1991 headquarters shropshire uk key people jim read managing director chloe read managing director products clocks watches mirrors number of employees 50 website http www.newgateclocks.com http www.newgatewatches.com http www.jonesclocks.com newgate is a british company that design and manufacture clocks and watches stocked and sold in boutique home stores and high end department stores around the world . newgate is known for its vintage industrial retro and mid century style designs . products include watches alarm clocks mantel clocks wall clocks and outdoor clocks . 1 2 the company also designs and makes clocks for other brands . newgate clocks newgate was founded in 1991 by the current owners jim and chloe read from the spare room of their apartment . 3 the name came from the old new gate toll adjacent to the read s apartment and first home in oswestry . when jim and chloe met in their late teens they discovered that they had much in common . both of their respective parents were antique dealers and they share childhood memories of being dragged along to auction rooms and antique shops and travelling home in the back of volvo estates stuffed full of antiques and decorative art . jim had just been kicked out of art college when he met chloe . they moved in together and sold their vintage mini moke car to fund the purchase of second hand machinery to start making framed art . quite by accident they bought some quartz clock movements which they fitted to the dials they painted and mounted in frames and cases . the clocks were first seen at a trade exhibition at london s alexandra palace where orders for clocks were received from harrods dozens of home stores and several european distributors . in the 1990 s seventy five percent of the clocks produced were exported around the world . the clocks were all manufactured in the oswestry factory until 2003 when production moved to asia benefiting from lower manufacturing costs and higher production capacities . 4 the decision to create a fusion brand called jones clocks was made in 2005 . jones clocks is a fashion clock brand and its products are sold to supermarkets and large home and diy centres . in 2009 the company purchased a large ex laura ashley factory in oswestry that required refurbishment to include new facilities offices and showrooms which were built in a classic style and furnished with original 1940 s furniture throughout . the building also houses newgate s design studios and its comprehensive collection of industrial and vintage clocks . 5 newgate watches in 2012 work started on a range of watches . the newgate watch collection took three years to come to fruition when a range of fifty watches was launched at the spring fair in birmingham uk in february 2015 . 6 7 8 the uk watch trade publication watchpro featured newgate watch founders jim and chloe read in the trailblazer category of the watchpro hot 100 of 2016 . 9 a portfolio of short films were made in 2015 to showcase each watch and clock family . 10 references edit http www.shropshirestar.com shropshire business 2015 09 14 perfect timing as shrewsbury stars in watchmakers promotional film http www.menswearstyle.co.uk 2015 07 17 introducing newgate watches 3842 http www.thetimes.co.uk article our party house x2d8ckkc2 http www.bbc.co.uk news uk england shropshire 19899800 http www.birminghampost.co.uk business manufacturing help hand newgate clocks make 3941045 http www.springfair.com content case study newgate https www.theguardian.com fashion gallery 2015 nov 20 the fashion edit the top 10 watches in pictures 9 . http www.stylist.co.uk fashion style list shop buy online this weeks style list statement sneakers irresistible beauty buys gallery 29 http www.watchpro.com hot 100 trailblazers chloe jim read founders newgate watches http www.shropshirestar.com shropshire business 2015 09 14 perfect timing as shrewsbury stars in watchmakers promotional film external links edit official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title newgate clocks & oldid 735674659 categories clockmakerscompanies based in shropshirebritish brandsbritish company foundersbritish designcompanies of the united kingdom navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 22 august 2016 at 10 02 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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