Anna-Rose (Rosie) Kirk has over a decade of dedicated experience working with clocks. She is a Fellow of the British Horological Institute and a member of the British Watch and Clockmakers' Guild. Rosie currently operates from her professional workshop within the magical Robertson Yard Studios in Brighton.

 
 

Rosie studied Horology at the School of Jewellery in Birminham, as part of the newly launched degree program. Rosie graduated with First Class Honours.

 
 

Her degree culminated in the creation of The Horizon Clock, her masterpiece project. The clock was exhibited at the Clockmakers’ Museum in the Science Museum, London, for 18 months. It later went on to win the F.P. Journe Young Talent Competition and was showcased at Baselworld, the world’s largest watch fair, alongside members of the AHCI.

 
 

Rosie refined her technical and commercial skills through work with The Clock Clinic in London and the Cumbria Clock Company through their Southern Branch. Now, as A.R. Kirk Clocks, she has been proudly based in Brighton for over five years, offering specialist horological services with precision, care, and passion for the craft.

 
 
Brighton workshop with specialist equipment and clocks for repair

The Brighton workshop

Specialised antique clock repair brighton

Rosie at the bench working

The Horizon Clock showing the sun rise and sunste times at midsummer.

Rosie’s masterpiece: The Horizon Clock

Qualifications and achievements:

  • BA Hons Horology

    BHI Diploma in the Repair, Restoration and Conservation of Clocks

  • LVMH Group prize for best performance over all three years 2015, Walsh Prize for Highest Exam Results for Horological Theory 2015, Cartier prize for best clock portfolio 2015, Clockmakers' Company Prize for the best results in the year 2015, Antiquarian Horological Society Award for the Masterpiece Project 2015,GK Hadfield prize for Best Practical Test Piece in the Technician Grade 2013

    F P Journe Young Talent Competition, winner 2016

    Watch pro Top 100 trailblazer 2016

  • Fellow of the British Horological Institute and a member of the British Watch and Clockmakers Guild.

  • Four years experience with the repair and restoration of clocks within a commercial setting a the Clock Clinic, Putney, London

    Four years experience with the repair and restoration of turret clocks with the Cumbria Clock Company

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