Information on Christiaan Huygens

Here you will find information in many forms about Christiaan Huygens (1629 - 1695), one of the most important European natural scientists of the 17th century.

The important role of synchronisation of clocks/watches

- A derivative of Christiaan Huygens' invention -

Salomon Coster, Christiaan Huygens' clockmaker. The production and development of the first pendulum clocks in the period 1657 - September 1658

By Ben Hordijk and Rob Memel (with contribution by Mart van Duijn and Jeff Schaeps) - July 2023

Scrutinising Huygens' Figura Drawing by Mart van Duijn, Ben Hordijk, Rob Memel and Jef Schaeps

(Antiquarian Horology, Volume 43, No. 2 June 2022, pp. 208-213)

Salomon Coster, the clockmaker of Christiaan Huygens. The production and development of the first pendulum clocks in the period 1657 - September 1658, by Ben Hordijk and Rob Memel (Antiquarian Horology, Volume 42, No. 3 September 2021, pp. 323-344)

Christiaan Huygens and the Jesuits

Christiaan Huygens - A short biography