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Dover Castle turret clock

1632-1640

Wells Cathedral clock, with components

1392
Movement of a Turret clock of the Waiting Train Type, by Gent and Co. Ltd., Leicester, England, 1840-1910.

Movement of a Turret clock of the Waiting Train Type

1840-1910
Three-train turret clock signed John Moore & Sons Clerkenwell, London, 1868, but almost certainly made by Thwaites & Reed, complete with dial, weights, striking mechanisms and other parts, originally installed in Fulham Gasworks (packed in three crates, plus dial on separate pallet).

Three-train turret clock signed John Moore & Sons Clerkenwell

1868
15th Century Iron striking clock with 17th century escapement and other later modifications (on stand). (Arrangement for driving hands incomplete, no driving weights) Including count wheel

15th Century Iron striking clock with 17th century escapement

1401-1500; after 1650
Electric turret clock by Shepherd with two parts striking mechanism, 1883

Electric turret clock by Shepherd,1883

1883
Modern turret timepiece, fitted with Grimthorpe’s double three-legged gravity escapements, Gillett & Johnstone Ltd, Croydon, Surrey, England, 1945-1952. Grimthorpe’s escapements made in 1849-1859. Turret timepiece fitted with pendulum, driving weight, chain and counter weight, and switching weight, chain and counter weight.

Turret Timepiece with Grimthorpe’s Gravity Escapements, 1945-1952

1945-1952; 1849-1859
Wrought-iron turret clock movement signed ‘WILLIAM CLEMENT + LONDINI FECIT + 1672 +’

Wrought-iron turret clock movement signed �WILLIAM CLEMENT + LONDINI FECIT + 1672 +�

1672
Turret clock by Paul Odobey a Morez, two-train movement with pin wheel escapement and Harrison's maintaining power, in flat bed frame, late 19th century. With worn pieces which have been replaced

Turret clock by Paul Odobey a Morez

Turret clock movement by Whitehurst of Derby, 1808, with Amant type of pin-wheel escapement, and including 2 brackets and a pivoted linkage for the striking mechanism. With pendulum and bob, one winding handle, one 4-dial leading off work (or distribution unit), one short vertical drive, one long horizontal drive shaft (both for the drive to dials)

Turret clock movement by Whitehurst of Derby

1808
Iron turret clock with anchor escapement, maintaining power, long pendulum, separate motion work, square iron dial, signed 'J Kingsmill, Sittingbourne' and two hands.

Iron turret clock with anchor escapement

Turret clock movement made in 1899 by J.W. Benson, Ludgate Hill, London, Clockmaker to the Queen and Prince of Wales, and installed in a clocktower erected in Lewisham to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, later fitted with electrical rewind but with original winding drum and brackets

Turret clock movement made in 1899 by J.W. Benson

1899