Your phone or the television can tell you the weather or tide height, however, natural elements can, and should, also be felt. Our timepieces literally sense or count down naturally changing conditions so you are brought connection and joy, not just data.
Analogue, not digital.
We make clocks that display moving mechanical artwork. They are designed to forecast the weather or track your local tide. No Wi-Fi or smartphone needed, just a happy spot on your wall.
Wonderful, not mundane.
Every Bramwell Brown Clock is made with a theatre set of moving mechanics that expresses a little weather forecast for the day ahead. Or the state of the tide at your favourite beach. They therefore make informative and characterful companions for your home.
From our original designs to our Limited Editions, our entire range is a mix of British engineering and analogue intrigue. Each clock has the ability to elicit sheer wonder from an observer, no matter their age.
Modern life, not just nostalgia.
As children we were captivated by analogue and mechanicalmovements. But we’ve seen these lovely interactions become a rarity over thedecades.
So, we set about reinventing the traditional barometer – an instrument first developed over 200 years ago and once a mainstay of millions of British homes.
Whilst the design process removed the brass dial and brown wooden base, we made sure the charm was amplified.
The result is a range of clocks, suitable for the modern home and also an antidote to its digital overwhelm.
The founders: a brother and sister team
Who’s behind Bramwell Brown? That’d be us: Rob and Sarah. We’re brother and sister, London-based but proud of our Lancashire roots.
We trace our love of curious mechanical objects back to childhood – to Sunday afternoons, when dad would stand in the hall to wind the grandfather clock, then tap on the barometer to see what the weather might be up to that day.
Old clock mechanics and curious analogue time-pieces have a peculiar charm. At the heart of Bramwell Brown is a fascination with spinning cogs and whizzing parts.
We looked everywhere for a mechanical barometer in an appealing design – but couldn’t find one, anywhere.
So we decided to design one ourselves: at the kitchen table, surrounded by card, split pins and Sellotape, building what was a very basic initial prototype.
Far more technical prototypes ensued, once we’d found some expert engineering help. We refined and refined and refined again over the course of two years, and eventually we had the first Mechanimated Clock, which we launched in 2015.
Gift Certificates: Let the receiver decide
Our clocks make excellent presents – but if you can’t decide which one to give you can opt to purchase a gift certificate. The budget you choose can allow for all our different types of Weather Clock.
