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

在威斯敏斯特宫，当地钟表匠负责保持这传统。

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.

你是做哪行? - 我是个钟表匠。

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

真吗? 我以为最棒钟表匠都在欧洲。

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

她父亲卡斯帕是名钟表匠，在自己家（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.

就在这年，位22岁德国钟表匠斯蒂芬·法夫勒制造了世界上第辆自动推进轮椅。

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

“在上帝眼中，个‘笨蛋’可能比个钟表匠或个中尉更有价值。”

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

这是个将钟表匠、天文学家、水手、数学家、国王和王后、太空卫星联系在起，甚至还有智能炸弹。

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匠小组员。

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

是，这有点像钟表匠特质。

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，他创办了家邮购公司——RW Sears手表公司，并最终雇佣了名钟表匠Alva C. Roebuck。

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

我们刚刚发现了第个蓝牌，位于老治安官办公室，这里是三代名叫汤姆·威廉斯钟表匠家。

(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）这是个将钟表匠、天文学家、水手、数学家、国王与王后、太空卫星，乃至智能炸弹串联起来。

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.

威斯敏斯特宫三位钟表匠之亚历克斯·杰弗里说，这座钟已被运往英格兰西北部坎布里亚郡进行拆卸和重建。

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位工程师兼钟表匠路易·布雷盖当学徒。路易·布雷盖创立了如今依然存在著名钟表品牌。

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，会见小群钟表匠，他们有项艰巨工作，那就是确保切准时进行，尤其是在时间改变时候。

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.

当男孩问钟表匠如何设定大钟时，钟表匠回答说：“我把它设定在正午炮声上！ ” 今天我们报时方式并没有太大不同。

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。