Christopher Pinchbeck, clock maker, 1670 - 1732.
EC1, St John's Lane, 33, Watchmaker Court
The plaques read left to right chronological by birth date.
This modern building sports a clock (of course) with Roman numeral hours and, on the side, "XXXIII" or 33, the street number.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Pinchbeck at St John's
Clock maker. Invented the alloy of copper and zinc which closely resembles g...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Pinchbeck at St John's
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5 similar plaques have been erected.
At some point between the 60s and 80s the memorial was moved to the company's Cambridgeshire site. When the business was sold Jonathan My...
