Kendal and Dent

of 106, Cheapside, London, E.C., Watch and Chronometer Makers to the Admiralty and to the Royal Italian Navy, Turret Clock Makers to the War Office, Jewellers and Diamond Merchants (1881-1942)

of Swan House 34-35 Queen Street, London EC4 (1942-1971)

1880 Edwin Dent, watchmaker, see Kendal and Dent^[1]

1881 Established by James Francis Kendal, F.R.G.S., and Dent (possibly later John Dent).^[2]

1890 Edwin Dent, watchmaker, see Kendal and Dent ^[3]

1911 John Dent, watchmaker, see Kendal and Dent^[4]

1911 Kendal died in New Park, Middlesex^[5]

1914 About eighty staff; agents in every large town in Great Britain. Specialities: Watches. Inventors of the Universal Clock and the World's Pocket Chronometer. Inventors of the Double Dial Watch; also of Watches with raised figures on the dial for the use of the blind; the " Next Station Indicator," etc.

Sources of Information

↑ Post Office London Directory 1880
↑ 1914 Who's Who in Business
↑ Post Office London Directory 1890
↑ Post Office London Directory 1911
↑ National probate calendar

[1] British Museum

[1] Post Office London Directory 1880

[2] 1914 Who's Who in Business

[3] Post Office London Directory 1890

[4] Post Office London Directory 1911

[5] National probate calendar

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Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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