A clockmaker is an artisan who makes and repairs clocks. A contemporary, well-trained clockmaker is more likely to be able to repair a clock than to actually build or manufacture a clock from scratch. Clockmakers can typically manufacture many of the parts found in a clock. An artisan, also called a craftsman, is a skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

A clockmaker, as the name infers, works primarily on clocks, not watches. Some clockmakers work on watches, but the skills and tools needed to work on a clock aren't always applicable when working on a watch. This page is about timekeeping devices. ...

Due to the technical skills require for making and repairing clocks, clockmakers occasionally delves into other aspects, ranging from similar items that involves gears, to something else completely different. In a very famous example, the harmonica was invented by a young German clockmaker, which was then mass produced by another clockmaker, Matthias Hohner. A harmonica is a free reed musical wind instrument (also known, among other things, as a mouth organ, French harp,tin sandwhich, blues harp, simply harp, or Mississippi saxophone), having multiple, variably-tuned brass or bronze reeds, each secured at one end over an airway slot of like dimension into... Hohner is a company specialising in the manufacture of musical instruments. ...

See also

• chronometer
• horology
• watchmaker
• Aaron Lufkin Dennison
• John Harrison
• Franz Ketterer
• Mikulas of Kadan

A chronometer is a clock accurate enough to be used as a portable time standard on a vehicle, usually in order to determine longitude by means of celestial navigation. ... Horology is the science and study of timekeeping devices. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Aaron Lufkin Dennison (March 6, 1812- January 9, 1895) was an American watchmaker born in Freeport, Maine. ... For other people with this name, see John Harrison (disambiguation). ... Franz Anton Ketterer (1676-1749) was a German clockmaker. ... Prague Orloj Imperial clockmaker who designed the clock machine of Prague Orloj together with Jan Å indel around 1410 (the Emperor at that time was Wenceslas IV). ...

External links

• American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute