christian Möllinger (1754–1826), German watchmaker and specialist author, Berlin . Oberhofuhrmacher, pendulum clocks.

Theobald Schmitt (1756–1835), German watchmaker and gunsmith, Lindenfels-Odenwald

Louis Courvoisier (1758–1832), Swiss watchmaker, La Chaux-de-Fonds . Pocket watches and clocks.

Johann Christoph Schuster (1759–1823), German watchmaker. Inventor of calculating machines .

Levi Hutchins (1761–1855), American watchmaker, Concord, New Hampshire . Inventor of the alarm clock.

Philipp Fertbaur (1763–1820), Austrian watchmaker, Vienna . Laterndluhr.

Philipp Happacher (? –1843), Austrian watchmaker, Vienna . Precision pendulum clocks .

William Anthony (c. 1764–1844), English watchmaker, London . Pocket watches for Chinese market.

Baptist Johann (1765–1826), German designer of astronomical clocks.

Jacob Auch (1765–1842), South German watchmaker, Weimar . Apprenticeship with Philipp Matthäus Hahn , court watchmaker.

Justus Jacob Hespe (1765–1842), German watchmaker, mechanic and inventor, Hanover . Three-wheel "driving machine".

Louis Moinet (1768–1853), French watchmaker, sculptor and painter, Paris . Stopwatch, clocks

John Roger Arnold (1769–1843), (C. C.) , English watchmaker, London . Marine and pocket chronometers.

Joseph Geist (around 1770–1824), Austrian watchmaker, Graz . First Austrian watch manufacturer.

Frédéric-Louis Favre-Bulle (1770–1849), Swiss chronometer maker, Le Locle . Marine chronometer , tourbillon .

Willam Congreve (1772–1828), English lawyer and technician, London . Ball barrel watch .

Jean Francois Bautte (1772–1837), Swiss watchmaker, Geneva . Extremely thin pocket watches.

Eli Terry (1772–1852), American manufacturer and watchmaker, Connecticut . Introduction of mass production into watchmaking.

David Henri Grandjean (1774–1845), Swiss watchmaker, Le Locle . Highly complicated pocket watches .

John Bliss (1775–1857) American chronometer maker, New York . Marine chronometer .

Jean-Baptiste Schwilgué (1776–1856), French watchmaker, Strasbourg . Restorer of the clockwork of the astronomical clock in Strasbourg Cathedral.

Urban Jürgensen (1776–1830), Danish court watchmaker in Copenhagen . Observation watches , tourbillon .

Philipp Schmitt (1777–1827), German watchmaker Lindenfels .

William Frodsham (1779–1850), English clock and chronometer maker, London . Chronometer .

John Barwise (1780 or 1790–1842), English clock and chronometer maker.

Josef Kossek (1780–1858), Czech watchmaker, Prague . Precision pendulum clocks .

Benjamin Louis Vulliamy (1780–1854), (C. C.) , English watchmaker. Tower clocks , large clocks, court clockmakers.

Johann Kessels (1781–1849), German-Danish chronometer maker, Altona . Marine chronometers and observation clocks .

Louis Benjamin Audemars (1782–1833), Swiss watchmaker and manufacturer, Le Brassus .

Josef Božek (1782–1835), Czech inventor and watchmaker, Prague . Precision pendulum clocks .

Friedrich Wilhelm Roetig (1782–1861), German watchmaker, Hachenburg .

Johann Christian Friedrich Gutkaes sen. (1785-1845), Dresden . Watchmaker, royal court watchmaker.

Seth Thomas (1785–1859), American manufacturer and watchmaker, Connecticut . Seth Thomas Clocks.

Jean-Francois Motel (1786–1857), French chronometer maker, Paris . Marine chronometer .

Fredrik Jürgensen (1787–1843), Danish watchmaker, Copenhagen

Ephraim Downes (1787-1860), American watchmaker, Connecticut . Wooden wheel clocks .

Peter Friedrich Ingold (also: Piere Ingold ) (1787–1878), Swiss watchmaker and manufacturer, La Chaux-de-Fonds / Boston . Pocket watches , tools (Ingold milling machine).

François Constantin (1788–1854), Swiss entrepreneur, Geneva . Vacheron Constantin .

Edward John Dent (1790–1853), English watchmaker, London . Pocket watches , marine chronometers .

Jean Jacob (1793–1871), French watchmaker, Paris . Chronometers , floor clocks .

Chauncey Jerome (1793–1868), American watchmaker, Connecticut . New Haven Clock Co.

Christian Friedrich Tiede (1794–1877), German watchmaker, Berlin . Marine chronometer .

Carl Suchy (1796–1866), Bohemian watch manufacturer, Prague . Pendulum clocks, purveyor to the court .

Edouard Bovet (1797–1849), Swiss watchmaker and entrepreneur. Watch brand Bovet.

James Ferguson Cole (1798–1880), English watchmaker, London . Pocket watches , observation watches .

Johann Mannhardt (1798–1878), German tower clock maker, Munich . Mannhardt escapement, tower clock Munich Frauenkirche.

Joseph Saxton (1799–1873), American watchmaker, inventor and instrument maker, Philadelphia .

Joseph Thaddäus Winnerl (1799–1886), Austrian watchmaker, Paris . Marine chronometer .

Franz Baumann (before 1800 – after 1852), Austrian clock and chronometer maker, Vienna . Court watchmaker, tourbillon .

Franciscus Marci (active around 1790), Italian-German master watchmaker in Cochem on the Moselle

William Frederick Rippon (? –1827), (C. C.) , English watchmaker, London . Completed the Great Clock of Westminster .

Louis-Gabriel Brocot (1800–1860), French clockmaker, Paris . Brocot escapement .

James Eiffe (1800–1880), English chronometer maker, compensation of the secondary temperature error.

Louis Urban Jürgensen (1800–1867), royal Danish chronometer maker in Copenhagen

Georges Auguste Leschot (1800–1884), Swiss watchmaker and inventor, Geneva . Vacheron Constantin .

Jean-Célanis Lutz (1800–1863), Swiss watchmaker, hardening of steel spirals.

Edward Prior (1800–1868), English watchmaker, London . Pocket watches for the Turkish market.

1801-1900

1801-1850

Pierre-Joseph Célestin Baume (1810–1880)

Louis-Victor Baume (1817-1887)

Onésime Dumas (1824-1889)

George Airy (1801-1892), English astronomer and director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory .

Jean Paul Garnier (1801–1869), French watchmaker, Paris . Electric clocks.

Carl August von Steinheil (1801–1870), German physicist and astronomer, Munich . First clock with electrical control.

Charles Klaftenberger (1802–1874), English chronometer maker, London .

Andreas Hohwü (1803–1885), Dutch chronometer maker, Amsterdam . Astronomical ground regulators .

Charles Antoine LeCoultre (1803–1881), Swiss watchmaker, Le Sentier . Jaeger-LeCoultre .

Louis Clément François Breguet (1804–1883), French watchmaker, Paris . Clock system from Lyon, tuning fork clock.

Achille Hubert Benoit (1804–1895), French watchmaker, Versailles . Director of the Royal Watch Factory, Head of the Cluses School of Watchmaking.

Lorenz Bob (1805–1878), German watchmaker, Furtwangen , Black Forest .

Auguste-Lucien Vérité (1806–1887), French watchmaker, Beauvais . Astronomical clock .

Friedrich Adolph Nobert (1806–1881), German mechanic and optician, Barth .

Johann Carl Rahsskopff (1806–1886), German watchmaker and mechanic, Koblenz . Watches with heliocoidal gearing.

Lorenz Furtwängler (1807–?), German watchmaker and manufacturer, Furtwangen . Stutz clocks, wall clocks.

Michael Welte (1807–1880), German flute clock maker, Freiburg im Breisgau . Company M. Welte & Sons, Black Forest .

Jules Frederik Jürgensen (1808–1877), Danish clock and chronometer maker in Le Locle Switzerland. Observation watches . Entrepreneur, made over 13,000 watches

Charles Frodsham (1810–1871), English clock and chronometer maker, London . Chronometer , tourbillon .

Pierre-Joseph Célestin Baume (1810–1880), Swiss watch manufacturer, Bern . Baume and Mercier .

Frédéric-William Dubois (1811–1869), Swiss chronometer maker, Le Locle . Astronomical pendulum clock .

Alexander Bain (1811–1877), Scottish watchmaker and inventor. Glasgow .

Johann Harder (1811–1888), German farmer and hobbyist. Invention of the rotary pendulum clock around 1875.

Johann Weule (1811–1897), German watchmaker, Harz . Tower clocks.

Eduard Eppner (1812–1887), German watchmaker, Halle / Lähn . Pocket watches , tower clocks.

Aaron Lufkin Dennison (1812–1895), American watchmaker, Maine , USA . Waltham Watch Company . Pocket watches .

Georg Friedrich Roskopf (1813–1889), German watchmaker, La Chaux-de-Fonds . Roskopf escapement .

Matthäus Hipp (1813–1893), German watchmaker, Bern . Electric precision pendulum clocks .

Edward Howard (1813–1904), American watchmaker and manufacturer, Waltham Watch Company . Pocket watches .

Friedrich Emil Roetig (1814–1863), German watchmaker, Hachenburg , thaler watches

Romuald Božek (1814–1899), Czech inventor and watchmaker, Prague .

Ferdinand Adolph Lange (1815–1875), German watchmaker and entrepreneur, Glashütte .

Adrien Philippe (1815–1894), French watchmaker, Paris . Patek Philippe .

Johann Baptist Beha (1815–1898), German watchmaker, Eisenbach . Black Forest cuckoo clocks .

Edward Daniel Johnson (1816–1889), (C. C.) , English watchmaker, London . Chronometer, Fellow of the Royal Society .

Claudius Saunier (1816–1896), French watchmaker and specialist teacher, Paris .

Edmund Denison (1816–1905), English lawyer and architect, Nottinghamshire . Constructed the Big Ben clock tower .

Sebastian Geist (1817–1908), German watchmaker, Würzburg . First made a clock with an electric pendulum drive.

Auguste Grether (1817–1897), Swiss watchmaker, Le Locle . Tourbillon .

Friedrich Krille (1817–1863), German chronometer maker, Altona . Marine chronometers , precision pendulum clocks .

Achille Brocot (1817–1878), French watchmaker, Paris . Brocot inhibition enhancement .
Auguste Grether (1817–1879), Swiss watchmaker, Ponts-de-Martel . Chronometer bobbins, tourbillon .
Louis-Victor Baume (1817–1887), Swiss watch manufacturer, Bern . Baume and Mercier .
Edward Thomas Loseby (1817–1890), English watchmaker, London . Marine chronometer
Antoine Redier (1817–1892), French watchmaker, Paris . Alarm clocks , clocks, scientific instruments.
Charles Edouard Jacot (1817–1897), Swiss watchmaker, Le Locle , from 1830 New York . Chinese duplex escapement .
John Poole (1818–1867), English watchmaker, London . Chronometer .
Charles Fasoldt (1818–1898), American watchmaker, Albany . Chronometer, Fasoldt escapement , fine adjustment
Christian Reithmann (1818–1909), German watchmaker and inventor. Machines, free escapement, four-stroke engine.
Johannes Bürk (1819–1872), German watchmaker and entrepreneur, Villingen-Schwenningen . Founder of the Württemberg watch factory in Bürk.
Gustav Eduard Becker (1819–1885), German watchmaker from Silesia . Founder of the watch brand Gustav Becker.
Eduard Phillips (1821–1889), French mathematician, Paris . Fine adjustment, compensations.
Johann Ignaz Fuchs (1821–1893), German mechanic and watchmaker, Bernburg . Tower clocks.
Thomas Mercer (1822–1900), English watchmaker, London . Chronometer .
Erhard Junghans (1823–1870), German watchmaker, Schramberg . Founder of the Junghans brand .
Ulysse Nardin (1823–1876), Swiss watchmaker, Le Locle . Chronometer .
Henri Robert Ekegrèn (1823–1896), Danish watchmaker, Geneva . Urban Jürgensen , chronometer
Onésime Dumas (1824–1889), French chronometer maker, Saint-Nicolas d'Aliermont . Chronometer bobbins .
Victor Kullberg (1824–1890), Swedish chronometer maker, London . Chronometer bobbins .
Johann Andreas Ludwig Teubner (1825–1907), court clockmaker, Dresden , creator of the second five-minute clock in the Semperoper.
Karl Moritz Großmann (1826–1885), German watchmaker, Glashütte . Marine chronometers , precision pendulum clocks .
Hans Jess Martens (1826–1892), German watchmaker and specialist author, head of the Baden watchmaking school in Furtwangen.
Carl Theodor Wagner (1826–1907), German master watchmaker and entrepreneur, Wiesbaden .
Julius Assmann (1827–1886) watchmaker and watch manufacturer, Glashütte . Chronometers and observation watches .
Bonaventura Eijsbouts (1827–1920), Dutch watchmaker, Asten . Tower clock factory Royal Eijsbouts
Julius Grossmann (1829–1907), German watchmaker and watch theorist. Head of the watchmaking school in Le Locle.
Charles Shepherd Jr. (1829–1905), English watchmaker, engineer. Built the gate clock for the Greenwich Observatory .
Maurice Ditisheim (1831–1899), Swiss watchmaker and entrepreneur, in La Chaux-de-Fonds . Vulcain .
Gédéon Thommen (1831–1890), Swiss watchmaker, in Waldenburg BL . Founder of the Thommens watch factory .
Alexis Favre (1832–1908), Swiss watchmaker, Geneva . known regulator .
Albert Pellaton-Favre (1832–1914), Swiss watchmaker. Tourbillon - timepiece .
Jules Urban Jürgensen (1837–1894), Danish clock and chronometer maker in Le Locle Switzerland and Copenhagen.
Hilda Petrini (1838–1895), first Swedish master watchmaker, Stockholm . Chronometer .
Karl Julius Späth (1838–1919), German inventor, stone walls . Astronomical clock .
Wilhelm Ehrlich (1839–1894), German watchmaker, Bremerhaven . Ship clocks and marine chronometers .
Edouard Heuer (1840–1892), Swiss watchmaker, Biel . Watch manufacturer Heuer.
Charles-Auguste Paillard (1840–1895), Swiss watchmaker. Palladium alloy for balance springs.
Heinrich Zilliken (1841–1900), German clockmaker, Münstermaifelder Turmuhrenfabrik Turmuhrenbau .
Florentine Ariosto Jones (1841–1916), American watchmaker and entrepreneur, Schaffhausen . Founder of the International Watch Company .
Jaques Alfred Jürgensen (1842–1912), Danish watchmaker in Le Locle Switzerland.
Eduard Kummer (1845–?), Swiss watchmaker and founder of Ed. Kummer AG.
Johannes Dürrstein (1845–1901), German watchmaker, Glashütte . Founder of the Glashütte watch factory "Union" (1893–1926).
Richard Lange (1845–1932), German watchmaker and entrepreneur, Glashütte . A. Lange & Sons .
Sigmund Riefler (1847–1912), German watchmaker, Munich , Riefler precision pendulum clocks .
Webster Clay Ball (1847–1922), American jeweler and watchmaker, Cleveland . Railway chronometer, Hamilton Watch Company .
Henri Lioret (1848–1938), French watchmaker and inventor, Paris . Automata, the first usable music record.

1851-1900

Harlow E. Bundy

Carl Ranch (around 1900), Danish chronometer maker

Albert Favarger (1851–1931), American watchmaker, Neuchâtel . Electric slave clock

Richard Bürk (1851–1934), German entrepreneur, Villingen-Schwenningen . Württemberg watch factory Bürk.

Arthur Junghans (1852–1920), German watchmaker, Schramberg . Developed Junghans into a global company.

Curt Dietzschold (1852–1922), German engineer, watchmaker and specialist teacher. Director of the watchmaking school in Karlstein ad Th. (Austria).

Gustav Speckhart (1852–1919), German court watchmaker, inventor and watch collector, Nuremberg .

Ludwig Strasser (1853–1917), German watchmaker, Glashütte . Precision pendulum clocks , German watchmaking school , Strasser & Rohde .

Wilhelm Schultz (1854–1921), German watchmaker and publisher, Stuttgart / Berlin . German watchmaker's calendar.

Paul David Nardin (1855–1920), Swiss watchmaker and regulator, Le Locle .

Josef Nicolaus (1855–1923), Austrian chronometer maker, Vienna . Observation watches .

Harlow E. Bundy (1856-1916), American watchmaker, Auburn (New York) . Mass production, Bundy Manufacturing Company .

Richard Glasses (1856–1928), German watchmaker, Glashütte . Pocket watches .

Henning Hammarlund (1857–1922), Swedish watch manufacturer, Svängsta . Halda.

Paul Berner (1858–1942), Swiss watchmaker and teacher, for many years director of the watchmaking school in La Chaux-de-Fonds .

Bahne Bonniksen (1859–1935), Danish watchmaker, London , carousel .

Hermann Goertz (1862–1944), German watchmaker, Glashütte , precision pendulum clocks .

Hugo Müller (1863–1943), German watchmaker, Glashütte .

Carl Friedrich Bucherer (? –1933), Swiss watchmaker, Lucerne . Founder of Carl F. Bucherer .

Jens Jensen (1865–1933), German watchmaker, Glashütte . Observation watches .

Ludwig Trapp (1865–1949), German watchmaker, Glashütte . Precision pendulum clocks .

Max Richter (1866–1922), German watchmaker, Glashütte . Precision pendulum clocks .

Paul Ditisheim (1868–1945), Swiss watchmaker, La Chaux-de-Fonds . Pocket and marine chronometers .

Richard Griesbach (1868–1948) German watchmaker, Glashütte . Compensation balance for marine chronometers .

Alfred Jaccard (? –1953), Swiss regulator and chronometer maker, Besançon .

Bruno Hillmann (1869–1928), German watchmaker, Zurich . Pioneer of the wristwatch .

Georges Louis Ruedin (1870–1935), Swiss watch manufacturer, Bernese Jura . Director of the Société Horlogère Reconvilier.

Jens Olsen (1872–1945), Danish watchmaker, Ribe . astronomical world clock in Copenhagen .

Jämes Pellaton (1873–1954), Swiss watchmaker, Le Locle . Tourbillon .

Louis Cartier (1875–1942), French watchmaker, Paris . Cartier watch brand .
Rudolf Flume (around 1880), German watchmaker, Berlin . Flume plant seeker.
Jules Haag (1882–1953), mathematician, Besançon . Isochronity .
Georges Schaeren (1882–1958), Swiss watchmaker, Biel . Mido SA .
William Hamilton Shortt (1882–1971), English watchmaker. London . Shortt clock .
Léon Hatot (1883–1953), French watchmaker and jeweler, Besançon . Founding member of the Chronometric Society of France, Léon Hatot.
Karl W. Höhnel (1885–1936), German watch manufacturer, Glashütte . Precision pendulum clocks .
Gustav Gerstenberger (1886–1983), German regulator and chronometer maker, Glashütte . Marine chronometers , observation watches .
Alfred Helwig (1886–1974), German watchmaker, Glashütte . Tourbillon .
Louis Zimmer (1888–1970), Belgian watchmaker. Lier . Astronomical clock in Lier, zimmer tower .
André Bornand (1892–1967), Swiss watchmaker, Geneva . Teacher at the Geneva Watchmaking School .
Reinhard Straumann (1892–1967), Swiss engineer. Timing machine , Nivarox
John Harwood (1893–1965), English inventor and watchmaker. Automatic wristwatch , Fortis company.
Rasmus Sørnes (1893–1967), Norwegian radio technician and watchmaker, Sola . Astronomical clock .
Paul Behrens (1893–1984), German watchmaker, Lübeck . Astronomical clock .
Marius Lavet (1894–1980), French watchmaker, Paris . ATO watches, Lavet stepper motor .
Georges Henri Ruedin (1895–1953), Swiss watchmaker, Bassecourt . Georges Ruedin SA .
Adolf Scheibe (1895–1958), German physicist, Berlin , developer of the quartz watch .
Albert Pellaton (1898–1966), Swiss watchmaker, Schaffhausen , Pellaton winding for automatic watches .

From 1901

Udo Adelsberger (1904–1992), German physicist, Königsberg (Prussia) . Developer of the quartz watch .
Kamiel Festraets (1904–1974), Flemish watchmaker, Sint-Truiden . Sint-Truiden Astronomical Clock .
Horst Landrock (1904–1990) German watchmaker and collector, Zittau . Landrock Collection .
Hans Apel (1905–1958), German clock and chronometer maker, Glashütte . Master student of Alfred Helwig .
Fred Lip (1905–1996), French watch and machine manufacturer, Besançon . Lip .
Walter Storz (1906–1974), German master watchmaker, Hornberg . Founder of the Stowa watch company .
Georg Abeler (1906–1981), German master goldsmith, watchmaker, Wuppertal . Founder of the Wuppertal Watch Museum .
Henry Fried (1907–1996), American watchmaker, New York . Specialist writer.
Hans Jendritzki (1907–1996), German watchmaker and specialist author, Hamburg .
August Spetzler (1911–2010), German watchmaker, Nuremberg . Master student of Alfred Helwig , tourbillon .
Karl Geitz (1913–2008), German watchmaker, teacher. Founder of the Hessian watchmaking school .
Max Hetzel (* 1921), Swiss physicist, Biel . Bulova Accutron .
Hans Lang (1924–2013), German watchmaker. astronomical clocks.
George Daniels (1926–2011), (C. C.) , English watchmaker. Master of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers and inventor of the co-axial escapement .
Richard Mühe (1929–2009), German watchmaker, Furtwangen . President of the German Chronometry Society (1981 to 1999).
Richard Daners (1930–2018), German watchmaker. Working for Gübelin .
Martin Burgess (* 1931), (FBHI) , English watchmaker and author. Sculptural Clock, Gurney Clock.
Wolfgang Hilberg (1932–2015), German engineer and professor emeritus for electrical engineering, inventor of the radio clock
Jürgen Abeler (1933–2010), German art collector, watchmaker, goldsmith and gemologist .
Kurt Klaus (* 1934), Swiss watchmaker. Designer at IWC . Perpetual calendar with four-digit year display
Roger Dubuis (* 1938), Swiss watchmaker. Roger Dubuis SA .
Derek Pratt (* 1938), English watchmaker. Cooperation with Urban Jürgensen SA .
Anthony G. Randall (* 1938), English watchmaker. Designer of the double-axis tourbillon .
Reinhard Meis (* 1940), German watchmaker and specialist author.
Svend Andersen (* 1942), (AHCI) , Danish watchmaker. Co-founder of the AHCI .
Gerd-Rüdiger Lang (* 1943), founder of Chronoswiss
Vincent Calabrese (* 1944), (AHCI) , Italian watchmaker. Co-founder of the AHCI , "Golden Bridge" by Corum , Universal Genève .
Daniel Roth (* 1945), Swiss watchmaker, Daniel Roth SA (in the Bulgari Group since 2000 ).
Edmond Capt (* 1946), Swiss watchmaker. General manager at Frédéric Piguet and Nouvelle Lémania , developer of the Valjoux 7750 caliber .
Philippe Dufour (* 1948), (AHCI) , Swiss watchmaker.
Paul Gerber (* 1950), (AHCI) , Swiss watchmaker, Zurich .
Michel Parmigiani (* 1950), Swiss watchmaker. Parmigiani .
Jean-Pierre Musy (* 1951), Swiss watchmaker. Head of Research and Development at Patek Philippe .
Ludwig Oechslin (* 1952), Italian watch designer, La Chaux-de-Fonds . Director of the International Watch Museum.
Antoine Preziuso (* 1957), ( AHCI ), Swiss watchmaker. Patek Philippe , Antiquorum , Tourbillon .
Franck Muller (* 1958), Swiss watchmaker, Genthod . Franck Muller SA .
Christophe Claret (* 1962), Swiss watchmaker. Christophe Claret SA .
Beat Haldimann (* 1964), (AHCI) , Swiss watchmaker. Double regulator , tourbillon .
Giulio Papi (* 1965), Swiss watchmaker. formerly Renaud & Papi SA, today Audemars Piguet .
Thomas Prescher (* 1966), (AHCI) , German watchmaker. Triple-axis tourbillon .
Andreas Strehler (* 1971), (AHCI) , Swiss watchmaker. Pendule Sympathique , moon phase , complications .
Konstantin Jurjewitsch Tschaikin (* 1975), (AHCI) , Russian watchmaker, Saint Petersburg . Wrist and table clocks with complications .

literature

GH Baillie, C. Clutton, CA Ilbert: Britten's Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers . Bonanza Books, New York (USA) 1956.
C. Spierdijk: Klokken en Klokkenmakers . de Bussy, Amsterdam (NL) 1965.
Tardy: Dictionnaire des Horlogers Fracais. Paris (F) 1972.
Stanislav Michal: Vývoj hodinářství v českých zemích. NTM Prague (CS) 1976.
FH van Weijdom Claterbos: Viennese Clockmakers [...] . Interbook International BV, Schiedam (NL) 1979. (Focus on Viennese watchmakers)
Osvaldo Patrizzi, Fabien X. Sturm: Jewelery watches 1790-1850 [...] . Callwey, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-7667-0563-6 . (Focus on Geneva watchmakers)
Helmut Krieg: watchmaker in the Bergisches Land . Rheinland Verlag, Cologne 1994, ISBN 3-7927-1478-7 .
Brian Loomes, GH Baillie: Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World: Complete 21st Century Edition . Robert Hale Ltd, 2001, ISBN 978-0-7198-0330-7 .
Jürgen Abeler: Master of watchmaking . 2nd edition Uhrenmuseum Wuppertal, Wuppertal 2010, ISBN 978-3-00-030830-7 .
Georg von Holtey; Ursula Bishop Scherer; Albert Kägi: Swiss-German master watchmaker and their works from the 14th to 19th centuries . Chronométrophilia, La Chaux-de-Fonds 2006, ISBN 978-2-88380-33-5 .

Web links

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