Changing Time Zones

A Brief History of Time Zones is an interesting BBC article on the thorny subject of global time differences. The item has a very engaging (flash) graphic that helps to delineate the topic very effectively. In our age of globally linked communications it seems a little odd now that cultural, political and other forces have contributed to the most complex disparities in global time references since the 19th century. The clamour for daylight saving time and other associated ideas which attempt to completely change our temporal frames of reference have a large part to do with this complexity. See more here:-

A brief history of Time Zones

New Coloured Chinoiserie Clocks

Here is a brief preview of our new coloured chinoiserie clocks. chinoiserie has been part of the Comitti repertoire since the company began more than hundred years ago. It is a traditional European craft form dating from the seventeenth century and largely pioneered in France. Essentially, a whimsical evocation of classical chinese arts and craft design married to the classic European renaissance style.


Comitti now offer three new chinoiserie clocks in red, green and blue to compliment our existing range on black lacquer. These high colour treatments are also an authentic chinoiserie finish or style. In fact, red was one of the most common base colours for traditional chinoiserie decoration.



The Comitti red Chinoiserie clock




The Comitti blue Chinoiserie clock




The Comitti green Chinoiserie clock

Comitti and Walpole British Luxury

Many of you may find this site to be quite interesting and also rather inspiring http://www.thewalpole.co.uk/ . Walpole British Luxury is dedicated to the promotion of all of our most iconic national brands and by default also provides something of an insight into the current state of classic British design.


Comitti are pleased to announce that we will be displaying some of our most iconic products to a select gathering of journalists and industry pundits later in June. We will report further on this next month and look forward to this highly prestigious publicity for our clocks.

Our Clocks on YouTube

A new video demonstrating our Grasshopper and Congreve clocks along with others. This is a very good piece of work, shot in high quality, high definition video.

Committi at Baselworld

Already Day 5 of the show and what a fantastic reaction we've had to the stunning new clocks! Comitti has brought the unique heritage of British Clockmaking to an international audience at Baselworld.

This is the best ever show for Comitti with interest from all over the world - including Australia, China, India, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Taiwan, UAE and Canada.

The skeleton clocks have really drawn the visitors .. people passing the stand are compelled to look at the Grasshopper (in all versions), the Congreve and the Great Wheel and nearly all want to talk about them and are intrigued by the great history and romance behind each piece of 'horological art'.

Keep watching this space for more updates and photos from this event along with news about some of the new products revealed at Baselworld.

British clock makers Booming Export Trade

A heartening story for British business but also a special coup for clock making in the UK. This BBC item tells the story of Smith clocks who are enjoying something of a boom in export orders despite the comparative state of economic stasis at home. Apparently, "Made in Britain" has become a popular selling tag in many eastern European countries and China and of course Britain has a very special place in the history of clock making and is renowned the world over as an innovator in horology.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12157437

Dr John Taylor & The Chronophage

An interesting story about Dr John Taylor , inventive horologist and designer of the 'Chronphage' a very exotic novelty clock / work of art. Dr Taylor also cites John Harrison as a significant source of inspiration for his long term interest in clocks and horology.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/isleofman/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9330000/9330447.stm