Burned West End home's first tenant built Birks Clock

A unique, century-old home in Vancouver’s West End that burned down over the weekend was home to jeweller George Trorey, the man who first built and owned the iconic Birks Clock.
Montreal-based jeweller Henry Birks & Sons bought Trorey’s store on the corner of Hastings and Granville streets in 1907, along with the clock he had installed on the street outside his doors.
“The Birks Clock used to be called the Trorey Clock, until Birks bought it,” said Patrick Gunn,