Karin Slaughter

If I wasn't a writer, I would probably be a watchmaker. I like putting puzzles together, and that is what a watch is, figuring out how all the gears and everything else works together. I'm patient and good at focusing on a single task.

American Writer

Sonia Rykiel

I came from an intellectual Parisian family. My father was a watchmaker; my mother was a housewife. We discussed politics, art, sculpture - never fashion.

French Designer

Voltaire

The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream that this watch exists and has no watchmaker.

French Writer

The term emphasizes the craftsmanship involved in watchmaking.

Craftsperson

Watchmaking is a specialized trade requiring training and knowledge.

Specialized Skill

'Watchmaker' refers to creation and repair, not sales.

Not a Watch-seller

 And as he did so, his customer noticed that on the back side of the balance wheel was an engraving, were words. And he said to the guy, "Why have you put stuff on the back that no one will ever see?" And the watchmaker turned around and said,