Clocks Collection

Rolex wrist watch advertisement, 1931
Advertisement for iconic watch brand Rolex, the worlds most accurate wrist watch. Date: 1931

A Watchmaker at Work
A clock and watchmaker seated at his bench makes fine adjustments to a watch part, possibly a cog. He uses a bow lathe ?. Wall, mantel & grandfather clocks can be seen

Alfred ( Alfie ) Shrubb - Famous Long Distance Runner. He won all there was to win in long-distance running as is evident in this photograph

Clocks at Greenwich
Left, Synchronome Free Pendulum at Greenwich Observatory, with right, the Slave Clock which performs its escapement function, accurate to 1/100th second

Leek Show winners
Two prize winners at a Leek Show displaying their impressive vegetables alongside a couple of equally impressive mantel clocks, presumably their prizes

Asprey Christmas presents, 1926
Colour advertisement for Asprey of Bond Street displaying a wide variety of Christmas present ideas, including an attache case, a shagreen cigarette box, leather handbag, crocodile handbag pochette

Clock Mechanisms
A variety of clocks: an electric clock, a water clock, a sun dial, clock movements and pendulums

Chamberlain Clock in Birmingham
The Chamberlain Clock, Birmingham, erected to commemorate Joseph Chamberlains tour of South Africa 1902-3 after the end of the Second Boer War

Strasbourg Astron. Clock
The Astronomical Clock in the Cathedral at Strasbourg built in 1842 by J B Schwilgue in the form of earlier medieval astronomical clocks. The phases of the moon are shown

Half Past Eight by P Rubens and C H Bovill
Promotional postcard for Half Past Eight, One of those Musical Things by Paul Rubens & C. H. Bovill; music Paul Rubens. First produced at the Comedy Theatre on 10th August 1916

Girl with Dandelion 1900
A small girl sits in a green meadow telling the time by dandelion clocks

Advertisement for Le Roy et Fils, of New Bond Street, London, originators of the bracelet watch with various examples illustrating their stock. Date: 1890

Handley Page O / 700 O / 7
Empty Wicker Seat in the Cabin of a Handley Page O/700 Airliner Converted from a Bomber Immediately after the First World War with a Clock Mounted on the Wall (At Top Right Side) Date: 1919

Main Booking Hall, Croydon Aerodrome, Surrey
Main Booking Hall, Croydon Aerodrome Continental Airport, Surrey Date: 1922

Programme of Events on board RMS Mauretania
Programme of Events on board Cunard liner RMS Mauretania, 27 July 1953 Date: 1953

Horological Section, Paris Exhibition of 1889
Entrance to the Horological Section, Universal Exhibition of Paris 1889 Date: 1889

Clock given by King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn in 1532 Date: 1532

Yvonne as Astarte, the Goddess of the Moon, at Dalys Theatre, London. Yvonne was a musical comedy with book and lyrics by Percy Greenbank, and music by Jean Gilbert and Vernon Duke (Dukelsky)

Mappin Brothers Skirmisher wrist watch advertisement
Advertisement for the Skirmisher wrist watch by Mappin Brothers of Regent Street, London, complete with pigskin wristlet. " Strongly recommended by an officer of the Royal Horse Artillery

Music cover, The Wind-Up Galop by Charles Godfrey. 1867

Indicator Board - Victoria Station - London
A gigantic indicator board at Victoria Railway Station, London, 1908 Date: 1908

Little Women - Beth winding up the grandfather clock
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - Beth winding up the grandfather clock. 1880

Advert, James Ritchie & Son, Edinburgh, Scotland
Advert for James Ritchie & Son, Manufacturers of Tower, Factory and Railway Clocks, Leith Street, Edinburgh, Scotland. 1905

Wheel cutting at a clock factory, Moore and Co, London 1842
Wheel cutting at a clock factory, Moore and Co, Clerkenwell Close, London. 1842

Clock of St Anns Church, Limehouse, East London 1842
A man operating the workings of the clock belonging to St Anns Church, Limehouse, East London, to illustrate an article about a church clock factory and bell foundry, Moore and Co. 1842

Clock case in ebony inlaid with ivory, designed by CFA Voysey. 1906

Exact time, France 1880
The unification and distribution of time using pneumatic chronometers, France - scene in the shop where the clocks are sold. Date: 1880

Christmas card in the shape of a grandfather clock at midnight. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Advert, Birch and Gaydon clocks and watches
Advert for Birch and Gaydon, Fenchurch Street, London, manufacturers of chronometers, watches and clocks, goldsmiths and jewellers, dealers in precious stones. circa 1880

The Clock Repairer - People You See. From Teddy Bear (date unknown). Original artwork loaned for scanning by the Illustration Art Gallery. Date: 1960s

Main Street, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Date: circa 1906

Womens evening wrap 1905
Woman wearing an elegant evening wrap, in pendent of green and blue enamel, set discreetly with blister pearls, available in Marshall & Snelgrove. Date: 1905

New opera cloak 1897
Womans opera cloak. Date: 1897

Advert for Betteridge clocks, Jewels and watches, 5th Ave at 45th Street, New York Date: 1929

Clock Maker at Work Date: 1948

Custom Gas Range Date: 1948

Mechanism of the Great Cloak 1857
In 1851, Edmund Beckett Denison designed the mechanism for the clock of the Palace of Westminster (the Houses of Parliament in London), responsible for the chimes of Big Ben. Date: 1857

New clock tower at Epsom 1847
New clock tower at Epsom, Surrey, replacing the watchhouse which stood from the 17th century. Date: 1847

GIRL WITH DANDELION 1900
A small girl sits in a green meadow telling the time by dandelion clocks. Date: 1900

CHINESE CLOCKS 1895
Two Chinese clocks. Date: 1895

GRANDFATHER CLOCKS SOLD
Mr Robb, an antique dealer, exporting grandfather clocks to Holland, including one his grandfather made over 100 years before. Date: 19 February 1964

CLOCK SELLER
A street clock-seller Date: circa 1860

EXACT TIME, FRANCE 1880
The unification and distribution of time using pneumatic chronometers, France - reservoirs of compressed air. Date: 1880

A tuberculosis patient being given a direct blood transfusion from a goat, at Dr Simon Bernheims clinic. France, ca. 1891. Engraving

MV Britannic - chrome mantel clock in stylised shape of a ship's wheel, engraved MV Britannic. 3.5 inches. Date: 1930s

Clock with nursery rhyme on a Christmas card, with verse below. Date: circa 1890s

Sacred Heart Cathedral in Brazzaville, Congo
Sacred Heart Cathedral in Brazzaville (Cath餲 ale du Sacr魃 ur de Brazzaville) in the Republic of the Congo (then French Equatorial Africa)

Bahrein Club, Muharraq Island, Bahrain, Persian Gulf. Date: late 1940s

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