horologist

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Max Busser of MB&F is a horologist, and has presented a new timepiece called the Horological Machine No. 2.2.

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  1. noun One who practices or is skilled in horology.

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  • Dr Taylor is an inventor and horologist - one who studies the measurement of time - and was a student at Corpus Christi in the 1950s. —  "news" via big sleep in Google Reader
  • Just slap it up there, dot the metallic discs in suitable locations and Bob is your horologist. —  The Red Ferret Journal - gadgets, cool sites, freeware and tech trivia
  • Designed by John Tayor -- a British horologist and inventor whose thermostatic switch is incorporated in millions of electric appliance worldwide -- the clock was conceived as a tribute to another British inventor, John Harrison. —  doggdot.us
  • Dr Taylor, an inventor and horologist, has put 500,000 pounds of his own money and seven years into developing the clock, which has been inspired from a design by a clock made by the legendary John Harrison, the pioneer of longitude. —  doggdot.us
  • Max Busser of MB&F is a horologist, and has presented a new timepiece called the Horological Machine No. 2.2. —  TREND HUNTER - The Latest Trends
 

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/həˈrɑlədʒɪst/
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