"At some point, mathematics stops and the nose takes over, " explains the master watchmaker.

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Master watchmaker Richard Mille, who won the award in 2007, wryly suggested they give it to Journe automatically.

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Smithsonian officials invited a group of journalists to bear witness as a master watchmaker carefully opened Lincoln's watch to the inner workings.

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The RM 008 chronograph tourbillon (a stopwatch) was so complicated that only one master watchmaker, Fernand Simao, had the skills to put it together.

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Philippe Dufour stands high up in the watchmaking pantheon, not as a brand, but an independent master watchmaker--just himself, an assistant or two, and a few machine and hand tools that would be instantly recognizable to a watchmaker 200 years ago.

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