Eardley Norton, cylinder pocket watch with pointer date and quarter-hour repeater

"Victorian Bracket Clock" Eardley Norton, London, Bracket Clock, circa 1890

Movement side with cylinder movement

He was a well-known and famous watchmaker in his time, whose products, both complicated, astronomical Clocks and musical clocks , as well as pocket watches, can be found in many museums.

Several of his watches are signed with the inversion of his name "Yeldrae Notron" and perhaps indicate a kind of second quality.

Eardley Norton primarily manufactured chronometers , marine chronometers , and pocket watches of standard to superior quality. He received an English patent in 1771. He produced a royal clock collection for George III, the showpiece of which was an astronomical clock with four dials.

Norton received 1,042 pounds sterling for these clocks—a considerable sum at the time. It, along with a very similar one by Christopher Pinchbeck , is still in Buckingham Palace . Another notable work is the musical clock he made for the Russian Empress Catherine.

Eardley Norton died in 1794. After his death, Gravell & Tolkien took over the watchmaking business and continued it until 1820. From 1820 onwards, William Gravell & Son took over and from 1850 onwards, Robert Rolfe took over.