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The Hertzberg Clock is a historic landmark and visitor attraction [1] located at the corner of N. St. Mary's and Houston streets in the Bexar County city of San Antonio in the U.S. state of Texas. [2] [self-published source] Installed in 1878 in front of Eli Hertzberg Jewelry Company, it was made by E. Howard & Co. of Boston, Massachusetts.
The Sweeney Clock is a 1908 clock installed near Houston's Tranquillity Park, in the U.S. state of Texas.The clock was originally installed outside the J.J. Sweeney & Co. jewellery store at the northeast corner of the intersection of Main Street and Prairie Street from 1908 to 1928.
The following is a list of American companies that produced, or currently produce clocks. Where known, the location of the company and the dates of clock manufacture follow the name. Samuel Abbott; Montpelier, Vermont (1830–1861) Ansonia Clock Company; Ansonia, Connecticut and Brooklyn, New York (1851–1929)
Thwaites & Reed Clockmakers Ltd.; East Sussex (1740–present) Thomas Tompion (1639–1713) John Alker, Wigan (1775-1850) Benjamin Ward; London (1799–1808) Eardley Norton, a most highly esteemed member of the Clockmakers' Company, was working between 1762 and 1794. There are clocks by him in the Royal Collection and many museums worldwide.
Hans Gruber (1530–1597), German clockmaker, Nürnberg, table clocks, grandfather clocks. Christoph Schißler (1530–1608), German clockmaker, Augsburg, sun dial, astrolabe. Nicolas Urseau (1531–1568), French clockmaker, London, clockmaker of the court from Edward VI of England to Elizabeth I of England.
Woodcut of medieval clockmaker, 1568 Lateral view of a Timothy Mason longcase clock movement with striking mechanism, c. 1730. A clockmaker is an artisan who makes and/or repairs clocks. Since almost all clocks are now factory-made, most modern clockmakers only repair clocks.
Benjamin Cheney of East Hartford, Connecticut, was producing wooden striking clocks by 1745. [3] In the 19th century, many clocks and watches were produced in the United States, especially in Connecticut, where many companies were formed to mass-produce quality timepieces. [4] Makers of American clocks included: Ansonia Clock Company, 1851–1930
Simon Willard (April 3, 1753 – August 30, 1848) was a celebrated American clockmaker.Simon Willard clocks were produced in Massachusetts in the towns of Grafton and Roxbury, near Boston.