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

1400–1500

1404 Lazar Lazar from the Hilandar the monk from Serbia, made first watch in Russia https://www.zis.gov.rs/en/prava/patenti/pronalazaci/lazar-from-hilandar/#:~:text=At%20his%20orders%2C%20in%201404,church%20of%20the%20Holy%20Annunciation.

1500–1600

Elias Allen (1588–1653)

1600–1700

Christopher Pinchbeck (1670–1732)

1700–1800

1700–1750

1750–1800

Frédéric-Louis Favre-Bulle (1770–1849)
David Henri Grandjean (1774–1845)
Louis Benjamin Audemars (1782–1833)
James Ferguson Cole (1798–1880)

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–?)

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.

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.
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