In the scifi novel The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven, the Watchmakers are a small technologically intelligent sub-species of the Moties that will repair/improve things left for them (accompanied by food as payment).
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A glass panel on the façade still features the original clock, designed by Pavel Bure, a celebrated watchmaker to the tsar and the ice-hockey players' ancestor.
After periods working in journalism including a stint at the British newspaper the Daily Telegraph, he entered television broadcasting and worked for the BBC, Rapido TV, Clive James's Watchmaker Films, Graham Norton's So TV and Visual Voodoo, the entertainment arm of ITN.
He was born around 1762 / 3 and apprenticed to a master watchmaker(Boys Err May) in the Fleet Market area of London.
In addition to his many other achievements, he developed a lifelong passion for horology and became the leading authority in his lifetime on the work of the famed French maker Abraham-Louis Breguet, who is generally acknowledged as the greatest watchmaker of all time.
Immigrating first to Hégenheim, France, then to La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland in 1858 to escape religious persecution, Jacques Ditisheim and his descendants were instrumental in the development of the Swiss watchmaking industry.
He received lessons of photography from C.C. Hersen before moving to the then Austrian city Trieste in 1864, where he opened a studio in partnership with the Italian watchmaker Guglielmo Sebastianutti (1825-1881), marrying Sebastianutti' stepdaughter, Isabella, in 1868.
Peter Henlein (1479/80 – 1542), German locksmith and watchmaker, often considered the inventor of the portable timepiece
Ickwell was the home village of the English master clockmaker and watchmaker Thomas Tompion (c. 1639–1713), and Ickwell Green still boasts the family cottage, which is maintained by the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers.
Born on 11 January 1903 in Berea, Durban, Natal, Siedle was the youngest son of Otto Siedle, who was born in Woolwich, London of southern German stock and who trained as a watchmaker, subsequently emigrating to Durban where he became prominent in the shipping business and public affairs.
His father was a native of Fife, and a watchmaker of good repute, but an advanced republican.
Jean-François Ruchonnet (Cluses, 23 July 1965) is a Swiss watchmaker, designer and creator in luxury sector.
Prior to Manhunt International 2007, Guang has modeled for Nike, Adidas, Pierre Cardin, Zenith Timepieces, Zara, Dunhill and many other local and international brand names.
Kari Voutilainen, born in 1962, is a Finnish watchmaker residing in Môtiers, Switzerland.
The DKT is noted for occasional sightings of minor Danish celebrities, such as members of the Wedell noble family; Nils Foss, a film director; the owners of the Asbæk art gallery; Ole Mathiesen, watchmaker; and, most famously, HRH Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark.
The village was the original home of the Swiss watchmaker Mathey-Tissot.
He had business connections with the Swiss watchmaker Pierre Jaquet-Droz and Jean-Frédéric Leschot.
Louis-Ulysse Chopard (May 4, 1836 – January 30, 1915) was a Swiss watchmaker and founder of Chopard.
He was interested in science generally and in 1802 he ordered the first 'double chronometer' from Abraham-Louis Breguet, the world's foremost watchmaker.
He married at Paris Anne Martinot (died 1707), daughter of the watchmaker and clockmaker Balthazar Martinot (1636–1716), clockmaker to Queen Anna of Austria and then watchmaker to the King.
Inside, gauges are designed by Swiss watchmaker Chronoswiss, which also produces limited-edition Spyker branded wristwatches.
Stefan Anderson (1878–1966), Swedish industrialist, journalist and master craftsman watchmaker
Carl Weingarten – Dobro and EBow on "Message to the Blind Watchmaker (Ascii Mayhem)"
The first two series were made by Watchmaker Productions, series 3 was made by Chrysalis Entertainment and series 4 and 5 are made by North One Television, which are all now part of All3Media.
Harrison made only four chronometers, but his work was carried on by others, and (generally London-based) chronometer houses sprang up, great names like John Arnold, Edward John Dent, Thomas Earnshaw, Charles Frodsham, Hamilton, and Robert Molyneux.
The Guardian reported on March 5, 2012 that actress Sandra Bullock is suing the watchmaker for an ad seen on YouTube which represents the Swarovski-crystal encrusted watch she wore in the Oscar-winning movie The Blind Side as identical to the company's white band watch encrusted with synthetic mineral glass stones.
The collection includes one of the early marine chronometers by Ferdinand Berthoud, a pendule sympathique by Breguet, a pocket watch with astronomical indications by Auch, several bespoke late 20th century watches by George Daniels, one of the few reproductions of the astrarium by De Dondi to name just a few highlights.
Littlejohn was born in Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the son of Wilson Littlejohn, a watchmaker and jeweller, and his wife Margaret, née Gordon.