Clockwise Antique Clocks

Clockwise Antique Clocks Clockwise is a third generation antique clock dealership and restoration business to the UK & beyond.
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Whether you have a carriage clock, a fusee movement or a longcase clock to restore, Clockwise can help you with professional, refurbished repair facilities that reflect the ethics I pride myself on. All dial repairs, case renovations and movement restorations are done in-house. Whatever your query I will do my utmost to assist you with your request. My global clients include people from the world

of film, sport and the aristocracy, however my client base is varied and this variety and passion for my vocation is what drives me. I am happy to keep Gloucestershire, the Cotswolds, Bristol, Somerset, Wiltshire and beyond ticking and chiming smoothly. My antique clock showroom is open In Ashchurch and online, please come and visit!

Two faced American anyone? No, not that one in the White House, this little treasure in the workshop for its once every ...
12/09/2025

Two faced American anyone? No, not that one in the White House, this little treasure in the workshop for its once every twenty years overhaul. The tidy Ansonia dial is what you see but it’s a repainted version of the original Madras dial on the rear. From Connecticut to Madras to Gloucestershire, this American has had plenty of time to rack up those air miles.
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A French 8 day repeat strike carriage clock, fully serviced and almost ready to go on sale , , ,
10/09/2025

A French 8 day repeat strike carriage clock, fully serviced and almost ready to go on sale
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Clocks have personalities but they aren’t people. They don’t need preventative maintenance, they will tell you when they...
09/09/2025

Clocks have personalities but they aren’t people. They don’t need preventative maintenance, they will tell you when they are unhappy.
Unlike people.
They don’t need checking over regularly.
Unlike people.
And they can be restored, repaired and made whole again.
Unlike people.
Your clock will never fake being okay but if it isn’t broken don’t fix it. It will tell you when it needs help, one way or another, with some out of character behaviour.
Just like people.
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When is the wrong time a good thing?With 30+ clocks in for restoration at any given time, and a dozen of those longcases...
08/09/2025

When is the wrong time a good thing?
With 30+ clocks in for restoration at any given time, and a dozen of those longcases, sometimes you’ll want a clock that is settling into one of its three testing phases to stand out over the others. It’s called testing for a reason! How to best do that so you can keep an ear on its behaviour whilst you’re busy at the bench? Simple. Set it exactly four hours out compared to the rest. Every hour at the hour it will stand out and report in to you. Sometimes wrong can be right.

Major repairs needed to this fine London fusee bracket clock where the rotating fusee arbor has literally chewed through...
07/09/2025

Major repairs needed to this fine London fusee bracket clock where the rotating fusee arbor has literally chewed through the brass backplate pivot hole leaving a trail of brass shavings underneath
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Most longcase count-wheel strike clocks have a lever that falls into a slot to shut down the striking mechanism. This lo...
06/09/2025

Most longcase count-wheel strike clocks have a lever that falls into a slot to shut down the striking mechanism. This longcase clock in for restoration is uncommon, relatively, by having ‘spikes’ that push a lever up to stop the strike as the great wheel rotates.
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A lovely thirty hour longcase clock dial restored with original hands and back home. , , ,
05/09/2025

A lovely thirty hour longcase clock dial restored with original hands and back home.
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Adjusting timekeeping with a little French flair - that little (circled photo 1) square found at the top of many French ...
28/08/2025

Adjusting timekeeping with a little French flair - that little (circled photo 1) square found at the top of many French clock dials, when turned is responsible for raising or lowering the block (circled photo 2) that the suspension sprung passes through. The more spring that appears below the block the longer the pendulum overall so the slower the clock will run. And vice versa. There’s no wiggle room with this set-up, time to alter the pendulum length at the ‘bob’ end and return this block to a more neutral position.
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A thirty hour longcase clock has had this incorrect wheel added to the train just to make the movement seem complete - t...
27/08/2025

A thirty hour longcase clock has had this incorrect wheel added to the train just to make the movement seem complete - the needlessly extended arbor is a giveaway. New wheel being cut this week
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For those who wonder how sometimes the history of railway clocks that I have for sale can be so extensive, there are ori...
26/08/2025

For those who wonder how sometimes the history of railway clocks that I have for sale can be so extensive, there are original records for most of the railway clocks and lots of information is recorded. The style of the clock and the dial size, the supplier, service records, year of purchase, cost of service contract and original location are all nuggets of information that can be traced. Below is just one page of hundreds relating to LNER railways and its derivative companies.

An advert from 134 years ago from a retailer, one of whose high quality clocks I have for sale, and it shows how time ch...
24/08/2025

An advert from 134 years ago from a retailer, one of whose high quality clocks I have for sale, and it shows how time changes language, time changes prices, and time has the final word. Rest easy Mr Hicks, your great work lives on.

Another restored longcase clock movement and refurbished dial now back home in its case in Worcester , , ,
23/08/2025

Another restored longcase clock movement and refurbished dial now back home in its case in Worcester
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50 Millfields
Gloucester
GL33NH

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Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm
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