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watchmaking in Lausanne, Switzerland

Watch with fob.

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Paul Revere. "The bloody massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th Regt.," engraved by Paul Revere. Boston Massacre.

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Typical components of a mechanical watch.

Typical components of a quartz watch.

Typical components of an electrically powered watch.

watchmaking in Lausanne, Switzerland

Watch with fob.

components in a watch

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Bracket clock with oak case, ebony veneer, and gilt bronze mounts by Thomas Tompion, c. 1690; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Thomas Tompion

English clockmaker

Richard W. Sears

American merchant

Aaron Lufkin Dennison

American manufacturer

Mudge, Thomas

Thomas Mudge

British watchmaker

Edward Howard

American manufacturer

Graham, George

George Graham

British watchmaker

Abraham-Louis Breguet

French watchmaker

Quare, Daniel: Queen Ann clock

Daniel Quare

English clockmaker and inventor

Thomas Earnshaw

English watchmaker