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The Quartz Clocks of the Greenwich TIme Service

The Royal Observatory acquired its first quartz clock in 1939 and its last in 1965. They were used on three of the Observatory sites: Greenwich, Abinger and Herstmonceux.

An introduction to the Quartz Clocks of the Greenwich Time Service

The Quartz Clock, Q3, installed at Greenwich in 1939 and re-erected at Abinger in 1943

The Quartz Clocks A1, B1 & B2 installed at Abinger and Edinburgh in February 1944

The Quartz Clocks installed at Abinger and Greenwich from mid-1944 onwards

The Quartz Clocks installed at Herstmonceux

The phonic Motors of the Greenwich Time Service