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
There has been an in-house clockmaker at Windsor Castle since the late 1970s, with Fjodor being the fourth horological conservator.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2020
Decades later, the prize was awarded to a clockmaker, John Harrison.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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