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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The art or operation of making watches; the business or occupation of a watchmaker.

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  • noun The making (and repairing) of watches

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Examples

  • All part of the mechanical revolution in watchmaking where everyone is trying to reinvent the wheel - but this time with belts.

    Boing Boing: November 26, 2006 - December 2, 2006 Archives 2006

  • It is the official watch of the Musée International d'Horlogerie (MIH), the international museum of watchmaking, which is situated in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.

    swissmiss swissmiss 2010

  • It is the official watch of the Musée International d'Horlogerie (MIH), the international museum of watchmaking, which is situated in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.

    swissmiss 2010

  • This is the ˜technical™ theory of art, or the theory that art is craft, by which we mean a fully worked out theory of crafts such as watchmaking, joinery, carpentry and so on.

    Collingwood's Aesthetics Kemp, Gary 2009

  • While watchmaking soon became a profession in its own right, the old bedfellows never completely parted ways.

    Time for Something Special Michael Clerizo 2011

  • As watchmaking began to evolve across Europe some 500 years ago, it was jewelers who jump-started the industry.

    Time for Something Special Michael Clerizo 2011

  • Israel, to the watchmaking valleys of Switzerland, to Paris, and to the Isle of

    An Interview with Allen Kurzweil 2010

  • After the financial downturn, clients need to be reassured, and they look for timeless objects that represent a style that will last and watchmaking expertise, and consequently such models will represent a good investment.

    The Rebirth of a Classic Jemima Sissons 2011

  • Over time, my curiosities, and those of my characters, expanded to include library cataloging, pop-up books, tattoos, security systems, secret compartments, the history of French watchmaking, and book design.

    An Interview with Allen Kurzweil 2010

  • Based in Le Locle, Switzerland, a Jura Mountain watchmaking hotbed since 1846, Ulysse Nardin is best known for its astronomical watches created by Ludwig Oechslin, an Italian polymath, watchmaker and museum curator.

    Princes of the Tides Michael Clerizo 2011

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