Ramón Garín

Active: Madrid 1891 - Madrid 1918

By: Amelia Aranda Huete

From 1891-1918, Ramón Garín was a clockmaker in Madrid, whose workshop was located at 23 calle del Príncipe. He specialized in manufacturing and selling precision timepieces. He was the Spanish distributor for the clockmaker David Glasgow, who made the clock for the tower of the Banco de España building. Garín himself made the clock for the Caja Central (main banking hall, now the library) of the Bank and installed another clock by Glasgow in the Santa Cruz School and Orphanage in the town of Carabanchel.

From 1891-1918, Ramón Garín was a clockmaker in Madrid, whose workshop was located at 23 calle del Príncipe. He specialized in manufacturing and selling precision timepieces. He was the Spanish distributor for the clockmaker David Glasgow, who made the clock for the tower of the Banco de España buil...