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#OnThisDay October 26, 1934: Master watchmaker Kurt Klaus is born near Schaffhausen. In the 1980s and 1990s, his complications would lead to the resurgence of IWC and the entire Swiss watch industry. #BornToday #Schaffhausen

#OnThisDay October 19, 1852: German watch entrepreneur Arthur Junghans is born #BornToday

Happy Birthday to the amazing Dr. Mae Jemison! 🎂
#Astronauts #BlackInStem #BornToday

#OnThisDay October 6, 1881: Maurice Savoye, who managed the growth of Longines from 1927 through the 1950s, is born #BornToday

#OnThisDay September 20, 1949: Jean-Claude Biver is born in Luxemborg. He sold Blancpain to Swatch Group and lead Omega's revitalization. After retiring, he took over Hublot, sold it to LVMH, and rebuilt TAG Heuer. #BornToday

#OnThisDay September 18, 1978: German watchmaker Stefan Kudoke is born. He is recognized as one of the most promising young watchmakers today. #BornToday

#OnThisDay September 3, 1916: German pilot and entrepreneur Helmut Sinn is born. His Sinn brand watches would establish the flieger trend and are widely respected for their durability and value. #BornToday

#OnThisDay August 19, 1926: British watchmaker George Daniels is born. He was one of the most celebrated modern watchmakers, inventing the co-axial escapement now used by Omega. #BornToday

#OnThisDay May 1, 1931: Gérald Charles Genta is born in Geneva. He created the luxury steel sports watch, Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, and the Patek Philippe Nautilus in the 1970s and founded two eponymous companies, Gerald Genta and Gerald Charles. #BornToday

#OnThisDay April 14, 1629: Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens is born. He built the first pendulum clocks and pioneered pocket watches. #BornToday

#OnThisDay March 28, 1851: Jules-Louis Audemars, founder of Audemars Piguet is born in Le Brassus #JulesLouisAudemars #BornToday #LeBrassus

#OnThisDay March 27, 1826: Glashütte watch pioneer Moritz Großmann is born in Dresden. He helps establish watchmaking in Saxony and founds the German Watchmaker School Glashütte. #BornToday #Dresden #Glashütte

#OnThisDay March 26, 1772: Swiss watchmaker and dealer Jean-Francois Bautte is born in Geneva. #BornToday #Geneva

#OnThisDay March 24, 1693: English watchmaker John Harrison is born. He was the first to build a successful marine chronometer. He would die on the same day in 1776. #BornToday #JohnHarrison

#OnThisDay March 22, 1881: German businessman Hans Wilsdorf, founder of Rolex, is born in Kulmbach, Germany #BornToday #Kulmbach

#OnThisDay March 21, 1943: Günter Blümlein is born in Nuremberg. He began working at Junghans before joining VDO Automotive to lead IWC and Jaeger-LeCoultre and the resurgence of Swiss watchmaking in the 1980s and 1990s. #BornToday #Nürnberg

#OnThisDay March 15, 1813: German watchmaker Georg Friedrich Roskopf, inventor of the Roskopf escapement, is born #BornToday

#OnThisDay February 19, 1928: Swatch Group founder Nicolas G. Hayek is born in Beirut, Lebanon. A business consultant, he is responsible for the growth of the Swatch Group, the dominance of ETA movements, and many of the industry developments in recent decades. #BornToday

#OnThisDay February 10, 1952: Watchmaker and inventor Ludwig Oechslin is born in Italy. His astronomical complications for Ulysse Nardin were widely celebrated, and he became director of the Musée International d'Horlogerie. #BornToday

#OnThisDay February 4, 1935: Swiss watch designer Ruedi Külling, founder of Xemex, is born #BornToday

#OnThisDay February 1, 1875: Ariste Calame is born. He is instrumental in the growth of watchmaking in Le Locle, founding the Zodiac brand and serving on the Fédération Horlogère. He is second from the right in back in this 1939 photo. #BornToday #LeLocle

#OnThisDay January 10, 1747: Swiss watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet is born in Neuchatel. He is credited for many innovations, including improving automatic winding, free-sprung escapement, shock protection, and the so-called Breguet hairspring. #BornToday #Neuchatel

#OnThisDay January 9, 1729: Watchmaker Abraham-Louis Perrelet, inventor of automatic watch winding, is born in Le Locle, Switzerland #BornToday #LeLocle

#OnThisDay January 1, 1823: German watchmaker Erhard Junghans is born #BornToday

#OnThisDay November 18, 1720: French watchmaker Jean-Antoine Lépine is born. He revolutionized watchmaking by placing the wheel train and balance on a single plate, resulting in a thinner watch. #BornToday

#OnThisDay November 17, 1932: Jack Heuer is born #BornToday

#OnThisDay October 26, 1934: Master watchmaker Kurt Klaus is born near Schaffhausen. In the 1980s and 1990s, his complications would lead to the resurgence of IWC and the entire Swiss watch industry. #BornToday #Schaffhausen

#OnThisDay October 19, 1852: German watch entrepreneur Arthur Junghans is born #BornToday

#OnThisDay September 20, 1949: Jean-Claude Biver is born in Luxemborg. He sold Blancpain to Swatch Group and lead Omega's revitalization. After retiring, he took over Hublot, sold it to LVMH, and rebuilt TAG Heuer. #BornToday

#OnThisDay September 3, 1916: German pilot and entrepreneur Helmut Sinn is born. His Sinn brand watches would establish the flieger trend and are widely respected for their durability and value. #BornToday