Clockmakers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clockmaker

A clockmaker is an artisan who makes and repairs clocks. Since almost all clocks are now factory-made, most modern clockmakers only repair clocks. Modern clockmakers may be employed by jewellers, antique shops, and places devoted strictly to repairing clocks and watches. Clockmakers must be able to read blueprints and instructions for numerous types of clocks and time pieces that vary from antique clocks to modern time pieces in order to fix and make clocks or watches. The trade requires fine motor coordination as clockmakers must frequently work on devices with small gears and fine machinery.

Originally, clockmakers were master craftsmen who designed and built clocks by hand. Since modern clockmakers are required to repair antique, handmade or one-of-a-kind clocks for which parts are not available, they must have some of the design and fabrication abilities of the original craftsmen. A qualified clockmaker can typically design and make a missing piece for a clock without access to the original component.

Clockmakers generally do not work on watches; the skills and tools required are different enough that watchmaking is a separate field, handled by another specialist, the watchmaker.

Notable clockmakers[edit]

Udo Adelsberger, Germany

John Arnold, United Kingdom

Johann Baptist Beha, Germany

Ferdinand Berthoud, France & Switzerland

Abraham Louis Breguet, France & Switzerland

Achille Brocot, France

Martin Burgess, United Kingdom

Joost Bürgi, Switzerland

Konstantin Chaykin, Russia

William Clement, United Kingdom

Samuel Coster, Netherlands

Aaron Lufkin Dennison, United Kingdom

Giovanni de Dondi, Italy

Richard Donisthorp, United Kingdom

Hans Düringer, Germany

John Ellicott, United Kingdom

George Graham, United Kingdom

John Harrison, United Kingdom

Peter Henlein, Germany

Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands

James Ivory, United Kingdom

Antide Janvier, France

Mikulas of Kadan

Franz Ketterer, Germany

J. B. Joyce & Company, United Kingdom

Johann Andreas Klindworth, Germany

Joseph Knibb, United Kingdom

Jean-Antoine Lépine, France

David Rittenhouse, USA

Pierre LeRoy, France

Jens Olsen, Denmark

Timothy Mason (clockmaker), United Kingdom

William Potts & Sons, United Kingdom

Rasmus Sørnes, Norway

Adolf Scheibe, Germany

Smith of Derby Group, United Kingdom

Eli Terry, USA

Thomas Tompion, United Kingdom

Thwaites & Reed, United Kingdom

Sigmund Riefler, Germany

Benjamin Vulliamy, United Kingdom

Richard of Wallingford, United Kingdom

Simon Willard, USA

John Whitehurst, United Kingdom

Su Song, China

Lazar the Hilandarian, late 14th- and early 15th century Serbia and Russia

David Hare (1774-1842), Scottish philanthropist and pioneer of modern European Education in India

Tim Hunkin (made the London Zoo Clock and the Southwald Water Clock) United Kingdom http://timhunkin.com/