Wallace Bishop (company)

Wallace Bishop is a specialty retailer of jewellery, timepieces and decorative arts in Australia. The jeweller Wallace Bishop arrived in Queensland, Australia in 1909 having experience of jewellery and goldsmithing in England in the late 19th century. He was initially employed by jewellers in Queen Street in Brisbane, Queensland. Bishop established his own manufacturing business in 1917. In 1934, Wallace Bishop's son, Carl Bishop, designed the Wallace Bishop Loyal watch which continues to be marketed today and which gave rise to an advertising slogan – “The time by Wallace Bishop watch is …”

Wallace Bishop (company)

Wallace Bishop is a specialty retailer of jewellery, timepieces and decorative arts in Australia. The jeweller Wallace Bishop arrived in Queensland, Australia in 1909 having experience of jewellery and goldsmithing in England in the late 19th century. He was initially employed by jewellers in Queen Street in Brisbane, Queensland. Bishop established his own manufacturing business in 1917. In 1934, Wallace Bishop's son, Carl Bishop, designed the Wallace Bishop Loyal watch which continues to be marketed today and which gave rise to an advertising slogan – “The time by Wallace Bishop watch is …”