单词 | watchmaking |
释义 | watchmakingn. The making of watches. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun] > making watches watchmaking1729 1729 B. Mandeville Fable Bees ii. vi. 336 Watch-making..is come to a higher degree of Perfection, than it would..if [etc.]. 1879 Encycl. Brit. X. 148/2 Watchmaking was already carried to a high degree of perfection, under the influence of Charles Cusin, who had settled in the town [Geneva] in 1587. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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