watchmaker
Noun
Meaning
One whose occupation is to make and repair watches.
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Examples
His father wanted him to be a lawyer, but Robert-Houdin wanted to follow into his father's footsteps as a watchmaker.
He was told that he was better suited as a watchmaker than a lawyer, but by then, Jean's father had already retired, so he became an apprentice to his cousin who had a watch-shop.
Instead, he describes evolutionary processes as analogous to a blind watchmaker in that reproduction, mutation, and selection are unguided by any designer.
A local watchmaker that once aspired to be America's version of Rolex has closed its doors.
And everyone expects space rocket efficiency with the skills of Swiss watchmaker from the young doctor.
Dr. Manhattan is in tune with the quantum mechanics of the universe; he experiences the past, present, and future all at once, no longer observing life one second at a time like his watchmaker father.