Watchman Clocks

This website is dedicated to guard tour systems and what is also known as watchman clocks. We have been a part of the watchman clocks and guard patrol system industry.  We are not a security company, but know the guard patrol systems and watchman clocks that we offer.  Please read the information found on this website, but more importantly, visit our online store dedicated to watchman clocks products. 

Security is, of course, an ancient occupation.  Of course, the use of technology systems have not been employed until most recent centuries.  The need to track and account for guard patrol duties has been developed with the use of a guard tour system or watchman clock.  We have first hand knowledge and experience with the Detex line of watchman clock products.  The first guard tour systems are mechanical watchman clocks that employ recording cards or paper and typically use a key to record the station identifier and timestamp.  Today, you have some various choices in the watchman clocks market for patrol guard clocks. You could choose a traditional mechanical clock, or choose modern electronic systems.  The mechanical systems are battery operated and use a key to mark the fact that the guard patrol professional visited the appropriate station along the guard tour patrol route.  Alternatively, the electronic systems store their information to memory and allows for download of the data to a computer system.  These more complex guard tour systems require the infrastructure to support the more complex systems.  If you do have the infrastructure, then you are a good candidate for an electronic guard patrol system.  But additionally, an electronic guard tour system allows the security guard to more quickly record the fact that they visited the appropriate guard tour location because it's a quick scan of the watchman clock wand versus a more manual operation of obtaining the key and recording the checkin.

Guard Tour Systems

Many organizations employ guard tour systems or watchman clocks to keep their security operations accurate and documented.  Zoos and museums use them to ensure their guards are accurately following proper guard tour route on time.  Housing grounds or buildings like their guards to check doors, gates, pools and other property features.  Office buildings employ the use of security guards and accompanying watchman clock systems.  City and government buildings that house sensitive information, materials, and more also need security and are stringent about security accountability.