{{Short description|English watch manufacturer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Use British English|date=January 2013}} {{Infobox company | name = Accurist | logo = Accurist_Logo.svg | type = Privately Held Company | founder = Asher Loftus<br>Rebecca Loftus and Sophie Loftus | area_served = | key_people = | industry = Retail Jewellery | genre = | products = Watches | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = Time Products (UK) LTD | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = [http://www.accurist.co.uk www.accurist.co.uk] | footnotes = | intl = | foundation = 1946; in Clerkenwell, London | location_city = Leicestershire | location_country = | location = | locations = | market cap = }}
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'''Accurist Watches Ltd''' is an English watch manufacturer, headquartered in Leicestershire. The brand was established in 1946 in St John Street, Clerkenwell, London, by Asher and Rebecca Loftus.
==Overview== Accurist became the first company to sponsor the United Kingdom's speaking clock service between 1986 and 2008,<ref>{{cite news | newspaper=The Guardian | last=Wainwright | first=Martin | url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2008/aug/25/btgroup | title=Speaking clock sponsor says it's time for change | date=24 August 2008 | access-date=20 October 2008}}</ref> and also sponsored a Millennium Countdown clock at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, which counted down the last 1,000 days before the year 2000 at the historic observatory.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Roger |first1=Trapp |title=Time has come for Accurist |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/time-has-come-for-accurist-1275845.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090717233646/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/time-has-come-for-accurist-1275845.html |archive-date=2009-07-17 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |accessdate=11 June 2018 |newspaper=The Independent|location=London |date=30 March 1997}}</ref>
The Loftus family maintained ownership of the company until 2014 when Time Products Limited, which operate Sekonda and Limit, acquired the brand.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rewriting history: a new chapter for Accurist |url=http://www.watchpro.com/rewriting-history-a-new-chapter-for-accurist/ |accessdate=11 June 2018 |publisher=WatchPro |date=20 October 2015}}</ref>
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Category:Manufacturing companies based in London Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1946 Category:English brands Category:Watch brands Category:1946 establishments in England