A watchmaker is an artisan who makes and repairs watches. An artisan, also called a Craftsman, is a skilled manual worker who crafts items that may be functional or strictly decorative including furniture clothing A watch is a timepiece that is made to be worn on a person The term now usually refers to a wristwatch, which is worn on the wrist with a strap or Bracelet. A modern watchmaker is more likely to repair a wristwatch or a pocketwatch than to actually create a watch from scratch. A skilled watchmaker can typically manufacture many of the parts found in a watch.

A watchmaker, as the name implies, works primarily on watches, not clocks. Circadian Locomotor Output Cycles Kaput, or Clock is a gene which encodes proteins regulating Circadian rhythm. Some watchmakers work on clocks, but the skills and tools needed to work on a watch are not always applicable when working on a clock.

Historically, in England, watchmakers would have to undergo a seven-year apprenticeship and then join a guild, such as the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers in London, before selling their first watch. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Apprenticeship is a system of Training a new generation of practitioners of a skill A guild is an association of craftsmen in a particular trade The earliest guilds were formed as confraternities of workers The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. In modern times watchmakers undergo training courses such as WOSTEP. The Watchmakers of Switzerland Training and Educational Program is an internationally recognized professional qualification in the maintenance and care of fine-quality Watches

Watchmaker as metaphor

William Paley and others used the watchmaker in his famous analogy to infer the existence of God (the teleological argument) . William Paley (July 1743 &ndash 25 May 1805) was a British Christian apologist, Philosopher, and utilitarian. The watchmaker analogy, or watchmaker Argument, is a Teleological argument for the Existence of God. God is the principal or sole Deity in Religions and other belief systems that worship one deity. A teleological argument, or argument from design, is an Argument for the Existence of God or a creator based on perceived evidence of order purpose design

Richard Dawkins later applied this analogy in his book The Blind Watchmaker, arguing that evolution is blind in that it cannot look forward. Clinton Richard Dawkins, FRS, FRSL (born 26 March 1941 is a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist, and Popular science The Blind Watchmaker is a 1986 book by Richard Dawkins in which he presents an explanation of and argument for the theory of Evolution by means of eVolution is the third Album by eLDee, it was due to be released in 2008 Evolution, says Dawkins, is not directed by god(s). Instead, all intricate improvements in nature's mechanisms stem from survival pressures.

Alan Moore in his seminal graphic novel Watchmen, uses the metaphor of the watchmaker as a central part of the backstory of his heroic character Dr. Manhattan. Alan Moore (born November 18 1953 in Northampton) is an English Writer most famous for his influential work in Comics, including the acclaimed A Watchmen is a twelve-issue Comic book Limited series written by Alan Moore, and illustrated by Dave Gibbons and John Higgins Doctor Manhattan ( Dr Jonathan Osterman) is a Fictional character featured in the DC Comics series Watchmen.

In the scifi novel The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven, the Watchmakers are a small technologically intelligent sub-species of the Moties that will repair/improve things you leave out for them (accompanied by food as payment). The Mote in God's Eye, by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, is a Science fiction Novel that was first published in 1974 Laurence van Cott Niven (born April 30, 1938 Los Angeles California) is a US Science fiction author. The Mote in God's Eye, by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, is a Science fiction Novel that was first published in 1974 The Mote in God's Eye, by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, is a Science fiction Novel that was first published in 1974

See also

• American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute
• Louis Cartier
• clockmaker
• Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry FH
• Watchmaker analogy
• horology
• chronometer watch
• marine chronometer

External links

• Verband der Schweizerischen Uhrenindustrie FH
• American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute
• Famous watchmakers
• British Horological Institute
• Functioning of a simple mechanical watch
• Disassembling a mechanical wristwatch
• Reassembling a mechanical wristwatch

The American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute ( AWCI) is a not-for-profit trade association based in the United States that is dedicated to the advancement of horology Louis Cartier (1875–1942 was a famous French watchmaker and businessman known worldwide for his elegant and extravagant designs in watches A clockmaker is an Artisan who makes and repairs Clocks Since almost all clocks are now factory-made most clockmakers today just repair clocks The Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry FH (( F édération de l'industrie h orlogère suisse is the Swiss watch industry's leading Trade association The watchmaker analogy, or watchmaker Argument, is a Teleological argument for the Existence of God. Horology (from Greek ώρα, "hour time" and λόγος Logos, "study speech" lit A chronometer watch is a Watch tested and certified to meet certain precision standards A marine chronometer is a timekeeper precise enough to be used as a portable Time standard; it can therefore be used to determine Longitude by means of Celestial

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