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Dover Castle turret clock

Dover Castle turret clock

1632-1640

Wells Cathedral clock, with components

Wells Cathedral clock, with components

1392

Turret clock by Paul Odobey a Morez

Turret clock by Paul Odobey a Morez

Striking turret clock with original foliot balance and crown wheel escapement made between 1632 and 1640 in London. The clock was found at Dover Castle in 1872.

Dover Castle turret clock

1632-1640

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pendulum of a Turret clock of the Waiting Train Type

1840-1910

Striking turret clock with original foliot balance and crown wheel escapement made between 1632 and 1640 in London. The clock was found at Dover Castle in 1872.

Dover Castle turret clock lead weight

1632-1640

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

Electric turret clock by Shepherd with two parts striking mechanism, 1883

Electric turret clock by Shepherd,1883

1883

Wrought-iron turret clock movement signed ‘WILLIAM CLEMENT + LONDINI FECIT + 1672 +’. Clockmakers' Museum No. 1523

Turret clock movement by William Clement

1672