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Railway timepieces

Running to a timetable has meant that railways have always needed timepieces for their staff and passengers. Investigate objects ranging from the earliest guards’ watches to large station clocks, from watches inspired by railways to the commemorative clocks and watches awarded to staff on retirement.

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Pocket watch

1904

Windsor mantle clock

1845-1855

Mantel clock, presented to T.W. Worsdell - Great Eastern Railway

circa 1885

Time event clock, North Eastern Railway

Station clock

Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works

1857

Clock, London & North Western Railway

London & Birmingham Railway clock

1837

Guard's timepiece, Barber & North, York No.19985

Pocket watch, Superior Railway Timekeeper

Guard's chronometer, Birmingham & Derby Junction Railway

1834-1844

London & Birmingham Railway Guard's Clock, 1837-1839

1838

London & Birmingham Railway pocket watch

1842

'Railway Time' clock

1840-1880

Clock Case from Quintinshill Signal Box

1915-1916

Pocket Watch, Caledonian Railway

Cawood, Wistow & Selby Light Railway clock

Presentation pocket watch, 45 years service - British Railways (Southern Region)

British Railways Zeon wristwatch

Pocket watch, Great Western Railway

Presentation pocket watch, 45 years service - Etherley Station

1920

Farmers Stockton & Darlington Railway clock

1825

Stop watch

Pocket watch

Euston clock

c.1837

Clock, 9" dial, fusee movement, British Railways, No. 6611, Roman face with red arabic numerals for 24 hour use, ex York Yard North signing-on point.

Dial clock, British Railways

Guard's watch South Eastern & Chatham Railway, No 1337[A], nickel silver case, movement by the American Waltham Watch Co, USA, movement number 21471317, case by the Dennison Watch Case Co, England, case number 217020, c1905.

Guard's watch, South Eastern Railway

1905

Clock, Great Western Railway, drop case clock, "GWR" No. 1059, 14'' dial.

Drop case clock, Great Western Railway

Bracket clock, LMS, large station clock from Beeston Station (Notts), double sided, roman faces unmarked, hanging bracket still attched. 30" x 37".

Bracket clock, London Midland & Scottish Railway - 'Beeston Station'

Wall clock, Midland Rly, 12" dial. Dropcase Fusee movement with glazed drop. Dial marked " John Smith & Sons, Midland Clockworks, Queen St. Derby". LMS No 11625. 15 1/2"x25 1/2"

Wall clock

Wall clock, Neath & Brecon Railway, Drop-case wall clock with Roman face, 14" dial, with glass front missing. Face marked "Neath and Brecon Railway. Davis & Sons, Neath".

Wall clock, Neath & Brecon Railway

Clock, made by Jno Walker, 250 Regent Street, metal face/Roman numerals, carved wooden square case, from South Eastern Railway boardroom at Waterloo.

Clock, made by Jno Walker

Wall Clock, BR(NER), "BR (NE) 13246". Circular, Roman face, wooden case. 12 1/2" diam.

Wall Clock, British Rail (North-Eastern Region)

Mantel clock, London Midland & Scottish Railway, made by Joyce of Whitchurch, pendulum clock in wooden and glass case with brass plate. "LMS 9795".

Mantel clock no. 9795, London Midland & Scottish Railway

Clock, London & North Western Railway, No. 6409 by 'JNo Walker, London', long-case clock with Roman face, ex Wolverton Works Offices.

Clock, London & North Western Railway - Wolverton Works Offices

Clocking-in clock, British Railways (Eastern Region), clocking-in clock, no. 51 by Stockall, Marples & Co Ltd, London EC1 with 24 hour face (roman), wooden case with in/out slot and lever punch.

Clocking-in clock - British Railways (Eastern Region)

Wall Clock, London & North Western Railway, Jno Walker Ltd, 63 New Bond St & 27 Fenchurch St., London. No 1732. 10" diam.

London & North Western Railway wall clock

Pocket Watch with key, Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway, J. Adkins & Sons, Coventry. On reverse "MS & LRy, A66 892 silver, Roman face.

Pocket watch, Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway

Pocket watch and fob, BR(LMR), "Vertex", Gold, Roman face, inscribed on reverse "BR London Midland Region. J. Humphreys. In appreciation of 45 years service". On brown leather fob.

Presentation pocket watch, 45 years service - British Railways (London Midland Region)

Timepiece, Roman face (glass missing) in locked wood and brass case, engraved on front `Joseph Fenn, London' and on reverse `London & Birmingham Railway No.68, 1804'

Timepiece, London & Birmingham Railway

Wall/Ledge Clock, London & North Eastern Railway, "LNER 6689" Roman face, circular bezel on ornate stand. Pendulum present but not attached. Overall: 540 mm x 725 mm x 180 mm.

Wall/Ledge Clock, "LNER 6689"

Wall Clock, Great Western Railway, rectangular case, bezel superimposed on top, from Newport Passenger Station, Monmouthshire Railway Company. 78"x15"x10"

Wall clock, Great Western Railway

Pocket Watch, "D.A & CO The Giant Lever. Swiss Made". On reverse "Railway Regulator Swiss made". Silver, Roman face. Formerly the property of Guard Jones, of Indian State Railways.

Pocket watch, Railway Regulator

Stopwatch, steel, by J H Steward, 457, Strand, London, showing miles per hour from 1/4 mile distances, used by Rev W J Scott in timing the Railway Races to the North in 1895 and ''City of Truro" record breaking run in 1904.

W J Scott's stopwatch, 1890

1890

Wall clock, Midland Railway, 18" Dial Fusee movement. Dial marked "John Smith & Sons, Midland Clockworks, Queen St. Derby". LMS No 11583. Overall: 615 mm x 190 mm, 615 mm.

Wall clock, Midland Railway

Wall Clock, North Eastern Railway, "Darling York", metal, Roman face, wooden case ex British Rail (HQ) York.

Wall clock, North Eastern Railway

Pocket watch, North British Railway, "J. Sewill, 30 Cornhill, London", on reverse "S 526", Roman face.

Pocket watch, North British Railway

Pocket Watch, East & West Yorkshire Union Railway, steel Arabic numerals in red, by Medana. On reverse "E & WYUR 1413" (minute hand detached).

Pocket watch, East & West Yorkshire Junction Railway

Pocket Watch, London Tilbury & Southend Railway, silver, Roman face, Christian Lange, 99 Strand, London, on reverse "L.T.S.R. No 8".

Pocket watch, London Tilbury & Southend Railway

Pocket watch, Isle of Wight Central Railway, silver, Roman face. On reverse "I.W.C 6".

Pocket watch, Isle of Wight Central Railway

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