Clockmaker / watchmaker
Edward East
Also recorded as: East, Edward
Royal clockmaker and a founding figure of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers.
Edward East was among the first assistants named in the 1631 charter of the Clockmakers' Company and served twice as its Master. He worked for Charles I and Charles II, and his watches and early pendulum clocks are among the finest English work of the mid-17th century.
- Country
- England
- City / centre
- London
- Life / active
- 1602–1697
- Status
- Historical individual
- Key people
- Edward East
Innovations & specialities
- Early English pendulum clocks
- Fine early watches and table clocks
Works by Edward East in the catalogue
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Pocket Watches · ca. 1635
Jewellery, England
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Pocket Watches · ca. 1640
Watch by Edward East, United Kingdom, ca. 1640
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Pocket Watches · ca. 1645
Clock watch with leather case, engraved silver case and dial, the movement with alarm and verge escapement, Edward East, ca. 1645
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Movements & Components · 1640-1660
Watch movement by East, Edward, England, 1640-1660
Science Museum Group, London
Pocket Watches · 1650
Pocket watch by East, Edward, England, 1650
Science Museum Group, London
Clocks · ca. 1665
Table or bracket clock by Edward East, United Kingdom, ca. 1665
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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