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The Clockworks is a museum of electrical horology in West Norwood, South London.[1] Its collection of clocks and timekeepers charts the transformation from locally kept time to networked time.[2][3] The site also includes a library and a conservation workshop where independent clockmakers and horology students work on a freelance or training basis.[4]
Collection
[edit]The museum's collection was originally assembled by historian James Nye, who became interested in electric clock systems at school in Sussex.[5] Nye made the collection the basis for a charitable trust and museum in 2011.[6] The site displays clocks and timekeepers made by Alexander Bain,[7], Sigmund Riefler, Matthäus Hipp[8] and Jean-Eugene Robert Houdin.[9] Among the examples of precision horology are several clocks by William Hamilton Shortt and the Synchronome Company, including Shortt's forty-seventh 'free pendulum' [10] and one of twelve known experimental inertia escapement clocks.[11] The collection also includes two Soviet astronomical regulators made by Feodosii Fedchenko,[12] the last pendulum clock to be used practically as a time standard.[13] The museum appointed its first Curator in 2025 and is free to visit by appointment.[14][15][16]
Conservation
[edit]Between 2016-17, conservators at The Clockworks were involved in a project to restore the historic clock made by Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy in the nearby St Luke's Church.[17][18] The Clockworks also recently conserved a controlling Normalzeit clock believed to be unique to the UK.[19]
References
[edit]- ^ Knox, Alan. "From when time went electric to the emergence of quartz clocks". Financial Times. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- ^ Dickie, Sebastian. "4 Essential London Museums for Horology Enthusiasts". Oracle Time. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- ^ Griffin, Emma. "Clocking on". BBC Radio 4 Extra. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- ^ "Insiders' guide to... The Clockworks". West Norwood Feast. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
- ^ Knox, Alan. "From when time went electric to the emergence of quartz". Financial Times. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- ^ Dickie, Sebastian. "4 Essential Museums for Horology Enthusiasts". Oracle Time. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- ^ Knox, Alan. "From when time went electric to the emergence of quartz". Financial Times. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- ^ "The Clockworks Collection". The Clockworks official website. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- ^ Collanges, Françoise (19 February 2014). "Conservation of an Early Electric Master Clock: Making a Copy as a Conservation Tool". CeROArt. 4 (EGG 4). doi:10.4000/ceroart.3914.
- ^ Dickie, Seb. "4 Essential London Museums for Horology Enthusiasts". Oracle Time. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
- ^ Rude, Tabea (March 2017). "The inertia escapement: William Hamilton Shortt's first step towards the free pendulum" (PDF). Antiquarian Horology. 38 (1): 64–65. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
- ^ "Clockworks collection: Fedchenko ACHF-3 precision regulator". Retrieved 25 November 2025.
- ^ "Fedchenko Astronomical Regulator, Type AChF-3, Number 29, 1970". Royal Museums Greenwich. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
- ^ Canter, Andrew. "The Clockworks Appoints First Curator". Mr Watchmaster. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
- ^ "Free Museums in London: The Definitive Guide". Londonist. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- ^ Dickie, Sebastian. "4 Essential Museums for Horology Enthusiasts". Oracle Time. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- ^ "Our Historic Clock - Parish Church, West Norwood". St Luke's West Norwood. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
- ^ ICON. "Crowdfunding to repair historic clock at St Luke's Church". ICON. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Dickie, Seb. "4 Essential London Museums for Horology Enthusiasts". Oracle Time. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
External links
[edit]- Official Website
- How to Make a Clock Wheel, video filmed at The Clockworks made for the Science Museum's Science City project, 2020
- Clocking On, BBC Radio 4 Extra, May 2017, Professor Emma Griffin interviews curators at The Clockworks [from 19:07]
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