In 1797, a tax was placed on clocks in Great Britain. The tax was five shillings. Who is the longest continuing clockmaker in the USA? Seth Thomas Clocks is America’s oldest continuous clockmaker, having manufactured clocks in the USA since 1813. Seth Thomas was founded in Thomaston, Connecticut, which at the time of its founding was known as Plymouth Hollow. Plymouth Hollow renamed the town Thomaston in honor of Seth Thomas the individual and the Seth Thomas Clock Company. In the Company’s earlier years Seth Thomas Clocks was a fairly sizable maker of grandfather clocks and grandmother clocks, which as this is written, are no longer part of their product line.
