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Show Eighteenth Century Clockmakers The Eighteenth century clock-maker clock-maker was in no wise a narrow specialist or mechanic, but combined com-bined the abilities of foundryman, blacksmith, engraver, patternmaker, cabinetmaker and machinist In many Instances he was even skillful enough to construct the cases for the movements. Wooden clocks were rather ornate and cumbersome cumber-some mechanisms, but served satisfactorily satis-factorily as time recorders. They were the products of true craftsmanship, crafts-manship, almost always the work of one individual from gears to dials. |