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Comitti of London was founded in 1845 by Onorato Comitti, an Italian precision instrument maker who moved to England, [1] and started a business designing and manufacturing barometers. [2] Onorato Comitti opened his first workshop in 1850 alongside other specialist makers in Clerkenwell, London.
Pages in category "Clock manufacturing companies of the United Kingdom" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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. Norton made an astronomical clock for George III which still stands in Buckingham Palace.
Domestic clocks and watches were mostly imported or the work of immigrants from the European continent. Because turret clock making involved working in ferrous metal, clockmakers within the City of London tended to be freemen of the Blacksmiths’ Company, though some were members of other livery companies, notably the Clothworkers. [4]
The Clockmakers' Museum in London, England, is believed to be the oldest collection specifically of clocks and watches in the world. [1] The collection belongs to and is administered by the Clockmakers’ Charity, affiliated to the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, founded in 1631 by Royal Charter. [2]
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 .
Josiah Emery (probably November 11, 1725 - between July 2 and July 14, 1794) was a watch and clock maker who improved Thomas Mudge's lever escapement in 1785. One of his watches was presented to Lord Nelson who was wearing it when he was killed by a sniper at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
[4] [7] For a few years, the tower clock side was established in Wembley as Gillett-Johnston Clocks Ltd. [7] In 1962 it was bought by Cecil Hector Coombes (d. 1972), who had previously worked for Gillett & Johnston in Croydon.