James Markwick & Markwick Markham. Of the two London makers James Markwick, father and son, the elder was apprenticed on 25 June 1656 to Richard Taylor being subsequently turned over to to Edward Gilpin. He became free of the Clockmaker's Company on 6 August 1666 Six apprentices were bound to him between 1674 and 1699. In 1673 he succeeded to Samuel Betts behind the Royal Exchange. Although he held office in the Clockmaker's Company, he was irregular in attendance, ceasing to pay any attention tits affairs after 1700. He worked until at least 1704 or 1706.His son, James Marckwick jr, became free of the Company in 1692 by patrimony, and died in 1730. The younger James Markwick was an eminent maker, Master of the Clockmaker's Company in 1720 and a very early user of jewelled bearings. In later years he was in partnership with his son-in-law Robert Markham who succeeded him, using the trading name of Markwick Markham which became famous for watches destined for the Turkish market. Not only did this notoriety encourage the appearance of spuriously sined watches, but at the end of the century Markham, or his successor, associated the names of other watch-makers with their own on products intended for the East. The makers thus found associated are: Francis Perigal, Peter Upjohn, H. Story, Borrell, John Johnson, Louis Recordon-DupontAll of them were reputable watch-makers in their own right, selling other products under their own names. That Louis Recordon of Soho was an expatriate Swiss may imply that he was the channel for the Swiss movements or parts which were not infrequently used in London productions for the Near East.Literature- G. Ahrens, Early Jewel Holes, Antiquarian Horology, xvi, June 1986, pp. 173-77- 300 Years of Fine English Clock & Watchmaking from the Northern Section Antiquarian Horological Society?, Prescot, 1986, p. 14.- Otto Kurz, European Clocks and Watches in the Near East, London & Leiden, 1975, pp 77-78 and 85-86.