The British Watch & Clock Makers Guild
Find A Repairer
If you are looking for a professional to repair your clock or watch – look no further.
Guild members listed here are working horologists, from all over the Country, offering a variety of specialisms.
Find A Repairer
If you are looking for a professional to repair your clock or watch – look no further.
Guild members listed here are working horologists, from all over the Country, offering a variety of specialisms.
REPRESENTING AND SUPPORTING THE BRITISH WATCH AND CLOCK INDUSTRY
The Guild is the representative organisation for Professional Horologists in Britain. We involve ourselves in any issue that is relevant to supporting the Trade. We work to help ensure that Watch and Clock Makers are able to earn a fair living for their efforts, and that Consumers get proper value for money when buying time pieces, or when having them Serviced and Repaired.
BWCMG WATCH PARTS DATABASE
Want to find an elusive watch part or simply get rid of some workshop surplus?
Why not take a look at the 1000’s of listings on the Guild’s FREE Watch Parts Database.
Join The Guild
If you earn all or part of your living from Horology, then you should be a member of The British Watch and Clock Makers Guild. If you are a consumer wanting to buy a Watch or Clock, or have an existing one serviced or repaired, look for our Membership Certificate at any outlet you visit.
Membership of The British Watch and Clock Makers’ Guild is by election and is available to those who are professionally engaged in any branch of horology and allied crafts. A Membership Certificate is issued to all members immediately after being elected to membership.
Membership applications forms can be downloaded from the membership link.
A brief history of The British Watch and Clock Makers’ can be found elsewhere on our site.
The site contains a geographical list of links to Guild members with websites, it also contains links to other related websites.
Those wishing to purchase materials for their clocks or watches; books on Horology will find links to material houses and booksellers on this site.
People interested in Horology will find some suggestions for visiting museums and stately houses with Horological collections.
The Guild regrets that they do not undertake research or give information on specific types of watches or clocks or their makers to non Guild members.
The British Watch and Clock Makers’ Guild is not to be held responsible for any advice or product that is part of any advertisement within this or any linked web sites. Such responsibility lies solely with the company or individual advertising.
Click here for contact details of The British Watch and Clock Makers’ Guild.
The TimePiece
The Guild produces a 24 page magazine for members every other month, featuring a host of horological news and features.
Events
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2025
January
6 Manchester Clock Club, Hazel Grove Library, Beech Avenue, SK7 4QP, 7.30pm. Contact Derek on 07905 102431 or derek@marpleclocks.co.uk.
8 St Albans Clock Club, Early American Clockmaking and the influence of Early English
Clocks, Bob Frishman USA. Meeting online only and for club members only. Bill Wolmuth 07802 696777.
19 The London Watch Fair, Sheraton Skyline Hotel, London Heathrow, Bath Road, Harlington – thelondonwatchfair.com
February
5 St Albans Clock Club, Longcase Clocks, Bring & Discuss and Buy and Sell, 7.30pm,
The Garden Room, The Methodist Church, North Common, Redbourn, Herts, AL3 7BU.
Bill Wolmuth 07802 696777.
March
5 St Albans Clock Club, The Dial Clocks of the Palace of Westminster, Alex Jeffrey,
7.30pm, The Garden Room, The Methodist Church, North Common, Redbourn, Herts,
AL3 7BU. Bill Wolmuth 07802 696777.
16 The Birmingham Clock and Watch Fair, The National Motorcycle Museum, Coventry
Road, Solihull, B92 0EJ. – thebirminghamclockandwatchfair.com
April
2 St Albans Clock Club, Making and Repairing Clocks in Medieval and Renaissance
Spain, Dr Victor Perez Alvarez , 7.30pm, The Garden Room, The Methodist Church,
North Common, Redbourn, Herts, AL3 7BU. Bill Wolmuth 07802 696777.
May
7 St Albans Clock Club, LClock Projects, Bring & Discuss 7.30pm, The Garden Room,
The Methodist Church, North Common, Redbourn, Herts, AL3 7BU. Bill Wolmuth 07802
696777.
18 The Birmingham Clock and Watch Fair, The National Motorcycle Museum, Coventry
Road, Solihull, B92 0EJ. – thebirminghamclockandwatchfair.com
June
4 St Albans Clock Club, Behind the Scenes at the Museum and Archives, Anna Rolls,
Curator of the Clockmakers’ Museum, London,, 7.30pm, The Garden Room, The
Methodist Church, North Common, Redbourn, Herts, AL3 7BU. Bill Wolmuth 07802
696777.
29 The London Watch Fair, Sheraton Skyline Hotel, London Heathrow, Bath Road,
Harlington – thelondonwatchfair.com
July
2 St Albans Clock Club, a Short History of Time, Robert Peppiatt, 7.30pm, The Garden
Room, The Methodist Church, North Common, Redbourn, Herts, AL3 7BU. Bill Wolmuth
07802 696777.
August
6 St Albans Clock Club, The Antikythera Mechanism, Stephen Phillips. Meeting online
only and for club members only. Bill Wolmuth 07802 696777.
September
3 St Albans Clock Club, Fusee Clocks, Bring & Discuss and Buy and Sell, 7.30pm, The
Garden Room, The Methodist Church, North Common, Redbourn, Herts, AL3 7BU. Bill
Wolmuth 07802 696777.
17 The Birmingham Clock and Watch Fair, The National Motorcycle Museum, Coventry
Road, Solihull, B92 0EJ. – thebirminghamclockandwatchfair.com
October
1 St Albans Clock Club, Horology at West Dean – a talk by Malcolm Archer, Subject
Leader (Clocks) 7.30pm, The Garden Room, The Methodist Church, North Common,
Redbourn, Herts, AL3 7BU. Bill Wolmuth 07802 696777.
12 The London Watch Fair, Sheraton Skyline Hotel, London Heathrow, Bath Road,
Harlington – thelondonwatchfair.com
November
5 St Albans Clock Club, ‘James or Jacob Hassenius, a clock and watch maker in London
and Moscow’, Keith Stella, 7.30pm, The Garden Room, The Methodist Church, North
Common, Redbourn, Herts, AL3 7BU. Bill Wolmuth 07802 696777.
23 The Birmingham Clock and Watch Fair, The National Motorcycle Museum, Coventry
Road, Solihull, B92 0EJ. – thebirminghamclockandwatchfair.com
December
3 St Albans Clock Club, Members’ Evening – AGM followed by Christmas Fayre with
Bring and Buy, 7.30pm, The Garden Room, The Methodist Church, North Common,
Redbourn, Herts, AL3 7BU. Bill Wolmuth 07802 696777.
12 AHS London Lecture Series, ‘The Dial Clocks of the Palace of Westminster’ by Alex
Jeffrey, in person at St Mary-at-Hill Church, Lovat Lane, London, with simultaneous
live-streaming via Zoom. Free to all. Register online ahsoc.org
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To advertise your Diary Dates here and on the Guild website contact the Editor, Jayne Hall, by email at editor@bwcmg.org<br>
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