Samuel Watson (fl. c.1635-c.1710),[1] was a horologist (clock and watch maker) who invented the 5 minute repeater,[2] and made the first stopwatch.[1] He made a clock for King Charles II[3] and was an associate of Isaac Newton.[1]
In 1695 Samuel Watson made the Physicians Pulse watch which was the first watch with a lever that stopped the second hand.[4] In 1710 Samuel Watson invented the 5 minute repeater.[2]
One of his astronomical clocks can be seen in the library of Windsor Castle.[1] The original case for that clock may be at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum.[3]
In 1686 he was sheriff of Coventry, before moving to Long Acre, London in 1690/91.[3]