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Salisbury Cathedral clock, restored. The Salisbury Cathedral clock is a large iron-framed tower clock without a dial, in Salisbury Cathedral, England.Thought to date from about 1386, it is a well-preserved example of the earliest type of mechanical clock, called verge and foliot clocks, and is said to be the oldest working clock in the world, [1] although similar claims are made for other clocks.
Salisbury Cathedral clock, dating from about 1386, is one of the oldest working clocks in the world, and may be the oldest; it still has most of its original parts. [106] [note 5] The Wells Cathedral clock, built in 1392, is unique in that it still has its original medieval face. Above the clock are figures which hit the bells, and a set of ...
Collegium Maius Clock, Kraków.Near the portal, on the wall, there is a clock that plays at 9:00, 11:00, 13:00, 15:00 and 17:00 the song of Jan from Lublin from the 16th century and the academic song Gaudeamus igitur.
Self Winding Clock Company; New York City, New York (1886-1970) Sempire Clock Company; St.Louis, Missouri (1897-1908) Seth Thomas Clock Company (1807–Present) Sessions Clock Company; Bristol, Connecticut (1903–1969) Spartus Corporation; Chicago, Illinois, and Louisville, Mississippi (1934–2001)
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
The company claim to be the oldest clock manufacturer in the world, originally established in 1690, [1] and have been part of the Smith of Derby Group since 1965. [2] The claim is challenged by another English firm of clockmakers , Thwaites & Reed , who claim to have been in continuous manufacture since before 1740, with antecedents to 1610.
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Johannes Sayler (1597–1668), German watchmaker, Ulm, rolling ball clock, turret clocks, table clocks. Nicolas Lemaindre (1598–1652), French clockmaker, Blois, clockmaker of the court. Jost Bodeker von Wartbergh, German vicar, Osnabrück. craft clock with a centrifugal pendulum (1578 to 1587).