10/14/2026
On a warm December day in 1979, reporters and passers by gathered to watch the birth of an Asheville icon.
That was the day a 1920 Seth Thomas street clock was installed outside Wick & Greene Jewelers at 10 Wall Street. Over the decades the clock would become a symbol, not just of an historic family-owned jewelry store, but of Downtown Asheville.
In 1989, when Wick & Greene moved to the Art Deco building on Patton Avenue, the clock came along, and there it stood, welcoming people to downtown for decades.
Wick & Greene evolved into Spicer Greene, and In late 2022 the clock was disassembled and shipped to the Saint Louis Street Clock Company for service. In 2023 it returned to Asheville with a fresh, backlit face, a new coat of paint, and a recalibrated movement.
Even as Spicer Greene Jewelers is focused on creating a jewelry ecosystem for the future, the clock stands tall as a symbol of our 100 year history in Asheville.
