Westclox Scotland

Westclox had originally planned to start production in Scotland in 1939 but World War II intervened and it was not until 1948 that they were able to fully commission their factory in Dumbarton.

Their Scottish factory was a full manufacturing plant, at which all their clocks were assembled from start to finish with only the basic raw materials being brought in by outside suppliers.

[2] 95% of the staff were local people and the firm trained their employees from scratch to a high level of skill and had an annual apprenticeship for toolmakers and classes in horology.

[1] Difficult times came in 1967 and 1968 when 400 workers were paid off and the future of the plant was in doubt - primarily due to competition from cheap clocks from the then Iron Curtain countries.

The new owner, Talley Industries, was also a manufacturer of timing equipment, such as clocking-in units, automobile air bag modules and other devices.