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Clockmakers' Museum

Explore some of the many objects in the Clockmakers' Museum, which tells the story of clock and watchmaking in London and the British Isles from c.1600 to the present day.

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'Memento mori' watch in the form of a skull, known as the 'Mary Queen of Scots' watch.

Clockmakers

1780-1850

Marine timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770

Clockmakers

1770

Engraved silver 'Petit' cup

Clockmakers

1501-1599

Portrait of the Reverand Henry Nelthropp MA, FSA (1820 – 1901)

Clockmakers

1896

Silver pair-cased astronomical watch

Clockmakers

1660

Oval verge watch c.1630

Clockmakers

1630

Gold lever watch by George Blackie

Clockmakers

1873

Gold watch made for Queen Amelie of France by Henri Motel

Clockmakers

c. 1840

Portrait of Benjamin Vulliamy (1747 – 1811)

Clockmakers

1770-1800

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold 1776-7

Clockmakers

1776

Gold verge watch with red and blue champlevé enamel dial by Edward East

Clockmakers

1650

Box of escapement finisher's tools

Clockmakers

1900-1925

Astronomical and automaton Augsberg 'masterpiece' clock by Johann Schneider

Clockmakers

1625

Portrait of Edward East

Clockmakers

1601-1700

Longcase clock movement by Thomas Bradford c. 1692

Clockmakers

1690-1695

Working model of the co-axial escapement built by George Daniels

Clockmakers

1985

Oval crystal-cased verge watch with outer case and ribbon with miniature and locket by A Senebier

Clockmakers

1630

Deck-watch used by Capt. William Parry during his attempt to reach the North Pole, 1827

Clockmakers

1823

Small drum-shaped clock from the last quarter of the 16th Century

Clockmakers

1525-1550

Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son

Clockmakers

1795

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by Larcum Kendall 1786-7

Clockmakers

1786

Oval silver pair-cased watch by Sampson Shelton

Clockmakers

1640

Prototype for the 'Anniversary' wristwatch by George Daniels and Roger Smith

Clockmakers

2010

Decimal watch by Richard Dover Statter and Thomas Statter

Clockmakers

1862

Eight-day astronomical longcase clock by Thomas Vickery

Clockmakers

1931

Smiths De Luxe wristwatch worn by Sir Edmund Hillary on his ascent of Mount Everest 1953

Clockmakers

1953

Year-going longcase clock by Daniel Quare

Clockmakers

1690-1705

Silver star-shaped verge watch by David Ramsay

Clockmakers

1625

Sundial by Elias Allen, c.1630

Clockmakers

1625-1635

Gilt-metal and engraved silver verge watch by James Valtrolier

Clockmakers

1622-1628

Early English verge watch by Michael Nouwen

Clockmakers

1600

Gold and enamel pair-cased quarter-repeating cylinder watch by Thomas Mudge

Clockmakers

1701-1800

Posthumous portrait of George Daniels

Clockmakers

2011

'Millenium' co-axial wristwatch by George Daniels

Clockmakers

1999

Spring detent watch by John Arnold, used by Ruth Bellville and family to distribute GMT c.1834-1940

Clockmakers

1794

Astronomical spring clock by Samuel Watson, believed to have belonged to Sir Isaac Newton

Clockmakers

1690-1710

Silver and tortoiseshell pair-cased watch by Ignatius Huggeford

Clockmakers

1675

Prototype watch movement with co-axial escapement by Patek Philippe

Clockmakers

1901-2000

Keys

Clockmakers

1766

Deck-watch used by Capt. George Vancouver on board HMS Discovery 1791-5

Clockmakers

1791

Terrestrial globe by John and William Cary, London

Clockmakers

1790-1794

Triple-cased quarter-repeater watch by Paul du Pin

Clockmakers

1739

Wax portrait of Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780 – 1854)

Clockmakers

1851

Flintlock pistol belonging to John Roger Arnold

Clockmakers

1770-1780

Watch movement by Thomas Tompion

Clockmakers

1692

Spring clock with pull quarter-repeat by Thomas Tompion

Clockmakers

1700

Silver watch in the shape of a dove by Soret et Jay

Clockmakers

1630-85

'Early 'perpetuelle' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

Clockmakers

1783

Drum shaped clock in a gilt-metal case, signed R.S. c.1600

Clockmakers

1600

Portrait of Francois Justin Vulliamy (1712 – 1797)

Clockmakers

1760-1790

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