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The Encyclopedia of Horology

London, United Kingdom · c. 1720–1740 (period of activity for James Markwick Jr.)

Markwick Markham

Partially verified

Clocks and watches produced for the Turkish market

Life & work

The firm was established by James Markwick Jr. in partnership with his son-in-law, Robert Markham.

The company became widely recognized for manufacturing timepieces specifically intended for export to the Ottoman or Turkish market. In later years, the firm and its successors collaborated with various other respected London-based horologists to produce these specialized instruments. Notable collaborators associated with these timepieces included watchmakers such as Francis Perigal, Henry Borrell, and Louis Recordon.

The fuller biography summarises the open references listed under Sources; each statement was checked against the cited passage. Confirm key dates in period documents before relying on them.

Documented works

  • A gold pocket watch featuring double cases, with the outer case depicting Venus, Mars, and Cupid, is held in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.

Collecting significance

The catalogued pieces listed on this page show the kinds of objects auction houses, dealers and museums attribute to this maker; each attribution is the source's own.

Firms, key models & movements

No firm, model or movement in this encyclopedia is yet recorded under this maker's name.

In the object catalogue

3 catalogued objects are recorded under Markwick Markham. Attributions are as given by each source and are not independent authentication.

Diagram

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Schematic: order of work at the bench. An outline schematic drawn to show the arrangement of the parts discussed here. It is not a dimensioned working drawing and does not depict a particular maker's calibre.

Sources & references

  1. Musical clock, Wikipedia (English), retrieved 2026-11-03 (text CC BY-SA 4.0)
  2. Markwick - Markham, Watch-Wiki, retrieved 2026-11-03

Where sources disagree, the disagreement is stated rather than resolved silently.