horologist
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Hoping to speak with him, I reached one of Asprey’s sons, who instead suggested a conversation with Andrew Crisford, an antiquarian horologist and founder of rare timepieces dealer Bobinet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
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
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