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.

威斯敏斯特宫的三位钟表之一亚历克斯·杰弗里说，这座钟已被运往英格兰西北部的坎布里亚郡进行拆卸和重建。

Because my dad was a clock maker.

因为我爹曾是个钟表。

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

你是做哪一行的? - 我是个钟表。

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’可能比一个钟表或一个中尉更有价值。”

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、天文、手、数、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。

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岁的德国钟表斯蒂芬·法夫勒制造了世界上第一辆自动推进的轮椅。

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

在威斯敏斯特宫，当地的钟表负责保持这一传统。

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

真的吗? 我以为最棒的钟表都在欧洲。

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

她的父亲卡斯帕是一名钟表，在自己（Beje house）经营生意。

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 是伦敦威斯敏斯特宫钟表小组的一员。

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，他们有一项艰巨的工作，就是确保一切准时进行，尤其是在时间变的时候。

Yes, there's a sort of watchmaker aspect to it.

是的，这有点像钟表的特质。

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，他会和钟表和女售货员在商店前面闲逛，或者闲逛到某个汽柜喝可口可乐。

And when the boy asked the watchmaker how he sets the great clock, the watchmaker said, " I set it to the noonday cannon! " The way we tell time isn't so different today.

当男孩问钟表如何设定大钟时，钟表回答说：“我把它设定在正午的炮声上！ ” 今天我们报时的方式并没有太大的不同。

Mark had contacts in Paris, and he sent Isambard to be apprenticed to an engineer and watchmaker, Louis Breguet, the famous brand of watchmakers that still exists.

马克在巴黎有关系， 他安排伊桑巴德去给一位工程师兼钟表路易·布雷盖当徒。路易·布雷盖创立了如今依然存在的著名钟表品牌。

We've just spotted our first blue plaque the  old Sheriff's Office, home to three generations of clockmakers named Tom Williams.

我们刚刚发现了第一个蓝牌，位于老治安官办公室，这里是三代名叫汤姆·威廉斯的钟表的。

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

（碾压地球）这是一个将钟表、天文、手、数、国王与王后、太空卫星，乃至智能炸弹串联起来的故事。