c.1635-c.1710),[1] was a horologist (clock and watch maker) who invented the 5 minute repeater,[2] and made the first stopwatch.
[1] He made a clock for King Charles II[3] and was an associate of Isaac Newton.
[1] The original case for that clock may be at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum.
[3] In 1686 he was sheriff of Coventry, before moving to Long Acre, London in 1690/91.
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