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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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Gilt-metal and engraved silver verge watch by James Valtrolier

Clockmakers

1622-1628

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

Clockmakers

1823

Watch movement by Thomas Tompion

Clockmakers

1692

Silver pair-cased astronomical watch

Clockmakers

1660

Sundial by Elias Allen, c.1630

Clockmakers

1625-1635

Spring clock with pull quarter-repeat by Thomas Tompion

Clockmakers

1700

Wax portrait of Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (1780 – 1854)

Clockmakers

1851

Flintlock pistol belonging to John Roger Arnold

Clockmakers

1770-1780

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

Clockmakers

1630-85

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

Clockmakers

1701-1800

Gold and leather pair-cased quarter-repeater cylinder watch by George Graham

Clockmakers

1745

Lantern clock by Peter Closon c.1655

Clockmakers

1650-1560

Gold lever watch by George Blackie

Clockmakers

1873

Early English verge watch by Michael Nouwen

Clockmakers

1600

Oval verge watch by G Petit c.1630

Clockmakers

1630

Gold pair-cased watch with gold champleve dial, by Daniel Quare

Clockmakers

1710

Portrait of Francois Justin Vulliamy (1712 – 1797)

Clockmakers

1760-1790

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

Clockmakers

1600

Eight-day longcase clock by Edward East in a later marquetry case

Clockmakers

1675-1685

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

Clockmakers

1770

Verge watch in Staffordshire enamelled case by Ann Phillips

Clockmakers

1790

Verge escapement watch movement by Ahasuerus Fromanteel

Clockmakers

1685

Quarter repeating gold watch with guilloche enamelled case by L'Epine, Paris.

Clockmakers

1801-1900

Gold watch made for Queen Amelie of France by Henri Motel

Clockmakers

c. 1840

Box of escapement finisher's tools

Clockmakers

1900-1925

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold 1776-7

Clockmakers

1776

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by Larcum Kendall 1786-7

Clockmakers

1786

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

Clockmakers

1650

Pre-balance-spring era watch movement by Thomas Tompion c.1671

Clockmakers

1671

Gold pair-cased verge repeater watch by William Webster

Clockmakers

1700-1725

Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son

Clockmakers

1795

Posthumous portrait of George Daniels

Clockmakers

2011

A selection of watch keys from the 17th to the 19th centuries

Clockmakers

1601-1900

Early domestic weight driven iron wall clock

Clockmakers

1400-1499

Portrait of Benjamin Vulliamy (1747 – 1811)

Clockmakers

1770-1800

Oval silver pair-cased watch by Sampson Shelton

Clockmakers

1640

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

Clockmakers

1896

Astronomical and automaton Augsberg 'masterpiece' clock by Johann Schneider

Clockmakers

1625

Marine timekeeper by Henry Sully, Paris, 1724

Clockmakers

1724

Portrait of Benjamin Gray (1676 – 1764)

Clockmakers

1745-1755

Spring clock in ebony case by Samuel Knibb

Clockmakers

1665-1666

Silver and leather pair-cased verge watch by Charles Gretton

Clockmakers

1690

Silver and tortoiseshell pair-cased watch by Ignatius Huggeford

Clockmakers

1675

Pair-cased watch with astronomical indications by Henry Childe

Clockmakers

1650

Verge watch by Peter Debaufre with later modification by Alexander Cumming, London

Clockmakers

1700

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

Clockmakers

1794

Longcase clock movement by Thomas Bradford c. 1692

Clockmakers

1690-1695

Table chronometer in a gilt-metal and glazed case by Victor Kullburg

Clockmakers

1870-1877

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

Clockmakers

1690-1710

Wax portrait of George Atkins (1766 – 1855)

Clockmakers

1852