clockmaker

American  

[klok-mey-ker] / ˈklɒkˌmeɪ kər /

noun

1. a person who makes or repairs clocks.

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clockmaker British  

/ ˈklɒkˌmeɪkə /

noun

1. a person who makes or mends clocks, watches, etc

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Other Word Forms

• clockmaking noun

Etymology

Origin of clockmaker

1400–50; late Middle English. See clock ¹, maker

Example Sentences

Time is winding down for Howard Miller, the storied furniture company and clockmaker in western Michigan that said this summer it will close after 99 years.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2025

But eventually Mr Harrison, a simple clockmaker and carpenter, proved his more illustrious colleagues wrong.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2025

Stephan Farffler, a clockmaker who lost the use of his legs in a childhood accident, created the device so he could propel himself to and from church in Nuremberg, Germany.

From National Geographic • Jul. 14, 2023

Its tale of the dying days of a New England clockmaker was knotty and morbid, but in a memorably lyrical, gentle way.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2023

The clock was designed by Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens - who incidentally had published essays on the physics of music - and built by clockmaker Salomon Coster.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall