Welcome to THE web site for researching the maker of your clock or Watch.

Is your clock or watch maker listed on this website?

If you know the maker's name, either enter the surname in the search box at the top of the page, or, just click on the letter you require
Quick links to library documents :- A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

If your maker is not already listed on this website, you can request that we look into adding them by clicking here.

Facilities available to help find the biographical details of your Clockmaker or Watchmaker

Details of British & Irish Clock and Watch Makers - These pages are a digest of information found mentioned in our extensive library of books and magazines (a list of the books and trade directories searched).
Trade Directories Lists - As an aid to collectors doing their own research, we have uploaded a list of Clockmakers, Watchmakers and Jewellers that appear in some Trade Directories. Jewellers names are included as they often appear on clocks and watches that they have sold.
Trademark Logos- As we find different logos used by makers we will add them to this page Trademark Logos.
We offer a search service for British and Irish clockmakers and watchmakers only. There is a charge for this service. More details here. We have also put together a few pages on foreign clock and watch makers.
Requests for Values - Sorry, we no longer offer this service. We suggest you view http://www.jewelleryvaluers.org/ for more help.

About the Historical Clock and Watch Research web site.

The following show the current total of the number of records on this website.

Makers Details - 3,070 pages
Trade Directory Entries - 20,852 individual entries
'See Also' Entries - 1,915 individual entries

Total Number of Maker's Pages/Records - 25,837

Clock and Watch Maker Details and Blog Entries added or updated in the last 2 weeks

Twist, Joseph of Ormskirk, Lancashire A brief document giving some working dates for Joseph Twist of Ormskirk, Lancashire. (03 Sep 2010)
Donkin/Donking, Gerard of Liverpool, Lancashire. A brief document giving some working dates for Gerard Donkin/Donking of Liverpool. (01 Sep 2010)
Wainwright, Thomas of Ashbourne A brief document giving some working dates for Thomas Wainwright of Ashbourne. (01 Sep 2010)
Hankins, Jacob of Farningham, Kent and Upper Clapton, London A brief document giving some working dates for Jacob Hankins of Farningham, Kent and Upper Clapton, London. This page shows 5 photos of a clock by him. (31 Aug 2010)
Williamson, Joseph of Rochdale A brief document giving some working dates for Joseph Williamson of Rochdale. (30 Aug 2010)
Tate family of Winterton, Lincolnshire. A brief document giving some working dates for this maker. (27 Aug 2010)
Lund and Blockley of London A brief document giving some working dates for Lund and Blockley of London. (23 Aug 2010)

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This site is run by Pattens Clock Repairs

About this web site

This web site was started in 1997 and it holds information that we have found about various clock and watchmakers, and so far has 25,837 records in it's database. The information comes from listings published in books and trade directories that we have in our library, giving dates that makers are known to have been working. At the moment, the database includes 20,852 individual trade directory entries.

The information is not necessarily all there is to know about the maker, but it is a digest of all we have found in our researches.
We specialise in British and Irish makers. We have also put together a few pages on foreign clock and watch makers.

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This page is © Pattens Clock Repairs 1998-2010. Historical Clock & Watch Research is a trade name used by Pattens Clock Repairs for providing research information to the public. The information supplied has been taken from our extensive library and other sources of information, however it is quite likely that this does not give the whole history of the maker and may contain inaccuracies from the original author, though these have been corrected where known. The information may be used by you at your own discretion, no responsibility is accepted for any unforeseen inaccuracies. Reproduction of part or all of the contents of any of these pages is prohibited except to the extent permitted below. These pages may be downloaded onto a hard disk or printed for your personal use without alterations. This copyright notice must appear on each copy. These pages may not be included in any other work or publication or be distributed or copied for any commercial purpose except as stated above.

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