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Joseph Johnson of Liverpool, England, was a highly respected and successful British master clock, watch and chronometer maker. He was a nonconformist who was married to Mary Bryers〔(Joseph Johnson, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975" ) Accessed 2014-02-06〕〔(Familysearch, Joseph Johnson, "England and Wales, Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8)" ) Accessed 2014-02-06〕 and who worked in Liverpool from 1795 to about 1827. He is known to have worked from a factory at 25 Church Street. Initially, his business traded from 26/27 Church Street and, later on, from 48/49 Church Street. This detail is often found on the movement of his watches.〔(Brass Goggles ) Accessed 2014-02-06〕 After his death, on 2 March 1827, his wife Mary, son Joseph Johnson and Grandson's Joseph Johnson Cashen & Joseph Johnson Norris continued his work. His watches are of high quality and often in precious metal cases. Joseph Johnson had a preference for using fully jewelled watch movements.〔 He is credited with inventing several design improvements to the pocket watch and watch movement. His watches were commonly used on U.S. railroads, before the establishment of the U.S. watch industry. ==Gallery== Image:Josephjohnson1.jpg|A massive gold pocket watch by Joseph Johnson of Liverpool. Image:Josephjohnson2.jpg|A watch movement by Joseph Johnson of Liverpool. Numbered 5687. Signed with "Josh Johnson". Image:Jospephjohnson3.jpg|Gold pocket watch by Joseph Johnson of Liverpool. Image:Josephjohnson4.jpg|A silver case bearing a Chester Hallmark for 1828. Watch number 10811. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joseph Johnson (watch maker)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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