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James Brock

Also known as: James Brock; primary name: Brock, James
Details: individual; clockmaker/watchmaker; British; Male
Life dates: 1826-1893
Address: George Street, Portman Square, London
Biography: Clock, watch and chronometer maker. He started work as a foreman in Edward John Dent's (q. v.) workshop overseeing the building of the Great Clock at the Palace of Westminster (Big Ben).
Bibliography: Britten, F.J. (1986). "Old Clocks and Watches and Their Makers - A History of Styles in Clocks and Watches and their Mechanisms", Bloomsbury Books, London