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Cheeseface (1968/1969 – 1976) was a dog who featured on the famous "Death" issue of the National Lampoon magazine, released January 1973.The cover, photographed by Ronald G. Harris, [1] showed the dog with a gun pointed to his head, and the caption "If You Don't Buy This Magazine, We'll Kill This Dog".
John Arnold (1736 – 11 August 1799) was an English watchmaker and inventor.. John Arnold was the first to design a watch that was both practical and accurate, and also brought the term "chronometer" into use in its modern sense, meaning a precision timekeeper.
Hans Jess Martens (1826–1892), German watchmaker and author, head of the Badischen watchmaking school Furtwangen. Julius Assmann (1827–1886) watchmaker and watch producer, Glashütte, chronometer and deck watch. Bonaventura Eijsbouts (1827–1920), Dutch clockmaker, Asten, clock tower maker Royal Eijsbouts.
A modern watchmaker at his workstation; he wears a magnifying loupe to more easily see the small parts of a watch A watchmaker's lathe in use to prepare a decorative watch component cut from copper. A watchmaker is an artisan who makes and repairs watches. Since a majority of watches are now factory-made, most modern watchmakers only repair ...
In 1944, Daniels joined the army; he already had an interest in watches and repaired some for other soldiers. On leaving the army in 1947, he bought tools with his £50 gratuity; worked repairing watches, and took horology night classes. [citation needed] In 1960, he opened his first watch repair and cleaning shop in London.
Rebecca Struthers (born 1985 or 1986) [1] is an English watchmaker, historian, author, engineer, and gemmologist. [1] [2] [3] She works with her husband, Craig, who is a master watchmaker. [1] She won the Heritage Crafts award in 2021, presented by King Charles III. She is the only practising watchmaker in the United Kingdom with a PhD in ...
This list is a duplicate of Category:Watch brands, which will likely be more up-to-date and complete. Manufacturers that are named after the founder are sorted by surname. Manufacturers that are named after the founder are sorted by surname.
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.