Because my dad was a clock maker.

因为我爹曾是个钟表匠。

Really? I imagine the finest watchmakers in the world come from Europe.

你是做哪一行的? - 我是个钟表匠。

Anyway, in an agency, when we reach a point like this...

真的吗? 我以为最棒的钟表匠都在欧洲。

At the Palace of Westminster, its resident clockmakers are responsible for maintaining this tradition.

在威宫，当地的钟表匠负责保持这一传统。

Her father, Casper, was a watchmaker who ran the business from their own home, the Beje house.

她的父亲卡帕是一名钟表匠，在自己（Beje house）经营生意。

That was the year a 22-year-old German watchmaker named Stephan Farffler built the world's first self-propelling wheelchair.

就在这一年，一位22岁的德国钟表匠蒂芬·法夫勒制造了世界上第一辆自的轮椅。

To which Corrie replied, " In God's eyes, one 'half-wit' might be worth more than a watchmaker or a Lieutenant."

“在上帝的眼中，一个‘笨蛋’可能比一个钟表匠或一个中尉更有价值。”

Ian Westworth and Alex Jeffrey are part of a small team of clockmakers at the Palace of Westminster in London.

Ian Westworth 和 Alex Jeffrey 是伦敦威宫钟表匠小组的一员。

This is a story that connects clock makers, astronomers, sailors, mathematicians, kings and queens, space satellites, and even smart bombs.

这是一个将钟表匠、天文学、水手、数学、国王和王后、太空卫星联系在一起的故事，甚至还有智能炸弹。

So, in 1886, he started a mail order company, the RW Sears Watch Company, and eventually hired a watchmaker Alva C. Roebuck.

因此，1886年，他创办了一邮购公司——RW Sears手表公司，并最终雇佣了一名钟表匠Alva C. Roebuck。

Alex Jeffrey, one of three clockmakers at the Palace of Westminster, said the clock had been transported to Cumbria, in northwestern England, to be taken apart and put back together.

威宫的三位钟表匠之一亚历克·杰弗里说，这座钟已被运往英格兰西北部的坎布里亚郡行拆卸和重建。

We'll travel to the United Kingdom now to meet a small group of clockmakers who have a big job of making sure everything is working on time, especially when it comes to the time change.

现在，我们将前往英国，会见一小群钟表匠，他们有一项艰巨的工作，那就是确保一切准时行，尤其是在时间改变的时候。

When he had finished all the engraving on hand he would dawdle around the front of the store with the watchmaker and the salesgirl or wander out to some soda fountain to drink a Coca-Cola.

当他完成手头的所有雕刻后，他会和钟表匠和女售货员在商店前面闲逛，或者闲逛到某个汽水柜喝可口可乐。