clockmaker
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Time is winding down for Howard Miller, the storied furniture company and clockmaker in western Michigan that said this summer it will close after 99 years.
From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2025
Chelsea had published a feature on its website about in-house master clockmaker Jean Yeo that touched on that celebrity connection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2025
Stephan Farffler, a clockmaker who lost the use of his legs in a childhood accident, created the device so he could propel himself to and from church in Nuremberg, Germany.
From National Geographic ● Jul. 14, 2023
The case was made by Pierre-Philippe Thomire, a Parisian bronzeur and gilder of the early 19th Century, and the inner movements were made by Benjamin Vulliamy, clockmaker to King George III from 1773.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2020
If we think of God as a clockmaker, then we can be confident that he will have made a world amenable to experimental enquiry.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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