Ben Bridge Clock, Seattle

The Ben Bridge Street Clock, an exquisite Joseph Mayor four-dial street clock made of cast iron, was installed in 1928 next to the inaugural Ben Bridge Jewelers store situated at the Fourth and Pike Building (formerly known as the Liggett Building).

Seattle was once renowned as "the city of clocks" due to its abundance of street clocks, with a total of one hundred Mayer's street clocks crafted between 1900 and 1930, forty-six of which were delivered to Seattle customers. While not all of these clocks were manufactured by the J. Mayer Company, Pike Street boasted the highest concentration of street clocks.

Today, the Ben Bridge clock stands as the sole remaining testament to the era, still close to its original placement and under the ownership of its initial proprietor. Restored in 1980, this clock is one of the nine Seattle street clocks that form a part of the Landmarks Street Clocks Thematic Nomination (1981).