Famous Watchmakers Through History
The Classroom • 6m 44s
Mike Michaels, master watchmaker, is here to give us a history lesson! Mike is talking watchmakers who have both impacted him personally and the industry as a whole. From John Harrison with the first marine chronometer to Abraham Breguet with watch parts innovations like the tourbillon to George Daniels with the co-axial escapement, Mike is covering a lot of history in this episode!
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