All part of the mechanical revolution in watchmaking where everyone is trying to reinvent the wheel - but this time with belts. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: November 26, 2006 - December 2, 2006 Archives] Reference
Jeweler I can see, especially the watchmaking stuff. From Wordnik.com. [September 14th, 2007] Reference
So, this is how watchmaking started -- in farmhouses. From Wordnik.com. [Margie Goldsmith: Comparing Fine Wine to Swiss Watches] Reference
Omega has always been at the forefront of watchmaking. From Wordnik.com. [Everybody’s a middleman « BuzzMachine] Reference
The country's watchmaking industry, dominated by Swatch Group AG. From Wordnik.com. [Swiss Watch Exports Surge] Reference
Did you have to do extensive research on watches and watchmaking?. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Hoeye Discusses How Time Stops For No One Got Written] Reference
It is famous for its watchmaking industry and its milk chocolate. From Wordnik.com. [Switzerland] Reference
But Mr. Hayek's big break came in 1982 with the famous report on watchmaking. From Wordnik.com. [Nicolas G. Hayek, 82, former chief of Swatch enterprises, dies in Switzerland] Reference
The fit was apparent as soon as his parents enrolled him in watchmaking school. From Wordnik.com. [The Journe Identity] Reference
Israel, to the watchmaking valleys of Switzerland, to Paris, and to the Isle of. From Wordnik.com. [An Interview with Allen Kurzweil] Reference
In London, Mr. Bennett was recently mobbed for lecturing to women on watchmaking. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859] Reference
And isn't it lucky that The Blind Moron has the perfect work bench for watchmaking?. From Wordnik.com. [A Different Perspective on Irreducible Complexity] Reference
Around the lobby are scattered the brass watchmaking tools that Journe's predecessors used. From Wordnik.com. [The Journe Identity] Reference
That's a continuing question for designers at the watchmaking unit of Swiss-based Victorinox AG. From Wordnik.com. [No Time for Nonsense] Reference
The Swiss company Caran d'Ache pays homage to watchmaking with a new limited-edition fountain pen. From Wordnik.com. [The Maximalist] Reference
One of these gentlemen taught him watchmaking, a craft which he afterwards used to very good purpose. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton] Reference
"What a beautiful morning for watchmaking!" thought Hermux Tantamoq as he unlocked the door to his shop. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: The Sands of Time by Michael Hoeye] Reference
But Switzerland is also known for its watchmaking, and Akris clothes are made with a costly perfectionism. From Wordnik.com. [Selling $4,000 Jackets in a Slowdown] Reference
Each store has a lounge with a library, and on the library shelves are books about watches and watchmaking. From Wordnik.com. [The Journe Identity] Reference
Therefore, it is not necessary that intelligence be demonstrated through watchmaking or poetry appreciation. From Wordnik.com. [Bunny and a Book] Reference
They are designed by Marc Newson, and made in the famous watchmaking city of La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. From Wordnik.com. [The Horizon wristwatch from IKEPOD] Reference
A bravura piece of watchmaking as high art comes from Patek Philippe, a brand that collectors covet the world over. From Wordnik.com. [Style: Timing Is Everything] Reference
He moved on to Mauboussin, the exclusive jeweler on Paris 'ritzy Place Vendôme, where he ran the watchmaking division. From Wordnik.com. [The Edge of Time] Reference
Unwinding the mechanism of success for early British watchmaking has proven daunting for later curators and historians. From Wordnik.com. [Big Time: The British Pocket Watch] Reference
The continuing love affair with the tourbillon shows that luxury watchmaking is a business with a respect for tradition. From Wordnik.com. [Style: Timing Is Everything] Reference
He later moved to the watchmaking center of Geneva, at first peddling vintage timepieces from stands near watch museums. From Wordnik.com. [How Top Watchmakers] Reference
His grandfather had left France for political reasons during the Revolution and established a watchmaking business in London. From Wordnik.com. [Charles-Edouard Guillaume - Biography] Reference
One of the pioneers of this sort of avant-garde watchmaking is Richard Mille, who has found huge success with his eponymous brand. From Wordnik.com. [Style: Timing Is Everything] Reference
Guided by Mr. Hayek's consultancy, the watchmaking companies merged to form SMH, in which Mr. Hayek bought a 51 percent share in 1984. From Wordnik.com. [Nicolas G. Hayek, 82, former chief of Swatch enterprises, dies in Switzerland] Reference
This will be taken care of; new models will be built which will fit in the pocket; the precision of watchmaking will be applied to them. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: December 15, 2002 - December 21, 2002 Archives] Reference
His success turned around the Swiss watchmaking industry around, and Swatch's whimsical plastic watches soon gained worldwide popularity. From Wordnik.com. [Nicolas Hayek, Swatch Founder, Dies At 82] Reference
Then he inserted a tiny pair of tweezers to release the mainspring, which as everyone knows, is the very most ticklish part of watchmaking. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: The Sands of Time by Michael Hoeye] Reference
An absolute first in the world of fine watchmaking. From Wordnik.com. [Luxist] Reference
Therefore watchmaking as an industry did not exist in this country. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher and the Clockmakers] Reference
The MK 2 Circuit watch is everything we love about modern watchmaking. From Wordnik.com. [SlipperyBrick.com] Reference
Tessie worked at watchmaking because it was light, pleasant, and well paid. From Wordnik.com. [One Basket] Reference
The year 2007 marked the 175-th anniversary of Longines watchmaking heritage. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
The Nostromo combines traditional watchmaking with "retro-futuristic audacity"'. From Wordnik.com. [SlipperyBrick.com] Reference
Nicolas Hayek: Entrepreneur who created the Swatch brand and saved the Swiss watchmaking industry. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
It was not so long ago that the spread of the mobile phone sent waves of fear through the reserved world of fine watchmaking. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
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