Johan Lindquist of

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

was an important 18th-century

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clock and watch maker. He was a pupil of

Julien Le Roy Julien Le Roy (1686-1759) was a major 18th-century Parisian clockmaker and watchmaker. He was born in Tours in 1686, the scion of four previous generations of clockmakers. By the age of 13, had already made his first clock. In 1699, he moved to P ...

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in, perhaps, the 1740s, and in the late 1750s was appointed clock-maker to King

Adolf Frederick of Sweden Adolf Frederick, or Adolph Frederick ( sv, Adolf Fredrik, german: Adolf Friedrich; 14 May 171012 February 1771) was King of Sweden from 1751 until his death. He was the son of Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin, and Albertina ...

. He died on 4 June 1779. He numbered all his pieces, and was at approximately no. 620 by the time of his death. Lindquist fickur

References

Gunnar Pipping, Elis Sidenbladh and Erik Elfström ''Urmakare och klockor i Sverige och Finland'' Norsted, 1995

External links

A long-case clock by Johan Lindquist.
Businesspeople from Stockholm Swedish clockmakers 1779 deaths Year of birth unknown {{Sweden-business-bio-stub