American Clock

The term American clock was used in the Victorian era and afterward to refer to a particular style of clock design followed by the American clockmakers of the day. In the 19th century, many clocks and watches were produced in the United States, especially in Connecticut, where many companies were formed to mass-produce quality timepieces.

Makers of American clocks included

  • Ansonia Clock Company, 1851–1930
  • Waterbury Clock Company, 1857–1944
  • Seth Thomas Clock Company, 1853–1930
  • W.L. Gilbert & Co., 1845–48 and 1851–66, later Gilbert Mfg. Co., William L. Gilbert Clock Company
  • Elias Ingraham & Co., 1857–60, 1861–1958
  • E.N. Welch Mfg. Co., 1864–1903
  • Sessions Clock Co., 1903–56
  • New Haven Clock Co., 1853–1960
  • F. Kroeber Clock Co., 1863–1904
  • Boston Clock Company, 1884–1894, founded by Joseph Eastman


Famous quotes containing the words american and/or clock:

    The American character looks always as if it had just had a rather bad haircut, which gives it, in our eyes at any rate, a greater humanity than the European, which even among its beggars has an all too professional air.
    Mary McCarthy (1912–1989)

    Whoever considers morality the main objective of human existence, seems to me like a person who defines the purpose of a clock as not going wrong. The first objective for a clock, is, however, that it does run; not going wrong is an additional regulative function. If not a watch’s greatest accomplishment were not going wrong, unwound watches might be the best.
    Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)