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The Encyclopedia of Horology

London, England · 17th century

William Clement

Partially verified

Clocks

Life & work

Inventor of anchor escapement.

Training, contributions & innovations

  • Anchor escapement

Inventions & patents

  • N/A

Signatures & markings on surviving work

  • Signed work

Collecting significance

Signatures on historic work were applied by retailers and by later hands; attribution should rest on the movement's construction and provenance.

Related photographs

1675 anchor recoil escapement, G. Clement, London - Franklin Institute - DSC06665
1675 anchor recoil escapement, G. Clement, London - Franklin Institute - DSC06665 — Daderot, Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page

No confidently matched photograph of this subject has been found yet. These photographs show a closely related record, and are not examples of the type described on this page.

Sources & references

  1. Britten, F. J., Old Clocks and Watches and Their Makers
  2. Loomes, B., reference works on British and European clockmakers

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