Definition of watchmaker
: one that makes or repairs watches or clocks
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That same day, a watch made specifically for this auction by A. Lange & Söhn, a watchmaker that creates complicated pieces in small numbers, would sell for approximately $858,216—setting the record for the priciest A. Lange watch ever.
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Over time, watchmakers in the 1700s noted that gravity was swinging their wristwatches out of sync.
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It was created by André Zibach, one of the greatest Patek Philippe watchmakers of all time, in the mid 1930s as a wedding gift for a friend.
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But these new estimates show that the tech company is competing with watchmakers that have been honing the craft for generations.
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Austrian watchmaker Josef Pallweber conceptualized the idea of hours and minutes as digital displays on a pocket watch and patented the idea in 1883 before licensing it to IWC Schaffhausen.
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Though small watchmakers were already thriving off word-of-mouth buzz and online watch aficionado forums, Kickstarter recently came in and changed the whole game.
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Hemsworth serves as a brand ambassador for watchmaker TAG Heuer, the official timepiece of the Indy 500 and Verizon IndyCar Series.
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But the complexity that drove Breguet has set a standard for a watchmaker's sheer ability for centuries.
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First Known Use of watchmaker
1630
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: a person or company that makes or repairs watches or clocks
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