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As a final flourish, he put a mechanical clock on the top floor, which he had brought from Parisian horologer.

From Slate • Jun. 13, 2016

She may do very well for skippers' wives, chandlers' daughters, and such like; but nobody shall wait on pretty Mistress Margaret, the daughter of his most Sacred Majesty's horologer, excepting and saving myself.

From The Fortunes of Nigel by Scott, Walter, Sir

You will find ger, or something like it, in most European tongues—Boulanger, horologer, talker walker, baker, brewer, beggar. 

From Letters to his mother, Ann Borrow and Other Correspondents by Wise, Thomas James

A French horologer moved to Switzerland, carrying his trade with him, and as a result there soon grew up in Geneva a guild of workmen not to be outranked.

From Christopher and the Clockmakers by Stecher, William F. (William Frederick)

The Doctor referred him to Mr. George Graham, the distinguished horologer, inventor of the dead-beat escapement and the mercurial pendulum.

From Men of Invention and Industry by Smiles, Samuel