West Coast Clock And Watch Museum

We're open. 10am to 4pm Wed - Sun. Docents available on weekends, by appointment on weekdays. Check in at the AGSEM office. $2 per person. Following Covid Guidelines are required.

Due to the Covid 19 pandemic, the West Coast Clock And Watch Museum is temporarily closed. Stay tuned here for updates.Due to the Covid 19 pandemic, the West Coast Clock And Watch Museum is temporarily closed. Stay tuned here for updates.

Open this weekend 9am to 4pm.

Sadly, our NAWCC Chapter 180 "Friends of the West Coast Clock & Watch Museum" vice president, Ron Bechler past away last weekend. He was deeply committed to preserving the history of horology and to growing the West Coast Clock & Watch Museum. He will be greatly missed by all.

The county clock in its resting place. Now the work begins on the movement itself to get it running again.

On February 26, Andre Perreault, Rick Colman, Larry Octon, Frits Versteegh, John Visosky and I met at the courthouse lobby to begin the clock’s transition to its new home. Meticulous planning for the move involving a 12-foot truck, two forklifts, innumerable...Continue reading

This solid brass clock, made by the British United Clock Company, features an eight-day movement. Made as a trophy for bike racing, the clock has a suitable engraving plaque in the center of the base. The style of the bike and the mustachioed rider reflect the origin date... of around 1900 to 1910. Before the car was invented, bicycles were practical means of transportation. Consequently, many of the riders had to discover who had the fastest. Bike races became a popular activity and the winners, naturally, had to receive recognition to enable boasting rights. The 1.75-inch dial has a porcelain chapter ring printed with Arabic numerals marking hours, diamonds designating five-minute intervals and dots denoting the intervening minutes. Black spade hands show the time. A gilded medallion with scroll work fills the center of the dial. The front crystal glass is beveled. The British United Clock Company originated in 1885 and it was one of the earliest British companies to mass produce clocks. The Davies brothers, who gained clock making skills at the Ansonia Company in the US, moved to the United Kingdom to start their own factory employing mass production processes learned from the Americans. The factory was started in Birmingham, which toward the end of the 19th Century became known as a major British manufacturing center. The brothers were successful in developing their own movements and components instead of copying those of Ansonia. Numerous awards in 1880's recognized the quality of their products. High quality allowed them to compete successfully against the Americans. Factory employment grew to more than 250 and the plant covered 1250 square yards. By the beginning of the new century, unfortunately, cheap German clocks began to flood England, and the company was not cost competitive. The organization closed its doors in 1909. Ed Pasahow

2019 Apr-May-June Quarterly West Coast Clock & Watch Museum at AGSEM/NAWCC Chap 180 E-Mag...