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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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Smiths De Luxe Wristwatch Worn by Sir Edmund Hillary on His Ascent of Mount Everest 1953

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1953

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

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1780-1850

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

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1770

Decimal watch by Richard Dover Statter and Thomas Statter

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1862

Longcase clock by James and John Harrison

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1728

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

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1690-1710

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

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1671

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

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1985

Silver star-shaped verge watch by David Ramsay

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1625

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold

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1776

Eight-day astronomical longcase clock by Thomas Vickery

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1931

Watch by David Margotin with a Blois Enamelled Case

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1601-1700

Watch with differential dial by John Ferrers

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1690-1695

Souscription watch, by Abraham-Louis Breguet

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1805

Prototype watch movement with co-axial escapement by Patek Philippe

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1901-2000

Marine chronometer by John Arnold and Son

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1795

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

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1794

Portrait believed to be of Edward East (1602 – c.1697)

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1601-1700

Year-going longcase clock by Daniel Quare

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1700-1710

Musical table clock by Thwaites for Barraud

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1767

Watch movement by Thomas Tompion

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1692

'Early 'perpetuelle' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

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1783-1800

Gothic-style German chamber clock

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1400-1499

Striking and repeating watch movement by Thomas Tompion and Edward Bangor.

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1701-1708

Verge escapement watch movement by Thomas Tompion and George Graham

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1711

Longcase clock in a marquetry case by Thomas Cruttenden

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1601-1700

Travelling 'coach' watch by Edward East

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1640-1660

Eight-day marine chronometer by Barrauds, London

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1816

'Dutch forgery' watch signed John Wilter

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1780

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

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1710

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

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1650

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by Larcum Kendall

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1786

Lever escapement watch by Josiah Emery

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1792

English lever escapement watch with Karrusel by S Smith and Son

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1897

Marine timekeeper by Henry Sully, Paris, 1724

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1724

Longcase clock movement by Thomas Bradford

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1690-1695

'Millenium' co-axial wristwatch by George Daniels

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1999

Silver verge escapement watch with sun and moon dial, by H Adamson.

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1680-1690

Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux

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1785

Portrait oil painting of John Arnold and family 1783-1787

Robert Davy

1783-1787

Table clock with pull quarter repeat by Thomas Tompion

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1695-1700

Silver pair-cased astronomical watch by Nathaniel Barrow

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1660

Portrait of Francois Justin Vulliamy (1712 – 1797)

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1760-1790

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

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1755

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

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1675-1685

Silver one-minute tourbillon watch by Breguet et Fils, sold to the Princess de Valençay in 1812.

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1812

Spring-detent escapement watch with gold case by John Arnold and Son

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1796

Silver form watch, in the shape of a cockle shell by Richard Masterson, c.1630

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1630

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

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1700-1815

Silver and tortoiseshell pair-cased watch by Ignatius Huggeford

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1675