Comments on: History of Watches /history-of-watches/ Bespoke hand-crafted watches made in Great Britain Tue, 10 Sep 2024 16:08:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Colin /history-of-watches/#comment-181376 Tue, 10 Sep 2024 16:08:23 +0000 /?p=78#comment-181376 In reply to Seph Callaway III.

Hi Seph

Thanks for your comment. The list primarily focuses on British inventors, which includes all the nations of the British Isles, although the list will be heavily weighted towards the English, as historically they have had the larger population and the biggest influence on watchmaking.

Colin

]]> By: Seph Callaway III /history-of-watches/#comment-181373 Mon, 09 Sep 2024 15:31:48 +0000 /?p=78#comment-181373 Hello,
I’m just delving into the history and development of British horology as it relates to both clocks and watches, so as to forage forward into a path of my own in the watchmaking industry. I personally find it fascinating, especially when an inventor gets credit for their discoveries. It’s only fair, even if they never financially benefited from their discoveries. This list is extensive and I printed it out. Is this list of just only the inventors that are known whom are British? What about Scottish or Irish? I guess what I’m eluding to is that as it relates to the British Isles as a whole, is this list inclusive of ‘all’ the known British inventors and if so, what about Scotland, Ireland and maybe even Wales?

]]> By: Colin /history-of-watches/#comment-140671 Sat, 09 Jan 2016 13:14:02 +0000 /?p=78#comment-140671 In reply to Alexis Delon.

Hi Alexis, that’s a question with a long answer! The short answer is that the Swiss were far better at adopting mass-production in watch manufacture. They also had invested so heavily in the industry that when the watch industry collapsed elsewhere in the world after the emergence of the electronic watch, they were stubbourn and persisted on. Most watch companies went bust and were bought up cheapily by conglomorates like Swatch or the Richemont Group. Then the mechanical watch came back into fashion and the industry started to grow again. By this stage is was only the Swiss left, so they were the monopoly by default.

]]> By: Alexis Delon /history-of-watches/#comment-138656 Thu, 22 Oct 2015 02:57:15 +0000 /?p=78#comment-138656 Nicely organised table. Interesting to see that British time keepers invented a lot of things we currently use in watchmaking. Why is it that Switzerland has the monopoly of the watchmaking world?

]]> By: Matt Webb /history-of-watches/#comment-1264 Sat, 18 Jan 2014 17:34:23 +0000 /?p=78#comment-1264 Fantastic to see the time line. Even better to see some of the most iconic revolutions by british watchmakers.

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