Does anyone know this occupation

[junedye64]

I've just found an occupation in 1748 called Springger & Lyner.

Does anyone know what it is.

I must say that at a later date this young boy who was serving an apprenticeship was a watchmaker.

June

[Coromandel]

It seems to be something to do with making watch cases. The entry for 'Watch' in Abraham Rees' 'Cyclopaedia', Vol. 37 (published 1819; available on Google Books) includes a long description of how watches were made. Here is just a small part of it:

'The springs of a hunting-case are made by a separate
workman, called a secret-spring maker. Single cases (not
hunting-cases) are frequently made to open with springs:
pairs of cases (the old-fashioned box and case) are sprung,
lined, and polished by a workman called a springer and
liner; the better description of single cases and hunting-
cases are polished by a person simply called the polisher:
this is sometimes done by women, particularly by the wives
of some of the case-makers; and this is the only branch of
the trade, probably, in which women are employed in this
country.'

[junedye64]

Thank you Coromandel.

I thought it must be something to do with watch making but your answer was perfect.

June