Bernard Mason

[3] Mason was a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers and the author of "Clock and Watchmaking in Colchester" (1969) which originally cost four guineas (£4 4s.

Mason claimed that there are 375 known examples of Colchester clocks and he managed to collect 216 of them in his lifetime, travelling far and wide to bring them back “home”.

Tymperleys currently houses the Mason Collection as part of the Colchester Clock Museum.

[5] Bernard Mason was in charge of air raid warnings throughout Colchester district during World War II.

[6][7] Mason's father had worked for Paxmans, before developing a method of making photographic blueprints from engineering drawings and setting up his own firm E.N.