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In the 1920s, Frédéric-Emile Blancpain met the British watchmaker, John Harwood…
… we take it for granted that virtually any watch we buy, whether mechanical, quartz, or smart should be able to resist a paddle in the pool, but …
Forgotten landmarks in watchmaking evolution…shock protection
Henrik's Minutes, the watchmakers screwdrivers and their maintenance.
Part 10. Drilling is a delicate operation because it requires both precision and strength. The drill is an ancient tool, anterior and Neolithic.
Henrik's Minutes, eye glasses, the watchmaker's eyes…
Excerpt of John Harrison's early work from the AHS journal 1976, reducing friction.
Henrik's Minutes, an insight into the staking set.
Around 1768, Arnold constructed another watch for the King which was given the designation "Number 1" by Arnold —something he did when the watches he built was regarded as significant.
Knibb was considered as the finest horologist of his time, according to author Herbert Cescinsky, a renowned specialist on English clocks.
Part 9. In almost all of the workshops of artisans a fire burns, either to warm the glue of the carpenter or to keep the irons of the furnace hot.
Hooke discovered the law of elasticity in 1660 which describes the linear variation of tension with extension in an elastic spring.
Tourbillons, one of the most animated of mechanical complications, like ideas, will always defy gravity.
Found in this Cartier pocket watch is an unusual system for assembly of the case. Resulting from the onyx material used in the main body, the onyx was in essence hollowed out forming a cup for the mechanism and dial. The system was often executed by Cartier but few others.
George Graham, an English clockmaker, inventor, geophysicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society, was born in 1673 in the Cumberland town of Kirklinton.
…he was awarded the commission to build the Great Clock for the House of Parliament in Westminster in 1852, but passed away before the project was completed.
Charles Frodsham, a distinguished English horologist was born in April 1810 in Bloomsbury, London, England. He attended the Bluecoat School in Newgate, London, before becoming an apprentice to his father, William James Frodsham FRS, a well-known chronometer manufacturer and co-founder of Parkinson & Frodsham.