Illustrations left and below are of a rare late sixteenth-century Gothic-style iron clock, of early German or Italian origin. Finely-engraved front plate, in mediaeval Italian style, carries a coat of arms, so far unidentified. Eyes in the french black square clock mask at the antique movado pocket watch gold top rock [...]

18th Century Clocks
While the most significant technical advance in clocks of the 18th century – the introduction of the pendulum – had been the achievement of the Dutchman, Huygens, it was the English clockmakers, led by Thomas Tompion, who in the remainder of the century took the greatest strides in the development of accurate timepieces.
The [...]