Engraving of Thomas Tompion by John Smith, after a portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller
Born
1639
Northill, Bedfordshire, England
Died
1713
London, England
Nationality
English
Occupation(s)
Clock- and watchmaker
Thomas Tompion, FRS (1639–1713) was an English clockmaker, watchmaker and mechanician who is still regarded to this day as the "Father of English Clockmaking". Tompion's work includes some of the most historic and important clocks and watches in the world, and can command very high prices whenever outstanding examples appear at auction. A plaque commemorates the house he shared on Fleet Street in London with his equally famous pupil and successor George Graham.
ThomasTompion, FRS (1639–1713) was an English clockmaker, watchmaker and mechanician who is still regarded to this day as the "Father of English Clockmaking"...
watches was possible only after the invention of the hairspring by ThomasTompion, an English watchmaker, in 1675. Clock face International System of...
20 November 1751) a partner of ThomasTompion Frank Hope-Jones (1867-1950) Joseph Johnson; Liverpool (1795–1827) Thomas Kefford (fl. 1710–1750). Joseph...
gravitation. There is an orrery built by clock makers George Graham and ThomasTompion dated c. 1710 in the History of Science Museum, Oxford. Graham gave...
aberration of light. William IV marked the site of the observations with a ThomasTompion sundial in 1832, transferred from Hampton Court Palace to a plinth to...
escapement first made by ThomasTompion to a design by Richard Towneley in 1675 although it is often credited to Tompion's successor George Graham who...
spring is the type used in virtually all watches up to the present day. ThomasTompion was one of the first clockmakers to recognise the potential of the balance...
1675 by astronomer Richard Towneley, and first used by Graham's mentor ThomasTompion in a clock built for Sir Jonas Moore, and in the two precision regulators...
astronomical clocks were commissioned to his design from the clockmaker ThomasTompion and installed at the Greenwich Observatory. The clocks were paid for...
visit. It was sculpted by Martin Holden and is a replica of one by ThomasTompion, a celebrated 17th-century clockmaker, which had been sited near the...
Gretton 1702, Joseph Windmills 1703, ThomasTompion 1708, Daniel Quare 1717 Nathaniel Chamberlain 1718, Thomas Windmills 1795, 1812 Harry Potter 1810...
replaced in quality watches by the cylinder escapement, invented by ThomasTompion in 1695 and further developed by George Graham in 1715. In Britain a...
made accurate pocket watches possible. The great English clockmaker ThomasTompion, was one of the first to use this mechanism successfully in his pocket...
Hooke, had made the first longcase clocks by 1680. Later the same year, ThomasTompion, the most prominent British clockmaker, was making them too. Longcase...
recognising him as a worthy companion to his friend George Graham and ThomasTompion, 'The Father of English Watchmaking', who are both buried in the Abbey...
son-in-law, found office furniture manufacturer Herman Miller. Model 612-436 ThomasTompion has been made for over 25 years and is still made today. "New executive...
but the first widely used regulator was invented by ThomasTompion around 1680. In the Tompion regulator the curb pins were mounted on a semicircular...
The village is known for its maypole and for being the birthplace of ThomasTompion, the "Father of English Clockmaking". Ickwell is not mentioned in Domesday...
– Charles Hickman, Anglican Bishop of Derry (b. 1648) November 20 – ThomasTompion, British clockmaker (b. 1638) November 26 – John Belding, Connecticut...
Isaac Habrecht, Switzerland, 1589 AD Room 39 – Ornate clock made by ThomasTompion, England, 1690 AD The scope of the Department of Asia is extremely broad;...
replaced in quality watches by the cylinder escapement, invented by ThomasTompion in 1695 and further developed by George Graham in the 1720s. Improvements...
Street Sir Joseph John "J.J." Thomson William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin ThomasTompion The Unknown Warrior (entombed in 1920) Beatrice Webb, Baroness Passfield...
ThomasTompion, preceding him as Master of the Company in 1702, as well as alongside Charles Gretton (Master of the Company in 1700). His son Thomas completed...
Clement (1638–1704), English watchmaker, London, Clement escapement. ThomasTompion (1639–1713), (C. C.), English clockmaker, London, Master of the Worshipful...
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