List of watchmakers

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

• Amemhet (1555–1505 BC), Egyptian count and engineer, clepsydra.
• Ktesibios (3rd century BC), Greek engineer, clepsydra with hands and dial.
• Andronikos of Kyrrhos (1st century BC), Greek engineer, clepsydra and sun dial.
• Zhang Heng (78–139), Chinese mathematician and inventor, clepsydra with extra reservoir.
• Yin Gui (6th century AD), Chinese engineer, clepsydra with constant water level.
• Geng Xun (7th century AD), Chinese engineer, balancing clepsydra.
• Yuwen Kai (7th century AD), Chinese engineer, balancing clepsydra.
• 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.
• Al-Dschazarī, Arabic engineer and author of the 12th century, elephant clock.
• 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

• Friar Paulus Almanus (c. 1475), German Augustine clockmaker, Augsburg, first drawing of the verge escapement.
• Jakob Zech (?–1540), Bohemian clockmaker, Prague, table clocks.
• Julien Coudrey (or Couldray) (?–1530), French watchmaker, Paris, royal watchmaker of Louis XI of France and Francis I of France, rapier handle watch.
• 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.
• Laurentius Liechti (c. 1489–1545), Swiss clockmaker, Winterthur, founder of the clockmaker dynasty Liechti.
• Hans Luterer (c. 1489–1548), German and Swiss clockmaker, Freiburg im Breisgau, turret clocks.
• Kaspar Brunner (?–1561), Swiss mechanic, Bern, Zytglogge.

1500–1600

Elias Allen (1588–1653)

• Jan Táborský z Klokotské Hory (1500–1572), Czech astronomer and mechanic, Prague, Prague astronomical clock.
• Juanelo Turriano (c. 1500–1585), Spanish clockmaker of the court, Toledo, astronomical clock, restoring the astrarium of Giovanni Dondi.
• Ulrich Schniepp (?–1588), German clockmaker, Munich, sun dials, clockmaker of the court.
• 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 of England.
• Ebert Baldewein (1525–1593), German Hofbaumeister and astronomer, Kassel, Wilhelmsuhr, Planetenlaufuhr.
• Erhard Liechti (c. 1530–1591), Swiss clockmaker, Winterthur.
• Jeremias Metzker (1530–c. 1592), German clockmaker, Augsburg, astronomical table clocks.
• Hans Gruber (1530–1597), German clockmaker, Nürnberg, table clocks, grandfather clocks.
• Christoph Schißler (1530–1608), German clockmaker, Augsburg, sun dial, astrolabe.
• Nicolas Urseau (1531–1568), French clockmaker, London, clockmaker of the court from Edward VI of England to Elizabeth I of England.
• Nicolas Urseau (?–1590), English clockmaker, London, clockmaker of the court of Elizabeth I of England.
• Erasmus Habermehl (c. 1538–1606), clockmaker, Prague, astronomical and geodetic instruments.
• Isaac Habrecht (1544–1620), Swiss clockmaker, Schaffhausen, astronomical clock of the Straßburger Münster.
• Georg Roll (1546–1592), German clockmaker, Augsburg, Globusuhren.
• Christoph Trechsler (1546–1624), German instrument maker, Dresden, sun dial.
• Hans Schlothaim (1546–1625), German clockmaker, Augsburg, automatic clocks.
• Moritz Behaim (c. 1550), Austrian clockmaker, Vienna, clockmaker of the court.
• Johann Reinhold (1550–1596), German clockmaker, Augsburg, astrolabe, table clocks.
• Jost Bürgi (1552–1632), German clockmaker and instrument builder, Kassel, astronomer.
• Josias Habrecht (1552–1575), Swiss clockmaker, Schaffhausen, astronomical clock of the Straßburger Münster.
• Hans Leo Haßler (1564–1612), German composer and clockmaker, Nürnberg. music boxes.
• Andreas Utzmüller (c. 1580), German clockmaker, Bamberg, wooden clock with automated figurines.
• Leonhardt Miller (before 1580–c. 1652), German clockmaker, Nürnberg. sun dial.
• Randolph Bull (1582–1617), English clockmaker, London, clockmaker of the court.
• Daniel Scheyrer (1582–1662), Austrian clockmaker, Vienna.
• Elias Allen (1588–1653), (C. C.), English clockmaker, London, sun dials.
• Anthoine Arlaud (c. 1590–?), French clockmaker, Geneva, cross clocks and astronomical pocket watches.
• Jean Vallier (?–1649), French clockmaker, Lyon, shape watches, pendant watches.
• David Ramsey (c. 1590–1654), English clockmaker, London, clockmaker of the court, pocket watch.
• Christoph Margraf (c. 1595), German clockmaker, Augsburg, clockmaker of the court in Wien, rolling ball clock.
• Jacques Sermand (1595–1651), Swiss watchmaker, Geneva, shape clocks, crucifix clocks.
• Johannes Sayler (1597–1668), German watchmaker, Ulm, rolling ball clock, turret clocks, table clocks.
• Nicolas Lemaindre (1598–1652), French clockmaker, Blois, clockmaker of the court.
• Jost Bodeker von Wartbergh, German vicar, Osnabrück. craft clock with a centrifugal pendulum (1578 to 1587).

1600–1700

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 Jakob I and Karl 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 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 of France.
• 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.
• 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 of France, 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 of Sweden, 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
• 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. ^[1]
• Jules 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 of the United Kingdom, 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.

1750–1800

Frédéric-Louis Favre-Bulle (1770–1849)

David Henri Grandjean (1774–1845)

Louis Benjamin Audemars (1782–1833)

James Ferguson Cole (1798–1880)

• 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

Louis-Victor Baume (1817–1887)

Pierre-Joseph Celestin Baume

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.

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

1850–1900

Harlow E. Bundy (1856–?)

• Joseph "Joe" Koen (1859–1944), Russian watchmaker & jeweler, Born in Vilna, Russia, immigrated to Austin, Texas. Koen founded 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).
• 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.
• 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.
• 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

1. "Jacques-Frédéric Houriet. A fine, rare and unusual 18K gold half-hunter case quarter repeating lever watch with calendar". Christies.

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, ISBN 978-2-88380-33-5.

External links

• UhrenH@nse: Uhrmacherverzeichnis (in German)
• watch-wiki: Kategorie:Biographie (in German)