Private company
Thwaites & Reed
Oldest clockmakers in the world
Thwaites & Reed has been in continuous manufacture since its foundation and claims to be the oldest clock manufacturing company in the world. Geoffrey Buggins MBE, the last of the original family clockmakers, saw drawings of Thwaites clocks dating back to 1610.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- IndustryClocks1
- HeadquartersRottingdean1
- Websitewww.thwaites-reed.co.uk
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Thwaites & Reed has been in continuous manufacture since its foundation and claims to be the oldest clock manufacturing company in the world. Geoffrey Buggins MBE, the last of the original family clockmakers, saw drawings of Thwaites clocks dating back to 1610.2
Products and brands
- clock
Listed on Wikidata.1
Timeline
- 1740Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.thwaites-reed.co.uk1
- WikipediaThwaites & Reed
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ7799524
Sources
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- 1WikidataThwaites & Reed on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaThwaites & Reed on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsThwaites & Reed photo by Edwardx, CC BY-SA 3.0