Gleave & Co. Watch Parts UK

Gleave & Co. Watch Parts UK Gleave & Co is a wholesaler of parts, materials and tools for watches and clocks with over 70 years of experience in the trade.

Gleave and Company was established by Joseph Gleave in 1948. Using skills learnt as an engineer during the war, he started as the Horological Turner, manufacturing parts which were difficult to obtain during the post-war years. During the 1950s and 1960s, he developed a reputation for supplying complete movements, cases and dials and became an important call for many watchmakers on their visits to

“The Well” (otherwise known as Clerkenwell, London). The introduction of electronic watches and quartz technology during the 1970s became a platform for new development in the company. While many in the trade complained about the new battery watches, Joseph Gleave saw them as an irreversible trend and invested heavily in new movements and materials for repairs. Unfortunately, Joseph Gleave died in 1982 but his son Graham Gleave took over the reins and has since guided Gleave and Company to become one of the largest suppliers of horological materials and tools in the UK.

COVID-19 UpdateWebsite, Email: OpenTelephone, Whatsapp, Fax: OpenCounter Service: Pre Order Only, Pick up 8.30am - 12 No...
29/06/2020

COVID-19 Update

Website, Email: Open
Telephone, Whatsapp, Fax: Open
Counter Service: Pre Order Only, Pick up 8.30am - 12 Noon*

*Our counter service is very limited. We are only allowing one customer in at any time. Our staff and customers are protected by a screen. We will not touch any samples provided to us. Do not bring in job bags, glasses to be measured or movements to be identified as we will not be able to help. You must pre-order your items by phone/emai/whatsapp. Your items can then be collected 8.30am - 12.00 Noon.

Whatsapp Number = 0207 253 1345

Happy 60th Birthday Madonna! Check out Madonna and Chris Walken using a Gleave and Co. pocket watch in the Bad Girl vid...
16/08/2018

Happy 60th Birthday Madonna! Check out Madonna and Chris Walken using a Gleave and Co. pocket watch in the Bad Girl video from 1993.

Bad Girl official music video. Original song taken from the 'Erotica' album. 1993 - Maverick / Warner Bros. Records, Inc.

.ch Bushes for clocks, now available on our website.
31/05/2018

.ch Bushes for clocks, now available on our website.

.ch watchmakers' eyeglass 2611-TB-2.5
24/05/2018

.ch watchmakers' eyeglass 2611-TB-2.5

Address

111-113 St. John Street
London
EC1V4JA

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 12pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 12pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 12pm
Thursday 8:30am - 12pm
Friday 8:30am - 12pm

Telephone

+442072531345

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Gleave and Company was established by Joseph Gleave in 1948. Using skills learnt as an engineer during the war, he started as the Horological Turner, manufacturing parts which were difficult to obtain during the post-war years. During the 1950s and 1960s, he developed a reputation for supplying complete movements, cases and dials and became an important call for many watchmakers on their visits to “The Well” (otherwise known as Clerkenwell, London). The introduction of electronic watches and quartz technology during the 1970s became a platform for new development in the company. While many in the trade complained about the new battery watches, Joseph Gleave saw them as an irreversible trend and invested heavily in new movements and materials for repairs. Unfortunately, Joseph Gleave died in 1982 but his son Graham Gleave took over the reins and has since guided Gleave and Company to become one of the largest suppliers of horological materials and tools in the UK.