ABOUT US

Raffety Antique Clocks is owned by Nigel Raffety, one of the UK’s top experts in antique clocks, barometers and chronometers. Nigel had had a lifelong interest in clocks, having completed one of the last traditional clock-making apprenticeships in Clerkenwell, followed by International saleroom experience and catalogue preparation at Christie’s, in London.

Raffety specialise in selling and buying 17th & 18th Century antique English clocks, as well as antique barometers and chronometers. Raffety had become known for serving collectors, private clients, museum authorities, enthusiastic investors and interior decorators throughout the world. Nigel Raffety has also exhibited at the major antique fairs in London, New York and more recently Shanghai and served on their specialist vetting committees.

Increasingly, we have been requested to advise on numerous interior design projects, providing antique clocks to create definite focal points within both contemporary and traditional settings, with great effect. A particular highlight was the supply of some twenty-five antique timepieces to Dumphries House Trust, whose Patron is HM King Charles III.

We deliver and install our clocks free of charge anywhere in the United Kingdom. For our overseas clients we are able to offer a fully insured door to door shipping service, expertly packed by our regular, experienced and specialist carrier.