Watchismo follows up its feature on an all wooden watch from 1900 with an artice on the Bronnikov family, the watchmaking dynasty that carved watches from wood and bone:
A horological dynasty is responsible, the Bronnikov family from Vjatka, Russia. The earliest model appearing in 1837 and rumored to have been purchased by the future Czar, Alexander II. A tradition carried out through the 1800s into the early 20th century by Semyon’s sons Mikhail and Nicolai – Producing only one watch per month with approximately 500 ever made, and of those only about 250 have survived today.
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Early days of plastic watches
Mechanical “LED watch” from 1970
History of calculator watches
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