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National Time and Signal; Wixom, Michigan (1877–Present)(Introduces the world's first pneumatically controlled master clock system.) New England Clock Company; New Haven, Connecticut (1959–2000) New Haven Clock Company; New Haven, Connecticut (1853–1959) Parker & Whipple; Meriden, Connecticut (1795–1868)
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.
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.
David Ramsay (bl. 1613–1651), (first Master of the C. C.), Scottish clockmaker, London, clockmaker of the court of Jakob I and Karl I. Salomon Coster (1622–1659), Dutch clockmaker, The Hague, first pendulum clock like Christiaan Huygens. Albrecht Erb (1628–1714), Austrian clockmaker, Vienna, clockmaker of the court, astronomical clock.
John Thwaites was a clockmaker at the beginning of the 17th century and from this extended family Aynsworth Thwaites founded the business about 1735 [7] and is known to be in Rosoman Street, Clerkenwell, London in 1740, [8] and continued there until 1780. Thereafter the firm traded from Bowling Green Lane and in the 18th and 19th centuries ...
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Charles Gretton became very successful in business and had the means to acquire wealth and a number of urban and rural properties. He had a keen interest in philanthropy, particularly relating to education. In 1701, he donated £50 to the Clockmakers’ Company to fund apprenticeships for orphaned sons of clockmakers. [11]