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Founded four centuries ago, the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers is now a twenty-first century force for education, inspiration and excellence in the measurement of time.
- The Company
The Clockmakers' Company has four centuries of history in...
- Museum & Archive
The Museum collection comprises around 1400 objects, of...
- Education
The Clockmakers support horological learning by helping...
- News
Any correspondence relating to the present day Worshipful...
- Contact
Any correspondence relating to the present day Worshipful...
- Livery Companies
The Clockmakers are 61st in the list, and details of the...
- History
The Clockmakers Company has been home to remarkable...
- Officers
The Company is governed by a Court of Assistants, five of...
- The Company
The Clockmakers Company has been home to remarkable craftspeople for four centuries. George Daniels for example, and many other wonderful makers, including East, Tompion, Graham, Quare, Arnold, Vulliamy, Frodsham, and Shortt.
The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers was established under a Royal Charter granted by King Charles I in 1631. [1] It ranks sixty-first among the livery companies of the City of London, and comes under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council .
The Clockmakers' Company has four centuries of history in supporting and promoting the horological industries and crafts. Founded in 1631, as watch and clockmaking was beginning to flourish in London, the Company remains a champion of excellence in a global trade that is moving from strength to strength.
Nov 15, 2022 · The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers is the oldest surviving horological organisation in the world. It was founded under royal charter by the first King Charles, in 1631.
Jul 17, 2013 · The oldest clock and watch collection in the world devoted solely to timekeepers belongs to the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers of the City of London. The collection has recently been entirely re-displayed in the Clockmakers' Museum at the Guildhall Library in London's East End, where it has been housed since 1976.
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Assembled by the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers and once located in the Guildhall, this remarkable array of timepieces traces the story of the capital’s clockmakers—from their first marine chronometers and mechanical clocks through the evolution of the wristwatch.