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  2. History of watches - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Mudge, inventor of the lever escapement. The lever escapement, invented by Thomas Mudge in 1754 [18] and improved by Josiah Emery in 1785, gradually came into use from about 1800 onwards, chiefly in Britain; it was also adopted by Abraham-Louis Breguet, but Swiss watchmakers (who by now were the chief suppliers of watches to most of Europe) mostly adhered to the cylinder until the 1860s.

  3. Watch - Wikipedia

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    These are called mechanical watches. [1] [2] In the 1960s the electronic quartz watch was invented, powered by a battery and keeping time with a vibrating quartz crystal. By the 1980s it took over most of the watch market, in what was called the quartz revolution (or the quartz crisis in Switzerland, whose renowned watch industry it decimated).

  4. Watch 1505 - Wikipedia

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    The Watch 1505 / ˌ w ɒ t ʃ f ɪ f ˈ t iː n ˈ ə ʊ ˈ f ɑː ɪ v / (also named PHN1505 or Pomander Watch of 1505) is the world's first watch.It was crafted by the German inventor, locksmith and watchmaker Peter Henlein from Nuremberg, during the year 1505, in the early German Renaissance period, as part of the Northern Renaissance.

  5. Pocket watch - Wikipedia

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    A pocket watch is a watch that is made to be carried in a pocket, as opposed to a wristwatch, which is strapped to the wrist. They were the most common type of watch from their development in the 16th century until wristwatches became popular after World War I during which a transitional design, trench watches, were used by

  6. History of timekeeping devices - Wikipedia

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    The so-called trench watch, or 'wristlets' were practical, as they freed up one hand that would normally be used to operate a pocket watch, and became standard equipment. [187] [188] The demands of trench warfare meant that soldiers needed to protect the glass of their watches, and a guard in the form of a hinged cage was sometimes used. [188]

  7. Peter Henlein - Wikipedia

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    A watch exhibition was held in Nuremberg during the celebrations, at which outstanding works were awarded Henlein medals. [27] [28] [29] The Peter Henlein Fountain was unveiled on the occasion of the opening of the watch exhibition in. The fountain was donated by the City of Nuremberg and the watchmakers’ association.

  8. Louis Moinet - Wikipedia

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    Among his many technical accomplishments, Moinet re-made a Ferdinand Berthoud regulator almost in its entirety. He also invented a counter that, even today, is unequalled. The same can be said for another regulator and an astronomical watch. In terms of watch making techniques, Moinet was a genius and he improved upon many existing methods.

  9. Automatic watch - Wikipedia

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    Breguet studied and improved the design, and made many self-winding watches from then to about 1810. Although a few self-winding watches and patents for them were made from 1780 on, for more than one hundred years these watches were rare, until the advent of the wrist watch. During the years 1776 to 1810 four different types of weight were used: