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OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH HOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE
DECEMBER 2014
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The First Word
After nearly two years employment with
the Institute I still consider myself fortunate to be working here at Upton Hall as
part of such a dedicated team. Your staff
– and we are most definitely ‘your’ staff –
are all incredibly passionate about the
BHI even though, with the recent retirement of Alan Midleton FBHI, there is
now not a single horologist amongst us!
So it’s good to know that, whenever we
need it, we can draw on the knowledge
and resources of our hard working directors, trustees, tutors, examiners and
volunteers. We thank each and every one
of them.
Having read Alan Midleton’s definitive
account of the history of the BHI in previous editions of HJ, I am acutely aware
that, from its very inception, finances
have been a perennial problem for the
Institute. And I’m afraid that this still
remains the case. That’s why, as your
CEO, I become increasingly anxious at
this time of year. Will we hit our budget
forecast? How’s the cashflow holding
up? And how many of our members will
renew their subscriptions next year?
And it’s that last question which is
always the most difficult one to answer.
But there are reasons to be positive.
After many years of steady decline our
membership figures appear to have
turned a corner. Whisper it quietly, but
the BHI is now attracting more members
than it is losing. However, we need to
maintain this momentum.
Official Journal of The British Horological Institute Ltd
£6.00 (free to members)
When your renewal letter arrives we
hope that you will find it easy to think of
many positive reasons for renewing your
membership. And altruism might well
be one of those reasons – the BHI certainly needs your goodwill.
But no membership organisation
should take its membership for granted.
At the end of the day subscriptions are a
discretionary spend and, unfortunately,
we are all still living in straightened
times. So, whether it’s the family or the
business budget which is being considered, we know that we have to continue
to provide you with value for money if we
wish to retain your membership for
another year. Altruism alone will not
be enough.
This need to provide value is one of
the reasons why, for the past year, the
Institute has concentrated so heavily on
strengthening what we consider to be
our two main membership benefits –
The Horological Journal and your access to
our training and education programmes. Both of these have, we hope,
benefitted from some much needed
investment – of both time and money.
But there is still a long way to go and the
work has only just begun.
As an organisation the BHI’s aspirations remain high. But we will only
succeed in meeting them if we can carry
you, the membership, with us. I’m optimistic. And I’m certain you are too.
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Matthias Naeschke's NT12 table
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Saatchi Gallery in the first week of
November. The NT12 is a special
edition clock celebrating thirty
years of Naeschke manufacturing
exclusive high-quality in-house
developed and designed clocks.
The spring-wound fusee clock
fusee runs for 13½ months, and
includes power reserve indicator,
escapement with round ruby
pallets, compensated pendulum
and a chapter ring of handengraved sterling silver. The gilt
movement sits on four massive
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BHI Officers
President: Anthony Randall FBHI
Chairman: Ray Walford
Vice Chairman: Stella Haward MBHI
Board Members:
Ross Alcock MBHI
Hugh Barnes HonMBHI
Nick Brown
Justin Koullapis
Ashley Strachan
Geoff Walker FBHI
Martin Wigglesworth
Jan Wright FBHI
Vice Presidents:
Jonathan Betts MBE FBHI
Robert Bray FBHI
Dennis Harris FBHI
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Ray Mellor FBHI
Brian Newman MBE FBHI
Philip Whyte Hon FBHI
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Contents
Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition
539
James Buxton IEng MIED
540
The British Horological Institute
E. Peters
If only Balance Wheels were like Car Tyres
542
Robert Horan MBHI
Making Harrison’s Late Regulator – Part 11
544
Colin Fergusson MBHI
546
Making a Regulator to a New Design
John Reynolds FBHI
Awards, Education and New Members’ Day
550
Jayne Hall
565
BHI Annual Index
Robert Ovens MBHI
Regulars
Horological Journal
Letters
534
News
536
Meet the Student
538
Bench View
548
Branch Reports
554
Horological Calendar
558
BHI Courses
559
Classified Ads
560
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Letters
Internal Thread
A tip for Mike Flannery – and anyone
else trying to find the pitch of an
internal thread. Lightly taper a piece
of peg-wood (or dowel) so that the
thin end just enters the hole. Screw
this into the hole as far as you can
without breaking it! The screw
thread will impress itself into the
wood and you can then use the pitch
gauge on the wood. This technique
works on both left- and right-handed
threads.
Andrew Fleming
Galileo’s Pendulum-Controlled
Escapement
I would like to correct a minor point
made by John Abrahams in his interesting letter (HJ August 2014). The
man chosen to build the model illustrating the Galileo Escapement, built
for the Circulation Department of
the Science Museum for inclusion in
one of its travelling exhibitions, was
the Foreman of the Engineering
Workshop, Mr Reg Martin. I was at
that time employed in the workshop,
so I witnessed its construction; it was
a fairly close copy of the older one
held in the Museum’s Time
Measurement Collection. Trained in
mechanical engineering rather than
horology, Mr Martin chose to use
involute gearing in his model. Mr
Martin worked on an early Brown
and Sharpe universal milling
machine that is now, in retirement,
preserved in the Museum’s Hand
and Machine Tool Collection.
John Elcomb FBHI
The Trammel of Archimedes
In a letter to the editor (Horological
Journal, September 2014, p. 390) I
suggested that the trammel of
Archimedes might be adapted to
drive the end of the hand of a watch
or clock accurately around an elliptical dial. I would have left it there, but,
just as Pinoccio had Jiminy Cricket,
so I have a daemon in the form of a
Little Red Hen, who asked “Why
don’t you do it yourself?” So I did!
The Trammel of Archimedes has
two trammels, or shuttles, that are
constrained to move along intersecting tracks that are at right angles to
one another, e.g. one horizontal and
one vertical. A rigid rod links the
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centre, A, of the shuttle on the vertical track, to the centre, B, of the
other shuttle, so that the centres are
always the same distance apart. When
the shuttles move, a point on an
extension of the rod, C, traces out an
ellipse with semi-major axis a = AC
and semi-minor axis b = BC (figure
1). This is the process of ‘trammelling an ellipse’ familiar to
draughtsmen.
The present problem is to drive the
process with clockwork. The clue to
this comes from examining the loci
of points on the rod between C and
A. These loci are shown on Figure 1,
with the loci in black (or red) corresponding to the points indicated on
the blue rod. As one moves from C
towards A, the ellipse becomes
smaller and more elongated until, at
B, it becomes a horizontal line of
length 2AB. As one progresses
towards A, the line becomes an
ellipse again, getting smaller and
fatter until, at the mid-way point
between A and B it becomes a circle,
which is what we need. I am tempted
to examine what happens as one
goes further, including points further
out than A and C, and to see what
happens when the tracks are not at
right angles, but my Little Red Hen
tells me to stick to the matter in
hand.
So a shaft rotating once an hour
with its axis at O, driving an arm with
its end attached to M, the mid-point
between A and B, will cause the point
C to describe its ellipse. (The fact that
the shaft will need to rotate counterclockwise is but a minor inconvenience.) We still need to know where
the minute marks should be made. A
Figure 1
Figure 2
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Letters
Figure 3
general point on the ellipse is (a sin t,
b cos t), where t is an angular
measure of time with one minute of
time corresponding to six degrees.
Points for t = 6, 12, 18, …54 degrees,
plotted on a piece of graph paper,
give the minute marks. An interesting geometrical property is that, at all
times, the rod will point in the same
direction as would a normal centred
minute hand.
That is the theory, but how will it
work in practice? To make a clocksize version, I cut two mutually perpendicular 4mm by 90mm slots in a
piece of 1mm brass plate to form the
tracks. The shuttles are 12mm long
(to avoid going astray where the
tracks intersect), slightly less than 4
mm wide (for easy sliding) and a bit
over 1mm thick. They are sandwiched between two wider and
longer pieces of brass that are pinned
to them to give an H cross-section.
The ends are tapered to form a leadin for when the shuttle crosses the
centre. Abors through the centres of
the shuttles are connected at the
back by a sturdy piece of brass with a
hole in its centre where a pin on the
end of the driving arm can enter. The
rod on the front is a lighter piece of
brass also connected to the shuttle
abors and extending beyond them to
form
the
minute
hand
(see Figure 2).
The driving arm was initially
attached to a crank handle that could
be turned by hand and, after a bit of
adjustment, this was found to rotate
easily with little resistance, and to
move the hand smoothly around the
ellipse. The next stage was to attach
the device to a clock. Since I had a
turret clock to hand (as one does!)
with the wrong end of the lead-off
conveniently rotating anticlockwise, I
attached it to that (Figure 3). This
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might not seem like too demanding
a test as a turret clock might be
thought to produce enough spare
torque to drive a tank. But I deliberately run mine with the minimum
weight to avoid wear and to keep
down the noise of the ticking, so any
additional load on the output end
might easily have stopped the clock.
The clock didn’t stop and the device
performs just as hoped.
Now I have to figure out what to do
about the hour hand!
Stuart Malin
graphs.
I subscribe to the NAWCC’s Clock
and Watch Bulletin (USA equivalent to
the HJ) and also the optional supplement Horological Science Newsletter
which is primarily for those with a
mathematical interest in horology.
Perhaps the BHI should consider a
similar optional quarterly supplement to the HJ for publication of
complex mathematical articles, or
publish them only on the BHI
website rather than in the Horological
Journal.
Malcolm Pipes FBHI FIMechE
The ‘New’ Horological Journal
The Ipswich Branch Committee
would like to congratulate the
Institute and the ‘Journal Team’ for
the
new-look
Journal.
The
changeover circumstances have, we
understand, been very difficult but
they have succeeded in producing
a professional, attractive and readable Journal.
Richard Curtis
I wrote in praise of the ‘old style’
Horological Journal (the September
2014 edition) and empathise with
those readers unhappy with the ‘new
style’ presentation of the more
recent Journals, particularly the
apparent vast white margins devoid
of text.
I also sympathise with readers who
find some recent content overly
mathematical, although an understanding of ‘isochronism’ is surely
important for horologists.
The extensive use of mrad (milliradian) rather than degrees as an
angular measure ‘The Non-linear
Spring’ articles, October and
November editions, is perhaps one
example where the author should
carefully consider his readership.
Few may be familiar with the ‘radian’,
but will be with ‘degrees’, despite
radians being used extensively and
usefully in mathematics.
I have peer reviewed many potential technical articles for HJ and
would urge authors to present their
work, however complex, in a manner
such that all our membership can
understand and gain from it. This
may mean frequent and simple
explanations of the salient points,
and perhaps fewer equations and
In the November edition of
Horological
Journal
various
letters commented both on the
layout and content of the previous
edition.
Firstly it is certainly very necessary
to congratulate the multiplicity of
individuals who succeeded in getting
the September issue out to members
in the absence of the official editor
and at the same time as a radical
change of its format.
Reaction to the new typography
and layout of the HJ will be a matter
of personal taste and cannot please
everyone, personally while my aging
abilities appreciate the clarity and
readability of the new edition my
sense of nostalgia mourns the slightly
amateurish feel of an old friend.
Of more importance however are
the references and criticism of the
content from GC Crabtree and MJ
Wild. HJ has a difficult job in being
the official voice of the BHI and
catering for the needs and interests
of the horological trade and both the
professional and amateur individual
members who have an incredibly
wide range of skills and abilities.
Balancing these competing requirements is not an easy task and if the
recent dissension is anything to go by
then the official editor’s abilities in
previously achieving this over a
number of years has been well
The Editor welcomes all letters sent via
email or post. The Editorial board
reserve the right to edit the length of
letters, or where appropriate, refuse
publication of material. Please send
all letters to [email protected] or post a
hand-written copy to Upton Hall.
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News
Fall Back Show
Over 400 visitors enjoyed the BHI’s annual Autumn Show on Sunday 26 October,
making the day one of the most successful for many years.
Chairman Ray Walford believes that
a combination of things made it a
record-breaking event. Firstly, the
BHI was lucky enough to have ‘The
GREAT Britain Watch’ by Roger
Smith FBHI on display in the
George Daniels room and secondly,
Alan Midleton FBHI, had made a
television appearance a few days
beforehand flagging up the event.
‘It really was an excellent day,’ said
Ray. ‘It was lovely to see Upton Hall
full to bursting with so many people
enjoying themselves. As always it
couldn’t be done without the army
of willing volunteers and I would like
to take this opportunity of thanking
them very much.’
With so many people at Upton
Hall, the Clock workshop was
extremely busy, much to the delight
of volunteers Jim Arnfield FBHI,
Norman Jacklin FBHI, Geoff Walker
FBHI and BHI Director, Nick Brown.
Jim said: ‘It was the first occasion
for us to reveal our new large screen
television systems which have now
been fitted in both workshops. The
monitors will be invaluable on the
horological courses we run as they
will enable us to show demonstrations of close up machine work and
other intricate procedures to groups
of people.’
‘At the Show we were gear cutting
to a very small scale (watch size) on a
Schaublin 70 lathe, and the monitor
enabled onlookers to have an excellent views – even better than using
their own eyes.’
Jim and his team were also on
hand to discuss the work of the BHI
Conservation and Maintenance
Group, which is run by volunteers to
look after the Upton Hall Museum
Collection.
Norman also took the opportunity
to present an adaptor, which links
the stepping motor, donated by the
Manchester branch, to the dividing
head of the Schaublin lathe, and
provide demonstrations of how
it works.
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Pictured: Norman Jacklin FBHI presents an adaptor, which links the stepping motor, donated by the
Manchester branch, to the dividing head of the Schaublin lathe, to BHI Chairman Ray Walford.
Pictured: The GREAT Britain Watch by Roger Smith FBHI on show in the Watch Gallery.
Horological Journal
News
The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
introduces The Clockmakers’ Masterpiece
Competition 2014-2016
This competition aims to reward individuals studying
horology worldwide who display an excellent understanding of watch and clockmaking. It will run over two
academic years 2014-15 and 2015-16, and welcomes students who are gaining a recognised qualification in
horology. This includes those undertaking training programmes, apprenticeships or distance learning courses.
Students studying the BHI Distance Learning Course are
eligible to compete if they are entered in the annual
examinations.
To enter, candidates must submit any practical piece of
horology which is entirely their own work before the 31st
July. First Prize will be £2,000, Second Prize £1,000 and
Third Prize £500; all to be awarded in February 2017.
For more information about the terms and conditions
of the competition, as well as entry details and requirements, visit www.clockmakers.org/horology/clockmakers-masterpiece-competition-2014-16
BHI Summer Show Raffle Prize Winners
visit Smith of Derby
Barrie Fitton and Raymond Walford of the Lincolnshire Branch of the BHI were
amongst the lucky prize winners at this year’s BHI Annual Summer Show raffle;
and their particular prize was a guided Tour of the Smith of Derby’s premises.
This famous clock business, one of the BHI’s corporate members, opened its doors to Barrie and
Raymond (and their guests) in August for an afternoon full of activities.
Smith of Derby has always been a family business
and the visit was hosted by Mr Nicholas Smith who was
joined by his son Jonathon, the latest in a long line of
‘Smiths’. The pair quickly proceeded to enthral an
eager audience with tales of the company’s rich heritage and long service to the horological industry.
Mr Nick, as his staff affectionately call him, has
immersed himself in the history of the company and
immediately engaged guests with stories from the
challenging 1800s right through to today’s organisation and technologies. It was particularly apt, given the
timing of the visit, that he was able to touch on the
part played by Smith of Derby in supporting the war
effort from 1914 to 1918.
The guided tour took the visitors around the thoroughly modern factory premises and included a stop
in the traditional ‘workshop’, where the group could
see at first-hand traditional conservation work being
carried out, as well as the area in which new, exciting
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Mr Nick demonstrating to enthusiasts Ray Walford and
Barrie Fitton HonMBHI
projects for public timekeeping today were being conceived and executed.
Jane Arnold of Smith of Derby said: ‘It is accurate to
say that interest in turret clock making and restoration
today is very much alive in the UK and further afield.
Smith of Derby is very proud to be working closely
with the BHI in this incredibly important work’.
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News
Meet the Student
In our continuing, occasional series of Meet the Student, Harriet Olivia talks
to Martin Cleaton to find out what motivates him.
water resistant creation, not exactly
the features I now desire in a watch!
When opting for a career change,
I was torn between an airline pilot
and further pursuing my passion in
horology. The deciding factor was
price, I believed horology would be
the less expensive option; little did
I know! Then, about four years ago,
I looked into scholarships for Swiss
courses to find that they were only
offered to employees. It was then
that I first heard of the opportunities available at Birmingham City
University which offered study
options; this soon became a BA
Degree Course.
Name: Martin Cleaton
Age: 27
Occupation:
Birmingham University
and BHI Student
Student
What inspired your interest in
Horology?
Having become disillusioned with
education and leaving early, I came
to Horology as a second career; a
welcomed opportunity to learn
something that I was passionate
about. Watches have always interested me, as a child I used to stare
into shop windows, pining over the
most expensive and exquisite
watches. I soon adopted a quirky
style; my first watch was a square
I understand that alongside this
Degree you are also juggling
BHI Diploma Qualifications,
how are you finding the combined learning experience?
It is time consuming and requires
dedication and long hours of hard
work, but I think it provides the
best learning opportunities. For
me, the academic style of the
degree is complemented by the
vocational style of the BHI Distance
Learning Course. With the latter, I
was motivated to set up my own
workshop to enhance practice
opportunities. I enjoy the freedom
and often find myself off on a new
project given the autonomy to
choose the watches that I repair. I
have just submitted my first piece of
examined work using solely the
equipment I have in my workshop.
Learning through repetition has
proved encouraging; I am constantly building my portfolio.
What is your particular area of
interest?
Both courses I am undertaking are
based on the study of watches; this
is where my passion has always
been. I believe that even in the
modern world, a simple mechanical watch will always fascinate and
that as a piece of jewellery it provides an opportunity to express
one’s character. For example, my
first square watch was highly
unusual; in this way, it showed that I
like to challenge the status quo.
Where do you see yourself in
five years?
I have one more year at
Birmingham City University and
after that the future is uncertain.
I aspire to own my own Brand which
will create handmade luxury
watches full of character and charm,
sourced entirely from England. In
reality, the next five years will continue to see money pumped into
improving my workshop!
East of Scotland Branch Visit Upton Hall
Towards the end of October, nine members of the East
of Scotland Branch paid a three day visit to Upton
Hall. Most had visited sometime in the past … some
the distant past. The long journey was well rewarded
with Alan Middleton giving a guided tour of the collection and Briony giving the history of Upton Hall on the
first day. The second day saw the group visit the Usher
Collection, Lincoln, plus the Newark Air Museum. On
the final day, Jim Arnfield held the group captivated
with his legendary horological tales in the clock and
watch workshops – not to mention the same in the
Cross Keys pub the night before. Thanks to the Upton
Hall staff for hosting us and to Zen Chowaniec (photo,
third left) for organising the trip.
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Midlands Model Engineering
Exhibition 2014
James Buxton IEng MIED
In November, James Buxton IEng MIED visited the
Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition to examine
and enjoy this year’s horological entries.
I am not sure whether the show was
more crowded on the day I
attended or there was rather less
gangway space between stands. I
remember a trade show at the
Hanover Messe in the late sixties.
All the stands were single aspect
and in well spaced ranks. It made it
so easy to know where you were.
There was huge space in the gangways and after an initial wizz up and
down each row you knew you had
passed every exhibitor. Having
made a note of all of interest, a
return visit to a particular exhibitor
was very easy and straightforward.
So, was there much of interest to
we horologists? Not in number, but
certainly in quality and interest. My
habit is first to see what has been
entered into the ‘Horological &
Scientific’ competition class. This is
usually a worthwhile stop and was
very much up to scratch this year.
Although there were just two
exhibits/entrants, they were both
well worth their awards. First prize
was awarded to Wally Brown for his
Musical Clock movement to Claude
B Reeve’s design, Photograph 1.
Although the ‘words and music’
as published, are comprehensive,
this is not a project to be undertaken lightly. But, it will surely be a
magnificent piece when it is complete, to say nothing of the complexity of the system. It has 18 bells
struck from hammers driven from
two pin barrels. It will be good to
see the completed clock, when it all
comes together. A project that is
nothing if not mighty!
Second place went to Phil Alling
for his version of W R (Bill) Smith’s
skeleton Lyre Clock, Photograph 2.
I am not as familiar with this ‘big’
clock as with some others but I have
followed another of Bill Smith’s
clocks. Just to make things interesting, as an American, he specifies
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threads other than BA! Phil has
done well; the crossings were well
executed as far as it was possible to
tell under the glass hood. The
chapter ring was pierced from a
substantial piece which made
the individual characters seem
rather chunky.
Sometimes competition entries
are retained on the stands of their
home clubs, so I find it is always
worth a look behind the locomotives to the shelves above. On the
stand of the Bromsgrove Society of
Model Engineers was a representation by, I believe, Martin Sheridan
of John Harrison’s RAS Regulator,
Photograph 3. I don’t think this was
entered for competition, but it was
a delightful example of something
different from the prevalent
‘steam’. In my own local model
engineer club, steam is definitely
king but clocks are welcomed to
bring something different. Well
done Bromsgrove.
Once again we have to raise our
hats to the Milton Keynes branch
whose contribution was another
wonderful exercise. In the recent
past their stand had depicted the
story of time measurement and
then the fun that can be had from
time indicators. This time they had
established an ‘Olde Clock Shop’;
what a splendid effort! The ‘shop’
was teeming with the sort of equipment and tooling that might have
been found in the workshop of a
nineteenth century clockmaker.
How they must have raided
members collections to have been
able to pull together such an array!
Full marks, once again.
Photograph 1
Photograph 2
Photograph 3
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The British Horological Institute
If it closed tomorrow, would anyone notice?
E. Peters
From time to time every organisation should question whether it has outgrown its
usefulness. Although we are immensely proud of the fact that the BHI has now
been in existence for over 156 years and we continue to plan for the future, what if
our members deserted us? Or our finances took a disastrous turn for the worse?
Would our demise be lamented?
Introduction
The question is not an idle one, given that as recently as
four years ago, the British Horological Federation
(with offices in Upton Hall) was wound up after eighteen years. Having said this, the question has an
obvious answer in that around 2,500 people would
notice the absence of a monthly HJ if it ceased to land
on the doormat. However, I suspect that the real questions should be; if the BHI suddenly ceased to exist,
would there be a vacuum? And would some other
organisation step in to take over what the BHI currently
delivers? We believe the answer to both questions is an
emphatic yes. And I give the following reasons.
The BHI Community
By its very nature, horology is a solitary occupation and
can be a lonely one. Membership of the BHI offers a
monthly journal through which members can connect
with developments and ideas in the horological world
as well as a sense of belonging to a community of likeminded individuals. In addition, the Branches with
their regular meetings and outings give an opportunity
to socialise and learn at the same time. If the BHI
ceased to exist, this ’community’ would come to an
end; although many Branches might well continue
independently for a while at least.
As an alternative, the excellent Antiquarian
Horological Society (AHS) has Sections throughout
the UK where meetings take place and former BHI
members might join this society instead; many indeed
are already AHS members. However, the AHS has more
in common with a Society of Antiquaries than with a
practical/professional organisation and, as a place to
discuss trade or professional matters, would not really
be a substitute for a BHI Branch.
The Horological Journal
The HJ has a unique place within horological literature
in the UK, covering historical and contemporary subjects as well as future trends. Its content is part professional/trade and part amateur and includes much of
practical use and instruction to professional and
amateur alike. The correspondence pages are certainly
the ‘liveliest’ of any in the horological press and, often,
as much can be learned from a member’s letter as can
be found in the article that provoked it. It is not an
exclusively learned journal, like the AHS’s Antiquarian
Horology, nor yet a magazine devoted almost entirely to
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antique clocks, like Clocks magazine; and it is certainly
not like one of the more glossy watch journals, all of
which are excellent in their way, but have a perspective
largely confined to the modern watch industry. The
nearest equivalent to the HJ is probably the American
NAWCC Bulletin, published six times a year – although
even this confines itself to historical subjects.
If the HJ suddenly ceased to be published, would any
of the above magazines take on its current content?
(NB. I have not contacted any of the journals named below but
have drawn conclusions from reading recent editions). The
AHS would always be interested in publishing historical
articles, although I suspect they are rather more choosy
in what they accept. Clocks magazine would similarly
publish historical articles, but possibly not those on
watch subjects. Clocks would also take on the articles on
practical instruction but, again, not those involving
watches. The specialist watch journals tend to concentrate on the modern watch industry so would have
small interest in much that is published in the current
HJ and certainly nothing involving practical
instruction.
From this it can be seen that the loss of the HJ would
be a major blow to the horological community, both
professional and non-professional. By contrast, the loss
of some other horological publication may not have
quite so much impact.
The BHI Education Programme
From its foundation, the BHI has put education at the
centre of its raison d’etre, beginning with the eradication of the secrecy that surrounded the trade in
Victorian times. Since then, we established the first
horological technical college in Clerkenwell and, in the
20th century, supported several colleges in teaching
our programme. We also developed a Distance
Learning Course (initially called the Correspondence
Course), all of this leading up to the award of a recognised professional qualification. As the colleges
dropped our course one after another from the 1980s
onwards, interest in the DLC has grown accordingly;
which confirms to my mind that it was not a lack of
interest from potential students that led to the decline
in teaching but more to do with internal college
priorities.
Combined with the DLC are the short courses that
are run at Upton Hall. These either support the DLC
or can be attended by interested amateurs.
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If this education programme was to end, it would be
difficult to see where a new generation of horologists
would go to acquire an education leading to professional status. It is very unlikely that the colleges would
reintroduce our course into their programme.
Birmingham and Epping Forest would no doubt continue to run their horological training but would probably struggle to cope with the increase in demand if the
BHI suddenly ceased to exist. As for organising a BHI
style education programme, it is difficult to see any of
the other horological organisations in the UK being
either willing or able to do so.
Without the BHI, there is always the WOSTEP course
(but in practical terms this only deals with the modern
Swiss watch) or West Dean College (but it is only concerned with antique clocks). But the BHI course
remains the only comprehensive horological educational
programme available in the UK; its loss would leave a
gaping hole which would be difficult to fill.
The Museum and Library
Hand in hand with the education programme is the
BHI museum and library which was begun so that students/apprentices could have real artefacts and literature to study in order to help them understand the
work of the great and not so great masters and craftsmen of the past and the present, and thus encourage
them further their own careers. (NB. This was part of a
great museum expansion begun in the early 19th century
where every major factory was encouraged to form a collection
for the education of their workforce). During 150 plus
years, the BHI museum has grown to the point where
its collection now numbers around 2,500 artefacts,
many of which are of great historical, artistic, technological and social interest; interest that goes beyond
the horological enthusiast and which appeals to a
much wider audience (see HJ September 2014, pages
458-461).
During the past thirty years, all museums have come
under financial pressures and this has led to the
closure of many. Like other disciplines, specialist
horological museums have been hard hit with some,
for example Bury St Edmunds and Prescot, closing
down altogether. The BHI museum is one of the
shrinking few that remains intact and accessible and
true to its original purpose. The loss of the BHI
museum, would impoverish our horological heritage
and deprive both our members and the public of the
opportunity to see and study a wide collection of real
horological artefacts. In a world where so much learning is confined to what can be displayed on a computer screen, I believe this counts for something. It is
also worth noting that BHI members have more privileged access to the BHI museum and library than
members of the public.
The BHI library is, perhaps, an even greater asset
and it contains volumes and papers that are unique
and thus irreplaceable. In my opinion and the
opinion of others, it is the finest horological library in
the UK. The disappearance or dispersal would be a
minor cultural catastrophe.
Thankfully the museum and library are in the care
of a separate charitable trust; but this trust continues
to rely on support provided by the BHI (primarily the
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use of Upton Hall) for its survival. Would any other
organisation take on the BHI museum and library if
the BHI closed its doors?
Various British museums and libraries would
undoubtedly select specific items for their collections – but none, I suspect, would take them on in
their entirety. However, there may be museums
outside the UK who may be willing do so and the BHI
Museum Trustees would certainly look into that possibility if it meant the complete collection and library
would remain intact.
Having said all of this, there are a number of horologists – some of our own members amongst them –
who would actually like the museum and library to be
sold off. They usually do so for one of two reasons.
Firstly, they fail to understand the role of the
museum and library within the education programme
of the BHI, either for new students or for fully qualified and experienced professional horologists.
Instead, they want the financial resources raised from
the disposal of the collections to be put into other
areas of the Institute’s business.
Secondly, their reasons are rather more mercenary.
The rarity and value of our museum and library is
such that certain persons would simply welcome the
opportunity to acquire artefacts from either. In the
past such enquiries have been received.
Conclusion
To return to the central question: If the BHI ceased to
exist, would anyone notice?
I hope that the above article proves that such a scenario
would be, at the very least, unfortunate for professional
and amateur members alike and a minor tragedy for the
cultural life of the UK.
Without the BHI in existence, many Branch meetings
would continue independently – for a while at least. Much
of the content of the HJ would be taken over by other
horological publications; but, equally, much content
would also never get published. The DLC may possibly be
taken over by another organisation but the loss of our
short courses would be a serious blow. And as for the
museum and library, its dispersal or disposal, either in its
entirety or piecemeal, would be yet another blow to horological heritage and research in the UK which would be
felt increasingly over time (no pun intended!)
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If Only Balance Wheels were
like Car Tyres
Robert Horan MBHI
What starts out as routine servicing ends up with an unusable watch; a cautionary
tale to never take anything at face value, expecially when servicing older movements.
Photograph 2
Photograph 1
While the title of this month’s article
may seem a bit odd, I have a valid
argument for making the above
statement. Part of my yearly routine
when preparing my car for the
coming winter, includes the installation of winter tyres. As I pulled each
tyre out from its summer hideaway, I
looked over the specifications
moulded into the sidewall of the
tyres and thought ‘That’s a good
idea, why aren’t watch balances
marked this way?’ Having the specifications clearly stamped on each tyre,
means that if my tyres were ever
mixed up with others, they could
easily be identified by looking at the
sidewalls. I thought of this because a
recent watch service didn’t end well;
and I could have avoided the whole
affair if only the calibre and beat rate
were engraved or marked on the
underside of the balance arm – out
of sight – but available for quick reference by any watchmaker. Here’s
what happened.
The vintage Patek Philippe 10"
200 manual-wind movement arrived
in poor condition, and to my dismay
it wasn’t running. Whenever a nonrunning watch shows up on the
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bench, you are faced with a decision:
do you take the watch in for service
or not. Servicing a non-running
watch is a risk, and the risk is greater
for older watches where replacement parts are difficult or impossible
to find. It can also be a risk for newer
watches such as those from a manufacturer that refuses to sell parts to
watchmakers outside of their own
service centres. A watch that isn’t
running is an unknown, it may only
need a good cleaning, or it may have
serious defects. You may spend a lot
of time on the job, and in the end
have no success. I always tell my customer that there could be hidden
defects that won’t reveal themselves
until the movement is fully disassembled. I also emphasise that the
damage could be such as to render
the movement beyond economical
repair. If all of those concerns
weren’t enough to discourage me
from accepting a non-running
watch, I am also aware that some
defects may only show up after the
servicing is completed. There is
nothing more discouraging than
having spent hours servicing and
repairing a movement, only to dis-
cover at the very end that you wasted
your time.
Have a look at photographs 1 and
2 and you’ll see why the watch wasn’t
running, it was very dirty. The dirt,
however, didn’t stand a chance in my
ultrasonic bath, and the movement
came out sparkling clean. I followed
my standard servicing routine, and
when I was done and gave it a full
wind, the movement ran great with a
healthy amplitude at 19,800 beatsper-hour. Needless to say, I was very
happy with the results. As is my
normal practice, the movement was
put to one side (without the dial and
hands) to monitor its performance
over a few days.
The movement continued to run
fine, so I went ahead and installed
the dial and hands and set the time
to my atomic standard. A while later
I glanced over and noticed that the
time was wrong; it was running fast. I
re-checked the movement on the
timer, and it showed a steady +5
seconds/day. Thinking that initially I
may have set the minute hand incorrectly, I re-set the time, double
checking that it was accurate. A while
later I looked over, and you guessed
it, it was still fast. Something was definitely wrong, but at this point I
wasn’t exactly sure what that something was. I decided to compare the
rate of the Patek seconds hand to my
time standard. After the first minute
of my comparison, the Patek seconds
hand was 6 seconds faster than my
standard, at 2 minutes, the Patek was
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12 seconds faster. That’s all I needed
to see, I knew what was wrong.
Before going into anymore detail
about the cause of my fast running
movement, I would like to offer a
challenge to DLC students. If you
are a DLC student and have completed the module on trains and
gear ratios, this would be a good
time to stop reading. I have given
you enough information to allow
you to figure out the problem. Why
not see if you can figure out what’s
going on, keeping in mind that the
hairspring isn’t touching anything
or sticking, and that the rate is a
steady 19,800. When you have the
answer, continue reading to see if
you got it right.
I needed to confirm my suspicions
so I let down the mainspring and
removed the train bridge. I counted
the number of teeth in the wheels
and pinions, starting from the centre
wheel to the escape wheel. As you
probably figured out, the tooth
count added up to an 18,000 train.
An 18,000 train expects 5 beats for
every second, whereas a 19,800 train
runs at 5.5 beats per second. With a
19,800 balance on an 18,000 train,
the result is 30 extra beats for every
elapsed minute. Dividing the extra
30 beats by 5 (the number of beats
per second in an 18,000 train) and
you end up with +6 seconds per
minute, exactly what I observed.
How did this happen and why
didn’t the customer tell me? It
happens because many of the same
calibre movements were produced
with two (or more) train counts,
requiring different balances and
train wheels. The customer didn’t
know because the watch wasn’t
running when he bought it. A subtle
clue that something was wrong with
the balance was noticed during the
servicing, see the damage to the hairspring collet in Photograph 3.
However, that damage alone wasn’t
enough to cause me to think that the
balance was the wrong one for
the movement.
Could the seller of the watch have
known about this problem? Possible,
but given that the watch wasn’t
running I doubt it. On the other
hand, it is also possible that the seller
had someone work on the movement, and maybe they installed the
wrong balance. I couldn’t find any
reliable data on this particular movement, which didn’t help me identify
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Photograph 3
exactly what was wrong; was it the
balance or the train? For all I know,
maybe the train is wrong, or maybe
the balance doesn’t even belong on
this calibre.
Of course the whole situation
could have been avoided, had I only
known the beat rate of the balance
without having to service the movement. So now you know why my
winter tyres caused me to think of
this watch. If the underside of the
balance arm was engraved with the
calibre number and beat rate, I
could have referred to it as soon as I
started the service. Knowing the rate
it only takes a few minutes to count
the train wheel teeth and compare
the two figures. If they don’t match, I
would stop and not go any further.
This would drastically reduce the
time that I had invested in the job,
and the final cost to the customer
would be minimal.
Where does this leave me? I did
the work that I was asked to do and
although the watch runs, it isn’t
usable. I wasn’t able to source a new
balance, therefore I wasn’t able to
solve the problem; so how should I
be compensated for my efforts?
What have you done in similar situations, because sooner or later this
scenario happens to all of us. Did
you bill the customer the normal
quoted fee? Half the fee? Another
percentage of the fee? Or did you
take a complete loss on the job
because – through no fault of your
own – you weren’t able to fix the
watch (or clock).
Please take a moment and write to
the HJ with your thoughts. From a
purely business viewpoint, there is
no flexibility, you should be compensated for your time, no matter the
outcome. What did I do? I billed the
customer for my normal servicing
fee; however, I did not bill him for
the extra work that went into the
troubleshooting and identification
of the fault.
After I sent this article in for publication, the peer review process provided me with more data on the
10"200 movement.
1. The 10"200 natively beats at
19,800 BPH, which of course means
that the balance is correct but that
one or more of the wheels (likely
escape & fourth) had been replaced.
How and why this happened will
remain a mystery.
2. During the servicing I did not
notice any of the wheels looking any
different than any others, in other
words, all the parts looked as if they
belonged together and the fact that
the train ran perfectly free after
assembly does confirm that the
wheels and pinions did engage and
function properly. I don’t think I am
alone when I say that part of my servicing tasks does not include counting the leaves and teeth of the
pinions and wheels and figuring out
the train count, you automatically
assume that the movement has the
right parts installed.
3. The hairspring was slightly
damaged and needed slight reworking. The squashed collet may
imply that the balance staff had been
incorrectly replaced, but everything
else seemed to look fine and the stud
fitted into the stud carrier properly.
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Making Harrison’s Late Regulator
Part 11
Colin Fergusson MBHI
In November’s issue, Colin Ferguson described how the Harrison Group set about
making the great wheel assembly, which he continues here looking at the ratchet,
barrel and cap end.
The barrel
Like many of the parts of Harrison’s clock, this assembly is more complicated than the equivalent in a tradi-
tional longcase clock. It is made in three parts, the
barrel proper and two end caps which are attached by
countersunk screws. The barrel assembly is attached to
the ratchet by four long screws that pass through the
rear end cap, then through the flange on the arbor and
into threaded holes in the ratchet wheel.
When we investigated a source of suitable thickwalled tube from which to make the barrels, we found
that it was more expensive than solid bar and so
decided to machine our barrels from solid. The bar was
bored to size and then glued to a mandrel for the
outside to be finished and the groove to be cut (figure
75). The barrel was then released by gentle heat.
The front end cap was a straightforward turning job,
but the rear one has an integral stop hook (figure 76)
and so had to be sawn and filed to shape. The
internal locating spigot was turned afterwards (figure
77). The cap was attached to the barrel and then to the
arbor and ratchet. The screws inside the barrel (figure
78) were not easy to get at! The parts were assembled to
check fits etc. (figure 79).
Figure 72
Figure 74
Figure 73
Figure 75
The ratchet
This was fairly straightforward, although it is larger
than usual and has a recess bored in one side to accommodate the bearing bush for the great wheel. The
turning and boring operations were carried out and
then the ratchet teeth were cut using a wheel-cutting
engine which I made some years ago. It is based on a
design that appeared in HJ in 1978 (figure 72). The fly
cutter was set using a centre (figure 73), there being no
draw to Harrison’s ratchets, and the wheel cut (figure
74). Because there are two clicks, disposed at opposite
sides of the great wheel, the click has an odd number of
teeth; 49. The point of this arrangement is that it provides twice as many lockings per revolution, while the
ratchet teeth and clicks are larger and more robust
than would have been the case with a finer ratchet and
a single click.
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The end cap
This piece fits onto the arbor behind the great wheel
and locates it axially. It was turned and bored to be a
snug fit on the arbor and was then attached to the
arbor with Loctite for drilling the cross-pin hole (figure
80). The hole was broached through both parts to suit
a size 12 pin (figure 81).
Figure 76
Figure 79
Figure 77
Figure 80
Figure 78
Figure 81
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Making a Regulator to a
New Design
John Reynolds FBHI
I hope that many readers will take up the challenge to construct my new regulator
and to this end this short article provides information on the materials needed to
make a start.
Materials
Most of the construction is in brass
and it will pay to investigate how to
obtain this as economically as possible. Sheet brass is usually sold in
four foot by two foot sheets, and
although this is way too much to
make a single clock, it is by far the
most economical way to buy it. If
several people get together on this
project, the cost of materials can be
brought down considerably. For
instance, the current price of a full
sheet of 3 mm CZ120 engraving
brass from one stockist is £244.80,
including VAT at 20%. This is
equivalent to £30.60 per square
foot. A single square foot will
provide all the 3mm brass needed
for this project with a bit to spare,
but a single square of this size purchased from a stockist may cost
considerably more because of
cutting charges. Despite this extra
cost, it may be considered worthwhile to obtain the plates sheared
to size. The finished sizes of the
3 mm CZ120 brass plates are:
Front and back movement plates:
140 mm x 190 mm
Mounting plate:
265 mm x 60 mm
If this option is being taken, an
off-cut of approximately 150 mm x
100 mm of 3 mm CZ120 brass for
other parts should be obtained.
Where plates are being sheared,
add on an extra millimetre to plate
dimensions as the edges are
inclined to be slightly rounded off
in the process. All that is then
required is to file up the edges to
make clean corners. The chances
are that the stockist will have cut
the plates ‘square’!
My next article in this series will
cover making the wheels. The
CZ120 engraving brass required for
these is as follows:
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Escape Wheel:
75 mm x 75 mm of 16SWG
or 1.5mm
Second Wheel:
140 mm x 140 mm of 2 mm
Pinion Wheel:
55 mm x 55 mm of 3 mm
Centre Wheel:
85 mm x 85 mm of 16
SWG or 1.5 mm
Hour Disc:
105 mm x 105 mm of 16
SWG or 1.5 mm
Brass rod, which is frequently
used in clock making, is normally
sold in 3 metre lengths. However,
the stockists that I deal with price it
by the metre and will supply it in
shorter lengths. It is important to
ensure that the rod is machining
brass because it is easy to confuse it
with riveting brass which has poor
machining qualities – often compared with chewing gum! The brass
rod can also be obtained at this
stage and the following quantities
and sizes will provide plenty of
material to be getting on with:
500 mm of 1⁄2", 9⁄16" and 3⁄8"
diameter (for the pillars etc)
150 mm of 5⁄8" and 3⁄4" diameter
(for the larger wheel seatings)
500 mm of 3⁄16", 1⁄4" and 5⁄16" diameter
(for various other uses)
needed for this project. A good
help is to have the second wheel
and particularly the escape wheel
cut for you. David Britten, who has
also pioneered this clock, had these
two cut by Clarke and Jones, and I
had second wheel the cut at the
same time. I cut the rest myself, but
his escape wheel was finer than
mine. I used a fly-cutter for this
purpose, but a Thornton type
multi-toothed dead-beat cutter was
no doubt used for his.
A little time then must be taken
in sourcing materials; speak to
friends, get together, and enquire
at the various metal stockists, but be
sure that all the sheet brass is
CZ120 engraving brass and all the
rod is machining brass. As the
series progresses I will give further
details and advice on the other
materials
needed.
The
Construction Series will begin in
next month’s HJ.
As in all clock making, be careful
to get the important dimensions
correct, as some imperfections can
only be corrected by starting again
(but it is amazing how many rejected
parts can be re-cycled in other projects!). Consequently, it can be seen
that it is important to have more
than just enough material.
If it is proposed to obtain the
wheels ready cut, then just the one
square foot of 3 mm sheet and the
rod stock is all the brass that
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New Record for
Complicated Patek
Justin Koullapis
The slight rhythmical bouncing of
his slender dark suede brogue was
the only hint that the otherwise
smooth and usually unflappable
Aurel Bacs might have been feeling
just a tiny bit of pressure. Eventually,
his persistence (and the backing
of some serious money by an
anonymous companion on the
line to him over his mobile phone)
paid off when the hammer came
down in his favour at precisely 18:59
Central European Time. The lot in
question of course, was the intriguing
Patek
Philippe
Henry
Graves
Supercomplication.
Until recently, Aurel would have
been found on the other side of a
podium, as erstwhile head of watches
at the rival Christie’s. No stranger to
world records, he was most recently
active when he sold a rare Rolex
chronograph for over a million
dollars, after which he bowed out,
retiring from Christies. His dramatic
appearance in the saleroom at
Sotheby’s no doubt added to the
provenance of the ‘Graves Watch’
that he had come to buy.
A repeat offender, as it were, the
Graves Watch has had a history of
breaking records. For the better part
of its life it was the world’s most complicated watch, and when it last came
to market in 1999 (also by Sotheby’s),
it smashed the world record as the
most expensive timepiece ever sold.
The Sotheby’s sale in Geneva of
this watch on 11 November this year
demonstrated yet again the incredible strength and dynamism of the
watch collecting fraternity. True to
form, the Graves has more than
doubled its own record price, this
time selling for 23.2 million Swiss
francs (£15.1 million Sterling).
The sale in 1999 was due to the
closure and disposal of Seth
Atwood’s Time Museum collection.
Atwood had purchased the watch in
1969 from Reginald Fullerton,
grandson of the original owner,
the
American
industrialist,
Henry Graves.
A stiff, unofficial rivalry had develHorological Journal
oped between Graves, in the early
part of the 20th century, and the
potentate of American motor-cars,
James Ward Packard. Both men were
inveterate collectors, amassing art,
property, boats, etc, and throughout
the great depression, each was
responsible for commissioning very
expensive complicated watches from
the best makers in Europe, with
Patek
Philippe
and
Charles
Frodsham counted among the
chosen. Graves was not to be
outdone after Packard ordered a
watch with sky chart from Patek, and
in 1925 he duly placed an order that
challenged even Geneva’s best firm.
The watch was delivered to Graves
in New York seven years later in
January 1933, upon payment of
$15,000 (at today’s value, a steal at
under a quarter million dollars).
In a beautifully circular set of circumstances, the dials, one a beautiful
creamy-white enamel, and the other
in silvered gold, were made by Stern,
the family of dial-makers who went
on to buy (and who still own) the
Patek Philippe company.
Patek had invested the independent maker, Victorin Piguet, with the
responsibility of building the watch.
Piguet was a noted independent
maker of complications, and this
horological impresario at times had
the entire watchmaking workforce of
the Vallée de Joux working on the
Graves watch.
Returning to Geneva in 2014, the
expectation of high drama was not
left unfulfilled. Bacs was pitted
against a fellow European collector,
present in the room. The starting
price of around 6 million Francs was,
frankly, quickly dismissed, the price
rapidly rising to 13 million. After
hushed whispers into his telephone,
Bacs raised his paddle, offering an
extra half-million. Bidding continued this way for a time, with the
increments dropping at one stage to
250,000 Francs. The pair continued
this dance, pregnant pauses followed
by ‘last-gasp’ bids with the gavel’s
descent already underway. At
19,750,000, the rival bidder countered with an offer of 19,999,999.
Amid laughter and applause, others
in the room shouted out offers to
stump up the extra Franc. With his
competitor finally spent, the watch
was dispatched in favour of Bacs and
his
mystery
companion
for
20,600,000 (before commission).
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Bench View 123
Callow in the craft, and lights at Christmas
Mike Flannery FBHI
Photograph 1
Many years ago when I was a young
apprentice and callow in the craft, I
used to boast loudly to the drawing
office chaps that ‘if they could draw
it, I could make it!’ All went well
until some canny artist showed me a
drawing of a man holding a fourlegged open box. It was a small detail
of a drawing called ‘Belvedere’, one
of a series of drawing called
‘Impossible Constructions’ by M C
Echer. The things he could draw, I
certainly could not make. Not only
was my petard well and truly hoisted,
I was hooked on Echer’s work. For
those few who are not familiar with
it, I suggest an internet search will be
time well wasted. Like most geniuses
he was both bearded and lefthanded, I need to make no further
comment!
Now I am old, but sadly still callow
in the craft, my boast has changed. It
is, more of a querulous whine ‘if I
can find my glasses and see it, and
further if I can recognize it, then I
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thing with it’. I do not assert that I
can mend it, far from it, age has
given me an element of circumspection, sadly far too late.
Seeing things clearly is becoming
more and more of a challenge.
Bench View Towers is full of the
‘new’ energy saving light bulbs
which, I am told, are pretty good at
saving energy. I have found, in practice, they are pretty bad at being any
good at seeing things close up.
The need for a good moveable,
multi-position light source in the
workshop has become more important as the years progress. I am not
entirely happy with my workshop. It
is of course true that a bad workman
blames his or her tools and I am sure
that a work person who blames his
or her workshop is a pretty bad
person generally.
The workshop windows face
directly south and there is nothing I
can do about it. This means that
during most of the day it is very
bright as the sun pours in. (I made
up that bit about the sun.) As my
benches are against the window I
am fighting a losing battle to see
what I am working on as the sunlight
puts the clock or other artifacts in
direct shadow. I have blinds on the
window but they really only seem to
make matters worse.
I have a couple of different multipositioning lighting systems. One is
a very old ‘Terry’s’ angle poise lamp
which I love for its design but it does
take up quite a bit of bench space
due to the physical size of the lamp
shade. I also have a more modern
small fluorescent tube desk lamp
which is impossible to focus and
really does not give much direct
light, also the shade is too big for
comfort – it just gets in the way.
One of the other problems with
both lamps is that they do tend to
give off a fair bit of heat which, when
you are close up to them, can be distracting. However help is at hand.
My friend Clive recently paid me a
visit and while he was installing a
very nifty Direct Read Out (DRO)
system for me on to my Colchester,
he used a very clever inspection
lamp made from a discarded mobile
phone battery and a single ultrabright LED. Clive is an electrical
engineer par excellence and his
inspection lamp reminded me that I
had seen another of his LED light
projects a few years ago.
I had it in mind to make a simple
and adjustable lighting boom with
the LED clusters which are cheaply
available from most DIY outlets and
often used for down lighters. The
advantage with using the clusters is
that they are physically quite small
and weigh very little, they also throw
out a considerable amount of light.
I don’t think it worthwhile trying
to reinvent the wheel so I feel it is
perfectly okay to copy good ideas –
some call it a ‘homage’ which they
pronounce in a faux French accent.
So one Sunday afternoon I set about
making a copy of an angle poise
light onto which I would graft an
LED cluster. A glance at Photograph
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1 will show that I have been moderately successful in this project.
I decided to make the arms out of
wood, I also think that aluminum
strip would have been a good
choice. I quite like working in wood,
it is very quick and easy and if you
make a mistake the scrap bits go into
the wood burner box and are not
wasted. The wood is a length of
24mm x 12mm pine and the fixings
are 6mm diameter gutter bolts and
wing nuts. I like gutter bolts as they
have a square section just below the
head which will bite into the wood
and provide a fairly positive yet
moveable joint.
On the Mark I version, I have used
some springs and washers to provide
a bit more tension on the joints and
to improve (I hoped) the flexibility
of the lamp holder. The springs that
I had in stock were not quite strong
enough to take the weight of the
LED cluster and the improvised
lamp shade, and really are coil
bound and not doing what I had
intended. If I was to make a Mark II
version I think I might increase the
surface areas of the joint sections to
encourage a bit more friction. The
lamp shade also gave me a design
problem. Plastic flower pots and the
outside of a silicon sealant tube were
considered, as well as the standby
material of all Blue Peter fans – the
cardboard inside of a toilet roll.
These were all rejected. As the lamp
was to be used over the bench where
I repair speedometers, I felt that to
use the outside container of an old
speedometer as the lamp shade was
quite apt, if not positively post
ironic,
see
Photograph
2.
Incidentally the clever electronic
machine on the bench is another
product of Clive’s fertile mine – it is
an electronic speedometer calibration machine.
One of the advantages of using
the LEDs is that they are 12v and I
was able to recycle a few other bits
that I had in the workshop. Last year
the alarm company changed the
battery in the house alarm and of
course I kept it. I used that sealed
for life battery to provide the power
source. I also have a very small solar
battery charger which keeps the
battery topped up. So while nothing
in life is free, including the cheese
in the mousetrap, this light does not
cost much to run. When I was building my workshop a few years ago I
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Photograph 2
Photograph 3
had planned to install a 12 volt ring
main. I cannot remember why but I
did not do this at the time and I now
rather regret it.
The type of the LED cluster used
is a matter of personal choice, I did
have a couple of the surface
mounted LED clusters and while
these give a good general light,
which is very suitable for down
lighters, they do not really provide a
focused light. The LED cluster, each
with four or five traditional LEDs in,
do have that broad capacity. These
clusters are a bit bigger but that
extra size is, I think, offset by the
better light output, see Photograph
3. The sockets for the LED clusters
are available from most electronic
component shops, as are the light
clusters. I have added a small on/off
switch on the lamp shade. In terms
of cost, the whole thing is less that
£10, however, if you have to buy a
battery then the cost increases. In
my experience there are lots of
rechargeable batteries to be had.
Old rechargeable power tools where
the batteries do not have the power
to run the tool will be perfectly adequate to power a small light. The
whole thing is at the moment ‘G’
clamped to a shelf above the bench
as I have not quite decided the exact
position of the lamp boom.
As this lamp in operation has
proved to be successful I have
decided to replace the 240 light
bulb in the old angle poise lamp
with a similar ultra-bright LED
system, again powered off a 12 volt
supply. I suppose to cover myself I
should add that if you do not feel
competent to wire up this device
then you should consult a qualified
electrician.
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Awards, Education and
New Members’ Day
Jayne Hall
Hardworking horology students received the recognition they deserved at the BHI’s
Awards Education and New Members’ Day on October 25.
Students and guests at Awards Day 2014.
Special guests including BHI President Anthony
Randall FBHI and Roger Smith FBHI were quick to
praise the determination and dedication needed
to become a horologist today, in front of the 150
strong audience of students, guests, speakers and
demonstrators.
BHI Chairman Ray Walford began the proceedings
by welcoming everyone and saying that the day was a
celebration for both new members of the BHI and students who have passed their exams.
He said: “Taking these exams is very hard work, the
standard required for theory and practical work is very
high – I would urge everyone to spare a thought for the
students who have put in an awful lot of time and
energy to be here today.”
During the morning, guests had the chance to hear
Chief Examiner David Poole FBHI talk about ‘The
Examinations and Developments in Education’. For
examinations, the emphasis was on the standard
expected from candidates to pass the servicing unit.
Information giving requirements for success had been
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circulated prior to the examinations and the talk illustrated some of the difficulties which were experienced.
As ever, the need for practice was identified as the key.
Students were encouraged to use the ‘Examination
Exercises’ section in the Distance Learning Course; in
particular, the facility to complete a ‘mock’ examination paper when preparing for the examination. While
the presentation was taking place, others enjoyed a
conducted tour of Upton Hall and The Collection by
Alan Midleton FBHI.
BHI President Antony Randall FBHI gave a talk entitled ‘John Harrison H4’, looking at the life and work of
England’s most celebrated watchmaker and his world
renowned watches, focusing particularly on H4. This was
followed with a Watch Demonstration by Alan Burtoft
FBHI and Tom Keegan of the British School of
Watchmaking, who showed the procedure for adjusting
Etachron arrangement for balance springs, the oiling of
shock resistant settings and lever escapement pallets. As
always, it was an excellent demonstration and essential
learning for the student preparing for examinations.
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Bronze medal winner 2014 Laura Turner (centre) with former recipients
Peter Naylor MBHI, Mathew Porton MBHI, Roger Smith FBHI and David
Poole FBHI.
After a buffet lunch, Rory McEvoy MBHI and Tony
Seabrook gave a fascinating account of the Greenwich
Time Machine, describing the introduction of electrical timekeeping over the years – the original TIM ‘Six
Pips’ timekeeper is on permanent display at
Upton Hall.
Roger Smith FBHI followed speaking about ‘The
Great Britain Watch’ (see HJ March 2014) which was on
display in the Watch Gallery during the weekend.
Roger, a protege of the late George Daniels, then went
on to talk about his own Isle of Man workshop – which
he described as ‘complete watchmaking under one
roof’. All the watchmakers employed by Roger are
capable of making a watch from scratch following his
exacting designs.
Roger explained: “This gives the watchmaker a sense
of ownership and pride in the watch they are making
and lifts the quality from high to extraordinary. He
added that it was a very unusual concept today with
most watchmakers being responsible for just a small
part of the watch under production.
He went on to say that his Series II, which was
launched in 2006, has seen around 60 ‘incredibly rare
and different’ pieces made and sold worldwide.
Another significant part of his business is the unique
commissions he undertakes – around one every
three years, and the all-important development work
which will see Series III being released in the middle of
next year.
The Keynote Address was given by Anthony Randall
FBHI who started by congratulating all the students on
their well-earned prizes and certificates.
He said: ‘The courses are not easy and you have
proved to yourselves, as well as to the examiners, that
you can make the sacrifices and stick it out – not everyone can do that so this is a moment to savour.’
He went on to say that the purpose of the BHI
courses was to give a good general grounding on which
to build, but the one essential that they could not give
was experience and the only way to acquire that was to
practise – and keep practising in the area in which you
have chosen to work.
Anthony encouraged students to continue adding to
their knowledge by making use of the large horological
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Chairman of the British Watch and Clock Makers Guild Award Paul
Roberson FBHI present the Guild Award to Colin Andrews for the
Diploma in Clock and Watch Servicing.
bibliography and other sources of valuable information
that is available
He said: ‘There are books on almost any subject you
can think of. The BHI library has an impressive selection. I would also recommend that you join your local
BHI branch, take part in the activities and get to know
your fellow members. Most are more than willing to
help if asked about a particular problem. If they don’t
know the answer themselves, the probably know
someone who does!’
He added that many local branches hold occasional
auctions of tools and equipment, providing an opportunity to acquire ‘anything you lack at a knock down
price’. Valuable sources of information can be found in
museum collections, such as the British Museum, the
Clockmakers Company, the National Maritime
Museum and the Wallace Collection to name but a few.
He added: ‘Without the BHI as a focus there would
be no courses, or exams, or certificates, or prizes, or a
wonderful library, or a museum collection or the
Journal, or anywhere to meet, or branch to join.
Without all these facilities we would all be much the
poorer! Do bear that in mind when you hear criticism
of the Institute, as you will – it’s all we’ve got and its
future depends on you!”
“During my lifetime there have certainly been many
changes and no doubt plenty more will come, but the
basic principles of horology remain the same. The
science that lies behind the hardware has not changed
and the basic materials of construction, steel, brass and
corundum, remain as they always have. Whatever you
choose to do I wish you well and gain much satisfaction
in doing it.”
BHI Chairman Ray Walford then explained that the
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Special awards in recognition of long and dedicated service to the BHI were presented by Ray Walford (centre) to Geoff Walker FBHI, Richard
Snelling MBHI, Alan Midleton FBHI and Geoff Armitage MBHI.
‘As an organisation we are very grateful to
these people, but we have not necessarily
shown our appreciation. I would now like
to present five ‘special awards’ to individuals for their dedicated service.’
BHI would not exist without volunteers dedicating a
great deal of time to the Institute.
He said: ‘As an organisation we are very grateful to
these people, but we have not necessarily shown our
appreciation. I would now like to present five ‘special
awards’ to individuals for their dedicated service.’
Recipients were: Geoff Armitage MBHI, a former
director and vice chairman of the Institute; retiring
directors Richard Snelling MBHI and Geoff Walker
FBHI, for their dedication and service; Paul Shrouder
FBHI, a former Museum Trustee and organiser of the
highly successful Notts and Derbys Branch Auction,
and finally to recently retired BHI curator Alan
Midleton FBHI.
Students were then asked to come forward to receive
their awards from Chairman Ray Walford, President
Anthony Randall, Education Director Martin
Wigglesworth and Chief Examiner David Poole.
Laura Turner was presented with the BHI Bronze
Medal which is given to the candidate who has gained
the best result in the highest level qualification. She
follows a long line of very distinguished horologists
who have received this award.
She said: “It is a huge honour and very unexpected. I
am so grateful and I would like to thank the Worshipful
Company of Clockmakers and the George Daniels’
Educational Trust who provided bursaries without
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Tom Keegan from the British School of Watchmaking gave a demonstration of watchmaking skills, along with Alan Burtoft (not pictured).
course. I would also like to thank my tutors at
Birmingham City University, Jon Parker and Jeremy
Hobbins and my fellow students for their support and
steady supply of Waggon Wheels!”
Chairman of the South London Branch Grenville
Johns presented the Beresford Hutchinson South
London Branch Prize for the best Portfolio in the Final
year also to Laura Turner.
Chairman of the British Watch and Clockmakers
Guild Paul Roberson presented the Guild Prize for the
highest overall result in the Diploma in Clock and
Watch Servicing to Colin Andrews.
For a full list of other prize winners see HJ September
2014.
A champagne toast closed the day’s proceedings.
AMENDMENT The Malcolm Barrett Prize for the
best Theory Paper Clocks/Watches was awarded to
PAUL ASHTON
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covering the drive pulley proudly carries the
‘Sunderland’ coat of arms, whereas the original clock
owned by Romer, the ‘Romer’ family coat of arms.
Bill’s clock is shown in the photograph where the
superb dial work can be seen; it had been set into
motion running accurately and perfectly throughout
his talk.
Bill had also brought along a second clock for us to
see, a diminutive lantern clock only eight inches high,
possibly used by King Charles 1st, and possibly made by
John Cattle around 1640, but lack of time prevented a
complete presentation.
Bill and Chris previously spoke to our Branch on
lantern clocks some three years ago; many thanks to
them for their latest talk which was presented in the
same superb professional manner as the first.
Malcolm Pipes
Bill Sunderland and Chris Lowe FBHI
An excellent turnout of Branch members heard Bill
Sunderland, supported by Chris Lowe FBHI, speak to us
on ‘A one second verge pendulum clock’ at October’s
meeting. Bill initially outlined the work of Galileo, the
Italian physicist who played such a major role in the
Scientific revolution, and who in 1610, supported the
view that it is the sun which is at the centre of our solar
system. Galileo claimed, slightly incorrectly, that a pendulum’s swing is isochronous, but this was later corrected by Christiaan Huygens a Dutch mathematician
who helped found the French ’Academie des Sciences’.
Huygens worked with the Academy’s official clockmaker Isaac Thuret, and associated with the Danish
astronomer Ole Romer, who was a professor of astronomy at the University of Copenhagen.
In 2004, Bill visited the Dutch exhibition the ‘Huygens
legacy’ at the royal palace ‘Het Loo’ which displayed an
amazing collection of horological masterpieces, the
exhibition being focused on work carried out around
1657 by Huygens in regulating clock mechanisms using
a pendulum. An article in Antiquarian Horology March
2008, ‘A pendulum clock owned by Danish astronomer
Ole Romer’ furthered Bill’s interest in building his own
one-second verge pendulum clock.
Such clocks are extremely rare and we all admired
Bill’s exceptional passion and persistence in researching
the very sparse information available. Rather than use
modern materials, machines and equipment, Bill, Chris,
and other craftsmen learnt and used traditional seventeenth century methods, commissioning cast brass for
example in building their clock, which is very closely
based upon that owned by Romer around 1672.
Work on the escapement brought major problems, the
weight of the pendulum bob, driving weight, and pallet
length and drop were all found to be critical in establishing a correct action, but after several false starts and
adjustments, the clock, using cycloidal cheeks and a silk
suspension, ran excellently and gives a surprisingly accurate rate of within one minute per day.
The case was made by case-maker Chris Ayres using
walnut veneer on a carcass of old oak, distressed to give
it the appearance of an old clock; the motif cartouche
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East of Scotland Branch
On a bright Autumn day, our October meeting at the
Cannons’ Gait, Edinburgh, started with a discussion of
our forthcoming auction sale. To avoid bringing all the
sale items to the venue, our events secretary Zen
Chowaniec has produced a detailed online catalogue
with photographs and descriptions of each item, which
bidders can study beforehand.
After this was settled, Secretary Ashley Strachan gave
a wonderful talk about his visit to Japan earlier this year
which was reported in HJ September 2014. Using both
stills and video clips, he illustrated the 22 day epic
journey visiting many museums shrines and gardens.
His Japanese hosts clearly made him very welcome and
he cannot wait to visit Japan again.
Included in his talk were details of Japanese karakuri
automata which included an amazing warrior, firing
miniature arrows at a target, and a little clockwork doll
which appears to walk round a table, serve a cup of tea
and return. Ashley has made a working model of this
karakuri mechanism, which he demonstrated at the
end of a truly fascinating talk.
Nick Sanders
Leicester Branch
At October’s meeting, Dr Tim Treffry HonFBHI gave us
a talk entitled ‘Advances in Watch Design’ and sub-
Tim Treffry HonFBHI
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titled ‘Studied Simplicity to Leading-Edge Technology’.
He promised to show us some remarkable watches and
during the evening certainly kept his promise.
Tim’s starting point was the Ulysse Nardin watch ‘The
Freak’ of 2001, which was designed by Ludwig Öchslin.
This watch used an epicyclic train, the whole of which
rotated. It was one of the first in which silicon was used.
It employed a double-wheel escapement in which
silicon parts were used to provide wheels of very low
inertia. The techniques used to produce the parts were
similar to those used in the semiconductor industry.
Diverting slightly, Tim told us about the International
Horological Museum in La Chaux-de-Fonds, which is
housed in a former nuclear shelter; probably the most
secure museum ever. Ludwig Öchslin’s 2005 watch,
designed for the museum while he was in charge of it,
had an annual calendar and was characterised by
extreme clarity and simplicity of display. Tim explained
the mechanism of the calendar, which is very ingenious. In 2006, Ludwig Öchslin and his son founded
the firm Ochs und Junior, which specialises in watches
of rigorous simplicity but also offers ‘open-ended customisation’. Tim showed us several of their watches,
including one with a moon-phase display which will
take 3,478 years to develop an error of one day. As a
contrast, he showed us the Terraluna by Lange &
Sohne, the lunar display of which takes only 1058 to be
out by a day.
As the oddity in his presentation, Tim showed the
HYT H2 which has a hydro-mechanical display employing a fluorescein-loaded fluid in a glass tube to indicate
the time. It was not entirely clear what advantage this
system confers, but it is fascinating. Equally amazing
was the Urwerk EMC (Electro-Magnetic Control). This
is, in effect, a mechanical watch with an integrated
timing machine so that it can indicate its own degree of
error, which the owner can then correct.
Returning to more conventional horology, Tim
showed us the Piaget Altiplano 900P. This watch is only
3.63 mm thick, which is achieved by arranging the train
alongside the dial rather than behind it and by using
the case itself to support the train. For comparison,
Tim showed us a thin tourbillon watch of 1986 by
Audemars Piguet in which the train was also supported
by the case back.
The final item in Tim’s show was the latest development in silicon from Ulysse Nardin. This is the Anchor
Lever, which has no pivot, being supported by ribbon
springs and using the mode of flexure of these to
provide the lever with only two stable positions. This
obviates the need for a safety or banking components
and has extremely low inertia. The company’s video
showed some of the manufacturing process and an animation of the operation of the escapement, which is
incorporated into a tourbillon.
It is easy to question the relevance of some of these
watches, especially as some of them are difficult to tell
the time by, but I think they are a bit like formula 1 cars
from which the technology migrates to the cars which
we drive. Price is also an issue. The cheapest watch we
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were shown sells for approximately £5,333 and the
dearest for about £150k, so it is unlikely that I shall be
buying one.
Tim’s presentation was both enjoyable and informative. If you have the opportunity to see him give it, I recommend that you take that opportunity.
Our next regular meeting will be on 9th February
2015, which will be our AGM. Copies of the programme can be obtained from Colin Reynolds, either
by post or by email.
Colin Fergusson
Lincolnshire Branch
For a change the October branch meeting moved
venue from Lincoln to Upton Hall, where seven
members, who had braved the day’s downpour, enjoyed
a fascinating, guided tour of some of the Museum
Trust’s collection. Alan Midleton FBHI had very generously given up his time to provide us with what can only
be described as an ‘evening of enlightenment’. All too
often we visit our HQ and although we can appreciate,
on a purely visual level, the clocks and watches on
display, what we are unable to do is to have the human
and historical details that go with each piece. Alan’s
genius lies in his intimate knowledge of the collection,
delivered with paternal affection and clarity.
Starting in the central hall where the Millennium
Clock takes centre stage, it was made clear that the
longcase clocks are not arranged in just any order; the
progression from the single hand lantern clock to the
early examples of more accurate time keeping were set
out in linear progression along the wall. The information about Chinese lacquered cases was surprising,
learning as we did that beauty is only skin deep with the
basic carcasses being worked on for many months to
produce the final intricate results.
Having been to Upton a fair few times, the Speaking
Clock has become almost taken for granted with its ten
second round of clicks and rotations, but when the
history of the two clocks is told, it adds so much more to
their rather unflattering appearance that you truly
appreciate the importance of these time dispensing
innovations.
The exhibit that will stay in my mind though is
perhaps the least attractive namely the pocket watch
that Scott took to the Antarctic. Not having read the
display cards, I found Alan’s unravelling of why a
cheap, alarm watch should have been taken so far, fascinating; it was certainly no chronometer. And it all
comes back to the human, historical colouring that was
applied to the whole evening. Explanation! If you
remain motionless for more than two hours or so in
sub-zero temperatures then problems with frost bite
are likely. So, you need an alarm to wake you up at
regular intervals.
Many thanks to Alan Midleton for giving us a deeper
appreciation of the heritage of horology that we hold
in trust at Upton Hall.
Alwyn Kirk
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The speaker for our October meeting was Ian Coote
MBHI who gave us an excellent talk on ‘Horological
Tools’.
Ian, a former teacher, is a member of the Ipswich
branch, conducts a brass band, has been restoring clocks
and barometers for the last 20 years, and maintains a
most informative website (www.coote.demon. co.uk), so
we were pleased that he could find time to make the
journey to us.
Ian told us that he became a collector of horological
tools accidentally after buying workshop contents, which
had been accumulated by three previous generations.
Collaboration with a Polish contact led to regular
dealing in tools.
The first part of the talk illustrated early tooling and
included the earliest picture of a lathe (tomb painting
300BC), Roman bow lathes, foot operated vertical drills
and a pole lathe.
The talk progressed to horological tools such as turns
and then encompassed the American origins of the
clockmakers lathe. The differences between Swiss and
English mandrels were discussed together with some
‘odd ball’ examples that he had come across.
Further polishing tools such as the swing tool were discussed and examples passed around the audience before
Ian described the development of wheel cutting; from
the early Swiss saw cutting machine through to
modern methods.
A practical demonstration of the rounding up tool was
given via microscope and computer projector and the
talk was completed with a discussion about the achievements of Pierre Ingold whose proposal for interchangeable parts was rejected by the trade and a description of
his tooth polishing technique.
A most interesting evening, extremely well illustrated
and enjoyed by all.
Bob Whitehurst
Sussex Branch
This month our planned speaker was unable to attend
but we were very lucky to welcome Duncan Greg, who
stepped in at short notice. He explained that he is not a
regular speaker but had recently been persuaded to give
a talk to the Manchester branch so fortunately had his
talk prepared. Duncan is entrusted with the care of clocks
at Lyme Park, a National Trust property.
The National Trust has over 8000 horological items in
its care and four properties which hold exceptional collections, Waddesdon Manor, Snows Hill, Anglesey Abbey
and Lyme Park, which itself has 46. The collection was
bequeathed by Major The Honourable Sir Francis Legh
KCVO and enhanced by examples from the Glynn Vivian
bequest, which became the Gershom Parkington
Collection.
Duncan gave interesting details on the benefactors and
their ‘infection’ with the horological bug which all in the
BHI also seem to suffer. Many of the clocks are classics of
horology and most of us can only admire them from a distance, but as Duncan said he has the good fortune to be
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able to see the most intricate details while carrying out his
job of ‘keeping the items in good condition, preventing
any material deterioration and conserving their unique
originality for future generations’. He was acutely aware
of the heritage of his work as he was following in the footsteps of the likes of Eric Gent, Jonathan Betts, Viscount
Midleton and Sue Ford and we wonder who, in later
years, will be looking over his shoulder and viewing his
stewardship.
Duncan very kindly gave me his notes so I had the
benefit of all his facts and details and any errors are down
to my errors of transcription, but sadly I am unable to
bring you the glory of what we were shown with the pictures. I will list just a few of the items we were privileged to
see not just from the outside but in intricate detail. Some,
like the large wall clock in the servants hall, were made as
just functional timepieces and this item required the use
of a large ladder for its weekly winding. Others were items
we can only dream of such as the Ahasuerus Fromanteel
spring clock, the month longcase by Henry Young with
floral marquetry case, the exceptional Grand Sonnerie
clock by Christopher Gould, who we learnt he fell on
hard times and ‘was reduced to applying for a position as
an ale taster’ (sounds good to me!). A musical clock with
interchangeable barrels by Claude Viet, the Wagstaf
bracket clock with automata, and then we got onto the
Tompions with superb pictures of the repeating
mechanism and mechanical details. A true feast of horological wonder.
In the question and answer time we covered the usual
thorny issues of keeping clocks running or just sitting as a
dusty museum exhibit and also reconversion of past modifications. Here, Duncan is fervently on the same side as
Matthew Read from West Dean that any reconversion
is fitting modern components and destroying part of
the history.
An interesting view was given on the different attitudes
of staff at various properties. Some, like those at Lyme
Park, take great interest in their clocks and want to know
how best to treat them, giving their visiting horologist a
good well lit space to work in and making sure they are
comfortable and supplied with coffee, while others stick
their visitors in a cold broom cupboard and leave them to
get on with it!
Duncan was warmly thanked and still talking
with members as the room was having to be cleared. A
great evening.
Gordon Hoare
South London Branch
The October meeting was taken up with the traditional
Branch Auction, when we use the Linley Room to book in
lots and house them once sold, and the main hall for
viewing and selling. A late request to the committee to
help a current member empty his workshop to facilitate a
move to the coast, resulted in a car load of tools and materials being collected the night beforehand by Norvin
Simpson and myself. The tools and materials collected
were sorted immediately prior to the auction by James
Marten and Alan Westgate into 43 lots. Then the unexDecember 2014 555
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pected happened and a further 91 lots turned up on the
night resulting in a very full auction. This resulted in the
usual mix of various publications, watches, clocks, parts,
tools and materials. There did, however, seem to be fewer
complete clocks or watches than previously.
Despite a later start than normal, the full 134 lots were
sold, with the exception of one by our auctioneer Rory
McEvoy, in less than two hours, achieving a total in excess
of £2,000. Rory used his extensive knowledge to value the
lots and the item he withdrew was as a result of it not
receiving a reasonable starting bid. The good news is that
this was subsequently sold after the auction and in line
with Rory’s valuation. The administration and book
keeping were performed by the now familiar dynamic
duo James Marten and Alan White, in their usual efficient fashion. Rory, James and Alan were thanked at the
end of the auction for their efforts in running the sale.
Buyers then paid their money and collected their lots,
the sellers were then all paid out, and the Hall and Linley
Room were returned to the ‘as found’ condition before
the end of the evening, achieved with a great team effort
by all the available members of the committee, aided by
many ordinary members. So a huge thank you to all.
As a result the auction was much more successful than
expected, contributing significantly to Branch funds
which will be used for the benefit of all branch members.
Grenville Johns
Oxfordshire Branch
The speaker at our October meeting was Giles English,
one of the founders of The Bremont Watch Company
based in Henley on Thames. The meeting got off to an
inauspicious start as Giles’ presentation was on an Apple
computer and there was no suitable connector to our projector. Normally panic sets in at this point but Giles was in
no way perturbed. A fascinating story needs no visual aids.
Giles and his brother Nick were brought up amidst engineering stuff as their father Euan’s workshop contained
clocks, models, old cars and old aeroplanes. In March
1995, Nick and their father were practising for an air
display in a 1942 WWII Harvard aircraft which unfortunately crashed, killing their father and seriously injuring
Nick. Giles was waiting take off clearance when he was told
of the crash. Fortunately, his brother survived notwithstanding the fact that he had broken over 30 bones!
The tragedy did not deter the brothers and in the late
1990s they were flying across northern France in their
1930s biplane when they had to make an emergency
landing on to a farmer’s field. The farmer’s name was
Antione Bremont. In 2002, the brothers set up Bremont
in Biel Bienne, Switzerland. Five years later the first
Bremont mechanical watch was launched.
Today Bremont is located in Henley in a purpose built
barn with retail outlets in London and Hong Kong. Their
watches are designed, finished and assembled in Henley
with some core components made in Switzerland.
Increasingly components are now being made in the UK
at Silverstone. They have engineering partnerships with
the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre and
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makers themselves. The plan is to make more and more
in the UK.
Setting up a new watch company amid very strong competition is not for the feint hearted. However, there is no
other high quality English watch company making hand
finished watches in any quantity. Bremont has reached
annual production of 8,000 pieces.
In 12 years Bremont has created a very distinct luxury
brand with some very original models all with the COSC
Swiss chronometer grade certification. There are models
made in partnership with Jaguar, Norton, Martin Baker,
Bletchley Park, the Royal Navy, HMS Victory, the US
Airforce amongst others. Numerous celebrities feature in
their marketing material. Some of their limited edition
prestige models have incorporated some very imaginative
elements, for example, a piece of a Spitfire, fabric from
the very first aeroplane flown by the Wright Brothers and
copper and oak from HMS Victory.
Bremont represents the top end of English watchmaking in the branded luxury sector distinguished not only
by a commitment to quality but some very original marketing. There are many quality watches for buyers to
choose from but Bremont has established a very distinct
niche which clearly appeals to individuals wanting a
mechanical watch rooted in the history of domestic engineering tradition.
Richard Snelling gave the vote of thanks for a wonderful insight into an amazing journey. The audience was
enthralled.
Martin Gatto
New Members, Reinstatements and Upgrades
Associates
M Bell, Yorkshire
T Bensky, USA
A J Bowe, Spain
P Chapman, East of Scotland
L Chen, China
G W Cossey, South Wales
A Couper, Merseyside
J Croney, Lincolnshire
D Dooley, Sheffield
J Duffy, Wessex
A Ellington, Singapore
E Fandridou, Greece
B Grace, Kent
M Herman, USA
M Hunt, Midlands
A Johanssor, Sweden
R Lumb, Netherlands
P Phillips, Bristol
A Ruthven, Lincolnshire
S Saunders, North London
A Simkiss, Ipswich
G Singleton, Sheffield
A Soszka, South London
J Vincent, North London
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Course Report
Tool Sharpening Course 6 October 2014
Six branch members arrived punctually at the Branch
Workshop to be introduced to our tutor for the day, Sid
Lines MBHI.
Sid is chairman of the Kent Branch of the BHI and a
retired Mechanical Engineer.
After a friendly but firm talk on safety we were all
handed a pair of protective safety glasses to be worn
during use of either the bench grinder or drill.
Sid then took us through a very well put-together
PowerPoint presentation covering the theory of sharpening drills, lathe tools including gravers, broaches and
reamers, screwdrivers and taps and dies.
‘Don’t be a slave to accuracy’ was the mantra. Sid
explained that in production engineering the angles
have been worked out to give the maximum efficiency,
tool life etc, and hence profit for the company.
For our applications it matters little if the angle is
115° or 125° – drill will still cut freely and to size.
Sid then showed us a number of guides for sharpening gravers and screwdrivers including some he had
both designed and made himself.
Now it was our turn! We were handed a piece of high
speed steel to make a lathe cutting tool, grinding one
end suitable for brass and the other for steel.
We were then given a wooden guide Sid had made for
us and a diamond stone to practice the four-facet
method of drill sharpening.
Next we were supplied with 1 mm, 4 mm, and 6 mm
drills which had the tips broken off, and told to
sharpen them, and then to prove that we had done it
correctly by drilling a hole in a piece of 6 mm mild steel.
There was much discussion and banter during the
day and even our more experienced members said they
had learnt a lot.
On departure we were presented with a folder containing the information in the initial presentation and
all the materials we had used during the day were ours
to keep.
This was a really worthwhile day and I would like to
thank Sid for the thorough and detailed preparation
that made the day run so smoothly.
Peter Steward
Servicing and correcting faults in a
carriage clock – Examination Preparation
New Short Course at Upton Hall by Jim Arnfield FBHI
A new course designed specifically for the student
intending to enter the Diploma unit
D3 : Servicing and Correcting Faults in a Single
Train Clock. The course titled ‘Exam Practice – Unit
D3’ has been arranged for 21–22 March and
25–26 April 2015; the Tutor is Jim Arnfield.
Currently it is not confirmed whether this will be two
separate two-day courses or one four-day course,
arranged over two weekends to enable students to
practise their skills after the first weekend before
returning to Upton Hall for the second weekend. The
decision is dependent on demand. If you are interested, please contact Upton Hall stating your preference – one weekend or two. You will be contacted
when the preference becomes clear.
Course content: The course will teach the
fundamental skills and knowledge required to enable
you to confidently enter the examination. It is
expected that you will have undertaken some practical clock servicing and are familiar with
processes such as bushing and refinishing clock
pivots. There will be particular emphasis on the servicing of the platform escapement – the
cleaning, lubrication and adjustment for beat and
rate. You will need to bring your own tweezers,
screwdrivers and eyeglass and be familiar with their
use. The Institute will provide carriage clock movements for each of the students attending the course.
Historically, the overall standard of work for this
examination unit has been disappointing; this is your
opportunity to hone your skills with guidance from an
expert.
Register your interest now by contacting
Maxine on 01636 817604/[email protected]
Cost of Course: £260.00 Optional one night B&B: £40.00
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Horological Calendar 2014/2015
December
3
Wessex Branch AGM Bring and Show and Christmas Fare,
7pm, Lyndhurst Community Centre. SO43 7NY.
3
South West Branch Bring and Discuss Evening. 7.45 pm.
Exeter School, Daw Building, Manston Terrace, off Magdelen
Road, Exeter, EX2 4NP.
4
South London Branch Speaker: Andrew Crisford ‘Breguet’,
7.30pm, The White Hart Barn, Godstone Village Hall,
Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8DU.
8
Lincolnshire Branch AGM & Christmas Party, 7.30pm,
Birchwood Leisure Centre, Birchwood Avenue, Lincoln, LN6 0JE.
9
Merseyside, North Wales and West Cheshire Branch
Bring and Discuss and Seasonal Refreshments, 7.30pm, The
Pavilion Meeting Room, Ruskin Leisure, Ruskin Drive, St Helens,
WA10 6RW.
11 Milton Keynes Branch Christmas Meal. Contact Secretary
[email protected] for details.
11 North London Branch Annual Dinner 7.00pm, Sekforde
Arms, Sekforde Street, London, EC1R 0HA.
13 East of Scotland Branch Speaker: Dr Caroline Milton
‘Photographing Clocks’ 2.00pm, Canons’ Gait, 232
Canongate, Edinburgh, EH8 8DQ.
14 Brunel Clock and Watch Fair, The Sports Hall, Brunel
University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PN.
www.clockandwatchfairs.com
January
7
South West Branch TBA. See www.bhiswbranch.co.uk for
the latest information.
8
South London Branch, The Clocks of Lyme Park Cheshire,
Duncan Greig.
10 East of Scotland Branch AGM followed by Bring and
Discuss, 2.00pm, Canons’ Gait, 232 Canongate, Edinburgh,
EH8 8DQ.
18 Midland Clock and Watch Fair National Motorcycle
Museum, Solihull, B92 0DE. www.clockandwatchfairs.com
22 Milton Keynes Branch AGM 7.30pm, Sherington Village
Hall, MK16 9NW.
Examination Practice at Upton Hall
D4: Servicing and Correcting Faults in
a Quartz Watch
Hone your skills on John Murphy’s 2 –
day course D4: Servicing and Correcting
Faults in a Quartz Watch
The training watch movement (uncased) is part of
the course cost and is yours to keep.
Based on the Examination Syllabus, you will
practise the following:
· Analysing faults using test equipment
· Dismantling and cleaning
· Correcting faults
· Re-assembling and lubricating
· Water resistance testing (using BHI training media)
The following dates are offered, according
to demand:
Tues/Wed 3-4 February2015 OR Sat/Sun
25-26 April 2015
Cost of Course: £260.00
Optional one night B&B: £40.00
Cost of movement: £25.00
Register your interest now by contacting Maxine
on 01636 817604/[email protected]
Students! Workshop Items for Sale, Examination
updates etc www.bhi.co.uk/education-news
2015 BHI Examinations Information, entry
forms etc available from Upton Hall in the New
Year – www.bhi.co.uk/education-news OR email
[email protected]
BHI Directors and Responsibilities
Ray Walford (Chairman, Museum Trustee, GDETAC, Shows), Ross Alcock MBHI (Youth Engagement, Education Working Group), Hugh Barnes HonMBHI (Museum Trustee, Upton Hall
Buildings and Grounds, Marketing, HJ), Stella Haward Vice Chairman MBHI (Branch Liaison and Support, BHI Forums, Youth Engagement), Nick Brown (Volunteers), Ashley Strachan
(Museum Trustee, Membership, Finance), Geoff Walker FBHI, Martin Wigglesworth (IT Strategy, Education), Jan Wright FBHI (Museum Trustee, Standards).
BHI Branch and Area Representatives Home telephones except where indicated.
Bristol David Spicer 01278 691264. Cheltenham Clive Roberts 01452 610328. East of Scotland Ashley Strachan, 01236 843399. Ipswich Richard Curtis, 01787 224609.
Kent Martin Joyce, 01622 209487. Lakes Chris McLaughlan 01539 740199. Leicester Colin Reynolds, 0116 2888747. Lincolnshire Barrie Fitton, 01522 811163.
Manchester Geoff Walker, 0161 225 6783. Merseyside, North Wales and West Cheshire John Griffiths, 0151 644 0186. Milton Keynes Alistair Pollard, 01462 686190.
North East Alan Dunn 01642 552503. North London Gordon Rowley 0208 5908955. Notts/Derby Ralph Anderson, 01332 820156. Oxfordshire Dave Hamer 01869 338170,
[email protected] Sheffield David Mears, 01142397856. South London Mick Welch, 020 8647 0207. South West Peter Mitchell 01392 841306.
Sussex Clive Steer, 01424 844427. Yorkshire Martin Wigglesworth 07949 050066. Wessex Richard Steedman, 01962 676114, [email protected].
West Scotland Ashley Strachan, 01236 843399. Ireland Raymond Farrelly, 02866 328776 (04866 328776 from Eire). Norway, Erik Odegaard, 004769152407.
South Africa, Herman Holtzhausen, +27 185 961992.
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BHI Courses 2014/2015
Date
Course
Dec
1-5
8-12
Basic Mechanical Watch
Basic Clock l
Jan
17-18
Service & Repair Platform
Escapements Parts 1&2
Escapements Parts 3&4
24-25
Feb
NEW 3-4
NEW 7-8
10-12
16-20
21-22
23-27
Exam Practice – Unit D4
Basic Hand Skills
Basic Quartz
Wooden Clock
Basic Clock I
March
28-1
2-3
6-8
9-13
16-20
NEW 21-22
23-24
April
1-2
13-17
18-19
NEW 20-22
NEW 25-26
27-1
June
1-5
8-12
22-26
27-28
Watchmakers Lathe
Wheel & Pinion Cutting
Lever Escapements
Basic Clock II
Service/Repair Day
Date Auto Watches
Exam Practice – Unit D3
Engineers' Small Lathe,
Drilling & Milling Machines
Tutor
J Murphy
R Egan
Date
(C)
(C)
P Shrouder
(W)
P Shrouder
(W)
J Murphy
R Alcock
M Selley
J Murphy
R Egan
R Egan
(W)
(C)
(W)
(W)
(C)
(C)
P Shrouder
P Shrouder
R Brown
J Reynolds
J Murphy
(W)
(C)
(W)
(C)
(W)
J Arnfield
J Reynolds
(C)
(C)
Swiss Lever Escapements
P Shrouder
BCU Course
J Murphy
Replacing damaged pivots
J Arnfield
in clocks and watches
Intermediate Quartz Watches
M Selley
Exam Practice – Unit D3 & D4
JA/JM
Basic Clock I
R Egan
(W)
(C/W)
(C)
Chronographs
Antique Clock I
Photo Etched Dials
(W)
(C)
(W)
(C)(W)
J Murphy
J Reynolds
J Murphy
J Arnfield
(W)
(W)
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July
4-5
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17-19
20-24
27-31
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3-7
10-14
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17-21
24-25
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1-4
7-8
11-13
14-15
19-20
21-25
28-29
Oct
3-4
NEW 5-8
12-16
30-1
Nov
2-6
9-13
21-22
28-29
Dec
30-4
7-11
Course
Tutor
Jacot Tool
Final Quartz Watches
Case Refinishing
Antique Clock II
Service/Repair
Day Date Auto Watches
P Shrouder
M Selley
R Brown
J Reynolds
J Murphy
(W)
(W)
(W)
(C)
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Basic Clock I
Basic Clock II
Basic Hand Skills
DLC Summer School
Polishing, Bluing & Silvering
R Egan
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R Alcock
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(C)
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(W)
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Wheel & Pinion Cutting
Basic Quartz
Engineers' Small Lathe,
Drilling & Milling Machines
Watchmakers Lathe
Basic Clock II
English Lever Pocket Watches
R Brown
P Shrouder
M Selley
J Reynolds
(W)
(C)
(W)
(C)
P Shrouder
J Reynolds
P Shrouder
(W)
(C)
(W)
Cylinder Escapements
Antique Watch Escapements
Case Refinishing
J Arnfield
P Shrouder
J Murphy
R Brown
(W)
(W)
(W)
(W)
Turret Clocks
Chronographs
Escapements Parts 1 & 2
Escapements Parts 3 & 4
C McKay
J Murphy
P Shrouder
(C)
(W)
(W)
P Shrouder
(W)
R Egan
J Murphy
(C)
(W)
Basic Clock I
J Arnfield
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Index to Volume 156
January to December 2014
Compiled by Robert Ovens MBHI
Pagination, including front and rear covers:
No 1, January, 1-48
No 2, February, 49-96
No 3, March, 97-144
No 4, April, 145-192
No 5, May, 193-240
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Note: This index is divided into the following sections to enable easier access: Articles, BHI, Book Reviews, Clockmakers and
Watchmakers, Clocks, Watches, Escapements, Museums Exhibitions & Collections, and General Index. The General Index
does not include items indexed elsewhere. Advertisements are not included.
INDEX OF ARTICLES BY TITLE & AUTHOR
101 Not Out – Well Done, Jayne 526
About the Author:
Colin Fergusson MBHI 155
Dr Mike Flannery FBHI 59
Ian Coote MBHI 112
Michael Beckingham MBHI 153
Ray Essen 11
Stephan Gagneux 14
Adjourned AGM, Dudley Giles 313
After the DLC, Guy Gibbons (47) 34, (48), 69, (49) 124, (50) 161, (51) 206, (52) 256,
(53) 306, (54) 368, (55) 411
Alan Midleton Retirement:
Barnes, Hugh 407
Betts, Jonathan 406
Cradock, Paul 406-07
McKay, Chris 407
Roberson, Paul 407
Walford, Ray 407
Alcock, Ross, Making Hands 107-9
Anderson, Gibson, The Stanford Tower Clock 80-1
Andrew, Colin, & Thornton, W John, John Deacon, Clockmaker to Baptist Minister 156-60
Another Training First for Apprentices, David Poole 128
Anthony Randall FBHI: Reconstruction of Harrison’s Mechanism in his Timekeeper H4 478
Apprenticeships in England, Dudley Giles 219
Armitage, Helen, In Memory of Paul Armitage MBHI 1980-2009 85
Arnfield, Jim, A Jaeger Mystery Clock 355
Auction Round Up:
Crabtree, Geoffrey 20-1, 223-5, 415-17
Hillman, Steve 82-3, 126-7, 162-3, 262-3, 308-09, 356-7
Australian Antiquarian Horological Society, Vivian C Kenney 61
Author Biography:
John Robey Hon FBHI 75
Gibson Anderson 81
Jim Katzman 81
Awards, Education and New Members’ Day, Jayne Hall 550-2
Azzopardi, Spiridion, A Greek Odyssey (1) 120-3, (2) 170-2, (3) 220-22
BADA Fair 84
Barker, Peter, Making a Winding Crank Key 503
Barnes, Hugh, Alan Midleton Retirement 407
Baselworld 2014, Martin Foster (1) 216-18, (2) 268-9
Bateman, Douglas:
Time for Everyone 4
British Sundial Society 492-3
Beckingham, Michael MBHI - About the Author 153
Beckingham, Michael, Three Tourbillons Plue One (1) 150-3, (2) 202-05
Bell, Harriet, BHI Summer Show 312-13
Bench View, Mike Flannery (111) 45, (112) 93, (113) 141, (114) 189, (115) 237, (116)
285, (117) 333, (118) 381, (119) 429, (121) 466-7, (122) 512-13, (123)
548-9
Bennett, Andy, Course Report: Basic Mechanical Watch 231
Best of British – Roger Smith’s New Masterpiece, Justin Koullapis 102-3
Betts, Jonathan, Alan Midleton Retirement 406
BHI Accounts 272-5
BHI Automata Forum, Barrie Fitton 254
BHI Council Nominations, Dudley Giles 248-9
BHI Examinations 2014, David Poole 408-10
BHI Explores New Opportunities in Australia, Dudley Giles 60
BHI Summer Show 257
Bell, Harriet 312-13
BHI Vice-Presidents’ Lunch Meeting 2013, Kenneth Lloyd Jones 32
BHI Youth Activity Day 261
Blazing a Trail for the Creative Industries, Dawn Hillier 443
Bremont Takes Off, Tim Treffry 446-7
British Sundial Society, Douglas Bateman 492-3
Britton, Dr David, Making a Wheel Crossing Out and Marking Out Jig 494-5
Brown, Nick, Making the Reynolds Depthing Tool 453-5
Bulle Isochronal Spring, Daniel Philippart 462-5
Bundock, Mike, Margate’s Re-Instated Time Ball is Unveiled 360-1
Buxton, James, Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition 2014 539
Christiaan Huygens’ Horologium 1658 sells for a record £54,000 163
Chuck for 8mm Collets, Adrian Garner 212-14
Clock Register - a new resource 31
Clock Synchronisation and Universal Time, Ray Essen (1) 6-11
Clock Synchronisation and Universal Time, Ray Essen (2) 54-7
Clockspares Success 109
Clockwork Automata of the Enlightenment 267
Coote, Ian MBHI - About the Author 112
Coote, Ian, The Horologist’s Toolbox 110-112
Course Report:
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Basic Clock 2, Richard Gretton 231
Basic Hand Skills, Trevor Goodall 143
Basic Mechanical Watch, Andy Bennett 231
English Lever Pocket Watch, Graham Powis 517
Watchmakers’ Lathe, Michael Morton Lee 177
Wheel and Pinion Cutting, Tim Henderson 517
Crabtree, Geoffrey:
A Victorian Photograph and a Carriage Clock 310-11
Auction Round Up 20-1, 223-5, 415-17
Cradock, Paul, Alan Midleton Retirement 406-07
Dahndel, Gunter, Making a Simple Mechanical Watch 296-300
Dates and Names of Moons in 2014, Martin Taylor 15
Decoding Harrison Conference, Rory McEvoy 253
Decoding Harrison, Colin Fergusson 348-9
Dingwall-Beloe Horological Lecture 2013, Kenneth Lloyd-Jones 5
DLC Technician Grade is better than ever, David Poole 33
Domesticating Turret Clocks, Stuart Malin 320-23
Driving a Centre Sweep Seconds Hand, Rex Swensen 16-17
Drumheller, Douglas, John Harrison and the Nonlinear Spring (1) 448-53, (2) 498-502
East of Scotland Branch Visit to Upton Hall 538
Enamel Painting for Dials and Decorative Panels, John Moorhouse 270
Engine Turning, John Moorhouse (4) 28-31, (5) 76-9
Epping Forest Horology Centre 84
Essen, Ray - About the Author 11
Essen, Ray, Clock Synchronisation and Universal Time (1) 6-11, (2) 54-7
Eternal Tools celebrate 15 years in the horology trade 372
EU Material Houses and Dealers Advertising in HJ, Martin Foster 219
Fall Back Show 536
FBHI for Martin Foster 173
Fergusson, Colin MBHI - About the Author 155
Fergusson, Colin:
Decoding Harrison 348-9
Making Harrison’s Late Regulator (6) 22-3 (7) 70-1, (8) 130-1, (9) 178-9, (10)
496-7, (11) 544-5
The Horologist’s Toolbox 154-5
Fitton, Barrie:
BHI Automata Forum 254
Precision Timekeeping Forum 318-19
Flannery, Dr Mike FBHI - About the Author 59
Flannery, Mike:
The Horologist’s Toolbox 58-9
Bench View (111) 45, (112) 93, (113) 141, (114) 189, (115) 237, (116) 285,
(117) 333, (118) 381, (119) 429, (121) 466-7, (122) 512-13, (123) 548-9
Forensic Revelations of a Lost Tavern Clock, Martin Gatto 412-14
Foster, Martin:
Baselworld 2014 (1) 216-18, (2) 268-9
EU Material Houses and Dealers Advertising in HJ 219
FBHI for 173
Girard-Perregaux wins the 2013 Aiguille D’or Prize 38
Hong Kong Clock and Watch Fair 509-11
Inhorgenta Europe 2014 168-9
SIHH Geneva Salon Review 2014 (1) 114-115 (2) 166-7
Spare parts supply by Swatch Group is progressively reduced 38
Watchmakers and Clockmakers of Austrialia 61
French 8 Day Posted-Frame Clock, John Robey 362-7
Gagneux, Stephan - About the Author 14
Gagneux, Stephan, The Horologist’s Toolbox 12-14
Galileo’s Pendulum Controlled Escapement, Sandy Skinner 301-05
Garner, Adrian, A Chuck for 8mm Collets 212-14
Gatto, Martin, Forensic Revelations of a Lost Tavern Clock 412-14
Gibbons, Guy:
After the DLC (47) 34, (48), 69, (49) 124, (50) 161, (51) 206, (52) 256, (53)
306, (54) 368, (55) 411
Making a Jacot Tool Head for a Myford Lathe 350-4
Making a Marine Chronometer 66-8
Giles, Dudley:
Adjourned AGM 313
Apprenticeships in England 219
BHI Council Nominations 248-9
BHI Explores New Opportunities in Australia 60
The First Word 531
Upton Hall – The Future 118-19
Watch Parts Supply 420-22
Girard-Perregaux wins the 2013 Aiguille D’or Prize, Martin Foster 38
Godier, Alan, Obituary: Keith Harding 1931–2014 370
Goodall, Trevor, Course Report - Basic Hand Skills Course 143
Greek Odyssey, Spiridion Azzopardi (1) 120-3, (2) 170-2, (3) 220-22
Gretton, Richard, Course Report: Basic Clock 2 231
Griffiths, John:
December 2014 565
INDEX OF ARTICLES BY TITLE & AUTHOR (continued)
A Trip to Roger’s Workshop 307
In Memory of George Daniels 255
Guided Tour of Smith of Derby, Nick Smith 537
Hall, Jayne:
Awards, Education and New Members’ Day 550-2
The First Word 195, 387
Heritage Awards, Harriet Olivia 419
Hillier, Dawn, Blazing a Trail for the Creative Industries 443
Hillman, Steve Auction Round Up 82-3, 126-7, 162-3, 262-3, 308-09, 356-7
Hong Kong Clock and Watch Fair, Martin Foster 509-11
Hon MBHI for:
Hugh Barnes 101
Barrie Fitton 254
Horan, Robert:
Repair of 23J Illinois Bunn Special 358-9
Restoring a Vintage Patek Philippe Pocket Watch 258-61
Rolex Watch Servicing (1) 62-4, (2) 104-6
Horological Philanthropist supports Greenwich Exhibition 445
Horologist’s Toolbox:
Fergusson, Colin 154-5
Coote, Ian 110-112
Gagneux, Stephan 12-14
Flannery, Dr Mike 58-9
Horology Trader – new international web site 267
If only balance wheels were like car tyres, Horan Patek 542-3
Index to HJ Volume 156, Robert Ovens 565-74
In Memory of:
George Daniels, John Griffiths 255
Paul Armitage MBHI 1980-2009, Helen Armitage 85
Inhorgenta Europe 2014, Martin Foster 168-9
Introducing the David Walter Double-Pendulum Table Clock, David Walter 506-08
IWC Pocket Watch – New Classification, Van Der Meijden, Ehrismann and Seyffer (1)
345-7 , (2) 399-403
Jaeger Mystery Clock, Jim Arnfield 355
Japanese Clocks, Ashley Strachan 394-98
John Deacon, Clockmaker to Baptist Minister, Colin Andrew & W John Thornton 156-60
John Harrison and the Nonlinear Spring, Douglas Drumheller (1) 448-53, (2) 498-502
John Lindsey, Brian Loomes 264-66
Kenney, Vivian C, Australian Antiquarian Horological Society 61
Knibb Bros Clocks Sold at Auction 175
Koullapis, Justin:
Best of British – Roger Smith’s New Masterpiece 102-3
Patek Philippe celebrate 175 years 294
Masterpiece Under the Hammer 493
New Record for Complicated Patek 547
Ships, Clocks & Stars 369
The First Word 435, 483, 531
Lee, Michael Morton, Course Report - Watchmakers’ Lathe 177
Linnard, Dr Bill, Winding Up The Clock 174-5
Lloyd Jones, Kenneth:
BHI Vice-Presidents’ Lunch Meeting 2013 32
Dingwall-Beloe Horological Lecture 2013 5
Master of the Clockmakers’ Company 2014 5
London Model Engineering Exhibition 23
Longcase Dial by William Mainman, John Robey 72-5
Loomes, Brian, John Lindsey 264-66
Making:
a Jacot Tool Head for a Myford Lathe, Guy Gibbons 350-4
a Marine Chronometer, Guy Gibbons 66-8
a Pinion by Hand Methods, John Wilding..18-19
a Regulator to a New Design, John Reynolds 404, 546-7
a Simple Mechanical Watch, Gunter Dahndel 296-300
a Wheel Crossing Out and Marking Out Jig, Dr David Britton 494-5
a Winding Crank Key, Peter Barker 503
Hands, Ross Alcock 107-9
Harrison’s Late Regulator, Colin Fergusson (6), 22-3 (7) 70-1, (8) 130-1,
(9) 178-9, (10) 496-7,(11) 544-5
Reynolds Depthing Tool, Nick Brown 453-5
Malin, Stuart, Domesticating Turret Clocks 320-23
Margate’s Re-Instated Time Ball is Unveiled, Mike Bundock 360-1
Master Clockmaker Certificate for David Poole 176
Master of the Clockmakers’ Company 2014, Kenneth Lloyd-Jones 5
Masterpiece Under the Hammer, Justin Koullapis 493
McEvoy, Rory, Decoding Harrison Conference 253
McKay, Chris
Alan Midleton Retirement 407
NPL gets European Award for Atomic Clock 129
Turret Clock Forum Cancelled 100
Turret Clocks at Newbury 491
Who was the Big Ben Telescope Man? 504-05
McQuater, Archie, An Interpretation of a Ptolemaic Planetarium 250-2
Mechanical Dividing in the Lathe, John Wilding 226-8
Meet the Student, Harriet Olivia 372, 526, 538
Meet the Tutor:
Chris McKay 35
Jim Arnfield 84
Ross Alcock 143
Ray Brown 231
Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition 2014, James Buxton 539
Midleton, Alan:
The British Horological Institute 540-1
The Museum Trust Collection at Upton Hall 458-61
Moorhouse, John:
Enamel Painting for Dials and Decorative Panels 270
Engine Turning (4) 28-31, (5) 76-9
Museum Trust Collection at Upton Hall, Alan Midleton 458-61
New Home for the Clockmakers’ Collection 444
New Honorary Member Award for Associates, Ray Walford 219
New Hotblack is a Winner, Harriet Olivia 371
New Record for Complicated Patek 547
Northallerton Clocks and Watches on Show, Dr David Severs 201
NPL gets European Award for Atomic Clock, Chris McKay 129
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Nutty, Stephen, The Old Watch Factory Prescot, Liverpool 456-7
Obituary:
Raymond Weil 100
Keith Harding 1931–2014, Alan Godier 370
Old Watch Factory Prescot, Liverpool, Stephen Nutty 456-7
Olivia, Harriet
18th Century Organ Clock Restoration 418
Heritage Awards 419
Meet the Student 372, 526, 538
New Hotblack is a Winner 371
Oriel House Clock 370
Organ Clock Restoration, Harriet Olivia 418
Ovens, Robert, Index to HJ Volume 156 565-74
Patek, Horan, If only balance wheels were like car tyres 542-3
Patek Philippe celebrate 175 years, Justin Koullapis 294
Perrin, Martyn, The Great Escape 24-6
Peters, E, British Horological Institute 540-541
Philippart, Daniel, The Bulle Isochronal Spring 462-5
Poole, David:
Another Training First for Apprentices 128
BHI Examinations 2014 408-10
DLC Technician Grade is better than ever 33
The First Word 291
Precision Timekeeping Forum, Barrie Fitton 318-19
Ptolemaic Planetarium, Interpretation of a, Archie McQuater 250-2
Race Against Time 374
Railway Clock Auction 309
Rare Arnold Longcase for sale 355
Repair of 23J Illinois Bunn Special, Robert Horan 358-9
Restoring a Vintage Patek Philippe Pocket Watch, Robert Horan 258-61
Reynolds, John, Making a Regulator to a New Design 404, 546-7
Roberson, Paul, Alan Midleton Retirement 407
Robert Loomes & Co celebrate EU Success 295
Robert Loomes’ new British-made watches 53
Robey, John:
A French 8 Day Posted-Frame Clock 362-7
A Longcase Dial by William Mainman 72-5
Roger’s watch commemorates a ‘GREAT’ Britain! 53
Rolex Watch Servicing, Robert Horan (1) 62-4
Severs, Dr David, Northallerton Clocks and Watches on Show 201
Ships, Clocks & Stars, Justin Koullapis 369
SIHH Geneva Salon Review 2014, Martin Foster (1) 114-115, (2) 166-7
Skinner, Sandy, Galileo’s Pendulum Controlled Escapement 301-05
Smith, Nick, Guided Tour of Smith of Derby 537
Smith of Derby:
acquires James Ritchie & Son 53
restores Ancient Guildford Clock 371
Snelling, Richard, Upton Update - Launch of a new ‘Policy for Volunteers’ 32
Spare parts supply by Swatch Group is progressively reduced, Martin Foster 38
Strachan, Ashley, Japanese Clocks 394-98
Stanford Tower Clock, Gibson Anderson 80-1
Swensen, Rex, Driving a Centre Sweep Seconds Hand 16-17
Taylor, Martin, Dates and Names of Moons in 2014 15
The British Horological Institute, Alan Midleton 540-1
The First Word,
Giles, Dudley 531
Poole, David 291
Hall, Jayne 195, 387
Koullapis, Justin 435, 483, 531
Walford, Ray 243
The Great Escape, Martyn Perrin 24-6
The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers Masterpiece Competition 2014-2016 537
This month in the workshop 383, 430
Three Tourbillons Plue One, Michael Beckingham (1) 150-3, (2) 202-05
Time for Everyone, Douglas Bateman 4
Time Sweet Time Exhibition 267
Tompion sells for £210,000 101
Treffry, Tim, Bremont Takes Off 446-7
Trip to Roger’s Workshop, John Griffiths 307
Turret Clock Forum Cancelled, Chris McKay 100
Turret Clocks at Newbury, Chris McKay 491
Upton Hall – The Future, Dudley Giles 118-19
Upton Update: 219
156th Annual General Meeting Agenda 173
Call for Nominations for Election to Council 173
FBHI for Martin Foster 173
Launch of a new ‘Policy for Volunteers’, Richard Snelling 32
Precision Pendulum Forum 173
Van Der Meijden, Ehrismann and Seyffer, IWC Pocket Watch – New Classification (1)
345-7, (2) 399-403
Victorian Photograph and a Carriage Clock, Geoffrey Crabtree 310-11
Vintage Rolex Watch Repair, Robert Horan (2) 104-6
Walford, Ray
Alan Midleton Retirement 407
New Honorary Member Award for Associates 219
The First Word 243
Walter, David, Introducing the David Walter Double-Pendulum Table Clock 506-08
Watch Parts Supply, Dudley Giles 420-22
Watchmakers and Clockmakers of Austrialia, Martin Foster 61
Who was the Big Ben Telescope Man?, Chris McKay 504-05
Wilding, John:
Making a Pinion by Hand Methods..18-19
Mechanical Dividing in the Lathe 226-8
Winding Keys 315-17
Winding Keys, John Wilding 315-17
Winding Up The Clock, Dr Bill Linnard 174-5
Horological Journal
BHI INDEX
BHI 150 Clock 155, 247,
BHI 150 Watch 373, 486
Branches:
Branch Officers’ Conference 181, 243, 249
Bristol Branch 38, 133, 181-2, 278, 312, 373,
516, 553
Cheltenham Branch 324-5
East of Scotland Branch 37, 86-7, 132, 181,
276, 538, 553
Ipswich Branch 36, 86, 112, 228, 267, 312, 555
Kent Branch 229, 276, 557
Leicester Branch 37, 181, 276, 324, 515, 553
Lincolnshire Branch 37, 132, 254, 326, 373,
537, 554
Manchester Branch 37, 109, 229, 326,
515-16, 536
Milton Keynes Branch 276, 423, 539, 554-5
North East Branch 277, 468, 552
Notts/Derby Branch 177, 230, 184
Oxford Branch 36, 134, 229, 278, 327,
514-15, 556
South London Branch 5, 36, 84, 133, 182,
229, 276-7, 327, 373, 410, 423, 441,
468-9, 514, 552, 556
South West Branch 132, 324, 469
Sussex Branch 183-4, 228, 276, 278, 374,
429, 555
Wessex Branch 36, 45, 86, 134, 230, 277-8,
326, 470
Yorkshire Branch 87, 182-3, 325, 470
Branch Talks and Demonstrations:
Barker, David, Edward East 470
Bartholomew, Norman The turret clock and tune
barrel at Willoughby, Warwickshire 324
Bennett-Levy, Michael, Restoration Techniques 86
Cobb, Ken, West Dean Clocks and Related
Dynamic Objects Course 228
Cooke,Oliver, The Life & Times of Edward East 36
Coote, Ian, Horological Tools 554-5
de Fossard, George:
Chronology of Clockmaking 132
Making a Replica half size Longcase
Clock 37-8
Downie, John, Swarf on My Mouse 278
Dyer, Paul, Balls and Powder 182
English, Giles, The Bremont Watch Company 556
Essen, Ray, Time, Past, Present and Future 129
Evans, Mike, Hirsch Watch Straps 181-2
Film: Watchmaker’s Apprentice 470
Fleming, Andrew, French clocks 134
Frost, Mike, The Rector of South Kilworth 37
Gale, Phil, Clocks and Time with Stories to Tell 469
Garner, Adrian, Polishing Metals 229
Gilchrist, Owen:
The IWC Calibre 71 Pocket Watch 133
The IWC fishtail Movement 324
Greg, Duncan, Clocks at Lyme Park 555-6
Gregory, Dr Martin, From Guns to Clocks and
Watches 230
Grimshaw, David, The Cuckoo Clock Museum 276
Hoare, Gordon, The Good, The Bad and
The Ugly 276
Hunt, Dr Hugh, Bounce, spin and vibration in the
physics of everyday items 228
James, Andrew, Of Clockwork and Shadows 277
King, Andrew, John Harrison’s Wooden
Clocks 229
Koullapis, Justin:
Tale of Two Tourbillons 373
The watch trade in the Old Bond Street area
of London 36
Lines, Sid:
Hints and Tips 325
Workshop Practice and Tips 229
Lobo, Dr Leon, and Whibberley, Peter, NPL Time
and Time Standards 129
Matthews, Len, Vincent Motorcycles 86
McEvoy, Rory:
An Extraordinary Day when Time and a
Pig Flew 423
Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson and the
Domestic Clock, 1768-1805 133
George Graham, watchmaker 276
Lord Nelson and the Domestic Clock 326
McQuater, Archie, Earth-centred Planetarium 276
Perry Smith, Chris, The renovation of a William
Stumbells 30 hour longcase clock 324
Platt, Nigel, The Clock that saved Great
Britain 423
Priestley, Philip:
The Impact of American Technology on the
English Watch Trade 324-5
Captain Cook’s voyage to Tahiti 36
Read, John, A Look at Watch Escapements through
the Ages 324
Read, Matthew:
Conservation and Restoration 183
West Dean College 327
Reynolds, Colin:
The Great George Liver Clock at Liverpool’s
Liver Building 278
Gents’ Liquid Level Recording Products 515
Horological Journal
Roberson, Paul:
Clockmakers at The Houses of
Parliament 373-4
Clocks at the Palace of Westminster 514-15
Rowling, Martin, Culworth turret clock 276-7
Schaffer, Simon, Clockwork Automata of the
Enlightenment 267
Shufflebotham, Paul, Coventry Watch Industry 132
Smith, Marion, Researching Clockmakers 228
Smith, Roger, Against all Odds (Beresford
Hutchinson Memorial Lecture) 514
Stables, Dave:
English Pocket Watches 277
The English Pocket Watch 468
Strachan, Ashley, Japanese Clocks 553
Stuart, Richard:
Clockmakers of the Naugatuck Valley 278
Clocks at No 10 325
Sunderland, William:
A one second verge pendulum clock 553
Early Clockwork c1580–1650 87
Taylor, Steve, Sonnerie Striking 229
Thomas, Steve, and Thomas, Darlah, Joyce of
Whitchurch 325
Treffry Tim, Advances in Watch Design 553-4
Vickery, Dr Bruce, The Speed of Light and Other
Stellar Effects 37
Walford, Ray, The Future of the BHI 373
White, Ian, Life and Collection of Gustav Loup 327
Worthington, David Atmos clocks 278
Wright, Jan, Electric Clocks 516
Young, Colin, and Mawer, Jan, Auctioneering
132-3
Education:
Certificates:
Conservation and Restoration 143
Repair of Clocks/Certificate in the Repair of
Watches 408
Repair, Restoration and Conservation of
Clocks/Watches 408, 410
clock and watch tutors 231
commercial clock and watch making 32
Conservation 33, 84, 260
Courses:
Basic Clock 143, 231, 518
Basic Hand Skills 143, 148
Basic Mechanical Watch 231, 372, 518
Basic Quartz Watch 372
Distance Learning 33, 52, 60-62, 64, 84,
124, 128, 143, 199, 206, 248, 246,
256, 258, 291, 306, 339, 408-09,
411, 454, 518, 537-8, 540, 550
Examination Practice 106, 160
Quartz Watch Servicing 160, 177, 408-09
Replacing damaged pivots 261
Service & Repair of Platform Escapements 52
Servicing a Single Train Clock 408-09
Watchmakers’ Lathe 177
Wheel and Pinion Cutting Course 517
Diplomas:
Servicing and Repair of Clocks and Watches
33, 84, 128, 291, 408-10, 551-2
Education Programme 531, 540
Examinations 408:
Examinations Board 409
Examiners’ Reports 409
Poole, David, Chief Examiner, 33, 60, 128,
176, 195, 291, 344, 408-09, 550-2
Examination Awards and Prizes:
Arthur Tremayne Memorial Prize 5, 410
Barrett Silver Medal 5, 75, 552
Beresford Hutchinson Prize 410, 552
British Watch and Clockmakers Guild
Prize 551-2
Bronze Medal 410, 551-2
Charles Dilley Memorial Prize 410
G K Hadfield Prize 410
Iain Campbell Memorial Prize 410
Malcolm Barratt Prize 410
standards and education 243
tutors 35, 143
Wigglesworth, Martin, Education
Director 552
Events:
Awards, Education and New Members Day 35,
393, 478 550-2
Fall Back Open Day 60, 536
Clockwork Automata Forum 64, 101, 173, 254
Precision Timekeeping Forum 173, 195, 318, 343
Turret Clock Forum 100
Forums 173, 243, 248
Grand Auction 318
Grand Raffle 312
Open Days 32
Spring Open Day 195
Summer Show 81, 130, 243, 257, 312,
318, 458
Youth Activities Day 112, 195, 249, 261, 419
Finance:
Accounts 173, 249, 272-5, 313
Annual Report 344
Auditors 173, 248, 272
Finance and Membership 249
Horological Journal 37, 59-61, 100-01, 118, 141, 150,
173, 176, 195, 219, 227, 233, 312, 243, 249,
254, 344, 387, 392-3, 404, 446, 462, 478,
483, 506, 518, 531, 540:
Authors’ Style Guide 435, 483
breach of copyright 488
changes to layout and style 435
Fitton, Barrie, Proof reader 254, 318, 436, 518
Foster, Martin, Fairs Correspondent 173,
219, 436
Hall, Jayne, Editor 60, 195, 233, 344, 374,
387, 404, 435-6, 483, 489, 518
Koullapis, Justin, Technical Editor 435-6, 483,
489, 518
Olivia, Harriet, Editorial Assistant 371-2, 418-19,
489, 518
typographic design 435
Letters to the Editor of Horological Journal:
A Matter of Bouyancy 441
A Truly Historic Day 391-2
Astronomical World Clock 199, 246
AWCI International Conference on Spare
Parts Distribution 342-3
Basic Hand Skills Course 148
Beware WD40 and Contact Protection 442
BHI 150 Flying Tourbillon watch 486
BHI AGM 344
Blueing Salts 246
Broken Mainsprings 438
C&H Cartwright Advertising Clock 438
Chronometer Boxes 100
Clock Synchronisation 148
Clockwork Art 200
Coda 438-9
Computer Security 100, 149
Computer Simulation 440-1 487-8
Constant Confusion 148
Cooke of York 246
Cutting Clock Hands 198
Dangers of the Horological Journal 392-3
Decoding Harrison 392, 441-2
Dial Deal – Help Needed! 52
Dynamic Stability – Is it a Myth? 439-40
Fixed Pivots with Rotating Bushes! 440
For the Record 35
Galileo 390
Galileo’s Pendulum Controlled Escapement
343-4, 534
Good Restoration 486
Has the Industry Hit a Destruct Button 342-3
HJ Ads do Sell 343
HJ Redesign Feedback 489-90
Horological Vandalism 52
Internal Threads 534
It’s Sales as well as Service 393
Japanese Clocks 441
John Ebsworth 100
John Jullion & Sons, of Brentford 294, 390
John Sleightholme 294
Learning at its Best! 52
Loctite Strength and Clearance 390-1
Loctite v Soft Solder 439
Missing Longcase 149
Ode to Winders 200
Pivot Steel 246-7
Precision Timekeeping Forum 343
Proposed Turret Clock Forum Cancelled 100
Quality Time Clock Courses 393
Shortening Bracelets 343
Siegfried Haller Clocks 198
Stolen – Can You Help? 52
The Clockmakers Outcry 199
The First Word 344
The ‘New’ Horological Journal 535
The Titanic’s Musical Pig 441
The Trammel of Archimedes 534-5
Tutor/Mentor Needed 246
Two Pendulum Wall Clock – The Latest
Developments 247
Upton Hall Project – Management
Thoughts 149
Vintage Rolex Watch Servicing 199, 247
VisSim 487
Watch Gadget 52
Watch Servicing 176
WD40 391
Well Done, perhaps? 486-7
Wooden Thing With A Handle 390
Working with Lead 35
Management:
Alcock, Ross, Director 243, 249, 272, 436
Annual General Meeting 173, 243, 248-9,
312-13
Armitage, Geoff, Director/Vice Chairman 60, 85,
181, 200, 243, 248, 272, 312, 319, 552
Articles of Association 173, 248, 312
Barnes, Hugh, Director 101, 243, 272, 312,
407, 436
Betts, Jonathan, Vice President 436
Board of Directors 60, 101, 118-19, 249, 313,
342, 344, 421, 436
December 2014 567
BHI INDEX (continued)
Management (continued):
Bray, Robert, Vice President 436
Cardew, Mike, Director 243, 272
Council 5, 37, 173, 243, 248
Directors 195, 243, 248
Elections to Council 173
Giles, Dudley, CEO & Company Secretary 32,
35, 37, 60-1, 100, 118, 149, 173, 195,
243, 219, 248, 254, 271-2, 313, 342,
419-20, 436, 489, 518, 531
Harris, Dennis, Vice President 436
Haward, Stella, Director 173, 195, 228, 243,
261, 272, 312, 318, 343, 419, 436
Haward, Stella, Vice Chairman 436
Koullapis, Justin, Director 36, 102, 199, 247,
249, 294, 312, 369, 373, 436
Lloyd Jones, Kenneth, Vice President 32, 436
Mellor, Ray, Vice President 436
Newman, Brian, Vice President 436
Randall, Anthony, President 32, 173, 195, 248,
312, 436, 478, 550-2
Snelling, Richard, Director 32, 243, 272,
436, 552
Standards portfolio 243, 248
Strachan, Ashley, Director / Vice Chairman 243,
249-50, 272, 312, 394, 398, 436
strategic planning 249
Taylor, Martin, former General Manager 15, 271
Thomas, R D, Director 272
Vice Chairmen 243, 248, 272, 436
Vice Presidents 32, 173, 195, 248, 436
Walford, Ray, Chairman 32, 35, 101, 173, 195,
219. 243, 254, 272, 312, 326, 344, 370,
373, 393, 407, 419, 436, 536-7, 550-2
Walker, Geoff, Director 195, 243, 249, 272,
312, 436, 552
Whyte, Philip Vice President 79, 128, 436
Wigglesworth, Martin, Director 243, 272, 436
Wright, Jan, Director 243, 254, 272, 318-19,
419, 436
Membership:
Associates 32, 101, 134, 184, 219, 228, 267,
327, 374, 423, 555
Honorary Member Award 101, 219, 516
Professional Members 33, 516
Special Awards 552
Standards Policy for professional membership 243
Students 372
Museum and Library 118, 312, 318, 339, 458,
541, 551:
Archives 119
Collection at Upton Hall 458, 536, 550
Conservation and Maintenance Group 536
Midleton Alan, Curator 339, 406-7 419, 436, 444,
458, 531, 536, 538, 540, 550, 552, 554
Thomas Miles Archive of Hands 107
Trust 32, 118-19, 149, 173, 195, 243, 248-9,
395, 406, 419, 444, 458, 460, 541, 554
Watch Gallery 551
Spare Parts Supply 38, 510
Upton Hall 33, 37, 60, 64, 109, 112, 118-19, 128, 133,
149, 165, 173, 177, 231, 243, 248-9, 2534, 261, 291, 312, 318, 339, 343, 349,
372, 393, 458, 518, 531
Heritage Enterprise Scheme 119
Bell, Maxine 106, 160, 393, 419, 436
classrooms 118
Clock Café 60, 143, 231, 312
Clock Workshop 13, 109, 118-19, 149, 312,
536, 538
Dickinson, Briony 419, 436
Examination Centre 408
Stable Block 119, 373
Keeper’s Flat 407
Heritage Lottery Fund 119
Horological Library 107, 119, 339, 419, 458
Perry, Zanna 35, 84, 101, 143, 177, 231,
249, 436
Volunteer Policy 32
volunteers 32, 243, 552
Watch Workshop 118-19, 313, 536, 538
Website 33, 195, 248-9, 312, 344, 488
INDEX OF BOOK REVIEWS BY TITLE, AUTHOR & REVIEWER
Anniversary Clock Identification, by Mervyn Passmore, reviewed by Colin Fergusson 116-17
Barnes, Nigel, and Jordan, Austin, Maintaining Longcase Clocks, reviewed by
Colin Fergusson 478
Canada’s Master Watchmaker Henry R Playtner, by Gary Fox 165
Cousins UK 2014 Wholesale Catalogue, reviewed by Colin Fergusson 117
Edwards, John, editor, Holtzapffel Volume VI, reviewed by Malcolm Wild 116
Evans, Carter, and Wright, Thomas Tompion - 300 Years, reviewed by Andrew King
207-09
Evans, Geoffrey, Time, Time And Time Again 271
Fergusson, Colin, review of:
The Origins of Self-Winding Watches, by Richard Watkins 164
Anniversary Clock Identification, by Mervyn Passmore 116-17
Cousins UK 2014 Wholesale Catalogue 117
Maintaining Longcase Clocks, Nigel Barnes and Austin Jordan 478
Mayet Morbier Comtoise, Leonard van Veldhoven 314
Finnemore and Hohmann, Stretch – American Family of Clockmakers, reviewed by
Alan Midleton 210-11
Fox, Gary, Canada’s Master Watchmaker Henry R Playtner 165
Halloran, David, review of The Mariner’s Chronometer, by W J Morris 117
Holtzapffel Volume VI, edited byJohn Edwards, reviewed by Malcolm Wild 116
Joyce of Whitchurch, by Steve & Darlah Thomas, reviewed by Chris McKay 65
King, Andrew, review of Thomas Tompion - 300 Years, Evans, Carter and Wright 207-09
McKay, Chris, review of Joyce of Whitchurch, by Steve & Darlah Thomas 65
Maintaining Longcase Clocks, Nigel Barnes and Austin Jordan, reviewed by
Colin Fergusson 478
Mariner’s Chronometer, by W J Morris, reviewed by David Halloran 117
Mayet Morbier Comtoise, Leonard van Veldhoven, reviewed by Colin Fergusson 314
Midleton, Alan, review of Stretch – American Family of Clockmakers, Finnemore and
Hohmann, 210-11
Morris, W J, The Mariner’s Chronometer, reviewed by David Halloran 117
Origins of Self-Winding Watches, by Richard Watkins, reviewed by Colin Fergusson 164
Passmore, Mervyn, Anniversary Clock Identification, reviewed by Colin Fergusson 116-17
Stretch – American Family of Clockmakers, Finnemore and Hohmann, reviewed by Alan
Midleton 210-11
Thomas Tompion - 300 Years, Evans, Carter and Wright, reviewed by Andrew King 207-09
Thomas, Steve & Darlah, Joyce of Whitchurch, reviewed by Chris McKay 65
Time, Time And Time Again, Geoffrey Evans 271
Van Veldhoven, Leonard, Mayet Morbier Comtoise, reviewed by Colin Fergusson 314
Watkins, Richard The Origins of Self-Winding Watches, reviewed by Colin Fergusson 164
Wild, Malcolm, review of Holtzapffel Volume VI, ed byJohn Edwards 116
INDEX OF CLOCKMAKERS AND WATCHMAKERS
Add Inc. Ltd 510
Alcock, Ross 107, 143, 148, 195, 198, 261
Aleksandrovich, Andrei, of Moscow 120
Allnutt, Geoff / John 58, 128, 189
American Watch Company, of Waltham, Massachusetts
345
Anderson, Gibson 80
Andrew, Colin 156
Andrewes, Will 253, 348-9
Anglo American Company 325
Anglo Celtic, Ystradgynlais 271
Ansonia 184, 278
Antel J, of Bruenn 516
Arbutus, of New York 511
Armitage, Paul 85
Arnfield, Jim 84, 195, 261, 298, 312, 350,
355, 459, 536, 538
Arnold, John 337, 341, 355, 384
Arpels, Julien / Louis / Salomon 262-3
Astron 218
ATO 134
Auguste, of Paris 310
Avery Dennison 325
Avery, Andrew, of Paul’s Alley, London 413
Ayres, E H 141
Azzopardi, Spiridion 120, 123
Badische 117
Bailey, Keith 86
Barlow 277
Barnet, John 263
Barraud, Paul Philip, of Cornhill, London 52, 162
Bateman, Douglas 173, 195, 318-19, 343
Baume & Mercier 114, 126
Beckingham, Michael 45, 147, 150, 153, 192, 202
Beeson, C F C 294
Beeton, Edward Abraham 165
Belling, John, of Bodmin 366
Bennett-Levy, Michael 86
Benson, John, of Whitehaven 36, 325
Bentley, Francis R 165
Berthound, Ferdinand 277, 452
Betts, Jonathan 4, 5, 253, 255, 349, 360, 392,
406, 486, 555
Binder, Joseph 132
Blumenthal, H & J, of Constantinople 21
Bolviller 311
Borrell 469
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Boston Watch Company 324-5
Botham, Tony 252
Boulton, Matthew, Soho Manufactory, Birmingham 133
Bowell, G B 65
Bradley, Langley 390
Brady, Paul 267
Braun, Mark 269
Breguet, of Paris 84, 218, 223, 277, 310,
345, 373, 394, 398
Breitling 21
Bremont Watch Company 446-7, 556
Britten, Frederick James 302, 339
Britton, Dr David 404
Brockbanks 68
Broderick, Alan 406
Brown, H L, Sheffield 324
Brown, Ray 231
Bryson 87
Büsser, Maximilian194, 197, 240
Bull, John 52
Bullnheimer & Co, Augsbur 169
Bulova 126, 326
Burgess, Martin 253, 348-9, 369, 391-2, 440, 468,
486
Burtoft, Alan 393, 550, 552
Burton, Jon 312-13
Campbell and Archard 132
Campini 301, 303
Capt, Jules Philippe 356
Carte, John 132
Cartier 114, 167, 357, 510
Cattle, John 553
Catureglie, Sigismond, of Lucca, Italy 381
Chance, of Chepstow 133
Chapelle, Ken 181
Charles Frodsham & Co 253, 348, 369
Chopard 38
Chronoswiss 216, 218
Clare, P, of Manchester 20
Claret, Christophe 269
Clarke and Jones 546
Closon, Peter 87
Clutton, Sam 305
Cockey 277
Cole, of Stowey 141
Comber, Richard, of Lewes 225
CompliTime 262
Cooke, of York 36, 246, 326
Cooper, Thomas Frederick 262
Coote, Ian 110, 112, 228
Cope, of Nottingham 321
Coster, Salomon 303, 416
Cottingham, E T 130
Cotton, Keith 326
Couet, Maurice 357
Coventry Watch Movement Company 132
Crabtree, Geoffrey 20, 223, 310-11
Cradock, Paul 407
Crispin, Frank 195
Dahndel, Gunter 289, 293, 296, 336
Dallison, Andrew 307
Daniels, George 5, 141, 255, 295, 305, 307,
319, 324, 435, 470, 514, 551
Darken, Jeff 229
Darnell, Ray 86, 195, 261
Davis, Samuel 20
De Carle, Donald 141, 199
De Fossard, George 132
Deacon, Frederick / John 156-60
Deacon, Samuel, of Barton-in-the-Beans, Leics 156,
159, 160
DeLaneau 38
Denison, Sir Edmund Beckett 35, 278, 373, 459
Dennison Watchcase Company 324-5
Dent, E J 124, 162, 154-5, 161, 320, 469
Desbois & Wheeler, of Gray’s Inn Passage 417
Dias, Carlos 83
Dible, Thomas, Cross Church, Hants 309
Dorsch, Martin 349
Drocourt 225, 311, 416
Droz, Jaquet 327
Dubey, Georges 163
Dubuis, Roger 83, 114, 164, 166
Dufour, Philippe 38
Dumelow, Graham of Nottingham 177
Dykes Brothers, of Glasgow 181
Earnshaw 21
East, Edward, of Fleet Street, London 36, 175, 470
Ebstein, Oliver 218
Ebsworth, John, of London 100
Egan, Bob 143, 148, 326
Ehrhardt, William, of Birmingham 325
Ehrismann, Ralph 345
Elgin Watch Company, of Chicago 345
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INDEX OF CLOCKMAKERS AND WATCHMAKERS (continued)
Elliot, F W 423
Elliott, Peter 312
Emery, Josiah, of Geneva and London 356
English Watch Company 325
English, Giles / Nick 446
Essen, Louis / Ray 54-6, 129, 148
ETA 218, 342, 393, 446-7
European Watch & Clock Co Inc 357
Evans, William Frederick & Son, of
Handsworth, Birmingham 133, 322
Fasoldt 324
Fedchenko 318, 348
Fennell, of London 149
Fergusson, Colin 22, 70, 117, 130, 154-5, 173, 179,
198, 195, 314, 318, 343, 348, 392, 439
Finhor 262
Finney, of Liverpool 277
Firth, Trent 61
Flannery, Mike 45, 59, 79, 93, 141, 189, 237, 285,
333, 381, 429, 466
Fleming, Andrew 134
Ford, Sue 555
Forsey, Stephen 262
Foster, Martin 35, 38, 60-1, 114, 166, 216, 219, 268-9
Fraser, Paul 65, 325
Frodsham 231, 357, 468, 514, 547
Fromanteel, Ahasuerus 36, 175, 321, 374, 445, 555
Fry, R H 344
Gagneux, Stephan 14
Gale, Phillip 132, 254, 469
Ganthony, of Cheapside, London 162
Garner, Adrian 229
Garnier, Paul 310-11
Gatto, Martin 36, 412, 486
Gauthier, Romain 38
Gent, Eric 555
Gent, of Leicester 134, 278, 516
Gibbons, Guy 33, 38, 66, 69, 100, 124, 161, 206,
212, 256, 306, 350-3, 368, 390, 411
Gilchrist, Owen 38, 133, 312, 324
Gill, William, of Maidstone 285, 512
Gillett & Johnston 65
Girard-Perregaux 38
Goff, Len 66
Gould, Cdr. Rupert 5, 70, 349, 369, 448
Gould, Christopher 555
Graham, George 37, 107, 253, 276-7, 348-9
Greg, Duncan 555
Gretton, Richard 182
Greubel, Robert 114-15, 262
Gribelin, Nicholas, of Paris 263
Griffiths, John 307
Grimthorpe, Lord 35, 278, 373, 459
Grobet 151
Grossmann, of Glashütte 345
Gucci 312
Habring2 38
Hackett, Richard, of Harringworth 225
Hadwen, Isaac, of Sedbergh 265
Haenggi, Urs, of Nunningen 346
Haggar, Arthur 264
Haine, John 173, 195, 319, 343
Haller, Siegfried 117, 198
Halloran, David 117
Halter, Vianney 38
Hamer, Dave 134
Hamilton, Donald 82, 100, 133
Hamilton, of Lancaster, USA 416
Hamshere, Alan 252
Hanbury, John 318, 324
Hardin, Joshua, of London 385, 389
Harding, Keith 5, 370
Harrison, David 343
Harrison, John 4, 21, 70, 130, 179, 229, 253, 276,
343, 348-9, 369, 374, 391-2, 394, 439-40,
444-5, 448, 468, 478, 486, 490, 496-501,
550
Harrocks, Joshua, of Lancaster 417
Harwinton 278
Hewitt, Charles 325
Hewitt, Joseph 325
Hillman, Steve 82, 126, 162, 262, 308, 356
Hindley, Henry, of York 20, 183, 417
Hipkiss, Richard, of Birmingham 133
Hobbins, Jeremy 552
Hobden, Mervyn 253, 312-13, 343, 349, 439, 488
Ho-him, Leung 511
Holloway, William, of London 21
Honeybone, Thomas, of Brentford 294
Hooke, Robert 207-08, 303, 348
Hoptroff, Richard 371
Horan, Robert 62, 104, 176, 258, 358, 438
Houghton, Colin 195
Howard, E & Co, Boston, Mass 345
Howells & Jamison 162
Howlet and Horn 327
Huet, Joseph 132
Hughes, H & Son Ltd, of London 20-1
Hutchinson, Beresford 320
Huygens, Christiaan 163, 207-08, 277, 302, 348, 374,
391, 394, 553
Ingold, Pierre 110, 555
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International Watch Company (IWC) 14, 21, 114-15,
324, 326, 345-6, 399-403, 510
Invicta 446
Irving, Phil 86
Isaacs, Elliott 155
Jacklin, Norman 312, 536
Jackson, J & J, London 309
Jaeger-LeCoultre 114, 167, 278, 308, 324, 326, 355
James Andrew /, of Edinburgh 53, 277
Janvier, Antide 483, 506, 508
Japy 311
Jaquet-Droz, Pierre 82
Jarvis, Roland 226
Jefferys, John 448
Johns, Grenville 182, 552
Jones, Florentine Aristo 345
Joyce, Arthur 326
Joyce, J B & Co, of Whitchurch 65, 246, 325-665
Joyce, James / John / Norman 65
Joyce, Thomas / William, of Wrexham 65
Jullion, John, & Sons 294
Junghans, Schramberg, Germany 168, 296
Ka-sing, Li 511
Keegan, Tom 261, 393
Keen, Steven 79
Kenney, Vivian C 60-1
King, Andrew 130, 207, 229, 253, 348
Kirova 117
Knibb, John / Joseph 82-3, 107, 143, 175, 184, 460
Knowles Brown, Hampstead 406
L’Epée 194, 197, 240
Laco 415
Lancashire Watch Company 52, 325
Lancaster and Son 52
Lange and, Söhne, of Glashutte 38, 114-15, 148,
415, 554
Lauren, Ralph 114
Laycock, William 253, 349
Le Roy & Fils 132
Leach, Benjamin 134
Lees, Jno, of Middleton 20
Leutmann 277
Lindley, Thomas, of Leicester 160
Lindsey, John, of Nayland, Suffolk 264-6
Lines, Sid 229, 325, 557
Linnard, Dr Bill 174, 199
Longines 276
Loomes, Robert, of Stamford 53, 295
Loveday, Malcom 129
Lowe, Chris 87, 553
Ludlum, Rev William 226
Maconochie, Ian 252
Maestoso 269
Mainman, William, of Yorkshire 72-5
Margaine 311
Margetts, George 68
Matthey & Compe 416
Mauboussin 262
Maudsley, Paul 150
Mayet 314
Mayhew, William, of Woodbridge 308
McEvoy, Rory 133, 173, 195, 253, 276, 318, 326,
343, 348, 391, 393, 423, 441, 551, 556
McKay, Chris 4, 35, 59, 65, 320, 322, 407, 486,
491 ,504
McQuater, Archie 241, 245, 250-2, 276, 288
Mellor, Frank 36
Mercer, Thomas / Tony 21, 66, 224, 306
Merlin, Joseph 254
Miles, Tommy 198, 246
Mille, Richard 262
Miller, Leonard 264
Minerva Manufacture 114
Montblanc Manufacture, of Villeret 114
Moore, John and Sons, of Clerkenwell 461
Moore, William, of London 21
Moorhouse, John 28, 76, 254, 270, 333
Movado 415
Mudge, Thomas 133, 161, 253, 277, 324, 356, 445
Muller, Franck 83
Murphy, John 106, 160, 231
Naeschke, Matthias 218
Naylor, Peter 551
Nicole & Capt / Charles 356
Nielson and Co 356
Nivarox 218
Nok-yiu, Wan 511
Nomos, of Glashütte 218, 269
Norcliff, Thomas 20
Northern, William, of Hull 133
Öchslin, Ludwig 554
Ochs und Junior 554
Officine Panerai 114, 308
Olsen, Jens 277
Omega 126-7, 342, 356, 415, 446
Osborne. Clive 227
Oudin, Charles 277
Overton, Thomas 160
Pace, John, of Bury St. Edmonds 82
Panerai 166, 308
Pannell, Hugh / Joshua, of Northallerton 201
Parker, Benjamin, of Bury St. Edmonds 82
Parker, Jon 552
Parmigiani Fleurier 114, 167
Parry, Jack 129
Patek Philippe 36, 82-3, 126, 216, 223, 258-61, 268,
294, 356, 415, 493, 514, 542, 547
Payne, John, of London 127
Penlington, Josh, of Liverpool 224
Perregaux, Girard 148
Perrelet, Abram Louys 164
Perry Smith, Chris 324
Philipson, Henry 133
Phillips, John 79, 270
Piaget 114, 167, 373, 510, 554
Piguet, Audemars 114, 166, 308, 554
Piguet, Victorin 547
Pipes, Malcolm 38, 149
Platt, E, of Prescot 52
Playtner, Henry R 165
Poinçon de Genève 167
Porton, Mathew 551
Potts, of Leeds 360
Pratt, Alan / David / Derek 8, 148, 254, 369
Priestley, Philip 324-5
PTS Resources Ltd, of Honkong 150
Pyke, George 418
Quare, Daniel 277
Raspe, Gerry 87
Rawlings, A L 141
Reed, John / Matthew 132, 183, 254, 327, 418, 556
Reeve, Claude B 539
Renata 342
Reutter, Jean Leon 278
Réymond, Jean-Georges, Geneva 82
Reynolds, Colin / John 181, 278, 404, 412, 453, 494
Richard Mille 114
Richemont Group 83, 114, 217, 308, 393, 510
Rietmann, René 13
Rittenhouse, David 277
Roberson, Paul 312, 373, 514-15, 551-2
Roberts, Benjamin / Peter 182, 446
Robey, John 72, 75, 285, 362
Robin, Robert 166
Robinson, Ross 61
Rochat, Ami-Napoléon / Les Frères / Louis / Pierre 82
Rogers, Richard 36
Rol 199, 216, 223
Rolex 21, 24, 26, 36, 62, 104, 126, 176,247, 267,
308, 415, 446, 514, 547
Romer, Ole 37
Rondo 38
Rooney, David 4, 305
Rose, Ron 514
Roskoph, George Frederick 276, 324
Rotherham, of Coventry 132, 325
Russell, Jacob 128
Saff, Don 253
Salzar, Leonard 498
Sanders, Nick 181
Sanderson, John, of Wigton 265
Sattler, Erwin 216, 218
Schaldenbrand, René 163
Schmidt, Frank 496
Scobie-Youngs, Keith, Cumbria Clock Company 321-22,
360, 491
Seabrook, Tony 173, 195, 318-19, 393, 551
Seeland, Frederick Francis 345
Seiko 218, 268, 326, 398
Selfe, of Greenwich 491
Selley, Mervyn 177
Seyffer, David 345
Shepherd, Charles 6
Shortt 318, 460
Shrouder, Paul 52, 177, 195, 231, 312, 517, 552
Shufflebotham, Paul 132
Silverstone, Graham 269
Simcock, Henry, Daintree 417
Simon, Louis, of Geneva 381
Sinclair Harding 218
Siu-hung, Tang 511
Sleightholme, John, of Clerkenwell 294
Smith of Derby 53, 65, 143, 229, 312, 326, 371,
491, 537
Smith, David / Gary / John 35, 181, 295
Smith, Roger, of Isle of Man 53, 97, 99, 102, 144, 255,
307, 324, 333, 393, 470, 514, 536, 550-1
Smith, S, and Son 223
Smith, Wu, of Musselburgh 416
Smith’s English Clocks, Ltd, London 233
Snow, William 183
Snowe, Nicholas, of Salisbury 87
Söhnle, Bruno 168
Speake-Marin 268
Spicer, David 38
Squires, Jan 132
St Honore 216
Stables, Dave 468
Stamper, Francis, of Lumbard Street, London 20
Stephens, Jo 261
Stevenson, Roger 348
Strehler, Andreas 269
Stretch, Peter / Thomas / William, Philadelphia 210-11
Strutt 276
December 2014 569
INDEX OF CLOCKMAKERS AND WATCHMAKERS (continued)
Stumbells, William, of Devon 324
Su Song 324
Sunderland, William 87, 553
Sutcliffe, Denis 57
Swatch Group 38, 114, 217-18, 314, 342, 393,
447, 510
Swensen, Rex 17
Synchronome 181, 327, 442, 516
Szychlinski, Grzegorz 173, 195, 318-19
TAG-Heuer 393
Taisuke, Someya 397
Tavernicus 412
Taylor, Dr John / Steve 374
Ter Kuile, Marc 31
Theile 276
Thomas, Seth / Steve 4, 65, 80, 397, 423
Thomaston 278
Thornton, W John 156
Thuret, Isaac 553
Thwaites & Reed 65, 294, 321, 390
Thwaites, Ainsworth (Aynsworth) / John 81, 390
Timmins, Alan 155
Tissot 446
Tompion and Banger 133
Tompion, James 207
Tompion, Thomas 4, 49, 51, 96, 101, 107, 133, 165,
184, 207-09, 263, 276-7, 324, 326, 348,
394, 444, 459, 555
Tremont and Melrose Watch Company 325
Tschopp, Louis 346-7
Tudor 38
Turner, David 134
Ulysse Nardin 554
Urwerk 554
Vacheron Constantin 114-15, 177
Vale, Samuel 132
Van Cleef & Arpels 38, 114, 262-3
Van Cleef, Alfred 262
Van der Meijden, Adrian 345
Viet, Claude 555
Virgo, B L, Staines 416
Vogel, Johan 346
Voutilainen 38
Vulliamy, Benjamin Lewis 35, 86, 325, 515
Wainman, William, of Hessle, Yorkshire 72
Walker, Geoff 536
Walker, Stuart 72
Walsh, Colin 70, 130, 496
Walter, David 483, 506
Waltham Watch Company 324-5, 438
Wapping, of Liverpool 68
Wasdell, Adam 223, 225
Waterbury 278
Watkins, William, of Abergavenny 183
Watkinson, Peter 469
Watson, Samuel, of Coventry 132
Webster 263
Webster, Richard / William, of London 263
Weil, Raymond 100
Welbourne, James 312, 486
Whichcote, Samuel 325
White, Steve 312, 373
Whyte, Philip 514
Wild, J Malcolm 66, 226, 317, 455, 494
Wilding, John 132, 226, 303, 315-17, 350, 393,
404, 440, 442
Wiles, Mark 84
Willcocks, Daniel, of Aldersgate Street, London 162
Williams, John, of Denbigh 263
Williamson 277
Wills, Peter 33
Wilsdorf, Hans 126
Wilson 157-8
Wilson, James / Richard 157-8, 224
Woodvine, Keith 35
Woodward 343
Woolley, James, of Codnor 20
Worthington, David 278
Wright, B & Co. Birmingham 133
Wright, Jan 516
Würth 117
Yates, Thos 52
Young, Henry 555
Zenith 38, 514
French clock 45, 76, 109, 111, 353, 362-7, 365
French lantern clock 362
French posted-frame clock 362-7
French wall clock 221
fusee wall clock 200, 309
Gents Pulsynetic clock system 515
glass clock 200
gothic house clock 5
Graham equation clock 277
grasshopper Chronophage clock 4, 374, 445
gravity clock 326
Great Clock at the Palace of Westminster (Big Ben) 1, 3,
35, 48, 80, 373, 390, 459, 515
Great George Liver Clock 278
Greenwich ‘Six Pips’ Time Machine 318
Greenwich Time Machine 551
Greenwich Time Signal equipment 271
Grzegorz Szychlinski’s pendulum clock 319
Guildford Town Clock 371
Gurney Clock 253, 348-9
hanging clock 303
Harrison clocks 70, 130, 133, 155, 173, 179, 233,
253, 276, 318, 348, 369, 440-2, 445, 4489, 478, 486, 496-8, 501, 514, 539, 544,
550
hooded wall clock 225
hoop and spike clock 327, 417
Huyghens pendulum clock 303
hydrogen maser clock 129
hydro-mechanical astronomical clock 324
impulse clock system 181
incense sand clock 395
incense stick clock 395
ion trap clock 129
iron clock 75
isochronal clock 448
Italian lantern clock 362
Jaeger mystery clock 355
Japanese clock 132, 394-7, 441
japanned clock 133
Jefferys’ Watch 448
lantern clock 4, 20, 36-7, 72, 75, 87, 109, 127, 132-4,
143, 163, 174-5, 182, 184, 198-9, 201,
264-6, 322, 362, 367, 394-5, 397, 554
longcase clock 209, 225, 229, 263-5, 277, 285, 294,
308-09, 325-6, 337, 341, 353, 355, 384,
392, 407, 417, 429, 445, 460-1, 467-8,
470, 478, 503, 512-13, 515-16, 544, 553-5
Lord Grimthorpe clock 65
lunar clock 52
mantel clock 76, 127, 162, 263, 276, 308
Margate Jubilee Clock 360
Margate Time Ball 360
marine chronometer 5, 66, 69, 84, 117, 224, 263,
277, 306, 310, 353, 355, 357, 374, 416,
444-5, 448
master clock 6, 134, 155, 181, 373, 515- 16
Middleton Stony clock 390
Millennium Clock 155, 554
monastic clock 123
Monastic Tower Clock 120-3, 170-2
month-going clock 199, 201, 337, 341, 355, 384
Morbier clock 314
Mudge timekeepers 162
music box 5
musical automata clock 469
musical automaton snuff box / timepiece 308
musical clock 134, 211, 308, 325, 418, 469, 539, 555
mystery clock 132
night clock 36
Normandy timepiece alarm 366
Northallerton clock 201
novelty clock 396-7
observatory regulator 184
optical ion atomic clock 129
organ clock 418
Oriel House clock 370
orrery 37, 87, 246, 250-2
owl clock 132, 397
Pendule de Paris 362, 366
pillar clock 395, 416
plasma dial clock 52
portable clock 56, 277
posted-frame clock 362-7
precision clock 173, 218, 486
projecting drum clock 491
Ptolemaic Planetarium 241, 245, 250-2, 288
pulsar clock 173
Pump House clock, Bath 277
Pyke clock 327
pyramid stand clock 396
quarter repeating clock 101
quarter striking clock 211
quartz clock 5, 8-10, 55, 403, 515
radio-regulated clock 5
railway clock 65, 189, 200, 309
regulator clock 16, 34, 37, 124, 132, 184, 225, 315,
317, 319, 348, 362, 373, 385, 389, 392,
397, 404, 453, 460, 486, 494, 546
Renaissance clock 87
Reynolds regulator 453
Riefler clock 5
Royal Air Force Operations Room clock 423
Salisbury Cathedral clock 278
Sattler Maxima Secunda clock 216
school clock 189
sector clock 423
Seiko wall clock 398
Seth Thomas wall clock 397, 423
shaku-dokei clock 396
Shepherd master clock 6
ships clock 327
sidereal clock 52
skeleton clock 37-8, 82, 132, 416, 539
Smiths car clock 327
Speaking Clock 271, 349, 461, 551, 554
spring clock 209
St Andrews tower clock, Panteleimon, Greece 120-3,
220-2
standard clock 9
Stanford University Tower Clock, California 80
Starfleet Machine table clock 194, 197, 240
Strutt epicyclic clock 276
Sydney Government Buildings clock 65
Synchronome master clock 155, 181
synchronous electric clock 233
table clock 21, 49, 51, 96, 101, 132, 182, 194, 197,
209, 240, 481, 483, 506, 528
tall case clock 210-11
tavern clock 134, 199, 412-14
telegraph dial clock 200
telescope clock 246
temporal clock 395
time ball 6, 360
time bomb clock 198
time recorder 438
Tompion and Banger No 443 clock 133
Tompion regulator 385, 389
Tower of the Hours clock, Lucca, Italy 381
Trinity College clock, Cambridge 229
INDEX OF CLOCKS
advertising clock 381, 438
alarm clock 5, 35, 134, 276
American clock 52, 184, 278
anaphoric clock 324
anisochronal clock 448
anniversary clock 116-17, 198
Ascot Racecourse clock 65
astrolabe 324
astronomical clock 5, 69, 199, 226-7, 246, 324
astronomical shaku dokei clock 397-8
Atmos clock 278
atomic clock 3-4, 5, 9-10, 54, 56-7, 80, 129, 459
automata clock 134, 201, 308, 327, 469
balance wheel clock 362, 442
Batchwood House clock 65
Big Ben 1, 3, 35, 48, 81, 129, 233, 312, 374, 504-05
Birmingham University clock 65
Black Forest clock 132, 276
bracket clock 4, 82-3, 100, 134, 162, 209, 224, 294,
326, 368, 373, 417, 466-7, 555
Brighton time ball 360
Brillie electric clock 391, 516
Brocklesby Park clock 348
Brocot escapement clock 326
Bulle electric clock 391, 462-5, 516
Burgess Clock A 348-9
Burgess Clock B 348-9, 369, 391-2, 442, 468, 486
caesium atomic clock 9, 129, 459
car clock 327
carriage clock 20, 111, 112, 132, 143, 155, 206,
225, 228-9, 309-11, 326-7, 362, 409-10,
416
chamber clock 301, 303
Chester Eastgate clock 65
Chester Savings Bank clock 65
chronometer 20-1, 460, 468
Chronophage clock 4, 374, 445
clock garniture 417
commemoration clock 381
Comtoise clock 14, 314, 362, 365
continuous motion clock 65
country made clock 362
cuckoo clock 5, 276
Customs Building clock, Shanghai 65
deck watch 5, 416
desk clock (pendulette) 357
director’s clock 326
domestic pendulum clock 374
double foliot lantern clock 395, 432
double pendulum clock 13, 173, 319, 481, 483,
506, 528
double sided projecting clock 381
drop dial wall clock 263, 309, 416
ebony veneered spring clock 133
echo clock 276
electric clock 6, 134, 155, 181, 227, 233, 391, 403,
423, 440, 444, 462-5, 516
English Dial clock 225, 416
English Regulator 317
Essen ring quartz clock 9
Eureka electric clock 391
European clocks 441
experimental clock 13
Fedchenko clock 348
first pendulum-clock 163
floor clock 218
flying clock 56-7, 148
four glass clock 162
free pendulum clock 173
free pendulum gravity impulse clock 318
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INDEX OF CLOCKS (continued)
turret clock 4,5, 35, 52, 65, 80-1, 87, 93, 100, 112,
120-3, 143, 170-2, 195, 200, 209, 220-2,
229, 232, 294, 320, 326, 246, 261, 276-7,
360, 373, 381, 390, 439, 441, 461, 469,
486, 491, 516
varying hours clock 395
verge foliot clock 394
verge pendulum clock 553
Vienna Regulator 16, 397
Vulliamy regulator 515
wa-dokei Japanese clock 395, 397
waiting train clock 278
wall clock 5, 86-7, 175, 189. 200, 218, 221, 226,
247, 309, 398
wall hanging regulator 132
waricoma dial clock 396
water clock 324, 395, 397
Westminster clock 278
wooden clock 395
wooden regulator 392
world clock 199
yagura dokei clock 396-7
year going table clock 218
zodiac clock 52
full hunter pocket watch 162, 223, 415-16
German Air Force watch 347
GPS watch 218
grande complication watch 218
Graves Supercomplication watch 493
Great Britain watch 97, 99, 102-3, 144, 393, 536, 551
Gucci Ladies watch 312
hunting-case watch 262
Illinois Bunn Special pocket watch 358
IWC pocket watch 133, 399-403
Japanese pocket watch 385, 389
Junghans Chronoscope watch 168
LED watch 132
Longines pocket watch 276
luxury watch 420
military watch 308, 326
minute repeater watch 82, 132, 166-7, 217
minute tourbillion watch 357
money clip watch 82
moonphase watch 115, 356, 415, 554
Mudge ‘Green’ watch 369
Mudge and Dutton pocket watch 133
musical watch 327
Nanowatch 511
navigation watch 403
novelty watch 373
Omega Seamaster watch 126
Omega Speedmaster watch 126, 415
open face pocket watch 224, 309, 356
ornamental watch 115
pair case pocket watch 52, 162, 309
Panerai Luminor watch 308
Parmigiani Résonance watch 167
Patek Philippe Henry Graves Supercomplication watch
547
Patek Philippe Nautilus watch 36
Piaget Altiplano watch 167, 554
pocket watch 14, 21, 35, 52, 133, 148, 162, 195,
200, 223-4, 258-61, 276-7, 307, 309, 345-
6, 347, 356, 358, 385, 389, 397, 398-403,
402-03, 409, 415-16, 423, 438, 514, 554
quartz watch 106, 218, 509
Queen Charlotte’s lever escapement watch 369
rack lever watch 52
radio controlled watch 54, 218
remontoire tourbillon watch 148
repeating watch 218, 356
retrograde date watch 356
retrograde hours watch 262
Reverso Night and Day wristwatch 163
Rolex Air watch 126
Rolex Milgauss watch 36
Rolex Oyster watch 21, 24-6, 36, 62, 223
Roskopf pocket watch 276
Royal Navy watch 347
Seiko Astron watch 268
self-winding watch 115, 164, 217-18, 268
singing bird snuff watch 82
skeletonised tourbillon wristwatch 262
slow beat watch 52
smart watch 509-10
Smiths pocket watch 326
St Honore Carrousel watch 216
stopwatch 114
subscription watch 277
Terraluna watch 148
Theile pocket watch 276
TimeWalker Chronograph watch 114
Timex watch 246
Tompion watch 208
tourbillion watch 114-15, 148, 150, 166-7, 217, 262,
357, 554
tuning fork watch 126-7, 326
Urwerk EMC watch 554
verge watch 21, 84
watch with hydro-mechanical display 554
water resistant watch 168-9, 216
world time wristwatch 83
452, 478, 516, 546
double wheel escapement 324, 397, 554
Downie gravity escapement 278
duplex escapement 277
Earnshaw escapement 21
four legged gravity escapement 65
Galileo`s escapement 18, 301-05, 390, 534
Graham deadbeat escapement 16, 80, 216, 253,
276, 355
grasshopper escapement 4, 86, 253, 278, 318, 349,
391, 445, 448, 500
Grimthope gravity escapement 278
Harrison’s double compound grasshopper escapement 278
Karrusel escapement 324
Knibb’s experimental escapement 460
Lepaute constant force escapement 506
lever escapement 21, 165, 216, 224, 269, 277, 304,
310-11, 324, 356, 369, 373, 438, 550
Mudge gravity escapement 161
Nomos escapement 269
Ormskirk escapement 277
Piguet escapement 166
pin pallet escapement 198, 324
pinwheel escapement 302, 320
pivoted detent escapement 302, 356, 481, 483, 528
platform escapement 52, 231, 251, 311, 409, 416, 438
Robin escapement 166
temperature compensated escapement 310
three legged gravity escapement 65, 93, 229, 321,
370, 373
tic tac escapement 324
tourbillon escapement 150, 153, 324, 373
verge and foliot escapement 87, 302, 322, 395
verge escapement 21, 49, 51, 87, 96, 162, 184, 224,
263, 277, 302-03, 309, 324, 362, 385, 389,
394-5, 416, 553
Vigule escapement 324
INDEX OF WATCHES
Anglo-Celtic watch 271
anti-magnetic watch 36
Astron GPS solar watch 218
automata pocket watch 21
automatic watch 21, 83, 162-4, 167, 176, 216, 223,
433, 435
aviator watch 126, 296, 415
basic mechanical watch 289, 293, 296, 336
Benson gold half hunter 36
BHI 150th anniversary watch 373, 486
Breguet pocket watch 398
Breitling Navytimer watch 21
Bremont Codebreaker watch 433, 435, 447
Bremont MBIII watch 435, 479
brooch watch 114
B-Uhren watch 402, 415
Bunn pocket watch 438
calendar watch 36, 83, 115, 162, 223, 356
camera watch 162
centre second pocket watch 223
chiming watch 327
chronograph watch 5, 21, 84, 114, 163, 217, 247,
268-9, 433, 435, 446
clown watch 134
crazy hours watch 36
cylinder watch 356
Daniels pocket watch 307
Daniels, Millennium watch 356
diamond set wrist watch 126
dive watch 114
double dialled wristwatch 356
double tourbillon watch 166, 262
dual-time watch 308, 510-11
electronic watch 177
engine made watch 346
flat pocket watch 347
flyback chronograph watch 163
flying tourbillon watch 167
football watch 371
INDEX OF ESCAPEMENTS
Airy’s escapement 343
anchor escapement 20-1, 65, 82, 184, 263, 265, 303,
305, 322, 362, 365, 371, 416-17, 439,
452, 478
Arnfield rotating gravity arm escapement 278
Arnold detent escapement 355
balance wheel escapement 87, 362
Berthoud pivoted detent escapement 506
Breguet escapement 324
Brocot escapement 326, 404
chaff-cutter escapement 310
co-axial escapement 97, 99, 102-3, 144, 324, 356
constant-force escapement 148, 506
coup perdu (lost beat) escapement 278, 362
cylinder escapement 84, 276-7, 308, 310-11, 324, 327
Daniels co-axial escapement 97, 99, 102-3, 144,
356, 514
deadbeat escapement 16, 80-1, 182, 211, 216, 253,
276, 321-2, 349, 355, 368, 404, 416, 439,
INDEX OF MUSEUMS, EXHIBITIONS & COLLECTIONS
Anglesey Abbey Clock Collection 555
Bletchley Park Museum 447
Bodleian Musum 163
Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle 254
Bradford Industrial Museum 87
British Museum 5, 36, 86-7, 277, 459, 551
Clockmakers Company Museum, Guildhall, London 5
Coventry Watch Museum 132
Cuckoo Clock Museum 276
David P Wheatland Collection of Historical Scientific
Instruments, Harvard University 4
Deutsches Uhrenmuseum, Furtwangen 5
Fairfax House, York 470
German Clock Museum, Furtwangen 5
Gershom Parkington Collection of Clocks, Bury St
Edmunds 407, 541, 555
Greenwich Exhibition of Harrison’s Marine Timepieces 445
Guro Kamiguchi Collection, Daimyo Clock Museum, Tokyo
394
Harris (Belmont) Trust, Kent 5
Horniman Museum 493
Huygens Legacy Exhibition, Holland 553
Iden Collection 355
International Horological Museum, La Chaux-de-Fonds 554
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John Gershom Parkington Memorial Museum, Bury St
Edmunds 406
John Harrison Exhibition, Westminster Abbey 374
Keith Harding’s World of Mechanical Music, Northleach
370
Leeds Museums 418
Lyme Hall Clock Collection 515, 555
Manor House Museum, Bury St Edmunds 407
Matsumoto Clock Museum 394
Model Engineer Exhibition 155, 539
Museum of the History of Science, Oxford 37
Newark Air Museum 538
Northallerton Clocks Exhibition, Tennants, Leyburn 201
Omi Jingu Shrine, Kyoto, Japan - The Shrine for Time 397-8
Patek Philippe Museum, Geneva 294, 506
Prescot Clock Museum 541
Royal Observatory, National Maritime Museum 4-5, 611, 133, 233, 253, 276, 318-19, 326,
348-9, 355, 369, 391, 468, 551
Salon QP 410
San José Museum of Art, California 81
Science Museum 4, 132, 227, 301, 303, 305, 344,
444, 534
Seiko Museum 395-6
Ships, Clocks and Stars Exhibition National Maritime
Museum, Greenwich 253, 369, 445, 515
Sidney Maritime Museum 36
Smithsonian Museum, Washington 303
Snows Hill Clock Collection 555
Stands the Church Clock exhibition of turret clocks,
Moyse Hall, Bury St Edmunds 407
Time For Everyone, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena 4
Time Museum, Rockford, Illinois 14, 445, 547
Time Sweet Time Exhibition, Musée International
D’Horlogerie 267
Tower Clock Museum, Gdansk, Poland 173, 318, 19
Usher Collection, Lincoln 538
Victoria & Albert Museum 36, 369
Waddesdon Manor Clock Collection 555
Wallace Collection 5, 551
Watch Art, Patek Philippe Grand Exhibition, Saatchi
Gallery, London 294
West Norwood Electric Clocks Museum 327
Working Time exhibition, Manor House Museum,
Bury St Edmunds 407
Worshipful Company of Clockmakers’ Museum 444
York Castle Museum 133
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GENERAL INDEX
Academie des Sciences 553
Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre
556
aerodynamic drag 319
agate 468
Aiguille d’Or 38, 262
air density 392, 441
alarm work 225, 362, 366
Alex, Charles 310
aluminium 151, 153-4
American Watchmakers-Clockmakers
Institute (AWCI) 342
American watchmaking 345
amplitude variation 442
Ancestry website 505
aneroid capsule 278
anisochronism 451-2, 488, 498, 500-01
annealing 143
anodising 151-3
anti-backlash device 276
anti-friction wheels 38, 498-9
Antiquarian Horological Society 4-5, 11,
60-1, 226, 228, 255, 294,
307, 381, 390, 540, 553
apprenticeships 60, 128, 195, 219,
443, 446, 537
arch spandrels 74
Arnold’s maintaining power 355
Art Deco 206, 321
aspect ratio 107
Assay Office, London 53
astronomer 6, 8. 37, 129, 148, 207,
250, 252, 277, 302, 318,
373
Astronomical Society of London 37
astronomy 7, 9, 37, 246, 301, 460
atomic standards 392, 542
atomic time 9, 11, 56
Auctioneers:
Antiquorum 506
Bonhams 49, 51, 82, 96,
101, 126, 150, 162, 308,
356-7
Bourne End Auction Rooms 24
Christies 262, 341, 355, 547
Dreweatts Bloomsbury 163,
175, 264, 357
Fellows 126, 163
Gardiner Houlgate 200, 309
Lawrences 263
McTear 126
Sothebys 83, 103, 262, 310,
356, 493, 547
Tennants 20, 201, 223, 225,
415-17
Tooveys 127, 162, 308
Augusta tools 168-9
authorized repairers 421
automata 201, 276, 308, 327, 397,
467
automated chapter ring markers 396
automatic winding 62, 81, 150, 176,
182, 199-200, 247, 321-2, 349,
370, 381, 390, 491
Ayres, Chris, case-maker 553
backlash 29, 212
backward calendar 201
Bakelite 79, 423
ball bearing, ceramic 16, 17
ball moon dial 183
barometric compensation 229, 349,
392, 442, 452, 486
Bazley’s oblique chuck 116
beat rate / error 176, 199-200, 542
beetle and poker hands 162
belt, rubber toothed 247
bench grinder 19
Bergeon printing pad 299
Bernoulli’s laws 499
Berthoud’s stepped cam 277
Bestfit manual 358
binocular 14, 132
Birmingham City University 143, 291,
538, 541, 552
black body radiator 411
blacklead 35
blacksmiths 219
blank keys 189
Bletchley Park 433, 435
blue pivot steel 354
bluing 84, 103, 109, 198, 246, 326
blunt end cutters 161
Boadicea Statue, Westminster 504-05
Board of Longitude 501
bolt-and-shutter maintaining power 321-2
Boulle marquetry 362
boxwood 130, 229
brand protection 420-1
brass 154, 198, 226, 315, 546
British Antique Dealers’ Association
(BADA) 84
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British Horological Federation 271, 342,
540
British School of Watchmaking 261,
291, 550, 552
British Summer Time 195, 458
British Sundial Society 492-3
British Watch and Clock Makers Guild
373, 410, 514, 551-2
broaching 63-4, 70
broken pivots 261
Bromsgrove Society of Model Engineers
539
Brown, Nick 536
bucket weights 87
bullion dealers 147, 150
buoyancy effects 441
burnishing 59, 134, 218, 350, 353-4,
372
burr walnut 309
cabinet hinges 66
Canadian Horological Institute 165
carbide drill 258-9
carbide graver 258, 354, 372
carbon steel 353, 438
carillons 362
Carter Ringing Machine 491
carving wax 202
case lock 189
casework 111
Central School of Art and Design 349
centre seconds 201, 224-5
centreless grinding 247
centring 155, 229
ceramic bearings 132, 247
ceramicists 219
Cescinsky & Webster 107
chanting monks 302
Charles I 36, 182, 470, 553
Charles II 36, 132, 208, 470
chemical blacking 367
chinoiserie 413
chronometer boxes 66-8, 100
Chronos 22, 226-7
circular error 318, 348, 391, 452,
462-4,
circumnavigation of the globe 133
cleaning by electrolysis 122
Clerkenwell, London 36, 227, 459, 540
clock doctor 395-6
clock keys 206
clock materials 183-4
Clock Register 31
clock synchronisation 148
clock winder 381
Clockmakers’ Masterpiece Competition
537
Clocks magazine 325, 540
Clockspares, of East Anglia 109
clockwork robot 397
cloisonné enamel 468
clown automata 254
CNC machines 130, 195, 278, 307,
404, 496
cocobolo 68
Code of Ethics for restorers 370
College Engineering Supply 228
collets 212-14
Columbia Metals 230
Commission on Time 7
comparator depth gauge 203
computer security 149
Computer-aided Design (CAD) 70, 278,
298
Confédération Européene des
Associations d’Horologers-Réparateurs
(CEAHR) 342, 420-2
conservation fish glue 412
conservation-restoration of clocks 31,
344
co-ordinate measuring system 153
Copernican theory 301
Corniche style case 416
COSC certification 556
Côtes de Genève decoration 166
Council for the Care of Churches 5, 100
counterbalancing weights 133, 221
coupling regulator 508
Cousins Material House 117, 342,
420-2
cracked jewels 358
Crafts Council 443
crank winding key 503
cream of tartar 324
Crisford, Charles 357
cross hatching 151
crossing out 494-5, 517
crownwheel and verge alarm 366
cruciform movement bars 362, 364
cyanoacrylate adhesive 67, 124, 152,
161, 202
cycloidal cheeks 348, 391, 553
cycloidal curve 302
cycloidal gears 344, 478
Daniels’ watchmaking 102
Darwin, Charles 357
date work 362
datum edge 306
Dauphines hands 167
Davall Gears, Hatfield 303
Deacon numbered movements 156-60
Decoding Harrison 391, 439, 468,
441-2
Degussit slip stones 299, 352
de-layering paint 413
depthing 111, 304, 404, 453-5
Derek Pratt Award 348, 369
dial gauge 404
dial making 151
dial painting 326
dial, wandering hour 36
diamond lap 517
diamond needle file 13
diamond paste 23
diamond saw 22
diamond wheel 12, 353-4, 372
die making 79
digital caliper 203
digital camera 206, 359
Dingwall-Beloe lecture 5
diode knee voltage 442
dividing 153, 180, 226-8, 304, 312,
350, 365, 517, 536
dockyard Chart Depots 100
doctor blade 299
draw filing 109, 316
drilling jig 70
dummy winder 201
dynamic stability 439-40
Earl of Orrery 250
earth’s rotation 37, 129, 277
ebauches 468
ebony 68, 263, 310
eccentric screws 153
edge finder 325
edge pattern 78
Edinburgh Astronomical Society 37
Edward III 182
Edward James Foundation 418
Einstein, Albert 6, 57, 148
elastic shear modulus 465
electric telegraph 6
electro hammers 491
electrolysis tank 122
electrolytic degreasing solution 300
electromagnetic radiation 54, 57
electroplating 300
Elgin Watchmakers’ College 165
elinvar 462
Elizabeth Tower, Westminster 1, 3, 48
elliptical chuck 78
emery stick 19, 230
enameling 270, 314, 468
Enamellers’ Guild 270
endshake 409
engine turning 28-31, 76-9, 254, 270,
468
engineer’s blue 107
English watch trade 324-5
engraving 209
Enigma machine 447
epicyclic gearing 116, 276
epoxy resin 66, 68
Epping Forest Horology Centre 84, 291,
541
Equation of Time 201, 250-1, 277, 508
escapement error 449-50, 499, 501
escapement file 247
escapement remontoire 318
Essen ring quartz oscillator 9
Essen, Louis 9-11
Essex Clock and Watch Fair 112
ethyl chloride 278
European Confederation of Clock and
Watch Repairers Association (CEAHR)
342, 420-2
Evans, Geoffrey 271
extending hand 395
eyeglass 14
Fabergé, St Petersburg 29
face patterns 78
false plate 157
Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry
217, 421-2
fibreoptic communications 57, 129
figured walnut 368
files / filing 69, 109, 143, 229
finger plate 189
First World War 423
Firth, Trent 35
flat polishing 112
fleur-de-lis hands 82
fluorescent lamp 411
fly cutting 247, 546
fly mechanism 171
fly-back function 296, 433, 435
Flying Clock experiment 56-7
forged iron 365
Franche-Comté region, France 314
Free BMD (Births Marriages and Deaths)
website 505
French chalk 230
French curves 315
French hammer spring 158
French polish 66, 68
frequency 54
fret saw 108
fretting clock hands 198
friction brake 16
friction clutch 17
friction rollers 35
functional kinetic art 370
fusee 21, 277, 517
Galilei, Galileo 37, 301-05, 348, 394,
534, 553
Galilei, Vincenzio 301-05
galvanic time signal 6
gathering pallets 155
gauge plate 107, 109, 198
General Post Office 56, 423
Geneva Grand Prix d’Horlogerie 262
Geneva stopwork 133, 327
geo-centric theory of Earth 250
geomagnetism 233
George Daniels Educational Trust 84,
128, 176, 255, 291, 327, 344,
410, 514, 552
George I 134
George II 414
George III 133, 309, 356
George IV 356
George V 278
gilding 195
Gillows style case 417
globe moons 362
glycerine 326
goat-skin vellum 369
Goonhilly Downs Satellite Earth Station,
Cornwall 56
GPS (Global Positioning System) 9, 54,
153, 229, 268, 349, 392
Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 38
grande sonnerie 36, 229
graver 104, 176-7
gravity 148, 229, 318
gravity pallets 161
Great Fire of London 36
Greek key-form feet 357
Greenwich Mean Time 6-7, 54
Greenwich Time Signal 173, 392-3
Gregorian calendar 277
gridiron pendulum 318, 348, 355,
391-2
Guildhall, London 444
Guilloché decoration 166
guilloché enamel 468
gunpowder 182
gut line 161
Gyromax balance 357
gyroscope 252
hacking second 402
Hackney Technical College 5, 406-07
hacksaw 143
hairspring 105-06
half second pendulum 302
halogen lamp 411
hand engraving 128, 227, 404
hand removing levers 64, 154-5
hand styles 107
hands, beetle and poker 21
hands, making 107-09
hanging hoop 364
hardening and tempering 18, 69, 143,
177, 212
Harrison Gold Medal 5
Harrison Research Group 253, 392
Harrison Seminar 343
Harrison’s compensator 451
Harrison’s curved pallets 369
Harrison’s grid-iron pendulum 451
Harrison’s maintaining power 21, 320,
356
Harrison’s nonlinear spring 448, 498501
Harrison’s roll segments 450
Haut-Jura area, France 314
headstock indexing 226
heat treatment 351-3
heavy pendulums 391
helical gears 228
helical springs 325
heliocentric Copernican theory 301
Hemingway Kits 155, 179
Heritage Lottery Fund 149, 249, 458
Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex 8
high carbon steel 104, 246
high energy oscillator 439
Horological Journal
GENERAL INDEX (continued)
Higher National Diploma in Horology
143
Hipp toggle 278, 516
historic horological tools 459
history of horology 459-60
hi-tech wrist technology 447
hogs bristle 324
Hopkins, John 457
horological sculpture 370
Horologium, by Huygens 348
Horology Trader web site 267
hour of the rat 395
Houses of Parliament Clock Workshop
373
hunting scene automata 516
Huntsman crucible process 247
Hutchinson, Beresford 514
Huygens, Constantyn 207-08
Huyghens endless rope 304, 362
hydrogen 15
Hydrographer of the Navy 100
Ibbetson chucks 116
Ilbert, Courtenay 459
illuminated church dials 381
Impossible Constructions 548
independent assessment and grading
443
Industrial Revolution 461
inertia 16
inertial navigation systems 252
instantaneous date accumulator 167
Interactive Physics computer simulation
software 488
interchangeable dials 395
interchangeable parts 230
International Astronomical Union 7
International Chronometric Competition
262
International Institute for Conservation 5
International Meridian Conference 7
international standards 7
International Time 56, 394
internet 100
invar 161, 216, 295, 318, 349, 370,
462, 464-5
inverted bell top case 224
inverter motor system 360
involute gearing 534
ion trap 129
ionosphere 10, 56
isochronal corrector 448
isochronal map 499-501
isochronal spring 462-5, 490
isochronism 223, 302, 449, 462-5,
490, 498, 502, 516
IWC archives 399
IWC calbre classification 346, 399-403
Jacot tool 52, 177, 350-3
Jacquinet, engraver 209
Japanese automata 397
Japanese Daimyo 394
Japanese Edo Period 394, 398
Japanese hour markers 385, 389, 395
Japanese saws 111-12
Japanese striking 441
Japanese Time 398
Japanese water stones 230
jewelling tools 52
Jubilee Polyphon 370
jump hours 250-1
Kew Observatory 35, 133, 223, 446
keyless work 356
kinetic art work 381
kingwood 68
knife edge file 108
knurling tool 354
lacquer work 413, 554
Lalique, René Jules, France 357
lantern pinion 16-17, 87
lathes 13, 30, 38, 52, 58, 87, 116,
143, 151-3, 168-9, 179, 203,
212, 214, 226-7, 229-30, 297,
300, 303, 326, 333, 350-3, 404,
512, 517, 536, 555
latitude 38
laws of motion 301
lead glass 310
lead, working with 35
leap year indication 356
LED light 155, 548-9
Leicester Antique Clock Society 181, 276
let down tool 134
Leutmann’s minute hand 277
levelling system 508
Ligne, definition of 347
lignum vitae 130, 229
linear algebra 440
Linux operating system 149
lithographic film 298
Livery Companies Apprenticeship Scheme
128, 176
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Livery Companies Skills Council 128,
176
Locke, John, philosopher 209
locking pliers 258
Loctite 19, 34, 63, 177, 206, 213, 256,
259, 303, 343, 352-3, 390-1,
439, 544
London Model Engineering Exhibition 23
longitude 4, 7, 38, 117, 253, 301,
369, 448, 468, 501
Longitude Prize 4, 229, 318, 348
Loomes, Brian 264-6, 285, 413, 438
lost wax casting 66, 79
Loup, Gustav 327
low temperature enamel 132
lubrication 64, 318
Lyman, Ian 309
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie 181
Magistral Super Springs 438
magnetic levitation 198
magnets in horology 15, 38, 133
mahogany 66, 68, 508
Main Office of Measurement, Poland
318-19
mainsprings size 169, 358-9
marching soldier automata 276
Marconi, Guglielmo 7
marine grade steel 296
Markowitz, William 9-10, 56-7
marquetry 20, 518
Masons’ Livery Company 176
Master Clockmaker Certificate 176
matchlock gun 182
Material Houses 219, 420
Maudsley screw cutting engine 230
Mayfield Books 75
Meadows and Passmore 116-17
Meccano 141
mechanical jewellery 296
mechanical music 370
Meneely Bell Foundry 80-1
mercury 225
Messe München International 168
methane 15
metronome 211
Mick Watters Memorial Lecture 324
Microgliss oils 368
micromechanics 13, 166, 216, 295
Micromesh 230, 316
micrometer regulation 415
micro-processor control 360
Microset timer 349, 498
Microsoft 100
microwaves 54, 56
middle temperature error 277
mild steel 107, 198
Millers Price Guides 266
milling machine 93, 141, 151, 155,
202, 229-30, 304, 306, 453, 497,
512, 534
mineral glass 297
Model Engineer’s Workshop Manual
213
moon mechanism 72, 74
moon phase 74, 201, 211, 225, 250-1,
308, 362, 508
Moons 10, 15
Morse taper 212-13, 350, 352
motionwork 17, 221
musical box 79, 254, 370
musical pig automata 441
Myford lathe 179, 212, 214, 226-7,
229, 303, 350-3, 404
Namagata dial 395
National Association of Watch and Clock
Collectors (NAWCC) 4, 61, 394, 398,
502, 540
National Bureau of Standards 57
National Institute of Standards and
Technology 9
National Physical Laboratory (NPL) 8-11,
54-7, 129, 148, 349
National Trust 555
navigation 301
needle file 18-19, 69
neodymium magnet 133
neutron emissions 319
Newton, Isaac 301, 349
nitrogen 15
Nomos swing system 218
non-linear horological systems 343, 448
Northampton Square, London 458
Nottinghamshire Heritage Awards 419
Nulty, Stephen 456
Nye, Dr James 4, 327
oak 68, 130
objet d’art 396
oil of wintergreen 326
oilstone dust 19
olive oil 324
Omega navigation system 54
onyx case 357
Openshaw Technical College, Manchester
326
optical lasers 57
Orange Tree automata 469
orbit display 356
Orchestrelle player organ 87
organ box cylinder 370
organ builders 219
ormolu 20, 87
ornamental turning 87, 116
oscillators 343, 440
ox foot oil 324
oyster veneers 20
pad printing 298-9
Pagoda automata 469
Palace of Westminster 1, 3, 48, 373,
407
pallet arbor 22, 71
pallet composer 130
pallet frame 70, 130
pallet nibs 37
parallel punch 429
Paris meridian 6
parting off 229
parts supply 510
passing strike 263, 362-3
Passmore, Mervyn W 116-17
pattern bar 29-30, 76-9
patterning eggs 79
Paul Armitage Memorial Bell 85
peacock automata 254
pencil chuck 29
pendulum amplitude 17, 486
pendulum disturbance 391
pendulum isochronism 464
pendulum motor 278
pendulum periodic time 463
pendulum quality factor (Q) 319, 343,
391-2, 439, 452, 488
pendulum regulation 491, 507
pendulum restoring torque 451
pendulum, compensated 218, 225, 462
pendulum, compound 326
pendulum, double 343, 481, 483, 528
pendulum, gridiron 506, 508
pendulum, light 391
pendulum, linear 488
pendulum, non-aerodynamic 391
pendulum, offset 65
pendulum, slave 460
pendulums in antiphase 508
period of oscillation 348
perlage (spotting) decoration 300
perpendicular style 1, 3, 48
perpetual calendar 167, 226, 250-1,
269, 327, 356, 508
petit sonnerie 229
Pforzheim School of Watchmaking 327
photo-etching 404
piercing saw 70, 107-08, 130, 189,
198, 315, 404, 453
pig musical box 441, 423
pillar tool, universal 155
pinion cutting 22, 517
pinion polishing 86
pinion-of-report 364
pipe organ and automaton 327
pivot burnishers 59, 134, 350, 353-4,
372
pivot file 353
pivot steel 18, 200, 246, 429
planetary relationships 398
plastic deformation 353
plastic drive belting 247
Platax staff removal tool 104
plate expanders 326
Plowden Medal 5
poising 17, 38, 105, 176
polishing 31, 84, 134, 229, 316, 555
Post Office Engineering Department 7
power reserve 115, 148, 166, 216,
262, 269
power uniformity 277
Practical Astronomy 37
precision timekeeping 11, 166, 253,
460, 488
Prescot Watch Factory 456-9
press and staking set 62
prime meridian 6, 11, 319
Prix Gaïa 2013 269
public timekeeping 461
pull repeat 21, 100, 162, 218, 368,
468
pulsars 319, 343
pulse slave unit 278
QP Magazine 150, 410
Quality Time Clock Courses 393
quartz crystals 9, 460
Queen Anne 369
Queen Victoria 360
quenching 143, 212
rack striking 321, 362, 365-6, 417
Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria 233
radio communications 4, 7, 374
radio time signal 7-9, 10, 54-5, 129,
374
radio waves 7, 54, 56
radio-location beacon 55
radium 415
rapid time-changing device 166
reaming 212, 251, 325
relativity, theory of 57
remontoire 148, 179, 253, 349, 391,
442, 486, 498, 500
repeating work 21, 100, 162, 218,
368, 468
re-pivoting tool 258-9
repoussé work 468
resonator 127
Ringing Roadshow, Newbury 491
rise and fall regulation 224
rising hood 20
RiteTime Publishing 19, 228
roasting jack 38
Roche singing bird automata 254, 469
rock crystal 468
rocking ship automata 326
Rolex watch servicing 247
roller countersink 206
rolling moon 74, 201, 211, 225, 250-1,
308, 362
Roman striking 441
Romer, Ole, astronomer 553
rope splicing 134
rose engraving engine 31, 76-9, 116,
333, 327
rosewood 68
rotary table 28, 152
rotation of the earth 7, 10
rouge 316
rounding up tool 110-11, 555
Royal Astronomical Society 37, 318,
492
Royal Eijsbouts bell foundry, Asten,
Netherlands 85
Royal Greenwich Observatory,
Herstmonceux 56, 233, 319
Royal Naval College, Greenwich 493
ruby cabochons 357
ruby, synthetic 22
Rugby Radio Station 7-8, 54
ryobas saw 112
safe edges 19
Saint Petersburg observatory 37
saltpetre 246
sapphire jewels 218, 278, 358
satellite navigation system 54, 153, 229,
268, 349, 392
satin black finish 151
scanning electron microscope 45
Scientific Instrument Society 504
screw cutting 18, 69, 230
screw heads polishing 12
screw pitch 18
scriber 107
scroll work, pierced 21
scumbling 324
sea navigation 9
Second World War 14, 118, 126, 132,
308, 324, 355, 402, 415, 423,
433, 435, 446
second, definition of 9-10, 57
seconds hand, centre sweep 16
seconds pendulum, definition 302
security software 149
Seitz balance staff straightener 260
Seitz pivot gauge 259
selenium 247
self centering attachment 203, 205
sexidecimal calendar 396
shock displacement 343
Shortt Free Pendulum 460
shot blasting 300
SI system of measurement 10
sidereal time 250, 318, 356, 508
silk suspension 263, 553
silver steel 17-18, 69, 143, 246-7, 258,
304, 350, 352
silvering 84
singing bird automata 79, 86, 254
single hand motion-work 365
Skeavington, John 304-05
slide rule 301
slipping brake 198
slitting saw 316
Smith, Jonathon 537
Smith, Nicholas 537
snakewood 130
Sobel, Dava 4, 229, 253, 348-9, 392
Society of Antiquaries 5, 540
Society of Leicestershire Clock and
Watchmakers 160
Society of Ornamental Turners 116
sodium carbonate 122
December 2014 573
GENERAL INDEX (continued)
solar time 277
soldering 256, 213,285, 439
Solvol Autosol 230
spandrels 20, 72, 209, 285
spare parts supply 420-2
spark radio transmitter 87
speedometer, chronometric 86
spiral spherical slide rest 116
sprag clutch 17
spring constant 451, 464
spur gears 228
square section arbors 366
stackfreed 277
stainless steel 296, 300
standard frequencies 7-9
standard meridian 6
standard time 54, 459
statement of heritage significance 458
Statutes (Definition of Time) Act 6
steel pins 112
steel, free cutting 30
stepping motor 536
stereo microscope 14
sterling silver 150-1, 202
stop work 277
stop-seconds function 269
straight grain finish 300
straight line engraving engine 28, 30,
76, 78, 103, 270, 333
strike fly ratchet 93
strike silent 21, 224, 466-7
strike, passing 82
striking, count down 395
striking, countwheel 20
striking, quarter 21
striking, rack 65, 75, 134
striking, taught wire 132
striking, warned 75, 366
stroboscopic effects 411
Summer Solstice 15
sun indication 150
sundials 4, 277, 324, 395, 444, 492-3
Superglue 67, 124, 152, 161, 202
supplementary arc 17
Sutton Tools 134
swan automata 254
Swedish iron 247
swing tool 112, 555
Swiss file 316
Swiss watch history 346, 393
Sydney Institute Watchmaking School 35
synchronous motor 254, 355
synthetic clock lines 161
synthetic oil 368
tachymeter dial 415
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tall case 363-5
tallow wax 35
Talurit crimp splice 124, 161
tangent rule 487-8
tannin 68
taper pins 229
Taylors Bell Foundry, Loughborough 85
teak 68
technical drawing 165
Technicum Watchmaking School, La
Chaux-de-Fonds 163
Teflon wheel 12
Telescope Man 504-05
temperature compensation 311, 320,
322, 348, 370, 391, 415, 439,
450, 460-1, 465, 486, 498,
500-01
tempering 18, 69, 143, 212, 517
temporal time 394, 398
tensator motor 198
tensile strength 353
terrestrial Zodiac animal segment marker
395
testing plate 13
The Artificial Clockmaker 277
The Clockmakers Outcry 174-5
Thornton cutters 226
threads 69, 513
thrust bearing 247
time signals 9, 54, 319, 327, 459, 468
time synchronisation 6-7, 54-7, 250-1,
343, 459
time, perception of 4, 9, 148
time, standardisation 6-7, 11, 54, 57,
277, 343, 458, 507, 515
timing machine 261, 464
ting-tangs 229
tin-whistle compensation adjuster 348
tipsy winding key 315, 317
Tompion tercentenary celebrations 460
Tony Gutherage Memorial Lecture 326
tool holder 12
topping tool 110, 134
torque deflection curve 448, 450-1
tortoise shell 263, 468
Trade Fairs:
Baselworld 168, 216-18, 268-9,
294, 511
Geneva Time Exhibition 168
Honkong Watch and Clock Fair
150, 509-11
nhorgenta Europe 2014, Munich
168, 173
Munich Trade Fair Centre 168
SIHH Geneva Salon 114-15, 166
World’s Fair, St Louis 357
tool sharpening 557
transaction timestamping 129
transductor 127
Treffry, Timothy 343, 446
Tripoli compound 316
trunnions 16
tulipwood 68
tune barrel 254, 324
tungsten carbide 13, 353, 372
TurboCad 296
Turkish dial 362
turns 555
Turret Clock Keepers’ Handbook 491
tweezer sharpening tool 326
Ubuntu office software 149
ultra violet light 413
ultrasonic cleaning 109, 258, 542
ultraviolet light 86, 298
undercutting screws 199
Unequality of Natural Days 277
United States National Bureau of
Standards 9-10
United States Naval Observatory 7-11,
56-7
University of Copenhagen 553
up and down rates 106
upright chuck 28
vacuum centrifugal casting 202
V-blocks 22
Vernal Equinox 15
vernier calliper 58
vibration 319
vices 154
VisSim computer simulation software
Wales & Marches Horological Society
123
Waricoma dials 395
Warner, J and Sons, bellfounders 233
Watch & Clockmakers Australia Inc 35,
60-1
watch bracelets 181-2
watch calibre 542
watch cases 36, 45, 147, 192, 202,
309, 468
watch gongs 218
watch papers 133, 326
watch straps 181-2
watch timer 134
watchmaker’s lathe 38, 52, 58, 214,
229, 353, 404
watchmakers workbench 169
Watchmaking School of the Sydney
Institute 60-1
Water of Ayre stone 86
water resistance testing 106, 160
waterless clock cleaner 230
WD 40 29, 391, 442
weight fall time indication 395
West Country Horological Trust 132
West Dean College 31, 36-7, 59, 107,
132, 143, 183, 291, 327, 344,
418, 541, 556
West, Frank 177
Westminster chimes 80, 360
wheel cutting 18, 110, 195, 209, 227,
321, 344, 404, 517, 536, 546,
554-5
Whitworth thread 69, 212, 350
William II 1, 3, 48
Willis dial 356
Wilson painted dial 20
winding barrel 220
winding jack 322
winding keys 315-17
winding pulleys 365
Windows computer operating system 7
100, 149
Winter Solstice 15
wireless telegraphy 7
wobbler for edge finding 229, 325
wooden bushings 498
wooden filing block 317
wooden pallets 130
Woodruff cutter 352
worm reduction drive 355
Worshipful Company of Clockmakers 5,
36, 128, 162-3, 175-6, 207, 210,
255, 263, 276, 307, 349, 356,
360, 369, 390, 410, 514, 537,
552
Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths 36,
270
WOSTEP (Watches of Switzerland
Training and Education Programme) 267,
541
yield strength 353
Young, Colin 132-3
Young’s modulus 502
zephyr skin 254
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