Plaque

Pinchbeck at St John's

Inscription

Christopher Pinchbeck, clock maker, 1670 - 1732.

Site: 8 Clockmakers' plaques (8 memorials)

EC1, St John's Lane, 33, Watchmaker Court

The plaques read left to right chronological by birth date. We've taken the dates on each plaque to be date of birth and date of death but a contact has informed us that this is not true for Dan Parkes (the most recent in the collection) - the second date for him is the date he retired. So now we are unsure what the second date signifies for the others.

This modern building sports a clock (of course) with Roman numeral hours and, on the side, "XXXIII" or 33, the street number.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Pinchbeck at St John's

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Christopher Pinchbeck

Clock maker. Invented the alloy of copper and zinc which closely resembles g...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Pinchbeck at St John's

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Dan Parkes at St John's

Dan Parkes at St John's

Dan Parkes, clock maker, 1946 - 1989.

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Edward Massey at St John's

Edward Massey at St John's

Edward Massey, clock maker, 1772 - 1852

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James Upjohn at St John's

James Upjohn at St John's

James Upjohn, clock maker, 1765 - 1794.

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John Cranfield at St John's

John Cranfield at St John's

John Cranfield, clock maker, 1770 - 1790.

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John Moor at St John's

John Moor at St John's

John Moor, clock maker, 1801 - 1875.

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