The St.Petersburg Centre of Watch & Clock Restoration

Michael Vasiljevich Lomonosov
(1711 – 1765)
Lomonosov was a Russian genius, a scholar, the first learned man in Natural Science, a researcher who gained the world fame, who was the supporter of Russia’s Enlightenment and who was struggling for the development of Russian science by its own way in the world. A profoundly educated man with versatile interest and abilities he dedicated much time to constructing of optical and navigational devices and naval clocks...
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Ivan Petrovich Kulibin
(1735 – 1818)
An utstanding Russian Engineer, symbol of Russian invention, one of the most prominent representatives of the so-called Russian self-taught persons, mechanic and the head of the Saint-Petersburg Academy of Sciences workshops (1770-1787), later academic adviser at the workshops up to 1801, originator of more than 40 inventions, he contributed significantly to the Russian and world science and is retained in watchmaking...
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Terentiy Ivanovich Voloskov
(1729 – 1806)
An outstanding clockmaker, a self-made expert holds the priority in inventing the astronomic clock. He designed a clock showing the current time, month and position of the sun, the moon and stars...
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The dynasty of masters the Bronnikovs
A dynasty of brilliant craftsmen, the world famous, self-made watchmakers in several generations in a row, those who were rewarded with lots of Russian and international prizes, medals, certificates, produced pocket watches, which were made of unusual materials - wood and ivory...
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Lev Isidorovich Nechaev
(1800 - 1861)
The prominent Russian clockmaker, continued the work of his famous predecessors, who were always preoccupied with the ideas of constructing various complicated “planet clocks” with a great many automatic devices – Nechaev created incredibly complicated construction of the pendulum clock...
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Ivan Mezgin
The inventor, designer and the creator of the "astronomic-historic" clock - he became known only after the publishing of a booklet of 1893, where the author somebody calling himself B-n, described the clockmaker Ivan Mezgin and his amazing clock, which he got acquainted with by chance, while visiting the industrial exhibition in 1891 in Kazan...
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Lev Fedorovich Sabakin
(1746 - 1813)
The eminent Russian mechanic, a superb connoisseur of technical sciences of his times, who was awarded the order of Saint Vladimir of the IV rate and bestowed the title of a nobleman of a "collegiate assessor", the contemporary of Kulibin and Voloskov, he constructed the most complicated astronomic pendulum clock with a calendar...
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Egor Grigorievich Kuznetzov-Zhepinskiy
(1725 - 1805)
The superb constructor, one of the most talented, dedicated and skillful Russian inventors, whose creative work was based according to traditions on their personal gift, enormous professional experience and his own researches, he possessed the skills off a metal-worker, smith, and also the art of clockmaking – creating wall, bell and pocket clock...
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Nickolai Galaktionovich Chizhov
(1731 – 1767)
The first-class Russian instrument-maker, a skilled craftsman of “tools (instrumental) art” who became famous due to the highest and unsurpassed (at his times) quality of his complicated devices and scientific instruments; he was especially interested in design of the exact sand-glass...
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Michael Grigorievich Medox
(1747 - 1822)
The Englishman, a professor of Mathematics from Oxford University, came to Russia in 1766, accepting a special invitation of Empress-Catherine the Great, who appreciated him highly and patronized him. He came as a tutor for a future tzar Paul the I, but had left his name in Russian history due to the fact that he became an outstanding Russian specialist in mechanics, and a clockmaker, who was aware of all the achievements in the world’s clockmaking...
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Feodosiy Michaelovich Fedchenko
The genius, the Soviet physics, the most talented mechanic, constructor and inventor in 1953 became the author-inventor of the most precise pendulum clock, which overcame the famous Shorts’s one in their accuracy, reliability and simplicity of maintaining...
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