故宮博物院鐘錶館陳列着豐富多彩、金光閃爍、琳瑯滿目的中外钟錶,其中約計半數是英國鐘。它反映了十七世紀英國製鐘手工業的發達,以及十八世紀六十年代在英國開始的產業革命對製鐘工業的影響。當時倫敦的製鐘工業蓬勃發展,從故宮珍藏倫敦製造的鐘上署名的廠家(或製鐘匠師)來看,就有六十餘家之多。如:BARBOT、BENJAMIN WARD、BROCK·BANK、 The National Palace Museum clock and watch museum displays a colorful, golden flashy, dazzling array of watches, of which about half of the British clock. It reflects the development of the clockwork industry in England in the seventeenth century and the effect of the industrial revolution on clockmaking in the United Kingdom in the 1860s. At that time, the clock-making industry in London thrived. As many as sixty or so manufacturers (or clock-making craftsmen) signed the clock made by the Forbidden City in London. Such as: BARBOT, BENJAMIN WARD, BROCK · BANK,