Kendal & Dent
Kendal & Dent were trading that address from about 1881until about 1927 and were also clock and watch makers. The company is listed in trade directories as watchmakers for 1882, 1891, 1899, 1902, 1910 and 1915. The listings added that they were also clockmakers, goldsmiths and jewellers but they always advertised under watchmakers. The company supplied watches to the British Navy and were given the right, quite early on in their history, to mark their watches ‘Makers to the Admiralty’.
After the Great War (1914-1918) it is suggested that the company raised its prices but could not sustain competition of foreign imports and ceased trading sometime after 1918, losing their place in the "reasonably priced and sturdy" market.
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