Newgate (company)
{{Short description|British clock and watch manufacturing company}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Newgate
| logo = Newgate Logo - 2017 - RGB - 96DPI.jpg
| type = Private
| foundation = 1991
| location = Oswestry, Shropshire, UK
| key_people = Jim Read (Managing director)
Chloe Read (Managing director)
| num_employees = 50
| industry = Retail
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| homepage = https://www.newgateworld.com/
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Newgate is a British clock manufacturing company headquartered in Oswestry, Shropshire.{{Cite web |title=NEWGATE CLOCKS LIMITED overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12465536 |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |language=en}} It produces a range of clocks{{Cite web|url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/business/shropshire-business/2015/09/14/perfect-timing-as-shrewsbury-stars-in-watchmakers-promotional-film/|title=Video: Perfect timing as Shrewsbury stars in watchmaker's promotional film|website=www.shropshirestar.com|date=14 September 2015 |language=en|access-date=2019-07-17}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.menswearstyle.co.uk/2015/07/17/introducing-newgate-watches/3842|title=Introducing Newgate Watches|website=Menswear Style|access-date=2019-07-17}} as well as designing and producing eyewear under sister brand London Mole.
Background
Newgate was founded in 1991 by Jim and Chloe Read. {{cite news|author=Ruth Corbett |url=https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/property-home/article/our-party-house-x2d8ckkc2 |title=Interiors: our party house |work=The Times |place=London |date=11 June 2016 |url-access=subscription }} The name was inspired by the old New Gate Toll near their apartment and first home in Oswestry.
They 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 1990s, 75% of the clocks produced were exported around the world. The clocks were all manufactured in the
In 2009, the company purchased a large ex-Laura Ashley factory in Oswestry that required refurbishment. This included new facilities, offices and showrooms; which were built in a classic style and furnished with original 1940s furniture. The building also houses Newgate's design studios and its collection of industrial and vintage clocks.{{cite news|author=Graeme Brown |url=http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/business/manufacturing/help-hand-newgate-clocks-make-3941045 |title=Help at hand for Newgate Clocks as they make big move |work=Birmingham Post |date=11 August 2009 |accessdate=21 November 2018 }}
Jones Clocks
Sister brand Jones Clocks was launches in 2005, and is a fashion clock brand. Its products are sold to supermarkets and large home and DIY centres, and direct to consumer.
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, in February 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://www.springfair.com/|title=Welcome|website=Spring Fair 2018|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-07-17}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2015/nov/20/the-fashion-edit-the-top-10-watches-in-pictures|title=The fashion edit: the top 10 watches – in pictures|date=2015-11-20|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-07-17|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.stylist.co.uk/fashion/style-list/shop-buy-online-this-weeks-style-list-statement-sneakers-irresistible-beauty-buys/79128|title=This week's Style List: from commute-friendly headphones to statement sneakers|last=Team|first=Stylist|date=2016-01-25|website=Stylist|language=en|access-date=2019-07-17}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.watchpro.com/hot-100-trailblazers-chloe-jim-read-founders-newgate-watches/|title=HOT 100 TRAILBLAZERS: Chloe & Jim Read, founders, Newgate Watches|last=Corder|first=Rob|date=2016-07-05|website=WatchPro|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-17}}
A portfolio of short films was made in 2015 to showcase each watch and clock family. Newgate watches are sold worldwide through distributors like iWorld.
London Mole
Sister brand London Mole was launched in 2019, with Jim Read and his team designing ranges of reading glasses, sunglasses, blue blockers, and fashion glasses.
References
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External links
- [https://newgateworld.com/ Official Site]
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Category:Clock manufacturing companies of the United Kingdom