Watchmaker register

Watchmakers by role and craft

Explore 345 watchmakers by their recorded work, from chronometry and movement engineering to design, restoration, manufacturing, and decorative craft.

345
PEOPLE
7
ROLES AND CRAFTS

What this view shows

These categories describe the main work recorded for each person. They separate watchmaking and chronometry from movement engineering, design, restoration, manufacturing leadership, clockmaking, and decorative craft.

Watchmaking / chronometry

Watch construction, regulation, precision timekeeping, and chronometry. 159 people.

Guo Ming

Independent watchmaker / educator

Itay Noy

Independent timepiece maker / watch designer

Kiu Tai Yu

Independent watchmaker / tourbillon developer

Roger Dubuis

Watchmaker, complication developer and co-founder

Su Wenbin

Complicated-watch assembler / regulator

Tristan Ho

Independent watchmaker / movement finisher

Movement / engineering / invention

Movement architecture, mechanisms, engineering, patents, and technical invention. 53 people.

Shi Wenli

Movement designer / technical author

Xu Yaonan

Movement designer / technical author

Industry / manufacturing leadership

Manufacturing, company building, production leadership, and industrial organization. 42 people.

Arde Bulova

Industry leader / watchmaking-education founder

Carlos Dias

Co-founder, business leader and watch designer

Jack Heuer

Watch-industry leader / product direction

Clockmaking / broader horology

Clockmaking and horological work whose scope extends beyond wristwatches. 33 people.

Luigi Pippa

Clockmaker, restorer and reconstruction specialist

Restoration / research / education

Restoration, conservation, scholarship, teaching, and the transmission of watchmaking knowledge. 23 people.

Alan Banbery

Watchmaker / museum builder / horological author

Watch design

Case, dial, product, and visual design associated with watches and watch brands. 18 people.

Maria Reintjes

Watch / brand designer; former co-owner and marketing director

Component craft / decorative arts

Specialist component making, engraving, enamelling, gem-setting, and decorative craft. 17 people.

Hou Guoren

Movement decorator / skeletonization specialist

Stuart Swan

Watch co-founder / production and case-craft leader