List of clock manufacturers

The following is a list of notable companies that produced, or currently produce clocks. Where known, the location of the company and the dates of clock manufacture follow the name. In some instances the "company" consisted of a single person.

American clockmakers

Australian clockmakers

ADINA, Woolloongabba (1971–present)
COBB & Co., (1853–present)
Ingrams Time Systems, (late 1800s-present)^[1]

Austrian clockmakers

L. Hainz, Prague (1813 - 1873) Fine inlaid Vienna Regulators, Dwarf Vienna Regulator
Carl Saboy, Vienna (1875-1890)
Karl Suchy & Sohne, Vienna (1870–1890 (?))
Mikulas of Kadan, Prague
M.Miller & Sohn, Vienna (1800-?)
Wilhelm Bauer, Vienna (active 1884) President of Vienna Clockmakers Society 1881, and active Clockmaker until late 1920s. Produced Post Office/Official Government Vienna Regulators. Some clocks signed "Kreutz & Bauer in Wein".
Gebr. Resch, Ebensee, Austria. Used trademark "REMEMBER". Factory began 1862 in Vienna, moved to Ebensee 1871. Produced up to 15,000 clocks in 1885. Factory sold to Junghans 1901 & renamed "Uhrenfabrik Ebensee Austria".
Johann Mold, (c. 1870) Vienna. Example known: Serpentine Dwarf Case Vienna Regulator. No record found of this maker.

Canadian clockmakers

Chinese clockmakers

Twemco

Danish clockmakers

Peter Mathiesen, Copenhagen (1725–1768)^[2]
Mette Magrete Tvistman (1741-1827)
Henrik Kyhl, Copenhagen (1818–1866)^[3]
Bertram Larsen, Køge/Copenhagen (1827-1970s)^[4]

English clockmakers

Mayfair
Joseph Antram (clockmaker/watchmaker) to King George I. (Fleet St. London) Active 1691 - 1723. Bracket clock examples exist.
Sir John Bennett; 65 Cheapside, London, watch, clock and jewellery manufacturer (15 October 1814- 3 July 1897), was a watchmaker and local politician. He was the eldest son of John Bennett, watchmaker, of Greenwich.
Edward East, clockmaker to King Charles I.
Chas Goodall (Clockmaker)1793-1818 26 Bridges St, Covent Garden.^[5]
George Graham (7 July 1673 – 20 November 1751) a partner of Thomas Tompion
Frank Hope-Jones (1867-1950)
Joseph Johnson; Liverpool (1795–1827)
Thomas Kefford (fl. 1710–1750).^[6]
Joseph Knibb - Born 1640 Claydon, Oxfordshire Died 1711
George Littlewort; London (fl. 1826–48)
Metamec (1947-1984)
Newgate Clocks; Shropshire (1991–present)
Bartholomew Newsam; London (died 1593)
William Hamilton Shortt (1881-1971)
Thwaites & Reed Clockmakers Ltd.; East Sussex (1740–present)
Thomas Tompion (1639–1713)
John Alker, Wigan (1775-1850)
Benjamin Ward; London (1799–1808)
Eardley Norton, a most highly esteemed member of the Clockmakers' Company, was working between 1762 and 1794. There are clocks by him in the Royal Collection and many museums worldwide. Norton made an astronomical clock for George III which still stands in Buckingham Palace.

French clockmakers

Antoine Thiout the elder (Paris, 1692–1767)
Abraham-Louis Breguet; Paris (1775–1823)
Louis-Gabriel Brocot; Paris (1791–1872)
Achille Brocot; Paris (1817–1878)
Antoine Brocot; Paris (1814–1874)
Jean-Baptiste Delettrez; Paris (1816–1887)
Japy Freres; Beaucourt (1776–1910 (?))
Auguste Amiet; Strasbourg (1774–1814)

German clockmakers

Johann Baptist Beha (1815–1898)
Gustav Becker Clock Company; Freiburg in Schlesien, Silesia (1850–1938)
Florn
Thomas Haller (Thomas Haller AG), Schwenningen (1880-1900) then merged with Junghans
Thomas Ernst Haller (Haller AG), Schwenningen (1902-1928) then merged with Kienzle
Haller Uhrenfabrik GmbH, Simonswald (1874–present)
Hamburg-Amerikanische Uhrenfabrik, Schramberg (HAU, HAC in English markets) (1883-1930) then absorbed by Junghans
Hermle Clocks (1922–present)
Junghans, Schramberg (1861–present)
Kieninger Clock Company, initially in Mönchweiler, 1921 new factory in Aldingen (1912–present)
Kieninger & Obergfell Uhrenfabrik (KUNDO trademark), Sankt Georgen (1918 - recent)
Kienzle Uhren, Schwenningen - Schlenker and Keinzle until c1897 (1883-1996)
Franz Ketterer
Lenzkirch Clock Co (Aktiengessellschaft fur Ukrenfabrikation) (1851-1929) factory operated by Junghans 1929-1932
Mauthe Clock Company (c1870 - 1976)
Jakob Schlenker Grusen, Schwenningen (JSGUS/ISGUS) (1888–present)
Johannes Schlenker, Schwenningen (1822-1883) then Schlenker and Kienzle (1883-1897) then Kienzle
Sigmund Riefler of the firm Clemens Riefler, Nesselwang and Munich (1890–1965)
Carl Werner Uhrenfabrik, Villingen (1870-1912) taken over by Kienzle
Winterhalder & Hofmeier (clocks)

Russian clockmakers

Egor Grigorievich Kuznetzov-Zhepinskiy (1775–1805); Nijniy Tagil
Ivan Mezgin (1855–1900 (?)); Cherniy Yar, Siberia
Lev Isidorovich Nechaev (1825–1861); Yaroslavl

Scottish clockmakers

John Paterson Airdrie

James Ivory and son (active 1729–1800)

Swedish clockmakers

Betty Linderoth (1822-1900)
Hilda Petrini (1838-1895)
Johann Zehr (1841-1892) ; Arvika

Swiss clockmakers

Gallet & Co. (1466–present); Geneva
Jaeger-LeCoultre (1833–present); Vaud
Zenith (watchmaker) (1863–present); Neuchâtel
Azura clocks ( 1914 to present) ; Moutier

Ukrainian clockmakers

Johann Kroeger (1804–1823); Rosental
Kroeger & Co (1804–1938); Rosental
Peter Lepp (ca. 1850); Chortitza

References

^ "Home". ingrams.com.au.
^ "Peter Mathiesen". taarnurmageren.d (in Danish). Retrieved 17 August 2020.
^ "Henrik Kyhl" (in Danish). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
^ "J. Bertram Larsen" (in Danish). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
^ FJ Britten "Old Clocks and Watches & Their Makers" 1911 p668 accessed 31/12/2021
^ "Thomas Kefford". Thekeffs.freeserve.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2010-03-16.

[1] "Home". ingrams.com.au.

[2] "Peter Mathiesen". taarnurmageren.d (in Danish). Retrieved 17 August 2020.

[3] "Henrik Kyhl" (in Danish). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 17 August 2020.

[4] "J. Bertram Larsen" (in Danish). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 16 August 2020.

[5] FJ Britten "Old Clocks and Watches & Their Makers" 1911 p668 accessed 31/12/2021

[6] "Thomas Kefford". Thekeffs.freeserve.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2010-03-16.

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