William Mansell was established in 1864, close to London's Marble Arch, and still to this day, the family-run business is one of the leading retailers of traditional and antique clocks, watches, barometers, jewellery and silverware.

As well as supplying rare and unusual clocks and watches, we have an envied worldwide reputation for repairing the 'impossible'.

We take great pride in offering a personal service, whether attending to a longcase clock in your home, or to clients, who visit our charming Dickensian showroom and workshops.

A testament to William Mansell's success is our constantly expanding list of celebrity clients from music, theatre, business, art and politics.

The listed shop front and the internal fittings are all original, dating from the late nineteenth century. The charm and character of the building makes it particularly attractive to film directors and the shop has been used several times as a film location.

In the 1954 movie, Sleeping Tiger, starring Dirk Bogarde staging a night time smash & grab, more recently  in The Wedding Date, formerly titled Something Borrowed, starring Debra Messing & Dermot Mulroney. The scenes shot for the Wedding Date, not used in the final cut, can be seen under "deleted scenes" on the DVD. 

2004 saw the shooting of an ad for Supernoodles, in which a robbery is foiled, by someone blocking the exit from the shop, as he enjoys his snack.

The artist John Cole, who was fascinated by old-world shop fronts, painted the shop front in the forties, and we would be very interested to hear from anyone who knows the whereabouts of the painting.