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- Antoine Cronier, or Crosnier, (13 January 1732 - after 1806) was a noted clockmaker active during the second half of the 18th century in Paris, France. Cronier was born in Paris to Françoise née Boulard and Charles Crosnier. He began his apprenticeship under in 1745, and by 1753 was working independently, with his workshop opening by 1759 at rue Saint-Honoré, 140. In 1763, he was recognized as a maître-horloger. His clocks used bronzes by Robert and Jean-Baptiste Osmond, , , Nicolas Bonnet, and , and cases by cabinetmakers Jean-Pierre Latz, , and . He also worked with gilder and tapissier . Today his clocks are in museum collections including the Musée Nissim de Camondo, the Royal Collection of the United Kingdom, Waddesdon Manor, Harewood House, the Residenzmuseum in Munich, the , the Royal Palace of Turin, the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels, the Nationalmuseet in Stockholm, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Huntington Library, and the Pavlovsk Palace. (en)
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- Antoine Cronier, or Crosnier, (13 January 1732 - after 1806) was a noted clockmaker active during the second half of the 18th century in Paris, France. Cronier was born in Paris to Françoise née Boulard and Charles Crosnier. He began his apprenticeship under in 1745, and by 1753 was working independently, with his workshop opening by 1759 at rue Saint-Honoré, 140. In 1763, he was recognized as a maître-horloger. His clocks used bronzes by Robert and Jean-Baptiste Osmond, , , Nicolas Bonnet, and , and cases by cabinetmakers Jean-Pierre Latz, , and . He also worked with gilder and tapissier . (en)
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