Tiffany & Co., Makers #264 was made in 1883 for Charles Herbert Simmons; his obituary is included below. This ship's bell clock was one of the finest creations of Lindauer and Farnham. The globe is a stationary feature and the annual time ring rotates showing the local time on the fish pointer. The time in any other place on earth can be found by dropping down on the corresponding longitude line to the annular ring and reading the local time. Although many French clocks are designed with a similar idea, women/men holding urns, balls, etc, this form with mermen holding a globe and striking ship's bells is unique. There are two other known Tiffany & Co., Makers clocks with similar design, one with a pool ball resting on pool sticks on a snooker table and one made for the Chicago Worlds Fair in 1893, displaying the earth with the sun and moon orbiting the planet. Both of the these clocks strike house strike and do not feature the nautical design of #264. The Tiffany & Co., Makers' shop photo shows Joseph Lindauer in the dark suit and on the floor by the workman with the apron, this clock, with top half of globe removed resting on the floor and dolphin base on the shelf above, circa 1883.

Tiffany & Co. was founded in 1837 by Charles Tiffany. Tiffany & Co. sold silver, jewelry, stained glass, and clocks among other fancy goods. Most goods were imported at first, but as time passed, Tiffany began to make many items in house, in their own shops, with skilled craftsmen of their own employ. In 1879, Tiffany & Co., under the direction of Joseph Lindauer, Master Clock Maker, and George Paulding Farnham, Head Designer, began to produce clocks under the name Tiffany & Co., Makers. During the period 1879 to 1910 Tiffany & Co., Makers produced 829 custom made clocks of various styles. Of these 829 clocks, 28 were clocks that struck ship’s bells. Most of these were made for yachts, however some were made for installation in buildings. Lindauer stopped work in 1895 due to ill health and died in 1897. His son took over as Tiffany’s clockmaker and with the elevation of Louis Comfort Tiffany in 1903 to owner of Tiffany & Co., Farnham was pushed out of the design position he had held for many years. The combination of these two events spelled the end of the in-house clock shop for Tiffany & Co., Makers and by 1910 all in house production ceased. The Tiffany & Co., Makers Register on this website is a list of the 28 Ship’s Bell clocks made by Tiffany Makers.