death_date birth_place nationality spouse known_for article_title name occupation
march 2nd , 1827 liverpool lancashire british mary margaret blackburn on 24/03/1808 at st anne 's parish richmond bryers liverpool lancashire born 14/04/1782 daughter of john bryers and antique watches joseph johnson -lrb- watch maker -rrb-
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joseph johnson -lrb- watch maker -rrb-

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 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 .
after his death , on 2 march 1827 , his wife mary , son joesph 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 .
