horologist

Example Sentences

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Around this time, Shapiro read “Watchmaking” by British horologist George Daniels.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2023

The watch auction on Wednesday will include three watches designed by the famed Parisian horologist Abraham-Louis Breguet, whose timepieces adorned European royalty in the 17th and 18th centuries, including Marie Antoinette.

From Washington Times • Oct. 26, 2020

The celebrated puppet maker Theodora Skipitares returns with a new show about an 18th-century free black man who distinguished himself as an astronomer, a horologist and a creator of almanacs.

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2020

With theft the only solace left to him, he steals Polly, the young wife of the local horologist.

From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2015

The word horologist had been painted on the door of Father’s shop.

From "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick