Franck Muller

Franck Muller

male, 51 years old
Franck Muller (born July 1958) is a noted Swiss watchmaker known for creating complicated, unique and revolutionary timepieces. His brand of...
Abraham Louis Breguet

Abraham Louis Breguet

male, deceased (1823)
Abraham-Louis Breguet or Bréguet, born in Neuchâtel in Switzerland, made many innovations in the course of a career in watchmaking in France. He st...
George Daniels

George Daniels

male, 83 years old
Dr George Daniels MBE, DSc, FSA (born 1926) is an English watchmaker who is famous for creating the co-axial escapement. This has been used by...
Louis Cartier

Louis Cartier

male, deceased (1942)
Louis Cartier passed away in 1942. In 1945 his brother Pierre took over the family business and became the president of Cartier International....
John Harrison

John Harrison

male, deceased (1776)
John Harrison was an English clockmaker who revolutionised and extended the possibility of safe long distance sea travel in the Age of Sail by...
John Arnold

John Arnold

male, deceased (1799)
John Arnold (born 1736 in Bodmin, Cornwall; died 1799 in London) was a watchmaker who developed and patented escapement and balance spring designs....

George Graham

male, deceased (1751)
George Graham (1674?-1751) was an English clockmaker and inventor and a member of the Royal Society. He was partner to the influential English...
Peter Henlein

Peter Henlein

male, deceased (1542)
Peter Henlein (1479/1480 - August 1542) from Nuremberg is considered the inventor of the portable watch. He was also a locksmith and invented the...
Thomas Tompion

Thomas Tompion

male, deceased (1713)
Thomas Tompion (1639-1713) was an English master clockmaker and watchmaker known today as "the father of English watchmaking". Thomas Tompion was...
Adrien Philippe

Adrien Philippe

male, deceased (1894)
Jean Adrien Philippe (1815 - January 5, 1894) was French horologist and cofounder of watchmaker Patek Philippe & Co. of Geneva, Switzerland. In...