List of watchmakers

{{Short description|none}} This '''chronological list of famous watchmakers''' is a list of those who influenced the development of horology or gained status by their creations. The list is sorted by the lifetimes of the watchmakers.

== Until 1400 ==

* Ktesibios (3rd century BC), Greek engineer, ''clepsydra with hands and dial''. * Zhang Heng (78–139), Chinese mathematician and inventor, ''clepsydra with extra reservoir''. * Yi Xing (683–727), Chinese Buddhist and engineer, ''astronomical clock''. * Zhang Sixun (10th century AD), Chinese engineer, ''clepsydra with water wheel''. * Su Song (11th century AD), Chinese engineer, ''clepsydra with water wheel and ratchet''. * Richard of Wallingford (1292–1336), English mathematician, astronomer and abbot, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, ''astronomical clock of Abbey St Albans.'' * Jacopo de Dondi (1293–1359), Italian astronomer and clockmaker, Padua, ''astronomical clock of Palazzo del Capitanio.'' * Giovanni de Dondi (1318–1389), Italian savant and professor, Milan, ''astrarium.'' * Nikolaus Lilienfeld (1350/1365–1418/1435), German clockmaker and engineer, Rostock, ''astronomical clock of the St. Nicholas' Church in Stralsund.'' * Mikuláš z Kadaně (1350–1420), Czech clockmaker and mechanic, Prague, ''Prague astronomical clock.'' * Lazar the Serb (mid 14th century–after 1404), Serbian Orthodox monk-scribe and horologist who invented and built the first mechanical public clock in Russia in 1404.

== 1400–1500 == * Peter Henlein (c. 1479–1542), German locksmith, Nürnberg, often considered the inventor of the watch, ''portable clocks and watches.'' * Nicolaus Kratzer (1487–late 1550), German mathematician and astronomer, Munich, ''royal astronomer of Henry VIII of England, sun dial.'' * Kaspar Brunner (?–1561), Swiss mechanic, Bern, ''Zytglogge.''

== 1500–1600 == [[File:Wenceslas Hollar - Elias Allen.jpg|thumb|150px|Elias Allen (1588–1653)]] * Juanelo Turriano (c. 1500–1585), Spanish clockmaker of the court, Toledo, ''astronomical clock, restoring the astrarium of Giovanni Dondi.'' * Taqi al-Din (1526–1585), Ottoman clockmaker, Istanbul, ''astronomical clocks, and instruments, alarm clock, pocket watch.'' * Bartholomew Newsam (?–1593); English watchmaker, London, ''royal watchmaker of Elizabeth I''. * Erasmus Habermehl (c. 1538–1606), clockmaker, Prague, ''astronomical and geodetic instruments.'' * Isaac Habrecht (1544–1620), Swiss clockmaker, Schaffhausen, ''astronomical clock of the Straßburger Münster.'' * Jost Bürgi (1552–1632), German clockmaker and instrument builder, Kassel, ''astronomer.'' * Hans Leo Haßler (1564–1612), German composer and clockmaker, Nürnberg. ''music boxes.'' * David Ramsey (c. 1590–1654), English clockmaker, London, ''clockmaker of the court, pocket watch.''

== 1600–1700 == [[File:Christopher Pinchbeck.jpg|thumb|150px|Christopher Pinchbeck (1670–1732)]]

* Heinrich Gebhardt (1602–1661), German clockmaker, Straßburg, ''astronomical clock.'' * Wolfgang Hager (1602–1674), German clockmaker, Arnstadt. * Jean Rousseau (1606–1684), Swiss watchmaker, Geneva, ''complicated pocket watch.'' * Ahasuerus Fromanteel (1607–1693), Dutch clockmaker, London and Amsterdam, ''pendulum clocks.'' * Egbert Jans van Leeuwarden (1608–1674), Dutch clockmaker, Utrecht. * Edward East (bl. 1610–1693), (C. C.), English clockmaker, London, ''cofounder of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, clockmaker of the court.'' * David Ramsay (bl. 1613–1651), (first ''Master'' of the C. C.), Scottish clockmaker, London, ''clockmaker of the court of James VI and I and Charles I.'' * Salomon Coster (1622–1659), Dutch clockmaker, The Hague, ''first pendulum clock like Christiaan Huygens.'' * Albrecht Erb (1628–1714), Austrian clockmaker, Vienna, ''clockmaker of the court, astronomical clock.'' * Isaac II Thuret (?–1706), French clockmaker, Paris, ''clockmaker of the court.'' * Nathaniel Barrow (?–1699), (C. C.), English clockmaker, London, ''Master of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers.'' * David Bouquet (1632–?), French watchmaker, ''pocket watches''. * Edward Barlow (1636–1716), English watchmaker, ''ratchet chime with repeater.'' * William Clement (1638–1704), English watchmaker, London, ''Clement escapement.'' * 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 watches, sun dials and table clocks.'' * Jean de Hautefeuille (1647–1724), French physician and inventor, Orléans, ''balance wheel''. * Simon Lachez (1648–1723), Dutch watchmaker, Utrecht, ''guilt master.'' * Daniel Quare (1648–1724), (C. C.), English watchmaker, London, ''Master of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, rack strike movement with repetition.'' * Joseph Norris (1650–after 1700), English clockmaker, London, ''longcase clock, table clocks.'' * Johann Willebrand (1658–1726), German clockmaker, Augsburg, ''clock, sun dial.'' * Franz Ludwig Stadlin (1658–1740), Swiss Jesuit, ''royal clockmaker of the court of China.'' * George Etherington (?1660–1728), (C. C.), English clockmaker, York, London, ''Master of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers.'' * Matthias Ernst (1663–1714), German clockmaker, Ulm. ''Clockmaker of the city Ulm, longcase clock.'' * Nicolas Fatio de Duillier (1664–1753), Swiss mathematician, Duillier, ''drilled rubies.'' * Bernardo Facini (1665–1731), Italian astronomer, mathematician and instrument manufacturer in Venice, ''Farnasian Clock'' * Jacques Thuret (1669–1738), French watchmaker, Paris, ''clockmaker of the court Louis XIV.'' * Christopher Pinchbeck (1670–1732), English watchmaker, London. * Simon Dilger (1671–1750), German clockmaker, Schollach, ''Waag clock, teacher.'' * George Graham (1673–1751), English watchmaker, London. * Franz Ketterer (1676–1749), German clockmaker, Schönwald im Schwarzwald, ''cuckoo clock.'' * Benjamin Gray (1676–1764), English clockmaker. London, ''clockmaker of the court of George II of Great Britain.'' * Franz Xaver Bovius (1677–1725), German priest and maker of sun dial, Eichstätt. * Jean Dutertre (1684–1734), French watchmaker, Paris, ''duplex escapement.'' * Johannes Klein (1684–1762), Czech mathematician, astronomer and mechanic, Prague, ''astronomical clock and instruments at the Clementinum''. * Julien Le Roy (1686–1759), French clockmaker of the court Louis XV, Paris, ''pocket watch, introduction of oil sinks.'' * Martin Schipani (1693–1759), German watchmaker, Würzburg. * Jehan-Jacques Blancpain (1693–?), Swiss watchmaker, Villeret. Founder of watch company Blancpain. * John Harrison (1693–1776), English carpenter and autodidact watchmaker, London, ''chronometer'' * Johann Jacob Möllinger (1695–1763), German watchmaker, Neustadt an der Weinstraße, ''the Palatinate privileged watchmaker.'' * Johann Delucca (1697–1753), Austrian clockmaker, Vienna, ''longcase clocks, carriage clocks.'' * Henry Bridges (1697–1754), English architect and clockmaker, Waltham Abbey, ''Monumentaluhr Microcosm'' * Étienne LeNoir (1699–1778), watchmaker in Paris, master since 1717

== 1700–1800 ==

=== 1700–1750 ===

* John Jefferys (1701–1754), (C. C.), English watchmaker, London, ''pocket watches'' * Johan Zeller (1701–1778), Swiss clockmaker, Basel, ''night clocks.'' * Anders Polhammar (1705–1767), Swedish watchmaker, Stjärnsund. * John Ellicott d. J. (1706–1772), English watchmaker and inventor, London, ''clockmaker of the court, compensating pendulum''. * Jacques de Vaucanson (1709–1782), French watchmaker, Paris, ''automaton clocks.'' * Pierre-Joseph de Rivaz (1711–1772), Swiss clockmaker, Paris, ''one year clock.'' * Justin Vulliamy (1712–1797), English clockmaker, London, ''precision pendulum clock.'' * Leopold Hoys (1713–1797), German clockmaker, Bamberg, * John Whitehurst (1713–1788), English clockmaker, Derby. * Jean Romilly (1714–1796), Swiss watchmaker, Paris, ''pocket watch.'' * Jean François Poncet (1714–1804), Swiss watchmaker of French origin, clockmaker of the court in Dresden and director of the Grünes Gewölbe. * Jean-Baptiste Dutertre (1715–1742), French watchmaker, ''duplex escapement.'' * Joseph Möllinger (1715–1772), German clockmaker, Frankenthal, ''mechanic, piano builder and mint master, clockmaker of the Palatine Zweibrücken court in Zweibrücken.'' * Thomas Mudge (1715–1794), English watchmaker, London. ''inventor of the free lever escapement.'' * Pierre Le Roy (1717–1785), French watchmaker, Paris, ''marine chronometer.'' * Joseph Gallmeyr (1717–1790), German clockmaker, Munich, ''clockmaker of the court and mechanic of the court.'' * 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 watch.'' * Friedrich Möllinger (1720 or 1726–1767), German watchmaker, Mannheim, clockmaker of the court. * Pierre Jaquet-Droz (1721–1790), Swiss clockmaker, La Chaux-de-Fonds. * James Cox (1723?–1800), English clockmaker, London, ''machines, export clocks.'' * Daniel Beat Ludwig Funk (1726–1787), Swiss clockmaker, Bern, ''pendulums''. * David Ruetschmann (''Frater David a Sancto Cajetano'') (1726–1796), clockmaker and mechanic, Vienna, ''astronomical clock.'' * Jean Baptiste Lepaute, (1727–1802), French royal clockmaker, Paris. * Willem Snellen (1727–1791), Dutch clockmaker, Dordrecht, ''astronomical clock, marine chronometer.'' * Ferdinand Berthoud (1727–1807), Swiss watchmaker and author, Paris, ''marine chronometer.'' * Pater Aurelianus a San Daniele (1728–1782), German Augustine friar, Thüringen, ''astronomical longcase clock.'' * Sebastian Baumann (1729–1805), German watchmaker, Friedberg, ''carriage clock.'' * Louis Berthoud (1729–1807) Swiss chronometer maker, Paris. * Abraham-Louis Perrelet (1729–1826), Swiss watchmaker, Le Locle, ''pocket watch.'' * Jean-Marc Vacheron (1731–1805), Swiss watchmaker, Geneva, founder of Vacheron Constantin. * Josiah Emery (1732–1794), Swiss-born London-based watchmaker, the first to incorporate the lever escapement invented by Thomas Mudge * Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (1732–1799), French entrepreneur and writer, Paris, ''double comma escapement.'' * Alexander Cumming (1733–1814), (C. C.), English watchmaker, mathematician and mechanic, London. * Iwan Petrowitsch Kulibin (1735–1818), Russian clockmaker and inventor, Nizhny Novgorod, ''automated clock for Catherine the Great.'' * Franz Jacob Braun (1735–1813), German clockmaker, Eberbach, ''locksmith and clockmaker.'' * John Arnold (1736–1799), (C. C.), English watchmaker, London, ''marine chronometer.'' * Jacob Kock (1737–1805), Swedish clockmaker of the court of Gustav III, Stockholm, ''cartel clock.'' * Philipp Gottfried Schaudt (1739–1809), German schoolmaster and mechanic, Onstmettingen, ''astronomical clock.'' * Philipp Matthäus Hahn (1739–1790), German pastor, engineer, and inventor. * Johannes Möllinger (1739–1815), German clockmaker, Fischbach, Kaiserslautern, ''clockmaker of the court.'' * Mette Magrete Tvistman (1741–1827), Danish clockmaker * {{ill|Robert Robin|fr}} (1742–1799), French watchmaker, Paris, ''clockmaker of the court, pocket watch, pendulums.'' * Hilaire Bassereau (?–1806), French watchmaker, Paris. ''clockmaker of the court.'' * John Grant (?–1810), English watchmaker, London, ''chronometer.'' * Jean-Moïse Pouzait (1743–1793), Swiss watchmaker and inventor, Geneva, ''lever escapement''. * Jacques-Frédéric Houriet (1743–1830), Swiss watchmaker, Le Locle, ''pocket watch, tourbillon.'' <ref>{{cite web |title=Jacques-Frédéric Houriet. A fine, rare and unusual 18K gold half-hunter case quarter repeating lever watch with calendar |url=https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/watches/jacques-frederic-houriet-a-fine-rare-and-unusual-6200179-details.aspx |publisher=Christies}}</ref> * Jürgen Jürgensen (1745–1811), Danish watchmaker and manufacturer, Le Locle, ''pocket watch, longcase clock.'' * Peter Kinzing (1745–1816), German clockmaker and mechanic. * Daniel Möllinger (1746–1794), German clockmaker, Heidelberg, ''city clock maker.'' * Thomas Reid (clockmaker) (1746–1831), English watchmaker, Edinburgh, ''deck watch.'' * Jean-Frédéric Leschot (1747–1824), Swiss clockmaker, Geneva, ''androids'' * Benjamin Vulliamy (1747–1811), English clockmaker of the court George III, London, ''precision pendulum clock, pocket watch, pocket chronometer.'' * Abraham Louis Breguet (1747–1823), Swiss watchmaker and mechanic, ''tourbillon, Breguet overcoil.'' * John Brockbank (1747–1806), English chronometer maker, London, pocket and marine chronometer. * George Margetts (1748–1808), English chronometer maker, London, ''pocket and marine chronometer.'' * James McCabe (1748–1811), English watchmaker, London, ''pocket watch.'' * Thaddäus Rinderle (1748–1824), German clockmaker and mathematician, Freiburg, ''watchmaking tools.'' * Hubert Sarton (1748–1828), Belgian clockmaker, Liège, ''pendulums, automatic pocket watch.'' * Frédéric Japy (1749–1813), French watchmaker and manufacturer, Beaucourt, ''ébauche.'' * Johann Gottfried Sechting (1749–1814), German clockmaker, ''student of Hahn, astronomical clock.'' * Thomas Earnshaw (1749–1829), English clock and chronometer maker, London, ''marine chronometer.'' * Antoine Tavan (1749–1836), Swiss watchmaker, Geneva, ''Präzisionstaschenuhren.'' * John Wilter, fictitious name used on many Dutch forgeries.

* Johann Anton Roetig (1750–1800), German clockmaker, Hachenburg. * Paul Philipp Barraud (1750–1820), (C. C.), English clockmaker, London, ''chronometer.'' * Georg Matthias Burger (1750–1825), German mystic, Nürnberg. ''sun dial, mechanical terrestrial and celestial globes.'' * Antide Janvier (1751–1835), French clockmaker, Paris, '' astronomical clock.'' * Johann Peter Stahlschmidt (1751–1833), German clockmaker, Freudenberg, ''grandfather clocks''. * Alexius Johann (1753–1826), German engineer of astronomical clocks. * Simon Willard, (1753–1848), American clockmaker, Boston, ''Banjo-Clock.'' * Pierre Louis Berthoud (1754–1813), French watchmaker, Paris, ''chronometer, pocket watches.'' * Elias Möllinger (1754–1799), German watchmaker, Neustadt. * Christian Möllinger (1754–1826), German clockmaker and author, Berlin, ''chief clockmaker of the court, pendulum clocks.'' * Noël Bourret (1755–1803), French clockmaker. * Theobald Schmitt (1756–1835), German clockmaker and gunsmith, Lindenfels-Odenwald. * Louis Courvoisier (1758–1832), Swiss watchmaker, La Chaux-de-Fonds, ''pocket watch and pendulums.'' * Johann Christoph Schuster (1759–1823), German clockmaker. inventor of a ''calculator''. * Levi Hutchins (1761–1855), American clockmaker, Concord (New Hampshire), ''inventor of the alarm clock.'' * Philipp Fertbaur (1763–1820), Austrian clockmaker, Vienna, ''Laterndluhr.'' * Philipp Happacher (?–1843), Austrian clockmaker, Vienna, ''precision pendulum clock.'' * William Anthony (ca. 1764–1844), English watchmaker, London, ''pocket watches for the Chinese market.'' * Baptist Johann (1765–1826), German engineer, astronomical clocks. * Jacob Auch (1765–1842), south German clockmaker, Weimar, ''student of Philipp Matthäus Hahn, clockmaker of the court.'' * Justus Jacob Hespe (1765–1842), German clockmaker, mechanic and inventor, Hannover, ''three-wheeled driving machine.'' * Louis Moinet (1768–1853), French watchmaker, sculptor, and painter, Paris, ''chronograph, clocks.'' * John Roger Arnold (1769–1843), (C. C.), English clockmaker, London, ''marine and pocket chronometer.'' * Joseph Geist (c. 1770–1824), Austrian clockmaker, Graz, ''first Austrian clock producer.'' * Frédéric-Louis Favre-Bulle (1770–1849), Swiss chronometer maker, Le Locle, ''marine chronometer, tourbillon.'' * Willam Congreve (1772–1828), English jurist and technician, London, ''rolling ball clock.'' * Jean Francois Bautte (1772–1837), Swiss watchmaker, Geneva, ''very thin pocket watches.'' * Eli Terry (1772–1852), American manufacturer and clockmaker, Connecticut, ''introduction of mass production to clock making.'' * David Henri Grandjean (1774–1845), Swiss watchmaker, Le Locle, ''highly complicated pocket watch.'' * John Bliss (1775–1857) American chronometer maker, New York, ''marine chronometer.'' * Jean-Baptiste Schwilgué (1776–1856), French clockmaker, Straßburg, ''restorer of the clockwork of the astronomical clock at the Straßburger Münster.'' * Urban Jürgensen (1776–1830), Danish watchmaker, Copenhagen, ''deck watch, tourbillon.'' * Philipp Schmitt (1777–1827), German clockmaker 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 clockmaker, Prague, ''precision pendulum clock.'' * Benjamin Louis Vulliamy (1780–1854), (C. C.), English clockmaker, ''turret clock, clocks, clockmaker of the court.'' * Johann Kessels (1781–1849), German-Danish chronometer maker, Altona, ''marine chronometer and deck watch.'' * Louis Benjamin Audemars (1782–1833), Swiss watchmaker and manufacturer, Le Brassus. * Josef Božek (1782–1835), Czech inventor and clockmaker, Prague, ''precision pendulum clock.'' * Friedrich Wilhelm Roetig (1782–1861), German clockmaker, Hachenburg. * Johann Christian Friedrich Gutkaes sen. (1785–1845), Dresden, ''watchmaker, royal clockmaker of the court.'' * Seth Thomas (1785–1859), American manufacturer and clockmaker, Connecticut, ''Seth Thomas Clocks.'' * Jean-Francois Motel (1786–1857), French chronometer maker, Paris, ''marine chronometer.'' * Ephraim Downes (1787–1860), American clockmaker, Connecticut, ''wooden clock.'' * Peter Friedrich Ingold (also: Piere Ingold) (1787–1878), Swiss watchmaker and manufacturer, La Chaux-de-Fonds/Boston, ''pocket watch, tools (Ingold-Fräse).'' * François Constantin (1788–1854), Swiss entrepreneur, Geneva, ''Vacheron Constantin.'' * Thomas Frederick Cooper(1789-1863) English watchmaker London, ''pocket watch'' * Edward John Dent (1790–1853), English watchmaker, London, ''pocket watch, marine chronometer.'' * Jean Jacob (1793–1871), French clockmaker, Paris, ''chronometer, longcase clock.'' * Chauncey Jerome (1793–1868), American clockmaker, Connecticut, ''New Haven Clock Co.'' * Christian Friedrich Tiede (1794–1877), German clockmaker, Berlin, ''marine chronometer.'' * Carl Suchy, (1796–1866), Bohemian watch producer, Prague, ''pendulum clocks, k.u.k. Hoflieferant.'' * Edouard Bovet (1797–1849), Swiss watchmaker and entrepreneur, ''watch brand Bovet.'' * James Ferguson Cole (1798–1880), English watchmaker, London, ''pocket watch, deck watch.'' * Johann Mannhardt (1798–1878), German maker of turret clocks, Munich, ''Mannhardt-Escapement, turret clock Münchner Frauenkirche.'' * Joseph Saxton (1799–1873), American clockmaker, 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. ''clockmaker of the court, tourbillon.''

== 1800–1900 ==

=== 1800–1850 === [[File:Louis-Victor Baume Clockmaker.jpg|thumb|150px|Louis-Victor Baume (1817–1887)]] [[File:Pierre-Joseph Celestin Baume.jpg|thumb|150px|Pierre-Joseph Celestin Baume]] [[File:Onesime Dumas Clockmaker.jpg|thumb|150px|Onésime Dumas (1824–1889)]] * William Frederick Rippon (?–1827), (C. C.), English clockmaker, London, ''the Great Clock of Westminster''. * Louis-Gabriel Brocot (1800–1860), French big clock maker, Paris, ''Brocot-Hemmung.'' * James Eiffe (1800–1880), English chronometer maker, ''compensation for secondary temperature error.'' * 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 watch for the Turkish market.'' * Jean Paul Garnier (1801–1869), French clockmaker, Paris, ''electric clocks.'' * Carl August von Steinheil (1801–1870), German physician and astronomer, Munich, ''first electric clock.'' * Jules Sueur (1801–1867), Swiss watchmaker, astronomer and inventor, Geneva, ''astronimichal time theory implementation.'' * Charles Klaftenberger (1802–1874), English chronometer maker, London. * George Airy (1802–1892), English astronomer and director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory. * Andreas Hohwü (1803–1885), Dutch chronometer maker, Amsterdam, ''astronomical clock.'' * Charles Antoine LeCoultre (1803–1881), Swiss watchmaker, Le Sentier, ''Jaeger-LeCoultre.'' * Charles-Félicien Tissot (1804–1873), Swiss Watchmaker, Le Locle, founder of Tissot. * Louis Clément François Breguet (1804–1883), French watchmaker, Paris, ''central clock of Lyon, tuning fork clock.'' * Achille Hubert Benoit (1804–1895), French watchmaker, Versailles, ''director of the royal factory, director of the watchmaking school of Cluses.'' * Heinrich Moser (1805–1874), Swiss watchmaker from Schaffhausen (Switzerland), founder of H. Moser & Cie. * Lorenz Bob (1805–1878), German clockmaker, Furtwangen, Schwarzwald. * Carl Theodor Wagner (1805–1885), German master watchmaker and entrepreneur, Wiesbaden. * Auguste-Lucien Vérité (1806–1887), French clockmaker, Beauvais, ''astronomical clock.'' * Friedrich Adolph Nobert (1806–1881), German mechanic and optician, Barth. * Johann Carl Rahsskopff (1806–1886), German clockmaker and mechanic, Koblenz, ''clocks with worm gears.'' * Lorenz Furtwängler (1807–?), German clockmaker and manufacturer, Furtwangen, ''wall clocks.'' * Michael Welte (1807–1880), German musical clock maker, Freiburg im Breisgau, ''M. Welte & Sons Co., Schwarzwald.'' * Jules Frederik Jürgensen (1808–1877), Danish watch- and chronometer maker, Le Locle, ''deck watch.'' * Auguste Agassiz (1809–1877), Swiss Watchmaker, Fribourg, founder of Longines. * Charles Frodsham (1810–1871), English watch and chronometer maker, London, ''chronometer, tourbillon.'' * 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 tinker, ''inventor of the lannual clock about 1875.'' * Johann Weule (1811–1897), German clockmaker, Harz, ''Turmuhren.'' * Antoni Norbert Patek (1811–1877), Polish pioneer in watchmaking, creator of Patek Philippe & Co * Eduard Eppner (1812–1887), German clockmaker, Halle/Lähn, ''pocket watch, Turmuhren.'' * Aaron Lufkin Dennison (1812–1895), American watchmaker, Maine, USA. ''Waltham Watch Company. pocket watch.'' * Georg Friedrich Roskopf (1813–1889), German watchmaker, La Chaux-de-Fonds, ''Roskopf escapement.'' * Matthäus Hipp (1813–1893), German clockmaker, Bern, ''electric precision pendulum clock.'' * Edward Howard (1813–1904), American watchmaker and manufacturer, ''Waltham Watch Company, pocket watch.'' * Friedrich Emil Roetig (1814–1863), German watchmaker, Hachenburg, ''Taleruhr''. * 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 clockmaker, Eisenbach, ''Black Forest cuckoo clock.'' * Edward Daniel Johnson (1816–1889), (C. C.), English watchmaker, London, ''chronometer, fellow of the Royal Society.'' * Claudius Saunier (1816–1896), French watchmaker and teacher, Paris. * Edmand Denison (1816–1905), English lawyer and architect, Nottinghamshire, ''engineer of the turret clock of Big Ben.'' * Auguste Grether (1817–1897), Swiss watchmaker, Le Locle, ''tourbillon.'' * Friedrich Krille (1817–1863), German chronometer maker, Altona, ''marine chronometer, precision pendulum clock.'' * Achille Brocot (1817–1878), French clockmaker, Paris, ''improvement of the Brocot escapement.'' * Auguste Grether (1817–1879), Swiss watchmaker, Ponts-de-Martel, ''chronometer ebauches, tourbillon.'' * Louis-Victor Baume (1817–1887), Swiss watch producer, Bern, ''Baume & Mercier.'' * Edward Thomas Loseby (1817–1890), English watchmaker, London, ''marine chronometer'' * Antoine Redier (1817–1892), French clockmaker, Paris, ''Wecker, clocks, scientific instruments.'' * Charles Edouard Jacot (1817–1897), Swiss watchmaker, Le Locle, c. 1830 New York, ''Chinese Duplexhemmung.'' * John Poole (1818–1867), English watchmaker, London, ''chronometer.'' * Charles Fasoldt (1818–1898), American watchmaker, Albany, ''chronometer, Fasoldt-Hemmung, fine adjustment'' * Christian Reithmann (1818–1909), German watchmaker and inventor. ''machines, free escapement, four stroke motor.'' * Johannes Bürk (1819–1872), German clockmaker and entrepreneur, Villingen-Schwenningen. ''founder of the clock company Bürk.'' * Gustav Eduard Becker (1819–1885), German clockmaker from Schlesien, ''founder of the Gustav Becker clock company.'' * Eduard Phillips (1821–1889), French mathematician, Paris, ''precision adjustment, compensating balance wheels.'' * Johann Ignaz Fuchs (1821–1893), German mechanic and clockmaker, Bernburg, ''Turmuhren.'' * Betty Linderoth (1822–1900), Swedish mechanic and clockmaker * Thomas Mercer (1822–1900), English watchmaker, London, ''chronometer.'' * Erhard Junghans (1823–1870), German clockmaker, 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.'' * Victor Kullberg (1824–1890), Swedish chronometer maker, London, ''chronometer blanks.'' * Louis Brandt (1825–1879), Swiss watchmaker and politician, La Chaux-de-Fonds, founder of Omega * Johann Andreas Ludwig Teubner (1825–1907), clockmaker of the court, Dresden, ''creator of the second Five-Minutes-Clock of the Semperoper.'' * Karl Moritz Großmann (1826–1885), German clockmaker, Glashütte, ''marine chronometer, precision clock.'' * 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''. * Julius Grossmann (1829–1907), German watchmaker, ''director of the watchmaking school in Le Locle.'' * Charles-Émile Tissot (1830–1910), Swiss Watchmaker and politician, Le Locle, co-founder of Tissot. * Charles Shepherd jun. (1830–1905), English clockmaker, engineer, made the gate clock of the Greenwich Observatory. * Maurice Ditisheim (1831–1899), Swiss watchmaker and entrepreneur, in La Chaux-de-Fonds, ''Vulcain.'' * Alexis Favre (1832–1908), Swiss watchmaker, Geneva. ''famous Regleur.'' * Albert Pellaton-Favre (1832–1914), Swiss watchmaker, ''tourbillon-chronometer.'' * François Perregaux (1834–1877), Swiss watchmaker, Le Locle, first watchmaker in Japan. * James Favre-Brandt (1836–1910), Swiss Watchmaker, Le Locle, pioneer of watchmaking in Asia (1863). * Hilda Petrini (1838–1895), first female Swedish watchmaker, Stockholm, ''chronometer.'' * Karl Julius Späth (1838–1919), German tinker, Steinmauern, ''astronomical clock.'' * Wilhelm Ehrlich (1839–1894), German watchmaker, Bremerhaven, ''marine chronometer.'' * Edouard Heuer (1840–1892), Swiss watchmaker, Biel. ''Heuer.'' * Charles-Auguste Paillard (1840–1895), Swiss watchmaker, ''palladium alloy for hairsprings.'' * Heinrich Zilliken (1841–1900), German clockmaker, Münstermaifelder Turmuhrenfabrik ''Turmuhrbau.'' * Florentine Ariosto Jones (1841–1916), American watchmaker and entrepreneur, New Hampshire, USA, ''founder of IWC.'' * James Favre-Brandt (1841–1923), Swiss watchmaker, Le Locle, pioneer of watchmaking in Japan (1863). * Johannes Dürrstein (1845–1901), German watchmaker, Glashütte, ''founder of Glashütter Uhrenfabrik "Union" (1893–1926).'' * Richard Lange (1845–1932), German watchmaker and entrepreneur, Glashütte, ''A. Lange & Söhne.'' * Eduard Kummer (1845–?), Swiss watchmaker and founder of ''Ed. Kummer AG.'' * Sigmand Riefler (1847–1912), German clockmaker, Munich, ''Riefler precision pendulum clocks.'' * Webster Clay Ball (1847–1922), American jeweller and watchmaker, Cleveland, ''railroad chronometer, Hamilton Watch Company.'' * Henri Lioret (1848–1938), French watchmaker and inventor, Paris, ''automatons, first useful audio recordings.''

thumb|Joseph "Joe" Koen, founder of Joe Koen & Son Jewelers circa 1883

=== 1850–1900 === [[File:Harlow E Bundy Clockmaker.jpg|thumb|150px|Harlow E. Bundy (1856–?)]] *Joseph "Joe" Koen (1859–1944), Russian watchmaker & jeweler, Born in Vilna, Russia, immigrated to Austin, Texas. Koen founded [http://www.joekoenjewelers.com/aboutus.html Joe Koen & Son Jewelers] in 1883 - Texas' oldest independently owned jewelry store. * Carl Ranch (c. 1900), Danish chronometer maker * Albert Favarger (1851–1931), American clockmaker, Neuchâtel, ''electric slave clock'' * Richard Bürk (1851–1934), German entrepreneur, Villingen-Schwenningen. ''Württembergische Uhrenfabrik Bürk.'' * Arthur Junghans (1852–1920), German clockmaker, Schramberg, ''founder of Junghans.'' * Curt Dietzschold (1852–1922), German engineer, watchmaker and teacher, ''director of the watchmaking school Karlstein a. d. Th. (Austria).'' * Gustav Speckhart (1852–1919), German clockmaker of the court, inventor and clock collector, Nürnberg. * Ludwig Strasser (1853–1917), German clockmaker, Glashütte, ''precision pendulum clocks, German watchmaking school Strasser & Rohde.'' * Wilhelm Schultz (1854–1921), German watchmaker and editor, Stuttgart/Berlin, ''German calendar watchmaker.'' * Paul David Nardin (1855–1920), Swiss watchmaker and Regleur, Le Locle. * Josef Nicolaus (1855–1923), Austrian chronometer maker, Vienna, ''deck watch.'' * Harlow E. Bundy (1856–1916), American clockmaker, Auburn, New York, ''mass production, Bundy Manufacturing Company.'' * Richard Gläser (1856–1928), German watchmaker, Glashütte, ''pocket watch.'' * Henning Hammarlund (1857–1922), Swedish watch producer, Svängsta, ''Halda.'' * Paul Berner (1858–1942), Swiss watchmaker and teacher, longtime ''director of the watchmaking school in La Chaux-de-Fonds.'' * Max Stührling (1859–1932), Swiss watchmaker, Biel. ''Stuhrling.'' * Bahne Bonniksen (1859–1935), Danish watchmaker, London, ''Carousell''. * Léon Breitling (1860–1914), Swiss watchmaker, Saint-Imier, founder of Breitling SA. * Kintarō Hattori (1860–1934), Japanese watchmaker, Tokyo, founder of Seiko. * Hermann Goertz (1862–1944), German clockmaker, Glashütte, ''precision pendulum clock.'' * 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, ''deck watch.'' * Ludwig Trapp (1865–1949), German clockmaker, Glashütte, ''precision pendulum clocks.'' * Max Richter (1866–1922), German clockmaker, Glashütte, ''precision pendulum clocks.'' * Paul Ditisheim (1868–1945), Swiss watchmaker, La Chaux-de-Fonds, ''pocket watch and marine chronometer.'' * Richard Griesbach (1868–1948) German watchmaker, Glashütte, ''compensating balance wheels for marine chronometer.'' * Alfred Jaccard (?–1953), Swiss Regleur and chronometer maker, Besançon. * Bruno Hillmann (1869–1928), German watchmaker, Zürich. ''first wrist watch.'' * Georges Louis Ruedin (1870–1935), Swiss watch producer, Berner Jura, ''director of the Société Horlogère Reconvilier.'' * Jens Olsen (1872–1945), Danish clockmaker, 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 (um 1880), German watchmaker, Berlin, ''Flume-Werksucher.'' * Jules Haag (1882–1953), mathematician, Besançon, ''Isochronism.'' * Georges Schaeren (1882–1958), Swiss watchmaker, Biel, ''Mido SA.'' * William Hamilton Shortt (1882–1971), English clockmaker, London, ''Shortt clock.'' * Léon Hatot (1883–1953), French watchmaker and jeweller, Besançon, ''cofounder of the Chronometrical Society of France, Léon Hatot.'' * Karl W. Höhnel (1885–1936), German clockmaker, Glashütte, ''precision pendulum clocks''. * William Baume (1885–1956), Swiss watchmaker, Geneva (Switzerland), founder of Baume & Mercier. * Gustav Gerstenberger (1886–1983), German Regleur and chronometer maker, Glashütte, ''marine chronometer, deck watch.'' * Alfred Helwig (1886–1974), German watchmaker, Glashütte, ''tourbillon.'' * Louis Zimmer (1888–1970), Belgian clockmaker, Lier, ''astronomical clock in Lier, Zimmer tower.'' * André Bornand (1892–1967), Swiss watchmaker, Geneva. ''teacher of the watchmaking school Geneva.'' * Reinhard Straumann (1892–1967), Swiss engineer, ''watch timing machine, Nivarox''. * John Harwood (1893–1965), English inventor and clockmaker, ''automatic wrist watch, Fortis watch brand.'' * Rasmus Sørnes (1893–1967), Norwegian radio technician and clockmaker, Sola, ''astronomical clock.'' * Paul Behrens (1893–1984), German clockmaker, Lübeck, ''astronomical clock.'' * Marius Lavet (1894–1980), French clockmaker, Paris, ''ATO-Uhren, Lavet stepper motor.'' * Barney Mirvis (1895–1967), Swiss-trained South African watchmaker, Pretoria, ''Mirvis & Co.'' * Georges Henri Ruedin (1895–1953), Swiss watchmaker, Bassecourt, ''Georges Ruedin SA.'' * Adolf Scheibe (1895–1958), German physician, Berlin, ''engineer of the quartz clock.'' * Albert Pellaton (1898–1966), Swiss watchmaker, Schaffhausen, ''Pellaton winding system for automatic watches.''

== 1900–2000s == * Udo Adelsberger (1904–1992), German physician, Königsberg. ''developer of the quartz clock.'' * Kamiel Festraets (1904–1974), Flemish clockmaker, Sint-Truiden, ''astronomical clock of Sint-Truiden.'' * Horst Landrock (1904–1990) German clockmaker and collector, Zittau, ''Sammlung Landrock.'' * Hans Apel (1905–1958), German watch and chronometer maker, Glashütte, student of Alfred Helwig. * Fred Lip (1905–1996), French producer of watches and machines, Besançon, ''Lip.'' * Walter Storz (1906–1974), German master watchmaker, Hornberg, ''founder of the Stowa clock company.'' * Georg Abeler (1906–1981), German watchmaker, Wuppertal, ''founder of Wuppertaler Uhrenmuseum.'' * Henry Fried (1907–1996), American watchmaker, New York, ''author.'' * Hans Jendritzki (1907–1996), German watchmaker and author, Hamburg. * August Spetzler (1911–2010), German watchmaker, Nürnberg, ''student of Alfred Helwig, tourbillon.'' * Willy Breitling (1913–1979), Swiss watchmaker, Saint-Imier, President of Breitling SA * Karl Geitz (1913–2008), German watchmaker, teacher, ''founder of the Hessian watchmaking school.'' * Max Hetzel (born 1921), Swiss physician, 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.'', Inventor of the coaxial escapement. * Richard Mühe (1929–2009), German watchmaker, Furtwangen. ''president of the German Society for Timekeeping (1981 to 1999).'' * Richard Daners (1930–2018), German watchmaker, ''works for Gübelin.'' * Martin Burgess (born 1931), (FBHI), English watchmaker and author, ''Sculptural Clock, Gurney Clock.'' * Wolfgang Hilberg (1932–2015), German engineer and professor of electronics, ''inventor of the radio clock''. * Jürgen Abeler (1933–2010), German art collector, watchmaker, goldsmith and gemologist. * Kurt Klaus (born 1934), Swiss watchmaker, ''engineer at IWC, perpetual calendar with four digit year indication'' * Roger Dubuis (1938–2017), Swiss watchmaker, ''Roger Dubuis SA.'' * Derek Pratt (1938–2009), English watchmaker, ''collaboration with Urban Jürgensen SA.'' * Anthony G. Randall (born 1938), English watchmaker, ''engineer of the Double-Axis-Tourbillon''. * Reinhard Meis (born 1940), German watchmaker and author. * Svend Andersen (born 1942), (AHCI), Danish watchmaker, ''cofounder of the (AHCI).'' *Gerd-Rüdiger Lang (1943-2023), founder of Chronoswiss. * Carlo Crocco (born 1944), Italian watchmaker from Milan (Italy), cofounder of the Swiss-based luxury brand Hublot Watches. * Vincent Calabrese (born 1944), (AHCI), Italian watchmaker, ''cofounder of the (AHCI), "Golden Bridge" of Corum, Universal Genève.'' * Daniel Roth (born 1945), Swiss watchmaker, ''Daniel Roth SA (with the Bulgari company since 2000).'' * Edmond Capt (born 1946), Swiss watchmaker, ''general director of Frédéric Piguet and Nouvelle Lémania, engineer Mouvement Valjoux 7750.'' * Philippe Dufour (born 1948), (AHCI), Swiss watchmaker. * Paul Gerber (born 1950), (AHCI), Swiss watchmaker, Zürich. * Michel Parmigiani (born 1950), Swiss watchmaker. ''Parmigiani.'' * Jean-Pierre Musy (born 1951), Swiss watchmaker, ''responsible for R&D at Patek Philippe.'' * Ludwig Oechslin (born 1952), Italian watch engineer, La Chaux-de-Fonds, ''former director of the International Museum of Horology.'' * Russell A. Powell (born 1954), American born watchmaker at Patek Philippe. * Antoine Preziuso (born 1957), ((AHCI)), Swiss watchmaker, ''Patek Philippe, Antiquorum, tourbillon.'' * Franck Muller (born 1958), Swiss watchmaker, Genthod, ''Franck Muller SA.'' * Christophe Claret (born 1962), Swiss watchmaker, ''Christophe Claret SA.'' * Kari Voutilainen (born 1962), (AHCI), Finnish watchmaker residing in Môtiers, Switzerland. * Beat Haldimann (born 1964), (AHCI), Swiss watchmaker, ''double regulator, tourbillon.'' * Giulio Papi (born 1965), Swiss watchmaker, ''former Renaud & Papi SA, today Audemars Piguet.'' * Thomas Prescher (born 1966), (AHCI), German watchmaker, ''Triple-Achs-Tourbillon.'' * Barry B. Kaplan (born 1971), American watchmaker at KIVA Watch. * Andreas Strehler (born 1971), (AHCI), Swiss watchmaker, ''Pendule Sympathique, moon phase, complication (horology).'' * Johnny Dang (born 1974), Vietnamese American jeweler and watchmaker, based in Houston * Konstantin Chaykin (Konstantin Jurjewitsch Tschaikin) (born 1975), (AHCI), Russian watchmaker, Saint Petersburg, ''armband- and table clocks with complication.'' * Stéphanie Sivrière (born 1975), French watchmaker and jewellery designer for Piaget SA * Valerii Danevych (born 1968), (AHCI), Ukrainian watchmaker, created first in the world wooden flying tourbillon. * Rebecca Struthers (born 1985–1886), English watchmaker and author * Yoshikazu Akahane (died 1999), Japanese engineer, creator of Seiko's Spring Drive mechanical movement regulated by a quartz oscillator instead of a traditional escapement. * Roberto Bertotti (born 1967), Italian watchmaker, fixing most of the watches, clocks, chronometers, Pendulum clocks, etc. Workshop in Rovereto, Italy. * Sotirios Marinis (born 1971), profesional watchmaker in Thessaloniki, a city with a long-standing tradition in craftsmanship and watchmaking. * Masahiro Kikuno (born 1983), (AHCI), Japanese watchmaker, created the first wristwatch with a Japanese clock complication. * Andrzej Trojanowski (born 1979), independent watchmaker based in Warsaw, Poland. * François-Paul Journe (born 1957), Marseille, resonance chronometer, founder of F.P. Journe. * Roger W. Smith (born 1970), Bolton near Manchester, British independent watchmaker, founder of Roger W. Smith, LTD.

== References == <references />

== Further reading ==

* G. H. Baillie, C. Clutton, C. A. 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 français.'' Paris (F) 1972. * Stanislav Michal: ''Vývoj hodinářství v českých zemích.'' NTM Prague (CS) 1976. * F. H. van Weijdom Claterbos: ''Viennese Clockmakers [...]''. Interbook International B.V., Schiedam (NL) 1979. * Osvaldo Patrizzi, Fabien X. Sturm: ''Schmuckuhren 1790–1850 [...]''. Callwey Verlag, Munich 1981, {{ISBN|3-7667-0563-6}}. * Helmut Krieg: ''Uhrmacher im Bergischen Land''. Rheinland Verlag, Cologne 1994, {{ISBN|3-7927-1478-7}}. * Brian Loomes, G. H. Baillie: ''watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World: Complete 21st Century Edition''. Robert Hale Ltd, 2001, {{ISBN|978-0-7198-0330-7}}. * Patrick Wesche, "Antique Chronographs" Ritter Verlag. Munich 2009. * T.B. McMillan put forth the entry for Joseph "Joe" Koen, founder of Joe Koen & Son Jewelers. * Jürgen Abeler: ''Meister der Uhrmacherkunst''. 2. Auflage Uhrenmuseum Wuppertal, Wuppertal 2010, {{ISBN|978-3-00-030830-7}}. * Georg von Holtey; Ursula Bischof Scherer; Albert Kägi: ''Deutschschweizer Uhrmachermeister und ihre Werke vom 14. bis 19. Jahrhundert''. Chronométrophilia, La Chaux-de-Fonds 2006, {{Falsche ISBN|978-2-88380-33-5}}.

== External links ==

* UhrenH@nse: [http://www.uhrmacherverzeichnis.de/ Uhrmacherverzeichnis] (in German) * watch-wiki: [http://www.watch-wiki.org/index.php?title=Kategorie:Biographie Kategorie:Biographie] (in German)

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