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The First Word
After nearly two years employment with When your renewal letter arrives we
the Institute I still consider myself fortu- hope that you will find it easy to think of
nate to be working here at Upton Hall as many positive reasons for renewing your
part of such a dedicated team. Your staff membership. And altruism might well
– and we are most definitely ‘your’ staff – be one of those reasons – the BHI cer-
are all incredibly passionate about the tainly needs your goodwill.
BHI even though, with the recent retire- But no membership organisation
ment of Alan Midleton FBHI, there is should take its membership for granted.
now not a single horologist amongst us! At the end of the day subscriptions are a
So it’s good to know that, whenever we discretionary spend and, unfortunately,
need it, we can draw on the knowledge we are all still living in straightened
and resources of our hard working direc- times. So, whether it’s the family or the
tors, trustees, tutors, examiners and business budget which is being consid-
volunteers. We thank each and every one ered, we know that we have to continue
of them. to provide you with value for money if we Dudley Giles
Having read Alan Midleton’s definitive wish to retain your membership for
account of the history of the BHI in pre- another year. Altruism alone will not Chief Executive Officer
vious editions of HJ, I am acutely aware be enough.
that, from its very inception, finances This need to provide value is one of
have been a perennial problem for the the reasons why, for the past year, the
Institute. And I’m afraid that this still Institute has concentrated so heavily on
remains the case. That’s why, as your strengthening what we consider to be
CEO, I become increasingly anxious at our two main membership benefits –
this time of year. Will we hit our budget The Horological Journal and your access to
forecast? How’s the cashflow holding our training and education pro-
up? And how many of our members will grammes. Both of these have, we hope,
renew their subscriptions next year? benefitted from some much needed
And it’s that last question which is investment – of both time and money.
always the most difficult one to answer. But there is still a long way to go and the
But there are reasons to be positive. work has only just begun.
After many years of steady decline our As an organisation the BHI’s aspira-
membership figures appear to have tions remain high. But we will only
turned a corner. Whisper it quietly, but succeed in meeting them if we can carry Matthias Naeschke's NT12 table
the BHI is now attracting more members you, the membership, with us. I’m opti- clock was exhibited at the exclu-
sive Salon QP held in London's
than it is losing. However, we need to mistic. And I’m certain you are too. Saatchi Gallery in the first week of
maintain this momentum. November. The NT12 is a special
edition clock celebrating thirty
years of Naeschke manufacturing
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Contents
Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition 539
James Buxton IEng MIED
The British Horological Institute 540

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
Making a Regulator to a New Design 546

John Reynolds FBHI
Awards, Education and New Members’ Day 550

Jayne Hall
BHI Annual Index 565

Robert Ovens MBHI
Regulars
Letters 534
News 536
Meet the Student 538
Bench View 548
Branch Reports 554
Horological Calendar 558
BHI Courses 559
Classified Ads 560

Letters
Internal Thread centre, A, of the shuttle on the verti- length 2AB. As one progresses
A tip for Mike Flannery – and anyone cal track, to the centre, B, of the towards A, the line becomes an
else trying to find the pitch of an other shuttle, so that the centres are ellipse again, getting smaller and
internal thread. Lightly taper a piece always the same distance apart. When fatter until, at the mid-way point
of peg-wood (or dowel) so that the the shuttles move, a point on an between A and B it becomes a circle,
thin end just enters the hole. Screw extension of the rod, C, traces out an which is what we need. I am tempted
this into the hole as far as you can ellipse with semi-major axis a = AC to examine what happens as one
without breaking it! The screw and semi-minor axis b = BC (figure goes further, including points further
thread will impress itself into the 1). This is the process of ‘tram- out than A and C, and to see what
wood and you can then use the pitch melling an ellipse’ familiar to happens when the tracks are not at
gauge on the wood. This technique draughtsmen. right angles, but my Little Red Hen
works on both left- and right-handed The present problem is to drive the tells me to stick to the matter in
threads. process with clockwork. The clue to hand.
Andrew Fleming this comes from examining the loci So a shaft rotating once an hour
of points on the rod between C and with its axis at O, driving an arm with
Galileo’s Pendulum-Controlled A. These loci are shown on Figure 1, its end attached to M, the mid-point
Escapement with the loci in black (or red) corre- between A and B, will cause the point
I would like to correct a minor point sponding to the points indicated on C to describe its ellipse. (The fact that
made by John Abrahams in his inter- the blue rod. As one moves from C the shaft will need to rotate counter-
esting letter (HJ August 2014). The towards A, the ellipse becomes clockwise is but a minor inconve-
man chosen to build the model illus- smaller and more elongated until, at nience.) We still need to know where
trating the Galileo Escapement, built B, it becomes a horizontal line of the minute marks should be made. A
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
Figure 1
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 ellipti-
cal 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 intersect-
ing tracks that are at right angles to
one another, e.g. one horizontal and
one vertical. A rigid rod links the Figure 2

Letters
might not seem like too demanding graphs.

a test as a turret clock might be I subscribe to the NAWCC’s Clock
thought to produce enough spare and Watch Bulletin (USA equivalent to
torque to drive a tank. But I deliber- the HJ) and also the optional supple-
ately run mine with the minimum ment Horological Science Newsletter
weight to avoid wear and to keep which is primarily for those with a
down the noise of the ticking, so any mathematical interest in horology.
additional load on the output end Perhaps the BHI should consider a
might easily have stopped the clock. similar optional quarterly supple-
The clock didn’t stop and the device ment to the HJ for publication of
performs just as hoped. complex mathematical articles, or
Figure 3 Now I have to figure out what to do publish them only on the BHI
general point on the ellipse is (a sin t, about the hour hand! website rather than in the Horological
b cos t), where t is an angular Stuart Malin Journal.
measure of time with one minute of Malcolm Pipes FBHI FIMechE
time corresponding to six degrees. The ‘New’ Horological Journal
Points for t = 6, 12, 18, …54 degrees, The Ipswich Branch Committee In the November edition of
plotted on a piece of graph paper, would like to congratulate the Horological Journal various
give the minute marks. An interest- Institute and the ‘Journal Team’ for letters commented both on the
ing geometrical property is that, at all the new-look Journal. The layout and content of the previous
times, the rod will point in the same changeover circumstances have, we edition.
direction as would a normal centred understand, been very difficult but Firstly it is certainly very necessary
minute hand. they have succeeded in producing to congratulate the multiplicity of
That is the theory, but how will it a professional, attractive and read- individuals who succeeded in getting
work in practice? To make a clock- able Journal. the September issue out to members
size version, I cut two mutually per- Richard Curtis in the absence of the official editor
pendicular 4mm by 90mm slots in a and at the same time as a radical
piece of 1mm brass plate to form the I wrote in praise of the ‘old style’ change of its format.
tracks. The shuttles are 12mm long Horological Journal (the September Reaction to the new typography
(to avoid going astray where the 2014 edition) and empathise with and layout of the HJ will be a matter
tracks intersect), slightly less than 4 those readers unhappy with the ‘new of personal taste and cannot please
mm wide (for easy sliding) and a bit style’ presentation of the more everyone, personally while my aging
over 1mm thick. They are sand- recent Journals, particularly the abilities appreciate the clarity and
wiched between two wider and apparent vast white margins devoid readability of the new edition my
longer pieces of brass that are pinned of text. sense of nostalgia mourns the slightly
to them to give an H cross-section. I also sympathise with readers who amateurish feel of an old friend.
The ends are tapered to form a lead- find some recent content overly Of more importance however are
in for when the shuttle crosses the mathematical, although an under- the references and criticism of the
centre. Abors through the centres of standing of ‘isochronism’ is surely content from GC Crabtree and MJ
the shuttles are connected at the important for horologists. Wild. HJ has a difficult job in being
back by a sturdy piece of brass with a The extensive use of mrad (millira- the official voice of the BHI and
hole in its centre where a pin on the dian) rather than degrees as an catering for the needs and interests
end of the driving arm can enter. The angular measure ‘The Non-linear of the horological trade and both the
rod on the front is a lighter piece of Spring’ articles, October and professional and amateur individual
brass also connected to the shuttle November editions, is perhaps one members who have an incredibly
abors and extending beyond them to example where the author should wide range of skills and abilities.
form the minute hand carefully consider his readership. Balancing these competing require-
(see Figure 2). Few may be familiar with the ‘radian’, ments is not an easy task and if the
The driving arm was initially but will be with ‘degrees’, despite recent dissension is anything to go by
attached to a crank handle that could radians being used extensively and then the official editor’s abilities in
be turned by hand and, after a bit of usefully in mathematics. previously achieving this over a
adjustment, this was found to rotate I have peer reviewed many poten- number of years has been well
easily with little resistance, and to tial technical articles for HJ and
The Editor welcomes all letters sent via
move the hand smoothly around the would urge authors to present their
email or post. The Editorial board
ellipse. The next stage was to attach work, however complex, in a manner
reserve the right to edit the length of
the device to a clock. Since I had a such that all our membership can letters, or where appropriate, refuse
turret clock to hand (as one does!) understand and gain from it. This publication of material. Please send
with the wrong end of the lead-off may mean frequent and simple all letters to jayne@bhi.co.uk or post a
conveniently rotating anticlockwise, I explanations of the salient points, hand-written copy to Upton Hall.
attached it to that (Figure 3). This and perhaps fewer equations and

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 Pictured: Norman Jacklin FBHI presents an adaptor, which links the stepping motor, donated by the
monitors will be invaluable on the Manchester branch, to the dividing head of the Schaublin lathe, to BHI Chairman Ray Walford.
horological courses we run as they
will enable us to show demonstra-
tions 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 excel-
lent 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. Pictured: The GREAT Britain Watch by Roger Smith FBHI on show in the Watch Gallery.

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 under-
standing of watch and clockmaking. It will run over two
academic years 2014-15 and 2015-16, and welcomes stu-
dents who are gaining a recognised qualification in
horology. This includes those undertaking training pro-
grammes, 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 require-
ments, visit www.clockmakers.org/horology/clockmak-
ers-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 corpo-
rate members, opened its doors to Barrie and
Raymond (and their guests) in August for an after-
noon 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 her-
itage 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 organisa-
tion and technologies. It was particularly apt, given the Mr Nick demonstrating to enthusiasts Ray Walford and
timing of the visit, that he was able to touch on the Barrie Fitton HonMBHI
part played by Smith of Derby in supporting the war projects for public timekeeping today were being con-
effort from 1914 to 1918. ceived and executed.
The guided tour took the visitors around the thor- Jane Arnold of Smith of Derby said: ‘It is accurate to
oughly modern factory premises and included a stop say that interest in turret clock making and restoration
in the traditional ‘workshop’, where the group could today is very much alive in the UK and further afield.
see at first-hand traditional conservation work being Smith of Derby is very proud to be working closely
carried out, as well as the area in which new, exciting with the BHI in this incredibly important work’.

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 choose the watches that I repair. I
the features I now desire in a watch! have just submitted my first piece of
When opting for a career change, examined work using solely the
I was torn between an airline pilot equipment I have in my workshop.
and further pursuing my passion in Learning through repetition has
horology. The deciding factor was proved encouraging; I am con-
price, I believed horology would be stantly building my portfolio.
the less expensive option; little did
I know! Then, about four years ago, What is your particular area of
I looked into scholarships for Swiss interest?
courses to find that they were only Both courses I am undertaking are
offered to employees. It was then based on the study of watches; this
that I first heard of the opportuni- is where my passion has always
ties available at Birmingham City been. I believe that even in the
University which offered study modern world, a simple mechani-
Name: Martin Cleaton options; this soon became a BA cal watch will always fascinate and
Degree Course. that as a piece of jewellery it pro-
Age: 27 vides an opportunity to express
I understand that alongside this one’s character. For example, my
Occupation: Degree you are also juggling first square watch was highly
Birmingham University Student BHI Diploma Qualifications, unusual; in this way, it showed that I
and BHI Student how are you finding the com- like to challenge the status quo.
bined learning experience?
What inspired your interest in It is time consuming and requires Where do you see yourself in
Horology? dedication and long hours of hard five years?
Having become disillusioned with work, but I think it provides the I have one more year at
education and leaving early, I came best learning opportunities. For Birmingham City University and
to Horology as a second career; a me, the academic style of the after that the future is uncertain.
welcomed opportunity to learn degree is complemented by the I aspire to own my own Brand which
something that I was passionate vocational style of the BHI Distance will create handmade luxury
about. Watches have always inter- Learning Course. With the latter, I watches full of character and charm,
ested me, as a child I used to stare was motivated to set up my own sourced entirely from England. In
into shop windows, pining over the workshop to enhance practice reality, the next five years will con-
most expensive and exquisite opportunities. I enjoy the freedom tinue to see money pumped into
watches. I soon adopted a quirky and often find myself off on a new improving my workshop!
style; my first watch was a square project given the autonomy to
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 collec-
tion 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.

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 threads other than BA! Phil has
more crowded on the day I done well; the crossings were well
attended or there was rather less executed as far as it was possible to
gangway space between stands. I tell under the glass hood. The
remember a trade show at the chapter ring was pierced from a
Hanover Messe in the late sixties. substantial piece which made
All the stands were single aspect the individual characters seem
and in well spaced ranks. It made it rather chunky.
so easy to know where you were. Sometimes competition entries
There was huge space in the gang- are retained on the stands of their Photograph 1
ways and after an initial wizz up and home clubs, so I find it is always
down each row you knew you had worth a look behind the locomo-
passed every exhibitor. Having tives to the shelves above. On the
made a note of all of interest, a stand of the Bromsgrove Society of
return visit to a particular exhibitor Model Engineers was a representa-
was very easy and straightforward. tion by, I believe, Martin Sheridan
So, was there much of interest to of John Harrison’s RAS Regulator,
we horologists? Not in number, but Photograph 3. I don’t think this was
certainly in quality and interest. My entered for competition, but it was
habit is first to see what has been a delightful example of something
entered into the ‘Horological & different from the prevalent
Scientific’ competition class. This is ‘steam’. In my own local model
usually a worthwhile stop and was engineer club, steam is definitely
very much up to scratch this year. king but clocks are welcomed to
Although there were just two bring something different. Well
exhibits/entrants, they were both done Bromsgrove.
well worth their awards. First prize Once again we have to raise our
was awarded to Wally Brown for his hats to the Milton Keynes branch
Musical Clock movement to Claude whose contribution was another
B Reeve’s design, Photograph 1. wonderful exercise. In the recent Photograph 2
Although the ‘words and music’ past their stand had depicted the
as published, are comprehensive, story of time measurement and
this is not a project to be under- then the fun that can be had from
taken lightly. But, it will surely be a time indicators. This time they had
magnificent piece when it is com- established an ‘Olde Clock Shop’;
plete, to say nothing of the com- what a splendid effort! The ‘shop’
plexity of the system. It has 18 bells was teeming with the sort of equip-
struck from hammers driven from ment and tooling that might have
two pin barrels. It will be good to been found in the workshop of a
see the completed clock, when it all nineteenth century clockmaker.
comes together. A project that is How they must have raided
nothing if not mighty! members collections to have been
Second place went to Phil Alling able to pull together such an array!
for his version of W R (Bill) Smith’s Full marks, once again.
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 interest-
ing, as an American, he specifies Photograph 3

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 antique clocks, like Clocks magazine; and it is certainly
The question is not an idle one, given that as recently as not like one of the more glossy watch journals, all of
four years ago, the British Horological Federation which are excellent in their way, but have a perspective
(with offices in Upton Hall) was wound up after eigh- largely confined to the modern watch industry. The
teen years. Having said this, the question has an nearest equivalent to the HJ is probably the American
obvious answer in that around 2,500 people would NAWCC Bulletin, published six times a year – although
notice the absence of a monthly HJ if it ceased to land even this confines itself to historical subjects.
on the doormat. However, I suspect that the real ques- If the HJ suddenly ceased to be published, would any
tions should be; if the BHI suddenly ceased to exist, of the above magazines take on its current content?
would there be a vacuum? And would some other (NB. I have not contacted any of the journals named below but
organisation step in to take over what the BHI currently have drawn conclusions from reading recent editions). The
delivers? We believe the answer to both questions is an AHS would always be interested in publishing historical
emphatic yes. And I give the following reasons. articles, although I suspect they are rather more choosy
in what they accept. Clocks magazine would similarly
The BHI Community publish historical articles, but possibly not those on
By its very nature, horology is a solitary occupation and watch subjects. Clocks would also take on the articles on
can be a lonely one. Membership of the BHI offers a practical instruction but, again, not those involving
monthly journal through which members can connect watches. The specialist watch journals tend to concen-
with developments and ideas in the horological world trate on the modern watch industry so would have
as well as a sense of belonging to a community of like- small interest in much that is published in the current
minded individuals. In addition, the Branches with HJ and certainly nothing involving practical
their regular meetings and outings give an opportunity instruction.
to socialise and learn at the same time. If the BHI From this it can be seen that the loss of the HJ would
ceased to exist, this ’community’ would come to an be a major blow to the horological community, both
end; although many Branches might well continue professional and non-professional. By contrast, the loss
independently for a while at least. of some other horological publication may not have
As an alternative, the excellent Antiquarian quite so much impact.
Horological Society (AHS) has Sections throughout
the UK where meetings take place and former BHI The BHI Education Programme
members might join this society instead; many indeed From its foundation, the BHI has put education at the
are already AHS members. However, the AHS has more centre of its raison d’etre, beginning with the eradica-
in common with a Society of Antiquaries than with a tion of the secrecy that surrounded the trade in
practical/professional organisation and, as a place to Victorian times. Since then, we established the first
discuss trade or professional matters, would not really horological technical college in Clerkenwell and, in the
be a substitute for a BHI Branch. 20th century, supported several colleges in teaching
our programme. We also developed a Distance
The Horological Journal Learning Course (initially called the Correspondence
The HJ has a unique place within horological literature Course), all of this leading up to the award of a recog-
in the UK, covering historical and contemporary sub- nised professional qualification. As the colleges
jects as well as future trends. Its content is part profes- dropped our course one after another from the 1980s
sional/trade and part amateur and includes much of onwards, interest in the DLC has grown accordingly;
practical use and instruction to professional and which confirms to my mind that it was not a lack of
amateur alike. The correspondence pages are certainly interest from potential students that led to the decline
the ‘liveliest’ of any in the horological press and, often, in teaching but more to do with internal college
as much can be learned from a member’s letter as can priorities.
be found in the article that provoked it. It is not an Combined with the DLC are the short courses that
exclusively learned journal, like the AHS’s Antiquarian are run at Upton Hall. These either support the DLC
Horology, nor yet a magazine devoted almost entirely to or can be attended by interested amateurs.

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 profes-
sional status. It is very unlikely that the colleges would
reintroduce our course into their programme.
Birmingham and Epping Forest would no doubt con-
tinue to run their horological training but would prob-
ably 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 con-
cerned 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. use of Upton Hall) for its survival. Would any other
organisation take on the BHI museum and library if
The Museum and Library the BHI closed its doors?
Hand in hand with the education programme is the Various British museums and libraries would
BHI museum and library which was begun so that stu- undoubtedly select specific items for their collec-
dents/apprentices could have real artefacts and litera- tions – but none, I suspect, would take them on in
ture to study in order to help them understand the their entirety. However, there may be museums
work of the great and not so great masters and crafts- outside the UK who may be willing do so and the BHI
men of the past and the present, and thus encourage Museum Trustees would certainly look into that possi-
them further their own careers. (NB. This was part of a bility if it meant the complete collection and library
great museum expansion begun in the early 19th century would remain intact.
where every major factory was encouraged to form a collection Having said all of this, there are a number of horol-
for the education of their workforce). During 150 plus ogists – some of our own members amongst them –
years, the BHI museum has grown to the point where who would actually like the museum and library to be
its collection now numbers around 2,500 artefacts, sold off. They usually do so for one of two reasons.
many of which are of great historical, artistic, techno- Firstly, they fail to understand the role of the
logical and social interest; interest that goes beyond museum and library within the education programme
the horological enthusiast and which appeals to a of the BHI, either for new students or for fully quali-
much wider audience (see HJ September 2014, pages fied and experienced professional horologists.
458-461). Instead, they want the financial resources raised from
During the past thirty years, all museums have come the disposal of the collections to be put into other
under financial pressures and this has led to the areas of the Institute’s business.
closure of many. Like other disciplines, specialist Secondly, their reasons are rather more mercenary.
horological museums have been hard hit with some, The rarity and value of our museum and library is
for example Bury St Edmunds and Prescot, closing such that certain persons would simply welcome the
down altogether. The BHI museum is one of the opportunity to acquire artefacts from either. In the
shrinking few that remains intact and accessible and past such enquiries have been received.
true to its original purpose. The loss of the BHI
museum, would impoverish our horological heritage Conclusion
and deprive both our members and the public of the To return to the central question: If the BHI ceased to
opportunity to see and study a wide collection of real exist, would anyone notice?
horological artefacts. In a world where so much learn- I hope that the above article proves that such a scenario
ing is confined to what can be displayed on a com- would be, at the very least, unfortunate for professional
puter screen, I believe this counts for something. It is and amateur members alike and a minor tragedy for the
also worth noting that BHI members have more privi- cultural life of the UK.
leged access to the BHI museum and library than Without the BHI in existence, many Branch meetings
members of the public. would continue independently – for a while at least. Much
The BHI library is, perhaps, an even greater asset of the content of the HJ would be taken over by other
and it contains volumes and papers that are unique horological publications; but, equally, much content
and thus irreplaceable. In my opinion and the would also never get published. The DLC may possibly be
opinion of others, it is the finest horological library in taken over by another organisation but the loss of our
the UK. The disappearance or dispersal would be a short courses would be a serious blow. And as for the
minor cultural catastrophe. museum and library, its dispersal or disposal, either in its
Thankfully the museum and library are in the care entirety or piecemeal, would be yet another blow to horo-
of a separate charitable trust; but this trust continues logical heritage and research in the UK which would be
to rely on support provided by the BHI (primarily the felt increasingly over time (no pun intended!)

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
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
Photograph 1 came out sparkling clean. I followed
my standard servicing routine, and
While the title of this month’s article bench, you are faced with a decision: when I was done and gave it a full
may seem a bit odd, I have a valid do you take the watch in for service wind, the movement ran great with a
argument for making the above or not. Servicing a non-running healthy amplitude at 19,800 beats-
statement. Part of my yearly routine watch is a risk, and the risk is greater per-hour. Needless to say, I was very
when preparing my car for the for older watches where replace- happy with the results. As is my
coming winter, includes the installa- ment parts are difficult or impossible normal practice, the movement was
tion of winter tyres. As I pulled each to find. It can also be a risk for newer put to one side (without the dial and
tyre out from its summer hideaway, I watches such as those from a manu- hands) to monitor its performance
looked over the specifications facturer that refuses to sell parts to over a few days.
moulded into the sidewall of the watchmakers outside of their own The movement continued to run
tyres and thought ‘That’s a good service centres. A watch that isn’t fine, so I went ahead and installed
idea, why aren’t watch balances running is an unknown, it may only the dial and hands and set the time
marked this way?’ Having the specifi- need a good cleaning, or it may have to my atomic standard. A while later
cations clearly stamped on each tyre, serious defects. You may spend a lot I glanced over and noticed that the
means that if my tyres were ever of time on the job, and in the end time was wrong; it was running fast. I
mixed up with others, they could have no success. I always tell my cus- re-checked the movement on the
easily be identified by looking at the tomer that there could be hidden timer, and it showed a steady +5
sidewalls. I thought of this because a defects that won’t reveal themselves seconds/day. Thinking that initially I
recent watch service didn’t end well; until the movement is fully disassem- may have set the minute hand incor-
and I could have avoided the whole bled. I also emphasise that the rectly, I re-set the time, double
affair if only the calibre and beat rate damage could be such as to render checking that it was accurate. A while
were engraved or marked on the the movement beyond economical later I looked over, and you guessed
underside of the balance arm – out repair. If all of those concerns it, it was still fast. Something was def-
of sight – but available for quick ref- weren’t enough to discourage me initely wrong, but at this point I
erence by any watchmaker. Here’s from accepting a non-running wasn’t exactly sure what that some-
what happened. watch, I am also aware that some thing was. I decided to compare the
The vintage Patek Philippe 10" defects may only show up after the rate of the Patek seconds hand to my
200 manual-wind movement arrived servicing is completed. There is time standard. After the first minute
in poor condition, and to my dismay nothing more discouraging than of my comparison, the Patek seconds
it wasn’t running. Whenever a non- having spent hours servicing and hand was 6 seconds faster than my
running watch shows up on the repairing a movement, only to dis- standard, at 2 minutes, the Patek was

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 com-
pleted 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
Photograph 3
so I let down the mainspring and
removed the train bridge. I counted exactly what was wrong; was it the purely business viewpoint, there is
the number of teeth in the wheels balance or the train? For all I know, no flexibility, you should be compen-
and pinions, starting from the centre maybe the train is wrong, or maybe sated for your time, no matter the
wheel to the escape wheel. As you the balance doesn’t even belong on outcome. What did I do? I billed the
probably figured out, the tooth this calibre. customer for my normal servicing
count added up to an 18,000 train. Of course the whole situation fee; however, I did not bill him for
An 18,000 train expects 5 beats for could have been avoided, had I only the extra work that went into the
every second, whereas a 19,800 train known the beat rate of the balance troubleshooting and identification
runs at 5.5 beats per second. With a without having to service the move- of the fault.
19,800 balance on an 18,000 train, ment. So now you know why my After I sent this article in for publi-
the result is 30 extra beats for every winter tyres caused me to think of cation, the peer review process pro-
elapsed minute. Dividing the extra this watch. If the underside of the vided me with more data on the
30 beats by 5 (the number of beats balance arm was engraved with the 10"200 movement.
per second in an 18,000 train) and calibre number and beat rate, I 1. The 10"200 natively beats at
you end up with +6 seconds per could have referred to it as soon as I 19,800 BPH, which of course means
minute, exactly what I observed. started the service. Knowing the rate that the balance is correct but that
How did this happen and why it only takes a few minutes to count one or more of the wheels (likely
didn’t the customer tell me? It the train wheel teeth and compare escape & fourth) had been replaced.
happens because many of the same the two figures. If they don’t match, I How and why this happened will
calibre movements were produced would stop and not go any further. remain a mystery.
with two (or more) train counts, This would drastically reduce the 2. During the servicing I did not
requiring different balances and time that I had invested in the job, notice any of the wheels looking any
train wheels. The customer didn’t and the final cost to the customer different than any others, in other
know because the watch wasn’t would be minimal. words, all the parts looked as if they
running when he bought it. A subtle Where does this leave me? I did belonged together and the fact that
clue that something was wrong with the work that I was asked to do and the train ran perfectly free after
the balance was noticed during the although the watch runs, it isn’t assembly does confirm that the
servicing, see the damage to the hair- usable. I wasn’t able to source a new wheels and pinions did engage and
spring collet in Photograph 3. balance, therefore I wasn’t able to function properly. I don’t think I am
However, that damage alone wasn’t solve the problem; so how should I alone when I say that part of my ser-
enough to cause me to think that the be compensated for my efforts? vicing tasks does not include count-
balance was the wrong one for What have you done in similar situa- ing the leaves and teeth of the
the movement. tions, because sooner or later this pinions and wheels and figuring out
Could the seller of the watch have scenario happens to all of us. Did the train count, you automatically
known about this problem? Possible, you bill the customer the normal assume that the movement has the
but given that the watch wasn’t quoted fee? Half the fee? Another right parts installed.
running I doubt it. On the other percentage of the fee? Or did you 3. The hairspring was slightly
hand, it is also possible that the seller take a complete loss on the job damaged and needed slight re-
had someone work on the move- because – through no fault of your working. The squashed collet may
ment, and maybe they installed the own – you weren’t able to fix the imply that the balance staff had been
wrong balance. I couldn’t find any watch (or clock). incorrectly replaced, but everything
reliable data on this particular move- Please take a moment and write to else seemed to look fine and the stud
ment, which didn’t help me identify the HJ with your thoughts. From a fitted into the stud carrier properly.

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 ratchet tional longcase clock. It is made in three parts, the
This was fairly straightforward, although it is larger barrel proper and two end caps which are attached by
than usual and has a recess bored in one side to accom- countersunk screws. The barrel assembly is attached to
modate the bearing bush for the great wheel. The the ratchet by four long screws that pass through the
turning and boring operations were carried out and rear end cap, then through the flange on the arbor and
then the ratchet teeth were cut using a wheel-cutting into threaded holes in the ratchet wheel.
engine which I made some years ago. It is based on a When we investigated a source of suitable thick-
design that appeared in HJ in 1978 (figure 72). The fly walled tube from which to make the barrels, we found
cutter was set using a centre (figure 73), there being no that it was more expensive than solid bar and so
draw to Harrison’s ratchets, and the wheel cut (figure decided to machine our barrels from solid. The bar was
74). Because there are two clicks, disposed at opposite bored to size and then glued to a mandrel for the
sides of the great wheel, the click has an odd number of outside to be finished and the groove to be cut (figure
teeth; 49. The point of this arrangement is that it pro- 75). The barrel was then released by gentle heat.
vides twice as many lockings per revolution, while the The front end cap was a straightforward turning job,
ratchet teeth and clicks are larger and more robust but the rear one has an integral stop hook (figure 76)
than would have been the case with a finer ratchet and and so had to be sawn and filed to shape. The
a single click. internal locating spigot was turned afterwards (figure
77). The cap was attached to the barrel and then to the
The barrel arbor and ratchet. The screws inside the barrel (figure
Like many of the parts of Harrison’s clock, this assem- 78) were not easy to get at! The parts were assembled to
bly is more complicated than the equivalent in a tradi- check fits etc. (figure 79).
Figure 72 Figure 74
Figure 73 Figure 75

The end cap arbor with Loctite for drilling the cross-pin hole (figure
This piece fits onto the arbor behind the great wheel 80). The hole was broached through both parts to suit
and locates it axially. It was turned and bored to be a a size 12 pin (figure 81).
snug fit on the arbor and was then attached to the
Figure 76 Figure 79
Figure 77 Figure 80
Figure 78 Figure 81

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 Escape Wheel: needed for this project. A good
Most of the construction is in brass 75 mm x 75 mm of 16SWG help is to have the second wheel
and it will pay to investigate how to or 1.5mm and particularly the escape wheel
obtain this as economically as possi- Second Wheel: cut for you. David Britten, who has
ble. Sheet brass is usually sold in 140 mm x 140 mm of 2 mm also pioneered this clock, had these
four foot by two foot sheets, and two cut by Clarke and Jones, and I
Pinion Wheel:
although this is way too much to had second wheel the cut at the
55 mm x 55 mm of 3 mm
make a single clock, it is by far the same time. I cut the rest myself, but
most economical way to buy it. If Centre Wheel: his escape wheel was finer than
several people get together on this 85 mm x 85 mm of 16 mine. I used a fly-cutter for this
project, the cost of materials can be SWG or 1.5 mm purpose, but a Thornton type
brought down considerably. For Hour Disc: multi-toothed dead-beat cutter was
instance, the current price of a full 105 mm x 105 mm of 16 no doubt used for his.
sheet of 3 mm CZ120 engraving SWG or 1.5 mm A little time then must be taken
brass from one stockist is £244.80, in sourcing materials; speak to
including VAT at 20%. This is Brass rod, which is frequently friends, get together, and enquire
equivalent to £30.60 per square used in clock making, is normally at the various metal stockists, but be
foot. A single square foot will sold in 3 metre lengths. However, sure that all the sheet brass is
provide all the 3mm brass needed the stockists that I deal with price it CZ120 engraving brass and all the
for this project with a bit to spare, by the metre and will supply it in rod is machining brass. As the
but a single square of this size pur- shorter lengths. It is important to series progresses I will give further
chased from a stockist may cost ensure that the rod is machining details and advice on the other
considerably more because of brass because it is easy to confuse it materials needed. The
cutting charges. Despite this extra with riveting brass which has poor Construction Series will begin in
cost, it may be considered worth- machining qualities – often com- next month’s HJ.
while to obtain the plates sheared pared with chewing gum! The brass
to size. The finished sizes of the rod can also be obtained at this
3 mm CZ120 brass plates are: stage and the following quantities
Front and back movement plates: and sizes will provide plenty of
140 mm x 190 mm material to be getting on with:
Mounting plate: 500 mm of 1⁄2", 9⁄16" and 3⁄8"
265 mm x 60 mm diameter (for the pillars etc)
150 mm of 5⁄8" and 3⁄4" diameter
If this option is being taken, an (for the larger wheel seatings)
off-cut of approximately 150 mm x 500 mm of 3⁄16", 1⁄4" and 5⁄16" diameter
100 mm of 3 mm CZ120 brass for (for various other uses)
other parts should be obtained.
Where plates are being sheared, As in all clock making, be careful
add on an extra millimetre to plate to get the important dimensions
dimensions as the edges are correct, as some imperfections can
inclined to be slightly rounded off only be corrected by starting again
in the process. All that is then (but it is amazing how many rejected
required is to file up the edges to parts can be re-cycled in other pro-
make clean corners. The chances jects!). Consequently, it can be seen
are that the stockist will have cut that it is important to have more
the plates ‘square’! than just enough material.
My next article in this series will If it is proposed to obtain the
cover making the wheels. The wheels ready cut, then just the one
CZ120 engraving brass required for square foot of 3 mm sheet and the
these is as follows: rod stock is all the brass that

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, oped between Graves, in the early Piguet was a noted independent
retiring from Christies. His dramatic part of the 20th century, and the maker of complications, and this
appearance in the saleroom at potentate of American motor-cars, horological impresario at times had
Sotheby’s no doubt added to the James Ward Packard. Both men were the entire watchmaking workforce of
provenance of the ‘Graves Watch’ inveterate collectors, amassing art, the Vallée de Joux working on the
that he had come to buy. property, boats, etc, and throughout Graves watch.
A repeat offender, as it were, the the great depression, each was Returning to Geneva in 2014, the
Graves Watch has had a history of responsible for commissioning very expectation of high drama was not
breaking records. For the better part expensive complicated watches from left unfulfilled. Bacs was pitted
of its life it was the world’s most com- the best makers in Europe, with against a fellow European collector,
plicated watch, and when it last came Patek Philippe and Charles present in the room. The starting
to market in 1999 (also by Sotheby’s), Frodsham counted among the price of around 6 million Francs was,
it smashed the world record as the chosen. Graves was not to be frankly, quickly dismissed, the price
most expensive timepiece ever sold. outdone after Packard ordered a rapidly rising to 13 million. After
The Sotheby’s sale in Geneva of watch with sky chart from Patek, and hushed whispers into his telephone,
this watch on 11 November this year in 1925 he duly placed an order that Bacs raised his paddle, offering an
demonstrated yet again the incredi- challenged even Geneva’s best firm. extra half-million. Bidding contin-
ble strength and dynamism of the The watch was delivered to Graves ued this way for a time, with the
watch collecting fraternity. True to in New York seven years later in increments dropping at one stage to
form, the Graves has more than January 1933, upon payment of 250,000 Francs. The pair continued
doubled its own record price, this $15,000 (at today’s value, a steal at this dance, pregnant pauses followed
time selling for 23.2 million Swiss under a quarter million dollars). by ‘last-gasp’ bids with the gavel’s
francs (£15.1 million Sterling). In a beautifully circular set of cir- descent already underway. At
The sale in 1999 was due to the cumstances, the dials, one a beautiful 19,750,000, the rival bidder coun-
closure and disposal of Seth creamy-white enamel, and the other tered with an offer of 19,999,999.
Atwood’s Time Museum collection. in silvered gold, were made by Stern, Amid laughter and applause, others
Atwood had purchased the watch in the family of dial-makers who went in the room shouted out offers to
1969 from Reginald Fullerton, on to buy (and who still own) the stump up the extra Franc. With his
grandson of the original owner, Patek Philippe company. competitor finally spent, the watch
the American industrialist, Patek had invested the indepen- was dispatched in favour of Bacs and
Henry Graves. dent maker, Victorin Piguet, with the his mystery companion for
A stiff, unofficial rivalry had devel- responsibility of building the watch. 20,600,000 (before commission).

Bench View 123

Callow in the craft, and lights at Christmas
Mike Flannery FBHI
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 multi-
positioning 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 dis-
tracting. However help is at hand.
My friend Clive recently paid me a
Photograph 1
visit and while he was installing a
very nifty Direct Read Out (DRO)
Many years ago when I was a young thing with it’. I do not assert that I system for me on to my Colchester,
apprentice and callow in the craft, I can mend it, far from it, age has he used a very clever inspection
used to boast loudly to the drawing given me an element of circumspec- lamp made from a discarded mobile
office chaps that ‘if they could draw tion, sadly far too late. phone battery and a single ultra-
it, I could make it!’ All went well Seeing things clearly is becoming bright LED. Clive is an electrical
until some canny artist showed me a more and more of a challenge. engineer par excellence and his
drawing of a man holding a four- Bench View Towers is full of the inspection lamp reminded me that I
legged open box. It was a small detail ‘new’ energy saving light bulbs had seen another of his LED light
of a drawing called ‘Belvedere’, one which, I am told, are pretty good at projects a few years ago.
of a series of drawing called saving energy. I have found, in prac- I had it in mind to make a simple
‘Impossible Constructions’ by M C tice, they are pretty bad at being any and adjustable lighting boom with
Echer. The things he could draw, I good at seeing things close up. the LED clusters which are cheaply
certainly could not make. Not only The need for a good moveable, available from most DIY outlets and
was my petard well and truly hoisted, multi-position light source in the often used for down lighters. The
I was hooked on Echer’s work. For workshop has become more impor- advantage with using the clusters is
those few who are not familiar with tant as the years progress. I am not that they are physically quite small
it, I suggest an internet search will be entirely happy with my workshop. It and weigh very little, they also throw
time well wasted. Like most geniuses is of course true that a bad workman out a considerable amount of light.
he was both bearded and left- blames his or her tools and I am sure I don’t think it worthwhile trying
handed, I need to make no further that a work person who blames his to reinvent the wheel so I feel it is
comment! or her workshop is a pretty bad perfectly okay to copy good ideas –
Now I am old, but sadly still callow person generally. some call it a ‘homage’ which they
in the craft, my boast has changed. It The workshop windows face pronounce in a faux French accent.
is, more of a querulous whine ‘if I directly south and there is nothing I So one Sunday afternoon I set about
can find my glasses and see it, and can do about it. This means that making a copy of an angle poise
further if I can recognize it, then I during most of the day it is very light onto which I would graft an
might possibly be able to do some- bright as the sun pours in. (I made LED cluster. A glance at Photograph

1 will show that I have been moder-

ately 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
Photograph 2
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 Photograph 3
use the outside container of an old
speedometer as the lamp shade was had planned to install a 12 volt ring £10, however, if you have to buy a
quite apt, if not positively post main. I cannot remember why but I battery then the cost increases. In
ironic, see Photograph 2. did not do this at the time and I now my experience there are lots of
Incidentally the clever electronic rather regret it. rechargeable batteries to be had.
machine on the bench is another The type of the LED cluster used Old rechargeable power tools where
product of Clive’s fertile mine – it is is a matter of personal choice, I did the batteries do not have the power
an electronic speedometer calibra- have a couple of the surface to run the tool will be perfectly ade-
tion machine. mounted LED clusters and while quate to power a small light. The
One of the advantages of using these give a good general light, whole thing is at the moment ‘G’
the LEDs is that they are 12v and I which is very suitable for down clamped to a shelf above the bench
was able to recycle a few other bits lighters, they do not really provide a as I have not quite decided the exact
that I had in the workshop. Last year focused light. The LED cluster, each position of the lamp boom.
the alarm company changed the with four or five traditional LEDs in, As this lamp in operation has
battery in the house alarm and of do have that broad capacity. These proved to be successful I have
course I kept it. I used that sealed clusters are a bit bigger but that decided to replace the 240 light
for life battery to provide the power extra size is, I think, offset by the bulb in the old angle poise lamp
source. I also have a very small solar better light output, see Photograph with a similar ultra-bright LED
battery charger which keeps the 3. The sockets for the LED clusters system, again powered off a 12 volt
battery topped up. So while nothing are available from most electronic supply. I suppose to cover myself I
in life is free, including the cheese component shops, as are the light should add that if you do not feel
in the mousetrap, this light does not clusters. I have added a small on/off competent to wire up this device
cost much to run. When I was build- switch on the lamp shade. In terms then you should consult a qualified
ing my workshop a few years ago I of cost, the whole thing is less that electrician.

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 circulated prior to the examinations and the talk illus-
Randall FBHI and Roger Smith FBHI were quick to trated some of the difficulties which were experienced.
praise the determination and dedication needed As ever, the need for practice was identified as the key.
to become a horologist today, in front of the 150 Students were encouraged to use the ‘Examination
strong audience of students, guests, speakers and Exercises’ section in the Distance Learning Course; in
demonstrators. particular, the facility to complete a ‘mock’ examina-
BHI Chairman Ray Walford began the proceedings tion paper when preparing for the examination. While
by welcoming everyone and saying that the day was a the presentation was taking place, others enjoyed a
celebration for both new members of the BHI and stu- conducted tour of Upton Hall and The Collection by
dents who have passed their exams. Alan Midleton FBHI.
He said: “Taking these exams is very hard work, the BHI President Antony Randall FBHI gave a talk enti-
standard required for theory and practical work is very tled ‘John Harrison H4’, looking at the life and work of
high – I would urge everyone to spare a thought for the England’s most celebrated watchmaker and his world
students who have put in an awful lot of time and renowned watches, focusing particularly on H4. This was
energy to be here today.” followed with a Watch Demonstration by Alan Burtoft
During the morning, guests had the chance to hear FBHI and Tom Keegan of the British School of
Chief Examiner David Poole FBHI talk about ‘The Watchmaking, who showed the procedure for adjusting
Examinations and Developments in Education’. For Etachron arrangement for balance springs, the oiling of
examinations, the emphasis was on the standard shock resistant settings and lever escapement pallets. As
expected from candidates to pass the servicing unit. always, it was an excellent demonstration and essential
Information giving requirements for success had been learning for the student preparing for examinations.

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 electri-
cal timekeeping over the years – the original TIM ‘Six
Pips’ timekeeper is on permanent display at
Upton Hall.
Roger Smith FBHI followed speaking about ‘The Chairman of the British Watch and Clock Makers Guild Award Paul
Great Britain Watch’ (see HJ March 2014) which was on Roberson FBHI present the Guild Award to Colin Andrews for the
Diploma in Clock and Watch Servicing.
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 bibliography and other sources of valuable information
he described as ‘complete watchmaking under one that is available
roof’. All the watchmakers employed by Roger are He said: ‘There are books on almost any subject you
capable of making a watch from scratch following his can think of. The BHI library has an impressive selec-
exacting designs. tion. I would also recommend that you join your local
Roger explained: “This gives the watchmaker a sense BHI branch, take part in the activities and get to know
of ownership and pride in the watch they are making your fellow members. Most are more than willing to
and lifts the quality from high to extraordinary. He help if asked about a particular problem. If they don’t
added that it was a very unusual concept today with know the answer themselves, the probably know
most watchmakers being responsible for just a small someone who does!’
part of the watch under production. He added that many local branches hold occasional
He went on to say that his Series II, which was auctions of tools and equipment, providing an oppor-
launched in 2006, has seen around 60 ‘incredibly rare tunity to acquire ‘anything you lack at a knock down
and different’ pieces made and sold worldwide. price’. Valuable sources of information can be found in
Another significant part of his business is the unique museum collections, such as the British Museum, the
commissions he undertakes – around one every Clockmakers Company, the National Maritime
three years, and the all-important development work Museum and the Wallace Collection to name but a few.
which will see Series III being released in the middle of He added: ‘Without the BHI as a focus there would
next year. be no courses, or exams, or certificates, or prizes, or a
The Keynote Address was given by Anthony Randall wonderful library, or a museum collection or the
FBHI who started by congratulating all the students on Journal, or anywhere to meet, or branch to join.
their well-earned prizes and certificates. Without all these facilities we would all be much the
He said: ‘The courses are not easy and you have poorer! Do bear that in mind when you hear criticism
proved to yourselves, as well as to the examiners, that of the Institute, as you will – it’s all we’ve got and its
you can make the sacrifices and stick it out – not every- future depends on you!”
one can do that so this is a moment to savour.’ “During my lifetime there have certainly been many
He went on to say that the purpose of the BHI changes and no doubt plenty more will come, but the
courses was to give a good general grounding on which basic principles of horology remain the same. The
to build, but the one essential that they could not give science that lies behind the hardware has not changed
was experience and the only way to acquire that was to and the basic materials of construction, steel, brass and
practise – and keep practising in the area in which you corundum, remain as they always have. Whatever you
have chosen to work. choose to do I wish you well and gain much satisfaction
Anthony encouraged students to continue adding to in doing it.”
their knowledge by making use of the large horological BHI Chairman Ray Walford then explained that the

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 individ-
uals 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 Tom Keegan from the British School of Watchmaking gave a demon-
stration of watchmaking skills, along with Alan Burtoft (not pictured).
director and vice chairman of the Institute; retiring
directors Richard Snelling MBHI and Geoff Walker course. I would also like to thank my tutors at
FBHI, for their dedication and service; Paul Shrouder Birmingham City University, Jon Parker and Jeremy
FBHI, a former Museum Trustee and organiser of the Hobbins and my fellow students for their support and
highly successful Notts and Derbys Branch Auction, steady supply of Waggon Wheels!”
and finally to recently retired BHI curator Alan Chairman of the South London Branch Grenville
Midleton FBHI. Johns presented the Beresford Hutchinson South
Students were then asked to come forward to receive London Branch Prize for the best Portfolio in the Final
their awards from Chairman Ray Walford, President year also to Laura Turner.
Anthony Randall, Education Director Martin Chairman of the British Watch and Clockmakers
Wigglesworth and Chief Examiner David Poole. Guild Paul Roberson presented the Guild Prize for the
Laura Turner was presented with the BHI Bronze highest overall result in the Diploma in Clock and
Medal which is given to the candidate who has gained Watch Servicing to Colin Andrews.
the best result in the highest level qualification. She For a full list of other prize winners see HJ September
follows a long line of very distinguished horologists 2014.
who have received this award. A champagne toast closed the day’s proceedings.
She said: “It is a huge honour and very unexpected. I
am so grateful and I would like to thank the Worshipful AMENDMENT The Malcolm Barrett Prize for the
Company of Clockmakers and the George Daniels’ best Theory Paper Clocks/Watches was awarded to
Educational Trust who provided bursaries without PAUL ASHTON
which I wouldn’t have been able to complete the

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Bristol Branch 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.
Bill Sunderland and Chris Lowe FBHI Malcolm Pipes
An excellent turnout of Branch members heard Bill East of Scotland Branch

Sunderland, supported by Chris Lowe FBHI, speak to us On a bright Autumn day, our October meeting at the
on ‘A one second verge pendulum clock’ at October’s Cannons’ Gait, Edinburgh, started with a discussion of
meeting. Bill initially outlined the work of Galileo, the our forthcoming auction sale. To avoid bringing all the
Italian physicist who played such a major role in the sale items to the venue, our events secretary Zen
Scientific revolution, and who in 1610, supported the Chowaniec has produced a detailed online catalogue
view that it is the sun which is at the centre of our solar with photographs and descriptions of each item, which
system. Galileo claimed, slightly incorrectly, that a pen- bidders can study beforehand.
dulum’s swing is isochronous, but this was later cor- After this was settled, Secretary Ashley Strachan gave
rected by Christiaan Huygens a Dutch mathematician a wonderful talk about his visit to Japan earlier this year
who helped found the French ’Academie des Sciences’. which was reported in HJ September 2014. Using both
Huygens worked with the Academy’s official clock- stills and video clips, he illustrated the 22 day epic
maker Isaac Thuret, and associated with the Danish journey visiting many museums shrines and gardens.
astronomer Ole Romer, who was a professor of astron- His Japanese hosts clearly made him very welcome and
omy at the University of Copenhagen. he cannot wait to visit Japan again.
In 2004, Bill visited the Dutch exhibition the ‘Huygens Included in his talk were details of Japanese karakuri
legacy’ at the royal palace ‘Het Loo’ which displayed an automata which included an amazing warrior, firing
amazing collection of horological masterpieces, the miniature arrows at a target, and a little clockwork doll
exhibition being focused on work carried out around which appears to walk round a table, serve a cup of tea
1657 by Huygens in regulating clock mechanisms using and return. Ashley has made a working model of this
a pendulum. An article in Antiquarian Horology March karakuri mechanism, which he demonstrated at the
2008, ‘A pendulum clock owned by Danish astronomer end of a truly fascinating talk.
Ole Romer’ furthered Bill’s interest in building his own Nick Sanders
one-second verge pendulum clock.
Such clocks are extremely rare and we all admired Leicester Branch
Bill’s exceptional passion and persistence in researching At October’s meeting, Dr Tim Treffry HonFBHI gave us
the very sparse information available. Rather than use a talk entitled ‘Advances in Watch Design’ and sub-
modern materials, machines and equipment, Bill, Chris,
and other craftsmen learnt and used traditional seven-
teenth 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 estab-
lishing 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 accu-
rate 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 Tim Treffry HonFBHI

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titled ‘Studied Simplicity to Leading-Edge Technology’. were shown sells for approximately £5,333 and the
He promised to show us some remarkable watches and dearest for about £150k, so it is unlikely that I shall be
during the evening certainly kept his promise. buying one.
Tim’s starting point was the Ulysse Nardin watch ‘The Tim’s presentation was both enjoyable and informa-
Freak’ of 2001, which was designed by Ludwig Öchslin. tive. If you have the opportunity to see him give it, I rec-
This watch used an epicyclic train, the whole of which ommend that you take that opportunity.
rotated. It was one of the first in which silicon was used. Our next regular meeting will be on 9th February
It employed a double-wheel escapement in which 2015, which will be our AGM. Copies of the pro-
silicon parts were used to provide wheels of very low gramme can be obtained from Colin Reynolds, either
inertia. The techniques used to produce the parts were by post or by email.
similar to those used in the semiconductor industry. Colin Fergusson
Diverting slightly, Tim told us about the International
Horological Museum in La Chaux-de-Fonds, which is Lincolnshire Branch
housed in a former nuclear shelter; probably the most For a change the October branch meeting moved
secure museum ever. Ludwig Öchslin’s 2005 watch, venue from Lincoln to Upton Hall, where seven
designed for the museum while he was in charge of it, members, who had braved the day’s downpour, enjoyed
had an annual calendar and was characterised by a fascinating, guided tour of some of the Museum
extreme clarity and simplicity of display. Tim explained Trust’s collection. Alan Midleton FBHI had very gener-
the mechanism of the calendar, which is very inge- ously given up his time to provide us with what can only
nious. In 2006, Ludwig Öchslin and his son founded be described as an ‘evening of enlightenment’. All too
the firm Ochs und Junior, which specialises in watches often we visit our HQ and although we can appreciate,
of rigorous simplicity but also offers ‘open-ended cus- on a purely visual level, the clocks and watches on
tomisation’. Tim showed us several of their watches, display, what we are unable to do is to have the human
including one with a moon-phase display which will and historical details that go with each piece. Alan’s
take 3,478 years to develop an error of one day. As a genius lies in his intimate knowledge of the collection,
contrast, he showed us the Terraluna by Lange & delivered with paternal affection and clarity.
Sohne, the lunar display of which takes only 1058 to be Starting in the central hall where the Millennium
out by a day. Clock takes centre stage, it was made clear that the
As the oddity in his presentation, Tim showed the longcase clocks are not arranged in just any order; the
HYT H2 which has a hydro-mechanical display employ- progression from the single hand lantern clock to the
ing a fluorescein-loaded fluid in a glass tube to indicate early examples of more accurate time keeping were set
the time. It was not entirely clear what advantage this out in linear progression along the wall. The informa-
system confers, but it is fascinating. Equally amazing tion about Chinese lacquered cases was surprising,
was the Urwerk EMC (Electro-Magnetic Control). This learning as we did that beauty is only skin deep with the
is, in effect, a mechanical watch with an integrated basic carcasses being worked on for many months to
timing machine so that it can indicate its own degree of produce the final intricate results.
error, which the owner can then correct. Having been to Upton a fair few times, the Speaking
Returning to more conventional horology, Tim Clock has become almost taken for granted with its ten
showed us the Piaget Altiplano 900P. This watch is only second round of clicks and rotations, but when the
3.63 mm thick, which is achieved by arranging the train history of the two clocks is told, it adds so much more to
alongside the dial rather than behind it and by using their rather unflattering appearance that you truly
the case itself to support the train. For comparison, appreciate the importance of these time dispensing
Tim showed us a thin tourbillon watch of 1986 by innovations.
Audemars Piguet in which the train was also supported The exhibit that will stay in my mind though is
by the case back. perhaps the least attractive namely the pocket watch
The final item in Tim’s show was the latest develop- that Scott took to the Antarctic. Not having read the
ment in silicon from Ulysse Nardin. This is the Anchor display cards, I found Alan’s unravelling of why a
Lever, which has no pivot, being supported by ribbon cheap, alarm watch should have been taken so far, fas-
springs and using the mode of flexure of these to cinating; it was certainly no chronometer. And it all
provide the lever with only two stable positions. This comes back to the human, historical colouring that was
obviates the need for a safety or banking components applied to the whole evening. Explanation! If you
and has extremely low inertia. The company’s video remain motionless for more than two hours or so in
showed some of the manufacturing process and an ani- sub-zero temperatures then problems with frost bite
mation of the operation of the escapement, which is are likely. So, you need an alarm to wake you up at
incorporated into a tourbillon. regular intervals.
It is easy to question the relevance of some of these Many thanks to Alan Midleton for giving us a deeper
watches, especially as some of them are difficult to tell appreciation of the heritage of horology that we hold
the time by, but I think they are a bit like formula 1 cars in trust at Upton Hall.
from which the technology migrates to the cars which Alwyn Kirk
we drive. Price is also an issue. The cheapest watch we

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Milton Keynes Branch able to see the most intricate details while carrying out his
The speaker for our October meeting was Ian Coote job of ‘keeping the items in good condition, preventing
MBHI who gave us an excellent talk on ‘Horological any material deterioration and conserving their unique
Tools’. originality for future generations’. He was acutely aware
Ian, a former teacher, is a member of the Ipswich of the heritage of his work as he was following in the foot-
branch, conducts a brass band, has been restoring clocks steps of the likes of Eric Gent, Jonathan Betts, Viscount
and barometers for the last 20 years, and maintains a Midleton and Sue Ford and we wonder who, in later
most informative website (www.coote.demon. co.uk), so years, will be looking over his shoulder and viewing his
we were pleased that he could find time to make the stewardship.
journey to us. Duncan very kindly gave me his notes so I had the
Ian told us that he became a collector of horological benefit of all his facts and details and any errors are down
tools accidentally after buying workshop contents, which to my errors of transcription, but sadly I am unable to
had been accumulated by three previous generations. bring you the glory of what we were shown with the pic-
Collaboration with a Polish contact led to regular tures. I will list just a few of the items we were privileged to
dealing in tools. see not just from the outside but in intricate detail. Some,
The first part of the talk illustrated early tooling and like the large wall clock in the servants hall, were made as
included the earliest picture of a lathe (tomb painting just functional timepieces and this item required the use
300BC), Roman bow lathes, foot operated vertical drills of a large ladder for its weekly winding. Others were items
and a pole lathe. we can only dream of such as the Ahasuerus Fromanteel
The talk progressed to horological tools such as turns spring clock, the month longcase by Henry Young with
and then encompassed the American origins of the floral marquetry case, the exceptional Grand Sonnerie
clockmakers lathe. The differences between Swiss and clock by Christopher Gould, who we learnt he fell on
English mandrels were discussed together with some hard times and ‘was reduced to applying for a position as
‘odd ball’ examples that he had come across. an ale taster’ (sounds good to me!). A musical clock with
Further polishing tools such as the swing tool were dis- interchangeable barrels by Claude Viet, the Wagstaf
cussed and examples passed around the audience before bracket clock with automata, and then we got onto the
Ian described the development of wheel cutting; from Tompions with superb pictures of the repeating
the early Swiss saw cutting machine through to mechanism and mechanical details. A true feast of horo-
modern methods. logical wonder.
A practical demonstration of the rounding up tool was In the question and answer time we covered the usual
given via microscope and computer projector and the thorny issues of keeping clocks running or just sitting as a
talk was completed with a discussion about the achieve- dusty museum exhibit and also reconversion of past mod-
ments of Pierre Ingold whose proposal for interchange- ifications. Here, Duncan is fervently on the same side as
able parts was rejected by the trade and a description of Matthew Read from West Dean that any reconversion
his tooth polishing technique. is fitting modern components and destroying part of
A most interesting evening, extremely well illustrated the history.
and enjoyed by all. An interesting view was given on the different attitudes
Bob Whitehurst of staff at various properties. Some, like those at Lyme
Park, take great interest in their clocks and want to know
Sussex Branch how best to treat them, giving their visiting horologist a
This month our planned speaker was unable to attend good well lit space to work in and making sure they are
but we were very lucky to welcome Duncan Greg, who comfortable and supplied with coffee, while others stick
stepped in at short notice. He explained that he is not a their visitors in a cold broom cupboard and leave them to
regular speaker but had recently been persuaded to give get on with it!
a talk to the Manchester branch so fortunately had his Duncan was warmly thanked and still talking
talk prepared. Duncan is entrusted with the care of clocks with members as the room was having to be cleared. A
at Lyme Park, a National Trust property. great evening.
The National Trust has over 8000 horological items in Gordon Hoare
its care and four properties which hold exceptional col-
lections, Waddesdon Manor, Snows Hill, Anglesey Abbey South London Branch
and Lyme Park, which itself has 46. The collection was The October meeting was taken up with the traditional
bequeathed by Major The Honourable Sir Francis Legh Branch Auction, when we use the Linley Room to book in
KCVO and enhanced by examples from the Glynn Vivian lots and house them once sold, and the main hall for
bequest, which became the Gershom Parkington viewing and selling. A late request to the committee to
Collection. help a current member empty his workshop to facilitate a
Duncan gave interesting details on the benefactors and move to the coast, resulted in a car load of tools and mate-
their ‘infection’ with the horological bug which all in the rials being collected the night beforehand by Norvin
BHI also seem to suffer. Many of the clocks are classics of Simpson and myself. The tools and materials collected
horology and most of us can only admire them from a dis- were sorted immediately prior to the auction by James
tance, but as Duncan said he has the good fortune to be Marten and Alan Westgate into 43 lots. Then the unex-

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pected happened and a further 91 lots turned up on the makers themselves. The plan is to make more and more
night resulting in a very full auction. This resulted in the in the UK.
usual mix of various publications, watches, clocks, parts, Setting up a new watch company amid very strong com-
tools and materials. There did, however, seem to be fewer petition is not for the feint hearted. However, there is no
complete clocks or watches than previously. other high quality English watch company making hand
Despite a later start than normal, the full 134 lots were finished watches in any quantity. Bremont has reached
sold, with the exception of one by our auctioneer Rory annual production of 8,000 pieces.
McEvoy, in less than two hours, achieving a total in excess In 12 years Bremont has created a very distinct luxury
of £2,000. Rory used his extensive knowledge to value the brand with some very original models all with the COSC
lots and the item he withdrew was as a result of it not Swiss chronometer grade certification. There are models
receiving a reasonable starting bid. The good news is that made in partnership with Jaguar, Norton, Martin Baker,
this was subsequently sold after the auction and in line Bletchley Park, the Royal Navy, HMS Victory, the US
with Rory’s valuation. The administration and book Airforce amongst others. Numerous celebrities feature in
keeping were performed by the now familiar dynamic their marketing material. Some of their limited edition
duo James Marten and Alan White, in their usual effi- prestige models have incorporated some very imaginative
cient fashion. Rory, James and Alan were thanked at the elements, for example, a piece of a Spitfire, fabric from
end of the auction for their efforts in running the sale. the very first aeroplane flown by the Wright Brothers and
Buyers then paid their money and collected their lots, copper and oak from HMS Victory.
the sellers were then all paid out, and the Hall and Linley Bremont represents the top end of English watchmak-
Room were returned to the ‘as found’ condition before ing in the branded luxury sector distinguished not only
the end of the evening, achieved with a great team effort by a commitment to quality but some very original mar-
by all the available members of the committee, aided by keting. There are many quality watches for buyers to
many ordinary members. So a huge thank you to all. choose from but Bremont has established a very distinct
As a result the auction was much more successful than niche which clearly appeals to individuals wanting a
expected, contributing significantly to Branch funds mechanical watch rooted in the history of domestic engi-
which will be used for the benefit of all branch members. neering tradition.
Grenville Johns Richard Snelling gave the vote of thanks for a wonder-
ful insight into an amazing journey. The audience was
Oxfordshire Branch enthralled.
The speaker at our October meeting was Giles English, Martin Gatto
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 New Members, Reinstatements and Upgrades
computer and there was no suitable connector to our pro-
Associates
jector. Normally panic sets in at this point but Giles was in
M Bell, Yorkshire
no way perturbed. A fascinating story needs no visual aids.
T Bensky, USA
Giles and his brother Nick were brought up amidst engi-
A J Bowe, Spain
neering stuff as their father Euan’s workshop contained
clocks, models, old cars and old aeroplanes. In March P Chapman, East of Scotland
1995, Nick and their father were practising for an air L Chen, China
display in a 1942 WWII Harvard aircraft which unfortu- G W Cossey, South Wales
nately crashed, killing their father and seriously injuring A Couper, Merseyside
Nick. Giles was waiting take off clearance when he was told J Croney, Lincolnshire
of the crash. Fortunately, his brother survived notwith- D Dooley, Sheffield
standing the fact that he had broken over 30 bones! J Duffy, Wessex
The tragedy did not deter the brothers and in the late A Ellington, Singapore
1990s they were flying across northern France in their E Fandridou, Greece
1930s biplane when they had to make an emergency B Grace, Kent
landing on to a farmer’s field. The farmer’s name was M Herman, USA
Antione Bremont. In 2002, the brothers set up Bremont M Hunt, Midlands
in Biel Bienne, Switzerland. Five years later the first A Johanssor, Sweden
Bremont mechanical watch was launched. R Lumb, Netherlands
Today Bremont is located in Henley in a purpose built P Phillips, Bristol
barn with retail outlets in London and Hong Kong. Their A Ruthven, Lincolnshire
watches are designed, finished and assembled in Henley S Saunders, North London
with some core components made in Switzerland. A Simkiss, Ipswich
Increasingly components are now being made in the UK G Singleton, Sheffield
at Silverstone. They have engineering partnerships with
A Soszka, South London
the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre and
J Vincent, North London
Boeing. They employ 70 people and are training watch-

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Tool Sharpening Course 6 October 2014 Now it was our turn! We were handed a piece of high
Six branch members arrived punctually at the Branch speed steel to make a lathe cutting tool, grinding one
Workshop to be introduced to our tutor for the day, Sid end suitable for brass and the other for steel.
Lines MBHI. We were then given a wooden guide Sid had made for
Sid is chairman of the Kent Branch of the BHI and a us and a diamond stone to practice the four-facet
retired Mechanical Engineer. method of drill sharpening.
After a friendly but firm talk on safety we were all Next we were supplied with 1 mm, 4 mm, and 6 mm
handed a pair of protective safety glasses to be worn drills which had the tips broken off, and told to
during use of either the bench grinder or drill. sharpen them, and then to prove that we had done it
Sid then took us through a very well put-together correctly by drilling a hole in a piece of 6 mm mild steel.
PowerPoint presentation covering the theory of sharp- There was much discussion and banter during the
ening drills, lathe tools including gravers, broaches and day and even our more experienced members said they
reamers, screwdrivers and taps and dies. had learnt a lot.
‘Don’t be a slave to accuracy’ was the mantra. Sid On departure we were presented with a folder con-
explained that in production engineering the angles taining the information in the initial presentation and
have been worked out to give the maximum efficiency, all the materials we had used during the day were ours
tool life etc, and hence profit for the company. to keep.
For our applications it matters little if the angle is This was a really worthwhile day and I would like to
115° or 125° – drill will still cut freely and to size. thank Sid for the thorough and detailed preparation
Sid then showed us a number of guides for sharpen- that made the day run so smoothly.
ing gravers and screwdrivers including some he had Peter Steward
both designed and made himself.
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 inter-
ested, please contact Upton Hall stating your prefer-
ence – one weekend or two. You will be contacted
when the preference becomes clear.
rate. You will need to bring your own tweezers,
Course content: The course will teach the screwdrivers and eyeglass and be familiar with their
fundamental skills and knowledge required to enable use. The Institute will provide carriage clock move-
you to confidently enter the examination. It is ments for each of the students attending the course.
expected that you will have undertaken some practi- Historically, the overall standard of work for this
cal clock servicing and are familiar with examination unit has been disappointing; this is your
processes such as bushing and refinishing clock opportunity to hone your skills with guidance from an
pivots. There will be particular emphasis on the ser- expert.
vicing of the platform escapement – the Register your interest now by contacting
cleaning, lubrication and adjustment for beat and Maxine on 01636 817604/maxine@bhi.co.uk
Cost of Course: £260.00 Optional one night B&B: £40.00

Horological Calendar 2014/2015
December
3 Wessex Branch AGM Bring and Show and Christmas Fare, Examination Practice at Upton Hall
7pm, Lyndhurst Community Centre. SO43 7NY. D4: Servicing and Correcting Faults in
3 South West Branch Bring and Discuss Evening. 7.45 pm. a Quartz Watch
Exeter School, Daw Building, Manston Terrace, off Magdelen
Road, Exeter, EX2 4NP.
Hone your skills on John Murphy’s 2 –
4 South London Branch Speaker: Andrew Crisford ‘Breguet’, day course D4: Servicing and Correcting
7.30pm, The White Hart Barn, Godstone Village Hall, Faults in a Quartz Watch
Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8DU.
8 Lincolnshire Branch AGM & Christmas Party, 7.30pm, The training watch movement (uncased) is part of
Birchwood Leisure Centre, Birchwood Avenue, Lincoln, LN6 0JE. the course cost and is yours to keep.
9 Merseyside, North Wales and West Cheshire Branch
Bring and Discuss and Seasonal Refreshments, 7.30pm, The Based on the Examination Syllabus, you will
Pavilion Meeting Room, Ruskin Leisure, Ruskin Drive, St Helens, practise the following:
WA10 6RW.
· Analysing faults using test equipment
11 Milton Keynes Branch Christmas Meal. Contact Secretary · Dismantling and cleaning
ajpollard@hotmail.com for details. · Correcting faults
11 North London Branch Annual Dinner 7.00pm, Sekforde · Re-assembling and lubricating
Arms, Sekforde Street, London, EC1R 0HA. · Water resistance testing (using BHI training media)
13 East of Scotland Branch Speaker: Dr Caroline Milton
‘Photographing Clocks’ 2.00pm, Canons’ Gait, 232 The following dates are offered, according
Canongate, Edinburgh, EH8 8DQ. to demand:
14 Brunel Clock and Watch Fair, The Sports Hall, Brunel Tues/Wed 3-4 February2015 OR Sat/Sun
University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PN. 25-26 April 2015
www.clockandwatchfairs.com
Cost of Course: £260.00
Optional one night B&B: £40.00
January Cost of movement: £25.00
7 South West Branch TBA. See www.bhiswbranch.co.uk for
the latest information.
Register your interest now by contacting Maxine
8 South London Branch, The Clocks of Lyme Park Cheshire,
on 01636 817604/Maxine@bhi.co.uk
Duncan Greig.
10 East of Scotland Branch AGM followed by Bring and
Discuss, 2.00pm, Canons’ Gait, 232 Canongate, Edinburgh,
EH8 8DQ.
Students! Workshop Items for Sale, Examination
updates etc www.bhi.co.uk/education-news
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. 2015 BHI Examinations Information, entry
forms etc available from Upton Hall in the New
Year – www.bhi.co.uk/education-news OR email
Maxine@bhi.co.uk
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,
dwm.hamer@googlemail.com 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, richard.steedman@btinternet.com.
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.

BHI Courses 2014/2015
Date Course Tutor Date Course Tutor

Dec July
1-5 Basic Mechanical Watch J Murphy (C) 4-5 Jacot Tool P Shrouder (W)
8-12 Basic Clock l R Egan (C) NEW 6-8 Final Quartz Watches M Selley (W)
17-19 Case Refinishing R Brown (W)
Jan
20-24 Antique Clock II J Reynolds (C)
17-18 Service & Repair Platform P Shrouder (W)
27-31 Service/Repair J Murphy (W)
Escapements Parts 1&2
Day Date Auto Watches
24-25 Service & Repair Platform P Shrouder (W)
Escapements Parts 3&4 Aug
3-7 Basic Clock I R Egan (C)
Feb
10-14 Basic Clock II J Reynolds (C)
NEW 3-4 Exam Practice – Unit D4 J Murphy (W)
NEW 15-16 Basic Hand Skills R Alcock (C)
NEW 7-8 Basic Hand Skills R Alcock (C)
17-21 DLC Summer School (C)(W)
10-12 Basic Quartz M Selley (W)
24-25 Polishing, Bluing & Silvering J Arnfield (W)
16-20 Basic Mechanical Watch J Murphy (W)
21-22 Wooden Clock R Egan (C) Sept
23-27 Basic Clock I R Egan (C) 1-4 Tourbillons R Brown (W)
7-8 Wheel & Pinion Cutting P Shrouder (C)
March
11-13 Basic Quartz M Selley (W)
28-1 Watchmakers Lathe P Shrouder (W)
14-15 Engineers' Small Lathe, J Reynolds (C)
2-3 Wheel & Pinion Cutting P Shrouder (C)
Drilling & Milling Machines
6-8 Lever Escapements R Brown (W)
19-20 Watchmakers Lathe P Shrouder (W)
16-20 Service/Repair Day J Murphy (W)
28-29 English Lever Pocket Watches P Shrouder (W)
Date Auto Watches
NEW 21-22 Exam Practice – Unit D3 J Arnfield (C) Oct
23-24 Engineers' Small Lathe, J Reynolds (C) 3-4 Cylinder Escapements J Arnfield (W)
Drilling & Milling Machines NEW 5-8 Antique Watch Escapements P Shrouder (W)
12-16 Basic Mechanical Watch J Murphy (W)
April
30-1 Case Refinishing R Brown (W)
1-2 Swiss Lever Escapements P Shrouder (W)
13-17 BCU Course J Murphy (W) Nov
18-19 Replacing damaged pivots J Arnfield (C)(W) 2-6 Turret Clocks C McKay (C)
in clocks and watches 9-13 Chronographs J Murphy (W)
NEW 20-22 Intermediate Quartz Watches M Selley (W) 21-22 Service & Repair Platform P Shrouder (W)
NEW 25-26 Exam Practice – Unit D3 & D4 JA/JM (C/W) Escapements Parts 1 & 2
27-1 Basic Clock I R Egan (C) 28-29 Service & Repair Platform P Shrouder (W)
Escapements Parts 3 & 4
June
1-5 Chronographs J Murphy (W) Dec
8-12 Antique Clock I J Reynolds (C) 30-4 Basic Clock I R Egan (C)
22-26 Basic Mechanical Watch J Murphy (W) 7-11 Basic Mechanical Watch J Murphy (W)
27-28 Photo Etched Dials J Arnfield (C)(W)
(C) = Clock Workshop (W) = Watch Workshop
Courses may change subject to demand. We cannot guarantee that a particular tutor will be teaching the course.
For bookings, syllabuses and details please contact Zanna Perry on 01636 817603, email zanna@bhi.co.uk
Course Prices
Tuition Costs Accommodation
Our courses cost £130 a day, which includes lunch. We also provide accommodation (if required) on
Costs for multiple day courses: a B&B basis at £40 per night.
2 day – £260 3 day – £390 4 day – £520 5 day – £650

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rare and interesting antique clocks and watches. GUNN (R. P.): Alexander Bain O/P 1976 £15.00
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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 5, May, 193-240 No 9, September, 385-432
No 2, February, 49-96 No 6, June, 241-288 No 10, October, 433-480
No 3, March, 97-144 No 7, July, 289-336 No 11, November, 481-528
No 4, April, 145-192 No 8, August, 337-384 No 12, December, 529-576
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 Basic Clock 2, Richard Gretton 231
About the Author: Basic Hand Skills, Trevor Goodall 143
Colin Fergusson MBHI 155 Basic Mechanical Watch, Andy Bennett 231
Dr Mike Flannery FBHI 59 English Lever Pocket Watch, Graham Powis 517
Ian Coote MBHI 112 Watchmakers’ Lathe, Michael Morton Lee 177
Michael Beckingham MBHI 153 Wheel and Pinion Cutting, Tim Henderson 517
Ray Essen 11 Crabtree, Geoffrey:
Stephan Gagneux 14 A Victorian Photograph and a Carriage Clock 310-11
Adjourned AGM, Dudley Giles 313 Auction Round Up 20-1, 223-5, 415-17
After the DLC, Guy Gibbons (47) 34, (48), 69, (49) 124, (50) 161, (51) 206, (52) 256, Cradock, Paul, Alan Midleton Retirement 406-07
(53) 306, (54) 368, (55) 411 Dahndel, Gunter, Making a Simple Mechanical Watch 296-300
Alan Midleton Retirement: Dates and Names of Moons in 2014, Martin Taylor 15
Barnes, Hugh 407 Decoding Harrison Conference, Rory McEvoy 253
Betts, Jonathan 406 Decoding Harrison, Colin Fergusson 348-9
Cradock, Paul 406-07 Dingwall-Beloe Horological Lecture 2013, Kenneth Lloyd-Jones 5
McKay, Chris 407 DLC Technician Grade is better than ever, David Poole 33
Roberson, Paul 407 Domesticating Turret Clocks, Stuart Malin 320-23
Walford, Ray 407 Driving a Centre Sweep Seconds Hand, Rex Swensen 16-17
Alcock, Ross, Making Hands 107-9 Drumheller, Douglas, John Harrison and the Nonlinear Spring (1) 448-53, (2) 498-502
Anderson, Gibson, The Stanford Tower Clock 80-1 East of Scotland Branch Visit to Upton Hall 538
Andrew, Colin, & Thornton, W John, John Deacon, Clockmaker to Baptist Minister 156-60 Enamel Painting for Dials and Decorative Panels, John Moorhouse 270
Another Training First for Apprentices, David Poole 128 Engine Turning, John Moorhouse (4) 28-31, (5) 76-9
Anthony Randall FBHI: Reconstruction of Harrison’s Mechanism in his Timekeeper H4 478 Epping Forest Horology Centre 84
Apprenticeships in England, Dudley Giles 219 Essen, Ray - About the Author 11
Armitage, Helen, In Memory of Paul Armitage MBHI 1980-2009 85 Essen, Ray, Clock Synchronisation and Universal Time (1) 6-11, (2) 54-7
Arnfield, Jim, A Jaeger Mystery Clock 355 Eternal Tools celebrate 15 years in the horology trade 372
Auction Round Up: EU Material Houses and Dealers Advertising in HJ, Martin Foster 219
Crabtree, Geoffrey 20-1, 223-5, 415-17 Fall Back Show 536
Hillman, Steve 82-3, 126-7, 162-3, 262-3, 308-09, 356-7 FBHI for Martin Foster 173
Australian Antiquarian Horological Society, Vivian C Kenney 61 Fergusson, Colin MBHI - About the Author 155
Author Biography: Fergusson, Colin:
John Robey Hon FBHI 75 Decoding Harrison 348-9
Gibson Anderson 81 Making Harrison’s Late Regulator (6) 22-3 (7) 70-1, (8) 130-1, (9) 178-9, (10)
Jim Katzman 81 496-7, (11) 544-5
Awards, Education and New Members’ Day, Jayne Hall 550-2 The Horologist’s Toolbox 154-5
Azzopardi, Spiridion, A Greek Odyssey (1) 120-3, (2) 170-2, (3) 220-22 Fitton, Barrie:
BADA Fair 84 BHI Automata Forum 254
Barker, Peter, Making a Winding Crank Key 503 Precision Timekeeping Forum 318-19
Barnes, Hugh, Alan Midleton Retirement 407 Flannery, Dr Mike FBHI - About the Author 59
Baselworld 2014, Martin Foster (1) 216-18, (2) 268-9 Flannery, Mike:
Bateman, Douglas: The Horologist’s Toolbox 58-9
Time for Everyone 4 Bench View (111) 45, (112) 93, (113) 141, (114) 189, (115) 237, (116) 285,
British Sundial Society 492-3 (117) 333, (118) 381, (119) 429, (121) 466-7, (122) 512-13, (123) 548-9
Beckingham, Michael MBHI - About the Author 153 Forensic Revelations of a Lost Tavern Clock, Martin Gatto 412-14
Beckingham, Michael, Three Tourbillons Plue One (1) 150-3, (2) 202-05 Foster, Martin:
Bell, Harriet, BHI Summer Show 312-13 Baselworld 2014 (1) 216-18, (2) 268-9
Bench View, Mike Flannery (111) 45, (112) 93, (113) 141, (114) 189, (115) 237, (116) EU Material Houses and Dealers Advertising in HJ 219
285, (117) 333, (118) 381, (119) 429, (121) 466-7, (122) 512-13, (123) FBHI for 173
548-9 Girard-Perregaux wins the 2013 Aiguille D’or Prize 38
Bennett, Andy, Course Report: Basic Mechanical Watch 231 Hong Kong Clock and Watch Fair 509-11
Best of British – Roger Smith’s New Masterpiece, Justin Koullapis 102-3 Inhorgenta Europe 2014 168-9
Betts, Jonathan, Alan Midleton Retirement 406 SIHH Geneva Salon Review 2014 (1) 114-115 (2) 166-7
BHI Accounts 272-5 Spare parts supply by Swatch Group is progressively reduced 38
BHI Automata Forum, Barrie Fitton 254 Watchmakers and Clockmakers of Austrialia 61
BHI Council Nominations, Dudley Giles 248-9 French 8 Day Posted-Frame Clock, John Robey 362-7
BHI Examinations 2014, David Poole 408-10 Gagneux, Stephan - About the Author 14
BHI Explores New Opportunities in Australia, Dudley Giles 60 Gagneux, Stephan, The Horologist’s Toolbox 12-14
BHI Summer Show 257 Galileo’s Pendulum Controlled Escapement, Sandy Skinner 301-05
Bell, Harriet 312-13 Garner, Adrian, A Chuck for 8mm Collets 212-14
BHI Vice-Presidents’ Lunch Meeting 2013, Kenneth Lloyd Jones 32 Gatto, Martin, Forensic Revelations of a Lost Tavern Clock 412-14
BHI Youth Activity Day 261 Gibbons, Guy:
Blazing a Trail for the Creative Industries, Dawn Hillier 443 After the DLC (47) 34, (48), 69, (49) 124, (50) 161, (51) 206, (52) 256, (53)
Bremont Takes Off, Tim Treffry 446-7 306, (54) 368, (55) 411
British Sundial Society, Douglas Bateman 492-3 Making a Jacot Tool Head for a Myford Lathe 350-4
Britton, Dr David, Making a Wheel Crossing Out and Marking Out Jig 494-5 Making a Marine Chronometer 66-8
Brown, Nick, Making the Reynolds Depthing Tool 453-5 Giles, Dudley:
Bulle Isochronal Spring, Daniel Philippart 462-5 Adjourned AGM 313
Bundock, Mike, Margate’s Re-Instated Time Ball is Unveiled 360-1 Apprenticeships in England 219
Buxton, James, Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition 2014 539 BHI Council Nominations 248-9
Christiaan Huygens’ Horologium 1658 sells for a record £54,000 163 BHI Explores New Opportunities in Australia 60
Chuck for 8mm Collets, Adrian Garner 212-14 The First Word 531
Clock Register - a new resource 31 Upton Hall – The Future 118-19
Clock Synchronisation and Universal Time, Ray Essen (1) 6-11 Watch Parts Supply 420-22
Clock Synchronisation and Universal Time, Ray Essen (2) 54-7 Girard-Perregaux wins the 2013 Aiguille D’or Prize, Martin Foster 38
Clockspares Success 109 Godier, Alan, Obituary: Keith Harding 1931–2014 370
Clockwork Automata of the Enlightenment 267 Goodall, Trevor, Course Report - Basic Hand Skills Course 143
Coote, Ian MBHI - About the Author 112 Greek Odyssey, Spiridion Azzopardi (1) 120-3, (2) 170-2, (3) 220-22
Coote, Ian, The Horologist’s Toolbox 110-112 Gretton, Richard, Course Report: Basic Clock 2 231
Course Report: Griffiths, John:

INDEX OF ARTICLES BY TITLE & AUTHOR (continued)

A Trip to Roger’s Workshop 307 Nutty, Stephen, The Old Watch Factory Prescot, Liverpool 456-7
In Memory of George Daniels 255
Guided Tour of Smith of Derby, Nick Smith 537
Hall, Jayne: Obituary:
Awards, Education and New Members’ Day 550-2 Raymond Weil 100
The First Word 195, 387 Keith Harding 1931–2014, Alan Godier 370
Heritage Awards, Harriet Olivia 419 Old Watch Factory Prescot, Liverpool, Stephen Nutty 456-7
Hillier, Dawn, Blazing a Trail for the Creative Industries 443 Olivia, Harriet
Hillman, Steve Auction Round Up 82-3, 126-7, 162-3, 262-3, 308-09, 356-7 18th Century Organ Clock Restoration 418
Hong Kong Clock and Watch Fair, Martin Foster 509-11 Heritage Awards 419
Hon MBHI for: Meet the Student 372, 526, 538
Hugh Barnes 101 New Hotblack is a Winner 371
Barrie Fitton 254 Oriel House Clock 370
Horan, Robert: Organ Clock Restoration, Harriet Olivia 418
Repair of 23J Illinois Bunn Special 358-9 Ovens, Robert, Index to HJ Volume 156 565-74
Restoring a Vintage Patek Philippe Pocket Watch 258-61 Patek, Horan, If only balance wheels were like car tyres 542-3
Rolex Watch Servicing (1) 62-4, (2) 104-6 Patek Philippe celebrate 175 years, Justin Koullapis 294
Horological Philanthropist supports Greenwich Exhibition 445 Perrin, Martyn, The Great Escape 24-6
Horologist’s Toolbox: Peters, E, British Horological Institute 540-541
Fergusson, Colin 154-5 Philippart, Daniel, The Bulle Isochronal Spring 462-5
Coote, Ian 110-112 Poole, David:
Gagneux, Stephan 12-14 Another Training First for Apprentices 128
Flannery, Dr Mike 58-9 BHI Examinations 2014 408-10
Horology Trader – new international web site 267 DLC Technician Grade is better than ever 33
If only balance wheels were like car tyres, Horan Patek 542-3 The First Word 291
Index to HJ Volume 156, Robert Ovens 565-74 Precision Timekeeping Forum, Barrie Fitton 318-19
In Memory of: Ptolemaic Planetarium, Interpretation of a, Archie McQuater 250-2
George Daniels, John Griffiths 255 Race Against Time 374
Paul Armitage MBHI 1980-2009, Helen Armitage 85 Railway Clock Auction 309
Inhorgenta Europe 2014, Martin Foster 168-9 Rare Arnold Longcase for sale 355
Introducing the David Walter Double-Pendulum Table Clock, David Walter 506-08 Repair of 23J Illinois Bunn Special, Robert Horan 358-9
IWC Pocket Watch – New Classification, Van Der Meijden, Ehrismann and Seyffer (1) Restoring a Vintage Patek Philippe Pocket Watch, Robert Horan 258-61
345-7 , (2) 399-403 Reynolds, John, Making a Regulator to a New Design 404, 546-7
Jaeger Mystery Clock, Jim Arnfield 355 Roberson, Paul, Alan Midleton Retirement 407
Japanese Clocks, Ashley Strachan 394-98 Robert Loomes & Co celebrate EU Success 295
John Deacon, Clockmaker to Baptist Minister, Colin Andrew & W John Thornton 156-60 Robert Loomes’ new British-made watches 53
John Harrison and the Nonlinear Spring, Douglas Drumheller (1) 448-53, (2) 498-502 Robey, John:
John Lindsey, Brian Loomes 264-66 A French 8 Day Posted-Frame Clock 362-7
Kenney, Vivian C, Australian Antiquarian Horological Society 61 A Longcase Dial by William Mainman 72-5
Knibb Bros Clocks Sold at Auction 175 Roger’s watch commemorates a ‘GREAT’ Britain! 53
Koullapis, Justin: Rolex Watch Servicing, Robert Horan (1) 62-4
Best of British – Roger Smith’s New Masterpiece 102-3 Severs, Dr David, Northallerton Clocks and Watches on Show 201
Patek Philippe celebrate 175 years 294 Ships, Clocks & Stars, Justin Koullapis 369
Masterpiece Under the Hammer 493 SIHH Geneva Salon Review 2014, Martin Foster (1) 114-115, (2) 166-7
New Record for Complicated Patek 547 Skinner, Sandy, Galileo’s Pendulum Controlled Escapement 301-05
Ships, Clocks & Stars 369 Smith, Nick, Guided Tour of Smith of Derby 537
The First Word 435, 483, 531 Smith of Derby:
Lee, Michael Morton, Course Report - Watchmakers’ Lathe 177 acquires James Ritchie & Son 53
Linnard, Dr Bill, Winding Up The Clock 174-5 restores Ancient Guildford Clock 371
Lloyd Jones, Kenneth: Snelling, Richard, Upton Update - Launch of a new ‘Policy for Volunteers’ 32
BHI Vice-Presidents’ Lunch Meeting 2013 32 Spare parts supply by Swatch Group is progressively reduced, Martin Foster 38
Dingwall-Beloe Horological Lecture 2013 5 Strachan, Ashley, Japanese Clocks 394-98
Master of the Clockmakers’ Company 2014 5 Stanford Tower Clock, Gibson Anderson 80-1
London Model Engineering Exhibition 23 Swensen, Rex, Driving a Centre Sweep Seconds Hand 16-17
Longcase Dial by William Mainman, John Robey 72-5 Taylor, Martin, Dates and Names of Moons in 2014 15
Loomes, Brian, John Lindsey 264-66 The British Horological Institute, Alan Midleton 540-1
Making: The First Word,
a Jacot Tool Head for a Myford Lathe, Guy Gibbons 350-4 Giles, Dudley 531
a Marine Chronometer, Guy Gibbons 66-8 Poole, David 291
a Pinion by Hand Methods, John Wilding..18-19 Hall, Jayne 195, 387
a Regulator to a New Design, John Reynolds 404, 546-7 Koullapis, Justin 435, 483, 531
a Simple Mechanical Watch, Gunter Dahndel 296-300 Walford, Ray 243
a Wheel Crossing Out and Marking Out Jig, Dr David Britton 494-5 The Great Escape, Martyn Perrin 24-6
a Winding Crank Key, Peter Barker 503 The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers Masterpiece Competition 2014-2016 537
Hands, Ross Alcock 107-9 This month in the workshop 383, 430
Harrison’s Late Regulator, Colin Fergusson (6), 22-3 (7) 70-1, (8) 130-1, Three Tourbillons Plue One, Michael Beckingham (1) 150-3, (2) 202-05
(9) 178-9, (10) 496-7,(11) 544-5 Time for Everyone, Douglas Bateman 4
Reynolds Depthing Tool, Nick Brown 453-5 Time Sweet Time Exhibition 267
Malin, Stuart, Domesticating Turret Clocks 320-23 Tompion sells for £210,000 101
Margate’s Re-Instated Time Ball is Unveiled, Mike Bundock 360-1 Treffry, Tim, Bremont Takes Off 446-7
Master Clockmaker Certificate for David Poole 176 Trip to Roger’s Workshop, John Griffiths 307
Master of the Clockmakers’ Company 2014, Kenneth Lloyd-Jones 5 Turret Clock Forum Cancelled, Chris McKay 100
Masterpiece Under the Hammer, Justin Koullapis 493 Turret Clocks at Newbury, Chris McKay 491
McEvoy, Rory, Decoding Harrison Conference 253 Upton Hall – The Future, Dudley Giles 118-19
McKay, Chris Upton Update: 219
Alan Midleton Retirement 407 156th Annual General Meeting Agenda 173
NPL gets European Award for Atomic Clock 129 Call for Nominations for Election to Council 173
Turret Clock Forum Cancelled 100 FBHI for Martin Foster 173
Turret Clocks at Newbury 491 Launch of a new ‘Policy for Volunteers’, Richard Snelling 32
Who was the Big Ben Telescope Man? 504-05 Precision Pendulum Forum 173
McQuater, Archie, An Interpretation of a Ptolemaic Planetarium 250-2 Van Der Meijden, Ehrismann and Seyffer, IWC Pocket Watch – New Classification (1)
Mechanical Dividing in the Lathe, John Wilding 226-8 345-7, (2) 399-403
Meet the Student, Harriet Olivia 372, 526, 538 Victorian Photograph and a Carriage Clock, Geoffrey Crabtree 310-11
Meet the Tutor: Vintage Rolex Watch Repair, Robert Horan (2) 104-6
Chris McKay 35 Walford, Ray
Jim Arnfield 84 Alan Midleton Retirement 407
Ross Alcock 143 New Honorary Member Award for Associates 219
Ray Brown 231 The First Word 243
Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition 2014, James Buxton 539 Walter, David, Introducing the David Walter Double-Pendulum Table Clock 506-08
Midleton, Alan: Watch Parts Supply, Dudley Giles 420-22
The British Horological Institute 540-1 Watchmakers and Clockmakers of Austrialia, Martin Foster 61
The Museum Trust Collection at Upton Hall 458-61 Who was the Big Ben Telescope Man?, Chris McKay 504-05
Moorhouse, John: Wilding, John:
Enamel Painting for Dials and Decorative Panels 270 Making a Pinion by Hand Methods..18-19
Engine Turning (4) 28-31, (5) 76-9 Mechanical Dividing in the Lathe 226-8
Museum Trust Collection at Upton Hall, Alan Midleton 458-61 Winding Keys 315-17
New Home for the Clockmakers’ Collection 444 Winding Keys, John Wilding 315-17
New Honorary Member Award for Associates, Ray Walford 219 Winding Up The Clock, Dr Bill Linnard 174-5
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

BHI INDEX
BHI 150 Clock 155, 247, Roberson, Paul: Finance and Membership 249
BHI 150 Watch 373, 486 Clockmakers at The Houses of Horological Journal 37, 59-61, 100-01, 118, 141, 150,
Branches: Parliament 373-4 173, 176, 195, 219, 227, 233, 312, 243, 249,
Branch Officers’ Conference 181, 243, 249 Clocks at the Palace of Westminster 514-15 254, 344, 387, 392-3, 404, 446, 462, 478,
Bristol Branch 38, 133, 181-2, 278, 312, 373, Rowling, Martin, Culworth turret clock 276-7 483, 506, 518, 531, 540:
516, 553 Schaffer, Simon, Clockwork Automata of the Authors’ Style Guide 435, 483
Cheltenham Branch 324-5 Enlightenment 267 breach of copyright 488
East of Scotland Branch 37, 86-7, 132, 181, Shufflebotham, Paul, Coventry Watch Industry 132 changes to layout and style 435
276, 538, 553 Smith, Marion, Researching Clockmakers 228 Fitton, Barrie, Proof reader 254, 318, 436, 518
Ipswich Branch 36, 86, 112, 228, 267, 312, 555 Smith, Roger, Against all Odds (Beresford Foster, Martin, Fairs Correspondent 173,
Kent Branch 229, 276, 557 Hutchinson Memorial Lecture) 514 219, 436
Leicester Branch 37, 181, 276, 324, 515, 553 Stables, Dave: Hall, Jayne, Editor 60, 195, 233, 344, 374,
Lincolnshire Branch 37, 132, 254, 326, 373, English Pocket Watches 277 387, 404, 435-6, 483, 489, 518
537, 554 The English Pocket Watch 468 Koullapis, Justin, Technical Editor 435-6, 483,
Manchester Branch 37, 109, 229, 326, Strachan, Ashley, Japanese Clocks 553 489, 518
515-16, 536 Stuart, Richard: Olivia, Harriet, Editorial Assistant 371-2, 418-19,
Milton Keynes Branch 276, 423, 539, 554-5 Clockmakers of the Naugatuck Valley 278 489, 518
North East Branch 277, 468, 552 Clocks at No 10 325 typographic design 435
Notts/Derby Branch 177, 230, 184 Sunderland, William: Letters to the Editor of Horological Journal:
Oxford Branch 36, 134, 229, 278, 327, A one second verge pendulum clock 553 A Matter of Bouyancy 441
514-15, 556 Early Clockwork c1580–1650 87 A Truly Historic Day 391-2
South London Branch 5, 36, 84, 133, 182, Taylor, Steve, Sonnerie Striking 229 Astronomical World Clock 199, 246
229, 276-7, 327, 373, 410, 423, 441, Thomas, Steve, and Thomas, Darlah, Joyce of AWCI International Conference on Spare
468-9, 514, 552, 556 Whitchurch 325 Parts Distribution 342-3
South West Branch 132, 324, 469 Treffry Tim, Advances in Watch Design 553-4 Basic Hand Skills Course 148
Sussex Branch 183-4, 228, 276, 278, 374, Vickery, Dr Bruce, The Speed of Light and Other Beware WD40 and Contact Protection 442
429, 555 Stellar Effects 37 BHI 150 Flying Tourbillon watch 486
Wessex Branch 36, 45, 86, 134, 230, 277-8, Walford, Ray, The Future of the BHI 373 BHI AGM 344
326, 470 White, Ian, Life and Collection of Gustav Loup 327 Blueing Salts 246
Yorkshire Branch 87, 182-3, 325, 470 Worthington, David Atmos clocks 278 Broken Mainsprings 438
Branch Talks and Demonstrations: Wright, Jan, Electric Clocks 516 C&H Cartwright Advertising Clock 438
Barker, David, Edward East 470 Young, Colin, and Mawer, Jan, Auctioneering Chronometer Boxes 100
Bartholomew, Norman The turret clock and tune 132-3 Clock Synchronisation 148
barrel at Willoughby, Warwickshire 324 Education: Clockwork Art 200
Bennett-Levy, Michael, Restoration Techniques 86 Certificates: Coda 438-9
Cobb, Ken, West Dean Clocks and Related Conservation and Restoration 143 Computer Security 100, 149
Dynamic Objects Course 228 Repair of Clocks/Certificate in the Repair of Computer Simulation 440-1 487-8
Cooke,Oliver, The Life & Times of Edward East 36 Watches 408 Constant Confusion 148
Coote, Ian, Horological Tools 554-5 Repair, Restoration and Conservation of Cooke of York 246
de Fossard, George: Clocks/Watches 408, 410 Cutting Clock Hands 198
Chronology of Clockmaking 132 clock and watch tutors 231 Dangers of the Horological Journal 392-3
Making a Replica half size Longcase commercial clock and watch making 32 Decoding Harrison 392, 441-2
Clock 37-8 Conservation 33, 84, 260 Dial Deal – Help Needed! 52
Downie, John, Swarf on My Mouse 278 Courses: Dynamic Stability – Is it a Myth? 439-40
Dyer, Paul, Balls and Powder 182 Basic Clock 143, 231, 518 Fixed Pivots with Rotating Bushes! 440
English, Giles, The Bremont Watch Company 556 Basic Hand Skills 143, 148 For the Record 35
Essen, Ray, Time, Past, Present and Future 129 Basic Mechanical Watch 231, 372, 518 Galileo 390
Evans, Mike, Hirsch Watch Straps 181-2 Basic Quartz Watch 372 Galileo’s Pendulum Controlled Escapement
Film: Watchmaker’s Apprentice 470 Distance Learning 33, 52, 60-62, 64, 84, 343-4, 534
Fleming, Andrew, French clocks 134 124, 128, 143, 199, 206, 248, 246, Good Restoration 486
Frost, Mike, The Rector of South Kilworth 37 256, 258, 291, 306, 339, 408-09, Has the Industry Hit a Destruct Button 342-3
Gale, Phil, Clocks and Time with Stories to Tell 469 411, 454, 518, 537-8, 540, 550 HJ Ads do Sell 343
Garner, Adrian, Polishing Metals 229 Examination Practice 106, 160 HJ Redesign Feedback 489-90
Gilchrist, Owen: Quartz Watch Servicing 160, 177, 408-09 Horological Vandalism 52
The IWC Calibre 71 Pocket Watch 133 Replacing damaged pivots 261 Internal Threads 534
The IWC fishtail Movement 324 Service & Repair of Platform Escapements 52 It’s Sales as well as Service 393
Greg, Duncan, Clocks at Lyme Park 555-6 Servicing a Single Train Clock 408-09 Japanese Clocks 441
Gregory, Dr Martin, From Guns to Clocks and Watchmakers’ Lathe 177 John Ebsworth 100
Watches 230 Wheel and Pinion Cutting Course 517 John Jullion & Sons, of Brentford 294, 390
Grimshaw, David, The Cuckoo Clock Museum 276 Diplomas: John Sleightholme 294
Hoare, Gordon, The Good, The Bad and Servicing and Repair of Clocks and Watches Learning at its Best! 52
The Ugly 276 33, 84, 128, 291, 408-10, 551-2 Loctite Strength and Clearance 390-1
Hunt, Dr Hugh, Bounce, spin and vibration in the Education Programme 531, 540 Loctite v Soft Solder 439
physics of everyday items 228 Examinations 408: Missing Longcase 149
James, Andrew, Of Clockwork and Shadows 277 Examinations Board 409 Ode to Winders 200
King, Andrew, John Harrison’s Wooden Examiners’ Reports 409 Pivot Steel 246-7
Clocks 229 Poole, David, Chief Examiner, 33, 60, 128, Precision Timekeeping Forum 343
Koullapis, Justin: 176, 195, 291, 344, 408-09, 550-2 Proposed Turret Clock Forum Cancelled 100
Tale of Two Tourbillons 373 Examination Awards and Prizes: Quality Time Clock Courses 393
The watch trade in the Old Bond Street area Arthur Tremayne Memorial Prize 5, 410 Shortening Bracelets 343
of London 36 Barrett Silver Medal 5, 75, 552 Siegfried Haller Clocks 198
Lines, Sid: Beresford Hutchinson Prize 410, 552 Stolen – Can You Help? 52
Hints and Tips 325 British Watch and Clockmakers Guild The Clockmakers Outcry 199
Workshop Practice and Tips 229 Prize 551-2 The First Word 344
Lobo, Dr Leon, and Whibberley, Peter, NPL Time Bronze Medal 410, 551-2 The ‘New’ Horological Journal 535
and Time Standards 129 Charles Dilley Memorial Prize 410 The Titanic’s Musical Pig 441
Matthews, Len, Vincent Motorcycles 86 G K Hadfield Prize 410 The Trammel of Archimedes 534-5
McEvoy, Rory: Iain Campbell Memorial Prize 410 Tutor/Mentor Needed 246
An Extraordinary Day when Time and a Malcolm Barratt Prize 410 Two Pendulum Wall Clock – The Latest
Pig Flew 423 standards and education 243 Developments 247
Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson and the tutors 35, 143 Upton Hall Project – Management
Domestic Clock, 1768-1805 133 Wigglesworth, Martin, Education Thoughts 149
George Graham, watchmaker 276 Director 552 Vintage Rolex Watch Servicing 199, 247
Lord Nelson and the Domestic Clock 326 Events: VisSim 487
McQuater, Archie, Earth-centred Planetarium 276 Awards, Education and New Members Day 35, Watch Gadget 52
Perry Smith, Chris, The renovation of a William 393, 478 550-2 Watch Servicing 176
Stumbells 30 hour longcase clock 324 Fall Back Open Day 60, 536 WD40 391
Platt, Nigel, The Clock that saved Great Clockwork Automata Forum 64, 101, 173, 254 Well Done, perhaps? 486-7
Britain 423 Precision Timekeeping Forum 173, 195, 318, 343 Wooden Thing With A Handle 390
Priestley, Philip: Turret Clock Forum 100 Working with Lead 35
The Impact of American Technology on the Forums 173, 243, 248 Management:
English Watch Trade 324-5 Grand Auction 318 Alcock, Ross, Director 243, 249, 272, 436
Captain Cook’s voyage to Tahiti 36 Grand Raffle 312 Annual General Meeting 173, 243, 248-9,
Read, John, A Look at Watch Escapements through Open Days 32 312-13
the Ages 324 Spring Open Day 195 Armitage, Geoff, Director/Vice Chairman 60, 85,
Read, Matthew: Summer Show 81, 130, 243, 257, 312, 181, 200, 243, 248, 272, 312, 319, 552
Conservation and Restoration 183 318, 458 Articles of Association 173, 248, 312
West Dean College 327 Youth Activities Day 112, 195, 249, 261, 419 Barnes, Hugh, Director 101, 243, 272, 312,
Reynolds, Colin: Finance: 407, 436
The Great George Liver Clock at Liverpool’s Accounts 173, 249, 272-5, 313 Betts, Jonathan, Vice President 436
Liver Building 278 Annual Report 344 Board of Directors 60, 101, 118-19, 249, 313,
Gents’ Liquid Level Recording Products 515 Auditors 173, 248, 272 342, 344, 421, 436

BHI INDEX (continued)

Management (continued): Taylor, Martin, former General Manager 15, 271 458, 531, 536, 538, 540, 550, 552, 554
Bray, Robert, Vice President 436 Thomas, R D, Director 272 Thomas Miles Archive of Hands 107
Cardew, Mike, Director 243, 272 Vice Chairmen 243, 248, 272, 436 Trust 32, 118-19, 149, 173, 195, 243, 248-9,
Council 5, 37, 173, 243, 248 Vice Presidents 32, 173, 195, 248, 436 395, 406, 419, 444, 458, 460, 541, 554
Directors 195, 243, 248 Walford, Ray, Chairman 32, 35, 101, 173, 195, Watch Gallery 551
Elections to Council 173 219. 243, 254, 272, 312, 326, 344, 370, Spare Parts Supply 38, 510
Giles, Dudley, CEO & Company Secretary 32, 373, 393, 407, 419, 436, 536-7, 550-2 Upton Hall 33, 37, 60, 64, 109, 112, 118-19, 128, 133,
35, 37, 60-1, 100, 118, 149, 173, 195, Walker, Geoff, Director 195, 243, 249, 272, 149, 165, 173, 177, 231, 243, 248-9, 253-
243, 219, 248, 254, 271-2, 313, 342, 312, 436, 552 4, 261, 291, 312, 318, 339, 343, 349,
419-20, 436, 489, 518, 531 Whyte, Philip Vice President 79, 128, 436 372, 393, 458, 518, 531
Harris, Dennis, Vice President 436 Wigglesworth, Martin, Director 243, 272, 436 Heritage Enterprise Scheme 119
Haward, Stella, Director 173, 195, 228, 243, Wright, Jan, Director 243, 254, 272, 318-19, Bell, Maxine 106, 160, 393, 419, 436
261, 272, 312, 318, 343, 419, 436 419, 436 classrooms 118
Haward, Stella, Vice Chairman 436 Membership: Clock Café 60, 143, 231, 312
Koullapis, Justin, Director 36, 102, 199, 247, Associates 32, 101, 134, 184, 219, 228, 267, Clock Workshop 13, 109, 118-19, 149, 312,
249, 294, 312, 369, 373, 436 327, 374, 423, 555 536, 538
Lloyd Jones, Kenneth, Vice President 32, 436 Honorary Member Award 101, 219, 516 Dickinson, Briony 419, 436
Mellor, Ray, Vice President 436 Professional Members 33, 516 Examination Centre 408
Newman, Brian, Vice President 436 Special Awards 552 Stable Block 119, 373
Randall, Anthony, President 32, 173, 195, 248, Standards Policy for professional membership 243 Keeper’s Flat 407
312, 436, 478, 550-2 Students 372 Heritage Lottery Fund 119
Snelling, Richard, Director 32, 243, 272, Museum and Library 118, 312, 318, 339, 458, Horological Library 107, 119, 339, 419, 458
436, 552 541, 551: Perry, Zanna 35, 84, 101, 143, 177, 231,
Standards portfolio 243, 248 Archives 119 249, 436 Volunteer Policy 32
Strachan, Ashley, Director / Vice Chairman 243, Collection at Upton Hall 458, 536, 550 volunteers 32, 243, 552
249-50, 272, 312, 394, 398, 436 Conservation and Maintenance Group 536 Watch Workshop 118-19, 313, 536, 538
strategic planning 249 Midleton Alan, Curator 339, 406-7 419, 436, 444, 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 Joyce of Whitchurch, by Steve & Darlah Thomas, reviewed by Chris McKay 65
Barnes, Nigel, and Jordan, Austin, Maintaining Longcase Clocks, reviewed by King, Andrew, review of Thomas Tompion - 300 Years, Evans, Carter and Wright 207-09
Colin Fergusson 478 McKay, Chris, review of Joyce of Whitchurch, by Steve & Darlah Thomas 65
Canada’s Master Watchmaker Henry R Playtner, by Gary Fox 165 Maintaining Longcase Clocks, Nigel Barnes and Austin Jordan, reviewed by
Cousins UK 2014 Wholesale Catalogue, reviewed by Colin Fergusson 117 Colin Fergusson 478
Edwards, John, editor, Holtzapffel Volume VI, reviewed by Malcolm Wild 116 Mariner’s Chronometer, by W J Morris, reviewed by David Halloran 117
Evans, Carter, and Wright, Thomas Tompion - 300 Years, reviewed by Andrew King Mayet Morbier Comtoise, Leonard van Veldhoven, reviewed by Colin Fergusson 314
207-09 Midleton, Alan, review of Stretch – American Family of Clockmakers, Finnemore and
Evans, Geoffrey, Time, Time And Time Again 271 Hohmann, 210-11
Fergusson, Colin, review of: Morris, W J, The Mariner’s Chronometer, reviewed by David Halloran 117
The Origins of Self-Winding Watches, by Richard Watkins 164 Origins of Self-Winding Watches, by Richard Watkins, reviewed by Colin Fergusson 164
Anniversary Clock Identification, by Mervyn Passmore 116-17 Passmore, Mervyn, Anniversary Clock Identification, reviewed by Colin Fergusson 116-17
Cousins UK 2014 Wholesale Catalogue 117 Stretch – American Family of Clockmakers, Finnemore and Hohmann, reviewed by Alan
Maintaining Longcase Clocks, Nigel Barnes and Austin Jordan 478 Midleton 210-11
Mayet Morbier Comtoise, Leonard van Veldhoven 314 Thomas Tompion - 300 Years, Evans, Carter and Wright, reviewed by Andrew King 207-09
Finnemore and Hohmann, Stretch – American Family of Clockmakers, reviewed by Thomas, Steve & Darlah, Joyce of Whitchurch, reviewed by Chris McKay 65
Alan Midleton 210-11 Time, Time And Time Again, Geoffrey Evans 271
Fox, Gary, Canada’s Master Watchmaker Henry R Playtner 165 Van Veldhoven, Leonard, Mayet Morbier Comtoise, reviewed by Colin Fergusson 314
Halloran, David, review of The Mariner’s Chronometer, by W J Morris 117 Watkins, Richard The Origins of Self-Winding Watches, reviewed by Colin Fergusson 164
Holtzapffel Volume VI, edited byJohn Edwards, reviewed by Malcolm Wild 116 Wild, Malcolm, review of Holtzapffel Volume VI, ed byJohn Edwards 116
INDEX OF CLOCKMAKERS AND WATCHMAKERS

Add Inc. Ltd 510 Boston Watch Company 324-5 Cooke, of York 36, 246, 326
Alcock, Ross 107, 143, 148, 195, 198, 261 Botham, Tony 252 Cooper, Thomas Frederick 262
Aleksandrovich, Andrei, of Moscow 120 Boulton, Matthew, Soho Manufactory, Birmingham 133 Coote, Ian 110, 112, 228
Allnutt, Geoff / John 58, 128, 189 Bowell, G B 65 Cope, of Nottingham 321
American Watch Company, of Waltham, Massachusetts Bradley, Langley 390 Coster, Salomon 303, 416
345 Brady, Paul 267 Cottingham, E T 130
Anderson, Gibson 80 Braun, Mark 269 Cotton, Keith 326
Andrew, Colin 156 Breguet, of Paris 84, 218, 223, 277, 310, Couet, Maurice 357
Andrewes, Will 253, 348-9 345, 373, 394, 398 Coventry Watch Movement Company 132
Anglo American Company 325 Breitling 21 Crabtree, Geoffrey 20, 223, 310-11
Anglo Celtic, Ystradgynlais 271 Bremont Watch Company 446-7, 556 Cradock, Paul 407
Ansonia 184, 278 Britten, Frederick James 302, 339 Crispin, Frank 195
Antel J, of Bruenn 516 Britton, Dr David 404 Dahndel, Gunter 289, 293, 296, 336
Arbutus, of New York 511 Brockbanks 68 Dallison, Andrew 307
Armitage, Paul 85 Broderick, Alan 406 Daniels, George 5, 141, 255, 295, 305, 307,
Arnfield, Jim 84, 195, 261, 298, 312, 350, Brown, H L, Sheffield 324 319, 324, 435, 470, 514, 551
355, 459, 536, 538 Brown, Ray 231 Darken, Jeff 229
Arnold, John 337, 341, 355, 384 Bryson 87 Darnell, Ray 86, 195, 261
Arpels, Julien / Louis / Salomon 262-3 Büsser, Maximilian194, 197, 240 Davis, Samuel 20
Astron 218 Bull, John 52 De Carle, Donald 141, 199
ATO 134 Bullnheimer & Co, Augsbur 169 De Fossard, George 132
Auguste, of Paris 310 Bulova 126, 326 Deacon, Frederick / John 156-60
Avery Dennison 325 Burgess, Martin 253, 348-9, 369, 391-2, 440, 468, Deacon, Samuel, of Barton-in-the-Beans, Leics 156,
Avery, Andrew, of Paul’s Alley, London 413 486 159, 160
Ayres, E H 141 Burtoft, Alan 393, 550, 552 DeLaneau 38
Azzopardi, Spiridion 120, 123 Burton, Jon 312-13 Denison, Sir Edmund Beckett 35, 278, 373, 459
Badische 117 Campbell and Archard 132 Dennison Watchcase Company 324-5
Bailey, Keith 86 Campini 301, 303 Dent, E J 124, 162, 154-5, 161, 320, 469
Barlow 277 Capt, Jules Philippe 356 Desbois & Wheeler, of Gray’s Inn Passage 417
Barnet, John 263 Carte, John 132 Dias, Carlos 83
Barraud, Paul Philip, of Cornhill, London 52, 162 Cartier 114, 167, 357, 510 Dible, Thomas, Cross Church, Hants 309
Bateman, Douglas 173, 195, 318-19, 343 Cattle, John 553 Dorsch, Martin 349
Baume & Mercier 114, 126 Catureglie, Sigismond, of Lucca, Italy 381 Drocourt 225, 311, 416
Beckingham, Michael 45, 147, 150, 153, 192, 202 Chance, of Chepstow 133 Droz, Jaquet 327
Beeson, C F C 294 Chapelle, Ken 181 Dubey, Georges 163
Beeton, Edward Abraham 165 Charles Frodsham & Co 253, 348, 369 Dubuis, Roger 83, 114, 164, 166
Belling, John, of Bodmin 366 Chopard 38 Dufour, Philippe 38
Bennett-Levy, Michael 86 Chronoswiss 216, 218 Dumelow, Graham of Nottingham 177
Benson, John, of Whitehaven 36, 325 Clare, P, of Manchester 20 Dykes Brothers, of Glasgow 181
Bentley, Francis R 165 Claret, Christophe 269 Earnshaw 21
Berthound, Ferdinand 277, 452 Clarke and Jones 546 East, Edward, of Fleet Street, London 36, 175, 470
Betts, Jonathan 4, 5, 253, 255, 349, 360, 392, Closon, Peter 87 Ebstein, Oliver 218
406, 486, 555 Clutton, Sam 305 Ebsworth, John, of London 100
Binder, Joseph 132 Cockey 277 Egan, Bob 143, 148, 326
Blumenthal, H & J, of Constantinople 21 Cole, of Stowey 141 Ehrhardt, William, of Birmingham 325
Bolviller 311 Comber, Richard, of Lewes 225 Ehrismann, Ralph 345
Borrell 469 CompliTime 262 Elgin Watch Company, of Chicago 345

INDEX OF CLOCKMAKERS AND WATCHMAKERS (continued)

Elliot, F W 423 International Watch Company (IWC) 14, 21, 114-15, Parker, Jon 552
Elliott, Peter 312 324, 326, 345-6, 399-403, 510 Parmigiani Fleurier 114, 167
Emery, Josiah, of Geneva and London 356 Invicta 446 Parry, Jack 129
English Watch Company 325 Irving, Phil 86 Patek Philippe 36, 82-3, 126, 216, 223, 258-61, 268,
English, Giles / Nick 446 Isaacs, Elliott 155 294, 356, 415, 493, 514, 542, 547
Essen, Louis / Ray 54-6, 129, 148 Jacklin, Norman 312, 536 Payne, John, of London 127
ETA 218, 342, 393, 446-7 Jackson, J & J, London 309 Penlington, Josh, of Liverpool 224
European Watch & Clock Co Inc 357 Jaeger-LeCoultre 114, 167, 278, 308, 324, 326, 355 Perregaux, Girard 148
Evans, William Frederick & Son, of James Andrew /, of Edinburgh 53, 277 Perrelet, Abram Louys 164
Handsworth, Birmingham 133, 322 Janvier, Antide 483, 506, 508 Perry Smith, Chris 324
Fasoldt 324 Japy 311 Philipson, Henry 133
Fedchenko 318, 348 Jaquet-Droz, Pierre 82 Phillips, John 79, 270
Fennell, of London 149 Jarvis, Roland 226 Piaget 114, 167, 373, 510, 554
Fergusson, Colin 22, 70, 117, 130, 154-5, 173, 179, Jefferys, John 448 Piguet, Audemars 114, 166, 308, 554
198, 195, 314, 318, 343, 348, 392, 439 Johns, Grenville 182, 552 Piguet, Victorin 547
Finhor 262 Jones, Florentine Aristo 345 Pipes, Malcolm 38, 149
Finney, of Liverpool 277 Joyce, Arthur 326 Platt, E, of Prescot 52
Firth, Trent 61 Joyce, J B & Co, of Whitchurch 65, 246, 325-665 Playtner, Henry R 165
Flannery, Mike 45, 59, 79, 93, 141, 189, 237, 285, Joyce, James / John / Norman 65 Poinçon de Genève 167
333, 381, 429, 466 Joyce, Thomas / William, of Wrexham 65 Porton, Mathew 551
Fleming, Andrew 134 Jullion, John, & Sons 294 Potts, of Leeds 360
Ford, Sue 555 Junghans, Schramberg, Germany 168, 296 Pratt, Alan / David / Derek 8, 148, 254, 369
Forsey, Stephen 262 Ka-sing, Li 511 Priestley, Philip 324-5
Foster, Martin 35, 38, 60-1, 114, 166, 216, 219, 268-9 Keegan, Tom 261, 393 PTS Resources Ltd, of Honkong 150
Fraser, Paul 65, 325 Keen, Steven 79 Pyke, George 418
Frodsham 231, 357, 468, 514, 547 Kenney, Vivian C 60-1 Quare, Daniel 277
Fromanteel, Ahasuerus 36, 175, 321, 374, 445, 555 King, Andrew 130, 207, 229, 253, 348 Raspe, Gerry 87
Fry, R H 344 Kirova 117 Rawlings, A L 141
Gagneux, Stephan 14 Knibb, John / Joseph 82-3, 107, 143, 175, 184, 460 Reed, John / Matthew 132, 183, 254, 327, 418, 556
Gale, Phillip 132, 254, 469 Knowles Brown, Hampstead 406 Reeve, Claude B 539
Ganthony, of Cheapside, London 162 L’Epée 194, 197, 240 Renata 342
Garner, Adrian 229 Laco 415 Reutter, Jean Leon 278
Garnier, Paul 310-11 Lancashire Watch Company 52, 325 Réymond, Jean-Georges, Geneva 82
Gatto, Martin 36, 412, 486 Lancaster and Son 52 Reynolds, Colin / John 181, 278, 404, 412, 453, 494
Gauthier, Romain 38 Lange and, Söhne, of Glashutte 38, 114-15, 148, Richard Mille 114
Gent, Eric 555 415, 554 Richemont Group 83, 114, 217, 308, 393, 510
Gent, of Leicester 134, 278, 516 Lauren, Ralph 114 Rietmann, René 13
Gibbons, Guy 33, 38, 66, 69, 100, 124, 161, 206, Laycock, William 253, 349 Rittenhouse, David 277
212, 256, 306, 350-3, 368, 390, 411 Le Roy & Fils 132 Roberson, Paul 312, 373, 514-15, 551-2
Gilchrist, Owen 38, 133, 312, 324 Leach, Benjamin 134 Roberts, Benjamin / Peter 182, 446
Gill, William, of Maidstone 285, 512 Lees, Jno, of Middleton 20 Robey, John 72, 75, 285, 362
Gillett & Johnston 65 Leutmann 277 Robin, Robert 166
Girard-Perregaux 38 Lindley, Thomas, of Leicester 160 Robinson, Ross 61
Goff, Len 66 Lindsey, John, of Nayland, Suffolk 264-6 Rochat, Ami-Napoléon / Les Frères / Louis / Pierre 82
Gould, Cdr. Rupert 5, 70, 349, 369, 448 Lines, Sid 229, 325, 557 Rogers, Richard 36
Gould, Christopher 555 Linnard, Dr Bill 174, 199 Rol 199, 216, 223
Graham, George 37, 107, 253, 276-7, 348-9 Longines 276 Rolex 21, 24, 26, 36, 62, 104, 126, 176,247, 267,
Greg, Duncan 555 Loomes, Robert, of Stamford 53, 295 308, 415, 446, 514, 547
Gretton, Richard 182 Loveday, Malcom 129 Romer, Ole 37
Greubel, Robert 114-15, 262 Lowe, Chris 87, 553 Rondo 38
Gribelin, Nicholas, of Paris 263 Ludlum, Rev William 226 Rooney, David 4, 305
Griffiths, John 307 Maconochie, Ian 252 Rose, Ron 514
Grimthorpe, Lord 35, 278, 373, 459 Maestoso 269 Roskoph, George Frederick 276, 324
Grobet 151 Mainman, William, of Yorkshire 72-5 Rotherham, of Coventry 132, 325
Grossmann, of Glashütte 345 Margaine 311 Russell, Jacob 128
Gucci 312 Margetts, George 68 Saff, Don 253
Habring2 38 Matthey & Compe 416 Salzar, Leonard 498
Hackett, Richard, of Harringworth 225 Mauboussin 262 Sanders, Nick 181
Hadwen, Isaac, of Sedbergh 265 Maudsley, Paul 150 Sanderson, John, of Wigton 265
Haenggi, Urs, of Nunningen 346 Mayet 314 Sattler, Erwin 216, 218
Haggar, Arthur 264 Mayhew, William, of Woodbridge 308 Schaldenbrand, René 163
Haine, John 173, 195, 319, 343 McEvoy, Rory 133, 173, 195, 253, 276, 318, 326, Schmidt, Frank 496
Haller, Siegfried 117, 198 343, 348, 391, 393, 423, 441, 551, 556 Scobie-Youngs, Keith, Cumbria Clock Company 321-22,
Halloran, David 117 McKay, Chris 4, 35, 59, 65, 320, 322, 407, 486, 360, 491
Halter, Vianney 38 491 ,504 Seabrook, Tony 173, 195, 318-19, 393, 551
Hamer, Dave 134 McQuater, Archie 241, 245, 250-2, 276, 288 Seeland, Frederick Francis 345
Hamilton, Donald 82, 100, 133 Mellor, Frank 36 Seiko 218, 268, 326, 398
Hamilton, of Lancaster, USA 416 Mercer, Thomas / Tony 21, 66, 224, 306 Selfe, of Greenwich 491
Hamshere, Alan 252 Merlin, Joseph 254 Selley, Mervyn 177
Hanbury, John 318, 324 Miles, Tommy 198, 246 Seyffer, David 345
Hardin, Joshua, of London 385, 389 Mille, Richard 262 Shepherd, Charles 6
Harding, Keith 5, 370 Miller, Leonard 264 Shortt 318, 460
Harrison, David 343 Minerva Manufacture 114 Shrouder, Paul 52, 177, 195, 231, 312, 517, 552
Harrison, John 4, 21, 70, 130, 179, 229, 253, 276, Montblanc Manufacture, of Villeret 114 Shufflebotham, Paul 132
343, 348-9, 369, 374, 391-2, 394, 439-40, Moore, John and Sons, of Clerkenwell 461 Silverstone, Graham 269
444-5, 448, 468, 478, 486, 490, 496-501, Moore, William, of London 21 Simcock, Henry, Daintree 417
550 Moorhouse, John 28, 76, 254, 270, 333 Simon, Louis, of Geneva 381
Harrocks, Joshua, of Lancaster 417 Movado 415 Sinclair Harding 218
Harwinton 278 Mudge, Thomas 133, 161, 253, 277, 324, 356, 445 Siu-hung, Tang 511
Hewitt, Charles 325 Muller, Franck 83 Sleightholme, John, of Clerkenwell 294
Hewitt, Joseph 325 Murphy, John 106, 160, 231 Smith of Derby 53, 65, 143, 229, 312, 326, 371,
Hillman, Steve 82, 126, 162, 262, 308, 356 Naeschke, Matthias 218 491, 537
Hindley, Henry, of York 20, 183, 417 Naylor, Peter 551 Smith, David / Gary / John 35, 181, 295
Hipkiss, Richard, of Birmingham 133 Nicole & Capt / Charles 356 Smith, Roger, of Isle of Man 53, 97, 99, 102, 144, 255,
Hobbins, Jeremy 552 Nielson and Co 356 307, 324, 333, 393, 470, 514, 536, 550-1
Hobden, Mervyn 253, 312-13, 343, 349, 439, 488 Nivarox 218 Smith, S, and Son 223
Ho-him, Leung 511 Nok-yiu, Wan 511 Smith, Wu, of Musselburgh 416
Holloway, William, of London 21 Nomos, of Glashütte 218, 269 Smith’s English Clocks, Ltd, London 233
Honeybone, Thomas, of Brentford 294 Norcliff, Thomas 20 Snow, William 183
Hooke, Robert 207-08, 303, 348 Northern, William, of Hull 133 Snowe, Nicholas, of Salisbury 87
Hoptroff, Richard 371 Öchslin, Ludwig 554 Söhnle, Bruno 168
Horan, Robert 62, 104, 176, 258, 358, 438 Ochs und Junior 554 Speake-Marin 268
Houghton, Colin 195 Officine Panerai 114, 308 Spicer, David 38
Howard, E & Co, Boston, Mass 345 Olsen, Jens 277 Squires, Jan 132
Howells & Jamison 162 Omega 126-7, 342, 356, 415, 446 St Honore 216
Howlet and Horn 327 Osborne. Clive 227 Stables, Dave 468
Huet, Joseph 132 Oudin, Charles 277 Stamper, Francis, of Lumbard Street, London 20
Hughes, H & Son Ltd, of London 20-1 Overton, Thomas 160 Stephens, Jo 261
Hutchinson, Beresford 320 Pace, John, of Bury St. Edmonds 82 Stevenson, Roger 348
Huygens, Christiaan 163, 207-08, 277, 302, 348, 374, Panerai 166, 308 Strehler, Andreas 269
391, 394, 553 Pannell, Hugh / Joshua, of Northallerton 201 Stretch, Peter / Thomas / William, Philadelphia 210-11
Ingold, Pierre 110, 555 Parker, Benjamin, of Bury St. Edmonds 82 Strutt 276

INDEX OF CLOCKMAKERS AND WATCHMAKERS (continued)

Stumbells, William, of Devon 324 Tremont and Melrose Watch Company 325 Webster 263
Su Song 324 Tschopp, Louis 346-7 Webster, Richard / William, of London 263
Sunderland, William 87, 553 Tudor 38 Weil, Raymond 100
Sutcliffe, Denis 57 Turner, David 134 Welbourne, James 312, 486
Swatch Group 38, 114, 217-18, 314, 342, 393, Ulysse Nardin 554 Whichcote, Samuel 325
447, 510 Urwerk 554 White, Steve 312, 373
Swensen, Rex 17 Vacheron Constantin 114-15, 177 Whyte, Philip 514
Synchronome 181, 327, 442, 516 Vale, Samuel 132 Wild, J Malcolm 66, 226, 317, 455, 494
Szychlinski, Grzegorz 173, 195, 318-19 Van Cleef & Arpels 38, 114, 262-3 Wilding, John 132, 226, 303, 315-17, 350, 393,
TAG-Heuer 393 Van Cleef, Alfred 262 404, 440, 442
Taisuke, Someya 397 Van der Meijden, Adrian 345 Wiles, Mark 84
Tavernicus 412 Viet, Claude 555 Willcocks, Daniel, of Aldersgate Street, London 162
Taylor, Dr John / Steve 374 Virgo, B L, Staines 416 Williams, John, of Denbigh 263
Ter Kuile, Marc 31 Vogel, Johan 346 Williamson 277
Theile 276 Voutilainen 38 Wills, Peter 33
Thomas, Seth / Steve 4, 65, 80, 397, 423 Vulliamy, Benjamin Lewis 35, 86, 325, 515 Wilsdorf, Hans 126
Thomaston 278 Wainman, William, of Hessle, Yorkshire 72 Wilson 157-8
Thornton, W John 156 Walker, Geoff 536 Wilson, James / Richard 157-8, 224
Thuret, Isaac 553 Walker, Stuart 72 Woodvine, Keith 35
Thwaites & Reed 65, 294, 321, 390 Walsh, Colin 70, 130, 496 Woodward 343
Thwaites, Ainsworth (Aynsworth) / John 81, 390 Walter, David 483, 506 Woolley, James, of Codnor 20
Timmins, Alan 155 Waltham Watch Company 324-5, 438 Worthington, David 278
Tissot 446 Wapping, of Liverpool 68 Wright, B & Co. Birmingham 133
Tompion and Banger 133 Wasdell, Adam 223, 225 Wright, Jan 516
Tompion, James 207 Waterbury 278 Würth 117
Tompion, Thomas 4, 49, 51, 96, 101, 107, 133, 165, Watkins, William, of Abergavenny 183 Yates, Thos 52
184, 207-09, 263, 276-7, 324, 326, 348, Watkinson, Peter 469 Young, Henry 555
394, 444, 459, 555 Watson, Samuel, of Coventry 132 Zenith 38, 514
INDEX OF CLOCKS
advertising clock 381, 438 French clock 45, 76, 109, 111, 353, 362-7, 365 Normandy timepiece alarm 366
alarm clock 5, 35, 134, 276 French lantern clock 362 Northallerton clock 201
American clock 52, 184, 278 French posted-frame clock 362-7 novelty clock 396-7
anaphoric clock 324 French wall clock 221 observatory regulator 184
anisochronal clock 448 fusee wall clock 200, 309 optical ion atomic clock 129
anniversary clock 116-17, 198 Gents Pulsynetic clock system 515 organ clock 418
Ascot Racecourse clock 65 glass clock 200 Oriel House clock 370
astrolabe 324 gothic house clock 5 orrery 37, 87, 246, 250-2
astronomical clock 5, 69, 199, 226-7, 246, 324 Graham equation clock 277 owl clock 132, 397
astronomical shaku dokei clock 397-8 grasshopper Chronophage clock 4, 374, 445 Pendule de Paris 362, 366
Atmos clock 278 gravity clock 326 pillar clock 395, 416
atomic clock 3-4, 5, 9-10, 54, 56-7, 80, 129, 459 Great Clock at the Palace of Westminster (Big Ben) 1, 3, plasma dial clock 52
automata clock 134, 201, 308, 327, 469 35, 48, 80, 373, 390, 459, 515 portable clock 56, 277
balance wheel clock 362, 442 Great George Liver Clock 278 posted-frame clock 362-7
Batchwood House clock 65 Greenwich ‘Six Pips’ Time Machine 318 precision clock 173, 218, 486
Big Ben 1, 3, 35, 48, 81, 129, 233, 312, 374, 504-05 Greenwich Time Machine 551 projecting drum clock 491
Birmingham University clock 65 Greenwich Time Signal equipment 271 Ptolemaic Planetarium 241, 245, 250-2, 288
Black Forest clock 132, 276 Grzegorz Szychlinski’s pendulum clock 319 pulsar clock 173
bracket clock 4, 82-3, 100, 134, 162, 209, 224, 294, Guildford Town Clock 371 Pump House clock, Bath 277
326, 368, 373, 417, 466-7, 555 Gurney Clock 253, 348-9 Pyke clock 327
Brighton time ball 360 hanging clock 303 pyramid stand clock 396
Brillie electric clock 391, 516 Harrison clocks 70, 130, 133, 155, 173, 179, 233, quarter repeating clock 101
Brocklesby Park clock 348 253, 276, 318, 348, 369, 440-2, 445, 448- quarter striking clock 211
Brocot escapement clock 326 9, 478, 486, 496-8, 501, 514, 539, 544, quartz clock 5, 8-10, 55, 403, 515
Bulle electric clock 391, 462-5, 516 550 radio-regulated clock 5
Burgess Clock A 348-9 hooded wall clock 225 railway clock 65, 189, 200, 309
Burgess Clock B 348-9, 369, 391-2, 442, 468, 486 hoop and spike clock 327, 417 regulator clock 16, 34, 37, 124, 132, 184, 225, 315,
caesium atomic clock 9, 129, 459 Huyghens pendulum clock 303 317, 319, 348, 362, 373, 385, 389, 392,
car clock 327 hydrogen maser clock 129 397, 404, 453, 460, 486, 494, 546
carriage clock 20, 111, 112, 132, 143, 155, 206, hydro-mechanical astronomical clock 324 Renaissance clock 87
225, 228-9, 309-11, 326-7, 362, 409-10, impulse clock system 181 Reynolds regulator 453
416 incense sand clock 395 Riefler clock 5
chamber clock 301, 303 incense stick clock 395 Royal Air Force Operations Room clock 423
Chester Eastgate clock 65 ion trap clock 129 Salisbury Cathedral clock 278
Chester Savings Bank clock 65 iron clock 75 Sattler Maxima Secunda clock 216
chronometer 20-1, 460, 468 isochronal clock 448 school clock 189
Chronophage clock 4, 374, 445 Italian lantern clock 362 sector clock 423
clock garniture 417 Jaeger mystery clock 355 Seiko wall clock 398
commemoration clock 381 Japanese clock 132, 394-7, 441 Seth Thomas wall clock 397, 423
Comtoise clock 14, 314, 362, 365 japanned clock 133 shaku-dokei clock 396
continuous motion clock 65 Jefferys’ Watch 448 Shepherd master clock 6
country made clock 362 lantern clock 4, 20, 36-7, 72, 75, 87, 109, 127, 132-4, ships clock 327
cuckoo clock 5, 276 143, 163, 174-5, 182, 184, 198-9, 201, sidereal clock 52
Customs Building clock, Shanghai 65 264-6, 322, 362, 367, 394-5, 397, 554 skeleton clock 37-8, 82, 132, 416, 539
deck watch 5, 416 longcase clock 209, 225, 229, 263-5, 277, 285, 294, Smiths car clock 327
desk clock (pendulette) 357 308-09, 325-6, 337, 341, 353, 355, 384, Speaking Clock 271, 349, 461, 551, 554
director’s clock 326 392, 407, 417, 429, 445, 460-1, 467-8, spring clock 209
domestic pendulum clock 374 470, 478, 503, 512-13, 515-16, 544, 553-5 St Andrews tower clock, Panteleimon, Greece 120-3,
double foliot lantern clock 395, 432 Lord Grimthorpe clock 65 220-2
double pendulum clock 13, 173, 319, 481, 483, lunar clock 52 standard clock 9
506, 528 mantel clock 76, 127, 162, 263, 276, 308 Stanford University Tower Clock, California 80
double sided projecting clock 381 Margate Jubilee Clock 360 Starfleet Machine table clock 194, 197, 240
drop dial wall clock 263, 309, 416 Margate Time Ball 360 Strutt epicyclic clock 276
ebony veneered spring clock 133 marine chronometer 5, 66, 69, 84, 117, 224, 263, Sydney Government Buildings clock 65
echo clock 276 277, 306, 310, 353, 355, 357, 374, 416, Synchronome master clock 155, 181
electric clock 6, 134, 155, 181, 227, 233, 391, 403, 444-5, 448 synchronous electric clock 233
423, 440, 444, 462-5, 516 master clock 6, 134, 155, 181, 373, 515- 16 table clock 21, 49, 51, 96, 101, 132, 182, 194, 197,
English Dial clock 225, 416 Middleton Stony clock 390 209, 240, 481, 483, 506, 528
English Regulator 317 Millennium Clock 155, 554 tall case clock 210-11
Essen ring quartz clock 9 monastic clock 123 tavern clock 134, 199, 412-14
Eureka electric clock 391 Monastic Tower Clock 120-3, 170-2 telegraph dial clock 200
European clocks 441 month-going clock 199, 201, 337, 341, 355, 384 telescope clock 246
experimental clock 13 Morbier clock 314 temporal clock 395
Fedchenko clock 348 Mudge timekeepers 162 time ball 6, 360
first pendulum-clock 163 music box 5 time bomb clock 198
floor clock 218 musical automata clock 469 time recorder 438
flying clock 56-7, 148 musical automaton snuff box / timepiece 308 Tompion and Banger No 443 clock 133
four glass clock 162 musical clock 134, 211, 308, 325, 418, 469, 539, 555 Tompion regulator 385, 389
free pendulum clock 173 mystery clock 132 Tower of the Hours clock, Lucca, Italy 381
free pendulum gravity impulse clock 318 night clock 36 Trinity College clock, Cambridge 229

INDEX OF CLOCKS (continued)

turret clock 4,5, 35, 52, 65, 80-1, 87, 93, 100, 112, Vienna Regulator 16, 397 water clock 324, 395, 397
120-3, 143, 170-2, 195, 200, 209, 220-2, Vulliamy regulator 515 Westminster clock 278
229, 232, 294, 320, 326, 246, 261, 276-7, wa-dokei Japanese clock 395, 397 wooden clock 395
360, 373, 381, 390, 439, 441, 461, 469, waiting train clock 278 wooden regulator 392
486, 491, 516 wall clock 5, 86-7, 175, 189. 200, 218, 221, 226, world clock 199
varying hours clock 395 247, 309, 398 yagura dokei clock 396-7
verge foliot clock 394 wall hanging regulator 132 year going table clock 218
verge pendulum clock 553 waricoma dial clock 396 zodiac clock 52
INDEX OF WATCHES
Anglo-Celtic watch 271 full hunter pocket watch 162, 223, 415-16 6, 347, 356, 358, 385, 389, 397, 398-403,
anti-magnetic watch 36 German Air Force watch 347 402-03, 409, 415-16, 423, 438, 514, 554
Astron GPS solar watch 218 GPS watch 218 quartz watch 106, 218, 509
automata pocket watch 21 grande complication watch 218 Queen Charlotte’s lever escapement watch 369
automatic watch 21, 83, 162-4, 167, 176, 216, 223, Graves Supercomplication watch 493 rack lever watch 52
433, 435 Great Britain watch 97, 99, 102-3, 144, 393, 536, 551 radio controlled watch 54, 218
aviator watch 126, 296, 415 Gucci Ladies watch 312 remontoire tourbillon watch 148
basic mechanical watch 289, 293, 296, 336 hunting-case watch 262 repeating watch 218, 356
Benson gold half hunter 36 Illinois Bunn Special pocket watch 358 retrograde date watch 356
BHI 150th anniversary watch 373, 486 IWC pocket watch 133, 399-403 retrograde hours watch 262
Breguet pocket watch 398 Japanese pocket watch 385, 389 Reverso Night and Day wristwatch 163
Breitling Navytimer watch 21 Junghans Chronoscope watch 168 Rolex Air watch 126
Bremont Codebreaker watch 433, 435, 447 LED watch 132 Rolex Milgauss watch 36
Bremont MBIII watch 435, 479 Longines pocket watch 276 Rolex Oyster watch 21, 24-6, 36, 62, 223
brooch watch 114 luxury watch 420 Roskopf pocket watch 276
B-Uhren watch 402, 415 military watch 308, 326 Royal Navy watch 347
Bunn pocket watch 438 minute repeater watch 82, 132, 166-7, 217 Seiko Astron watch 268
calendar watch 36, 83, 115, 162, 223, 356 minute tourbillion watch 357 self-winding watch 115, 164, 217-18, 268
camera watch 162 money clip watch 82 singing bird snuff watch 82
centre second pocket watch 223 moonphase watch 115, 356, 415, 554 skeletonised tourbillon wristwatch 262
chiming watch 327 Mudge ‘Green’ watch 369 slow beat watch 52
chronograph watch 5, 21, 84, 114, 163, 217, 247, Mudge and Dutton pocket watch 133 smart watch 509-10
268-9, 433, 435, 446 musical watch 327 Smiths pocket watch 326
clown watch 134 Nanowatch 511 St Honore Carrousel watch 216
crazy hours watch 36 navigation watch 403 stopwatch 114
cylinder watch 356 novelty watch 373 subscription watch 277
Daniels pocket watch 307 Omega Seamaster watch 126 Terraluna watch 148
Daniels, Millennium watch 356 Omega Speedmaster watch 126, 415 Theile pocket watch 276
diamond set wrist watch 126 open face pocket watch 224, 309, 356 TimeWalker Chronograph watch 114
dive watch 114 ornamental watch 115 Timex watch 246
double dialled wristwatch 356 pair case pocket watch 52, 162, 309 Tompion watch 208
double tourbillon watch 166, 262 Panerai Luminor watch 308 tourbillion watch 114-15, 148, 150, 166-7, 217, 262,
dual-time watch 308, 510-11 Parmigiani Résonance watch 167 357, 554
electronic watch 177 Patek Philippe Henry Graves Supercomplication watch tuning fork watch 126-7, 326
engine made watch 346 547 Urwerk EMC watch 554
flat pocket watch 347 Patek Philippe Nautilus watch 36 verge watch 21, 84
flyback chronograph watch 163 Piaget Altiplano watch 167, 554 watch with hydro-mechanical display 554
flying tourbillon watch 167 pocket watch 14, 21, 35, 52, 133, 148, 162, 195, water resistant watch 168-9, 216
football watch 371 200, 223-4, 258-61, 276-7, 307, 309, 345- world time wristwatch 83
INDEX OF ESCAPEMENTS
Airy’s escapement 343 452, 478, 516, 546 Nomos escapement 269
anchor escapement 20-1, 65, 82, 184, 263, 265, 303, double wheel escapement 324, 397, 554 Ormskirk escapement 277
305, 322, 362, 365, 371, 416-17, 439, Downie gravity escapement 278 Piguet escapement 166
452, 478 duplex escapement 277 pin pallet escapement 198, 324
Arnfield rotating gravity arm escapement 278 Earnshaw escapement 21 pinwheel escapement 302, 320
Arnold detent escapement 355 four legged gravity escapement 65 pivoted detent escapement 302, 356, 481, 483, 528
balance wheel escapement 87, 362 Galileo`s escapement 18, 301-05, 390, 534 platform escapement 52, 231, 251, 311, 409, 416, 438
Berthoud pivoted detent escapement 506 Graham deadbeat escapement 16, 80, 216, 253, Robin escapement 166
Breguet escapement 324 276, 355 temperature compensated escapement 310
Brocot escapement 326, 404 grasshopper escapement 4, 86, 253, 278, 318, 349, three legged gravity escapement 65, 93, 229, 321,
chaff-cutter escapement 310 391, 445, 448, 500 370, 373
co-axial escapement 97, 99, 102-3, 144, 324, 356 Grimthope gravity escapement 278 tic tac escapement 324
constant-force escapement 148, 506 Harrison’s double compound grasshopper escapement 278 tourbillon escapement 150, 153, 324, 373
coup perdu (lost beat) escapement 278, 362 Karrusel escapement 324 verge and foliot escapement 87, 302, 322, 395
cylinder escapement 84, 276-7, 308, 310-11, 324, 327 Knibb’s experimental escapement 460 verge escapement 21, 49, 51, 87, 96, 162, 184, 224,
Daniels co-axial escapement 97, 99, 102-3, 144, Lepaute constant force escapement 506 263, 277, 302-03, 309, 324, 362, 385, 389,
356, 514 lever escapement 21, 165, 216, 224, 269, 277, 304, 394-5, 416, 553
deadbeat escapement 16, 80-1, 182, 211, 216, 253, 310-11, 324, 356, 369, 373, 438, 550 Vigule escapement 324
276, 321-2, 349, 355, 368, 404, 416, 439, Mudge gravity escapement 161
INDEX OF MUSEUMS, EXHIBITIONS & COLLECTIONS

Anglesey Abbey Clock Collection 555 John Gershom Parkington Memorial Museum, Bury St Ships, Clocks and Stars Exhibition National Maritime
Bletchley Park Museum 447 Edmunds 406 Museum, Greenwich 253, 369, 445, 515
Bodleian Musum 163 John Harrison Exhibition, Westminster Abbey 374 Sidney Maritime Museum 36
Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle 254 Keith Harding’s World of Mechanical Music, Northleach Smithsonian Museum, Washington 303
Bradford Industrial Museum 87 370 Snows Hill Clock Collection 555
British Museum 5, 36, 86-7, 277, 459, 551 Leeds Museums 418 Stands the Church Clock exhibition of turret clocks,
Clockmakers Company Museum, Guildhall, London 5 Lyme Hall Clock Collection 515, 555 Moyse Hall, Bury St Edmunds 407
Coventry Watch Museum 132 Manor House Museum, Bury St Edmunds 407 Time For Everyone, California Institute of Technology,
Cuckoo Clock Museum 276 Matsumoto Clock Museum 394 Pasadena 4
David P Wheatland Collection of Historical Scientific Model Engineer Exhibition 155, 539 Time Museum, Rockford, Illinois 14, 445, 547
Instruments, Harvard University 4 Museum of the History of Science, Oxford 37 Time Sweet Time Exhibition, Musée International
Deutsches Uhrenmuseum, Furtwangen 5 Newark Air Museum 538 D’Horlogerie 267
Fairfax House, York 470 Northallerton Clocks Exhibition, Tennants, Leyburn 201 Tower Clock Museum, Gdansk, Poland 173, 318, 19
German Clock Museum, Furtwangen 5 Omi Jingu Shrine, Kyoto, Japan - The Shrine for Time 397-8 Usher Collection, Lincoln 538
Gershom Parkington Collection of Clocks, Bury St Patek Philippe Museum, Geneva 294, 506 Victoria & Albert Museum 36, 369
Edmunds 407, 541, 555 Prescot Clock Museum 541 Waddesdon Manor Clock Collection 555
Greenwich Exhibition of Harrison’s Marine Timepieces 445 Royal Observatory, National Maritime Museum 4-5, 6- Wallace Collection 5, 551
Guro Kamiguchi Collection, Daimyo Clock Museum, Tokyo 11, 133, 233, 253, 276, 318-19, 326, Watch Art, Patek Philippe Grand Exhibition, Saatchi
394 348-9, 355, 369, 391, 468, 551 Gallery, London 294
Harris (Belmont) Trust, Kent 5 Salon QP 410 West Norwood Electric Clocks Museum 327
Horniman Museum 493 San José Museum of Art, California 81 Working Time exhibition, Manor House Museum,
Huygens Legacy Exhibition, Holland 553 Science Museum 4, 132, 227, 301, 303, 305, 344, Bury St Edmunds 407
Iden Collection 355 444, 534 Worshipful Company of Clockmakers’ Museum 444
International Horological Museum, La Chaux-de-Fonds 554 Seiko Museum 395-6 York Castle Museum 133

GENERAL INDEX
Academie des Sciences 553 British Horological Federation 271, 342, cycloidal gears 344, 478 fly-back function 296, 433, 435
Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre 540 Daniels’ watchmaking 102 Flying Clock experiment 56-7
556 British School of Watchmaking 261, Darwin, Charles 357 forged iron 365
aerodynamic drag 319 291, 550, 552 date work 362 Franche-Comté region, France 314
agate 468 British Summer Time 195, 458 datum edge 306 Free BMD (Births Marriages and Deaths)
Aiguille d’Or 38, 262 British Sundial Society 492-3 Dauphines hands 167 website 505
air density 392, 441 British Watch and Clock Makers Guild Davall Gears, Hatfield 303 French chalk 230
alarm work 225, 362, 366 373, 410, 514, 551-2 Deacon numbered movements 156-60 French curves 315
Alex, Charles 310 broaching 63-4, 70 Decoding Harrison 391, 439, 468, French hammer spring 158
aluminium 151, 153-4 broken pivots 261 441-2 French polish 66, 68
American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Bromsgrove Society of Model Engineers Degussit slip stones 299, 352 frequency 54
Institute (AWCI) 342 539 de-layering paint 413 fret saw 108
American watchmaking 345 Brown, Nick 536 depthing 111, 304, 404, 453-5 fretting clock hands 198
amplitude variation 442 bucket weights 87 Derek Pratt Award 348, 369 friction brake 16
Ancestry website 505 bullion dealers 147, 150 dial gauge 404 friction clutch 17
aneroid capsule 278 buoyancy effects 441 dial making 151 friction rollers 35
anisochronism 451-2, 488, 498, 500-01 burnishing 59, 134, 218, 350, 353-4, dial painting 326 functional kinetic art 370
annealing 143 372 dial, wandering hour 36 fusee 21, 277, 517
anodising 151-3 burr walnut 309 diamond lap 517 Galilei, Galileo 37, 301-05, 348, 394,
anti-backlash device 276 cabinet hinges 66 diamond needle file 13 534, 553
anti-friction wheels 38, 498-9 Canadian Horological Institute 165 diamond paste 23 Galilei, Vincenzio 301-05
Antiquarian Horological Society 4-5, 11, carbide drill 258-9 diamond saw 22 galvanic time signal 6
60-1, 226, 228, 255, 294, carbide graver 258, 354, 372 diamond wheel 12, 353-4, 372 gathering pallets 155
307, 381, 390, 540, 553 carbon steel 353, 438 die making 79 gauge plate 107, 109, 198
apprenticeships 60, 128, 195, 219, carillons 362 digital caliper 203 General Post Office 56, 423
443, 446, 537 Carter Ringing Machine 491 digital camera 206, 359 Geneva Grand Prix d’Horlogerie 262
arch spandrels 74 carving wax 202 Dingwall-Beloe lecture 5 Geneva stopwork 133, 327
Arnold’s maintaining power 355 case lock 189 diode knee voltage 442 geo-centric theory of Earth 250
Art Deco 206, 321 casework 111 dividing 153, 180, 226-8, 304, 312, geomagnetism 233
aspect ratio 107 Central School of Art and Design 349 350, 365, 517, 536 George Daniels Educational Trust 84,
Assay Office, London 53 centre seconds 201, 224-5 dockyard Chart Depots 100 128, 176, 255, 291, 327, 344,
astronomer 6, 8. 37, 129, 148, 207, centreless grinding 247 doctor blade 299 410, 514, 552
250, 252, 277, 302, 318, centring 155, 229 draw filing 109, 316 George I 134
373 ceramic bearings 132, 247 drilling jig 70 George II 414
Astronomical Society of London 37 ceramicists 219 dummy winder 201 George III 133, 309, 356
astronomy 7, 9, 37, 246, 301, 460 Cescinsky & Webster 107 dynamic stability 439-40 George IV 356
atomic standards 392, 542 chanting monks 302 Earl of Orrery 250 George V 278
atomic time 9, 11, 56 Charles I 36, 182, 470, 553 earth’s rotation 37, 129, 277 gilding 195
Auctioneers: Charles II 36, 132, 208, 470 ebauches 468 Gillows style case 417
Antiquorum 506 chemical blacking 367 ebony 68, 263, 310 globe moons 362
Bonhams 49, 51, 82, 96, chinoiserie 413 eccentric screws 153 glycerine 326
101, 126, 150, 162, 308, chronometer boxes 66-8, 100 edge finder 325 goat-skin vellum 369
356-7 Chronos 22, 226-7 edge pattern 78 Goonhilly Downs Satellite Earth Station,
Bourne End Auction Rooms 24 circular error 318, 348, 391, 452, Edinburgh Astronomical Society 37 Cornwall 56
Christies 262, 341, 355, 547 462-4, Edward III 182 GPS (Global Positioning System) 9, 54,
Dreweatts Bloomsbury 163, circumnavigation of the globe 133 Edward James Foundation 418 153, 229, 268, 349, 392
175, 264, 357 cleaning by electrolysis 122 Einstein, Albert 6, 57, 148 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 38
Fellows 126, 163 Clerkenwell, London 36, 227, 459, 540 elastic shear modulus 465 grande sonnerie 36, 229
Gardiner Houlgate 200, 309 clock doctor 395-6 electric telegraph 6 graver 104, 176-7
Lawrences 263 clock keys 206 electro hammers 491 gravity 148, 229, 318
McTear 126 clock materials 183-4 electrolysis tank 122 gravity pallets 161
Sothebys 83, 103, 262, 310, Clock Register 31 electrolytic degreasing solution 300 Great Fire of London 36
356, 493, 547 clock synchronisation 148 electromagnetic radiation 54, 57 Greek key-form feet 357
Tennants 20, 201, 223, 225, clock winder 381 electroplating 300 Greenwich Mean Time 6-7, 54
415-17 Clockmakers’ Masterpiece Competition Elgin Watchmakers’ College 165 Greenwich Time Signal 173, 392-3
Tooveys 127, 162, 308 537 elinvar 462 Gregorian calendar 277
Augusta tools 168-9 Clocks magazine 325, 540 Elizabeth Tower, Westminster 1, 3, 48 gridiron pendulum 318, 348, 355,
authorized repairers 421 Clockspares, of East Anglia 109 elliptical chuck 78 391-2
automata 201, 276, 308, 327, 397, clockwork robot 397 emery stick 19, 230 Guildhall, London 444
467 cloisonné enamel 468 enameling 270, 314, 468 Guilloché decoration 166
automated chapter ring markers 396 clown automata 254 Enamellers’ Guild 270 guilloché enamel 468
automatic winding 62, 81, 150, 176, CNC machines 130, 195, 278, 307, endshake 409 gunpowder 182
182, 199-200, 247, 321-2, 349, 404, 496 engine turning 28-31, 76-9, 254, 270, gut line 161
370, 381, 390, 491 cocobolo 68 468 Gyromax balance 357
Ayres, Chris, case-maker 553 Code of Ethics for restorers 370 engineer’s blue 107 gyroscope 252
backlash 29, 212 College Engineering Supply 228 English watch trade 324-5 hacking second 402
backward calendar 201 collets 212-14 engraving 209 Hackney Technical College 5, 406-07
Bakelite 79, 423 Columbia Metals 230 Enigma machine 447 hacksaw 143
ball bearing, ceramic 16, 17 Commission on Time 7 epicyclic gearing 116, 276 hairspring 105-06
ball moon dial 183 comparator depth gauge 203 epoxy resin 66, 68 half second pendulum 302
barometric compensation 229, 349, computer security 149 Epping Forest Horology Centre 84, 291, halogen lamp 411
392, 442, 452, 486 Computer-aided Design (CAD) 70, 278, 541 hand engraving 128, 227, 404
Bazley’s oblique chuck 116 298 Equation of Time 201, 250-1, 277, 508 hand removing levers 64, 154-5
beat rate / error 176, 199-200, 542 Confédération Européene des escapement error 449-50, 499, 501 hand styles 107
beetle and poker hands 162 Associations d’Horologers-Réparateurs escapement file 247 hands, beetle and poker 21
belt, rubber toothed 247 (CEAHR) 342, 420-2 escapement remontoire 318 hands, making 107-09
bench grinder 19 conservation fish glue 412 Essen ring quartz oscillator 9 hanging hoop 364
Bergeon printing pad 299 conservation-restoration of clocks 31, Essen, Louis 9-11 hardening and tempering 18, 69, 143,
Bernoulli’s laws 499 344 Essex Clock and Watch Fair 112 177, 212
Berthoud’s stepped cam 277 co-ordinate measuring system 153 ethyl chloride 278 Harrison Gold Medal 5
Bestfit manual 358 Copernican theory 301 European Confederation of Clock and Harrison Research Group 253, 392
binocular 14, 132 Corniche style case 416 Watch Repairers Association (CEAHR) Harrison Seminar 343
Birmingham City University 143, 291, COSC certification 556 342, 420-2 Harrison’s compensator 451
538, 541, 552 Côtes de Genève decoration 166 Evans, Geoffrey 271 Harrison’s curved pallets 369
black body radiator 411 Council for the Care of Churches 5, 100 extending hand 395 Harrison’s grid-iron pendulum 451
blacklead 35 counterbalancing weights 133, 221 eyeglass 14 Harrison’s maintaining power 21, 320,
blacksmiths 219 coupling regulator 508 Fabergé, St Petersburg 29 356
blank keys 189 Cousins Material House 117, 342, face patterns 78 Harrison’s nonlinear spring 448, 498-
Bletchley Park 433, 435 420-2 false plate 157 501
blue pivot steel 354 cracked jewels 358 Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry Harrison’s roll segments 450
bluing 84, 103, 109, 198, 246, 326 Crafts Council 443 217, 421-2 Haut-Jura area, France 314
blunt end cutters 161 crank winding key 503 fibreoptic communications 57, 129 headstock indexing 226
Boadicea Statue, Westminster 504-05 cream of tartar 324 figured walnut 368 heat treatment 351-3
Board of Longitude 501 Crisford, Charles 357 files / filing 69, 109, 143, 229 heavy pendulums 391
bolt-and-shutter maintaining power 321-2 cross hatching 151 finger plate 189 helical gears 228
Boulle marquetry 362 crossing out 494-5, 517 First World War 423 helical springs 325
boxwood 130, 229 crownwheel and verge alarm 366 Firth, Trent 35 heliocentric Copernican theory 301
brand protection 420-1 cruciform movement bars 362, 364 flat polishing 112 Hemingway Kits 155, 179
brass 154, 198, 226, 315, 546 cyanoacrylate adhesive 67, 124, 152, fleur-de-lis hands 82 Heritage Lottery Fund 149, 249, 458
British Antique Dealers’ Association 161, 202 fluorescent lamp 411 Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex 8
(BADA) 84 cycloidal cheeks 348, 391, 553 fly cutting 247, 546 high carbon steel 104, 246
cycloidal curve 302 fly mechanism 171 high energy oscillator 439

GENERAL INDEX (continued)

Higher National Diploma in Horology Livery Companies Skills Council 128, Openshaw Technical College, Manchester Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria 233
143 176 326 radio communications 4, 7, 374
Hipp toggle 278, 516 Locke, John, philosopher 209 optical lasers 57 radio time signal 7-9, 10, 54-5, 129,
historic horological tools 459 locking pliers 258 Orange Tree automata 469 374
history of horology 459-60 Loctite 19, 34, 63, 177, 206, 213, 256, orbit display 356 radio waves 7, 54, 56
hi-tech wrist technology 447 259, 303, 343, 352-3, 390-1, Orchestrelle player organ 87 radio-location beacon 55
hogs bristle 324 439, 544 organ box cylinder 370 radium 415
Hopkins, John 457 London Model Engineering Exhibition 23 organ builders 219 rapid time-changing device 166
horological sculpture 370 longitude 4, 7, 38, 117, 253, 301, ormolu 20, 87 reaming 212, 251, 325
Horologium, by Huygens 348 369, 448, 468, 501 ornamental turning 87, 116 relativity, theory of 57
Horology Trader web site 267 Longitude Prize 4, 229, 318, 348 oscillators 343, 440 remontoire 148, 179, 253, 349, 391,
hour of the rat 395 Loomes, Brian 264-6, 285, 413, 438 ox foot oil 324 442, 486, 498, 500
Houses of Parliament Clock Workshop lost wax casting 66, 79 oyster veneers 20 repeating work 21, 100, 162, 218,
373 Loup, Gustav 327 pad printing 298-9 368, 468
hunting scene automata 516 low temperature enamel 132 Pagoda automata 469 re-pivoting tool 258-9
Huntsman crucible process 247 lubrication 64, 318 Palace of Westminster 1, 3, 48, 373, repoussé work 468
Hutchinson, Beresford 514 Lyman, Ian 309 407 resonator 127
Huygens, Constantyn 207-08 Mackintosh, Charles Rennie 181 pallet arbor 22, 71 Ringing Roadshow, Newbury 491
Huyghens endless rope 304, 362 Magistral Super Springs 438 pallet composer 130 rise and fall regulation 224
hydrogen 15 magnetic levitation 198 pallet frame 70, 130 rising hood 20
Hydrographer of the Navy 100 magnets in horology 15, 38, 133 pallet nibs 37 RiteTime Publishing 19, 228
Ibbetson chucks 116 mahogany 66, 68, 508 parallel punch 429 roasting jack 38
Ilbert, Courtenay 459 Main Office of Measurement, Poland Paris meridian 6 Roche singing bird automata 254, 469
illuminated church dials 381 318-19 parting off 229 rock crystal 468
Impossible Constructions 548 mainsprings size 169, 358-9 parts supply 510 rocking ship automata 326
independent assessment and grading marching soldier automata 276 passing strike 263, 362-3 Rolex watch servicing 247
443 Marconi, Guglielmo 7 Passmore, Mervyn W 116-17 roller countersink 206
Industrial Revolution 461 marine grade steel 296 pattern bar 29-30, 76-9 rolling moon 74, 201, 211, 225, 250-1,
inertia 16 Markowitz, William 9-10, 56-7 patterning eggs 79 308, 362
inertial navigation systems 252 marquetry 20, 518 Paul Armitage Memorial Bell 85 Roman striking 441
instantaneous date accumulator 167 Masons’ Livery Company 176 peacock automata 254 Romer, Ole, astronomer 553
Interactive Physics computer simulation Master Clockmaker Certificate 176 pencil chuck 29 rope splicing 134
software 488 matchlock gun 182 pendulum amplitude 17, 486 rose engraving engine 31, 76-9, 116,
interchangeable dials 395 Material Houses 219, 420 pendulum disturbance 391 333, 327
interchangeable parts 230 Maudsley screw cutting engine 230 pendulum isochronism 464 rosewood 68
International Astronomical Union 7 Mayfield Books 75 pendulum motor 278 rotary table 28, 152
International Chronometric Competition Meadows and Passmore 116-17 pendulum periodic time 463 rotation of the earth 7, 10
262 Meccano 141 pendulum quality factor (Q) 319, 343, rouge 316
International Institute for Conservation 5 mechanical jewellery 296 391-2, 439, 452, 488 rounding up tool 110-11, 555
International Meridian Conference 7 mechanical music 370 pendulum regulation 491, 507 Royal Astronomical Society 37, 318,
international standards 7 Meneely Bell Foundry 80-1 pendulum restoring torque 451 492
International Time 56, 394 mercury 225 pendulum, compensated 218, 225, 462 Royal Eijsbouts bell foundry, Asten,
internet 100 Messe München International 168 pendulum, compound 326 Netherlands 85
invar 161, 216, 295, 318, 349, 370, methane 15 pendulum, double 343, 481, 483, 528 Royal Greenwich Observatory,
462, 464-5 metronome 211 pendulum, gridiron 506, 508 Herstmonceux 56, 233, 319
inverted bell top case 224 Mick Watters Memorial Lecture 324 pendulum, light 391 Royal Naval College, Greenwich 493
inverter motor system 360 Microgliss oils 368 pendulum, linear 488 ruby cabochons 357
involute gearing 534 micromechanics 13, 166, 216, 295 pendulum, non-aerodynamic 391 ruby, synthetic 22
ion trap 129 Micromesh 230, 316 pendulum, offset 65 Rugby Radio Station 7-8, 54
ionosphere 10, 56 micrometer regulation 415 pendulum, slave 460 ryobas saw 112
isochronal corrector 448 micro-processor control 360 pendulums in antiphase 508 safe edges 19
isochronal map 499-501 Microset timer 349, 498 period of oscillation 348 Saint Petersburg observatory 37
isochronal spring 462-5, 490 Microsoft 100 perlage (spotting) decoration 300 saltpetre 246
isochronism 223, 302, 449, 462-5, microwaves 54, 56 perpendicular style 1, 3, 48 sapphire jewels 218, 278, 358
490, 498, 502, 516 middle temperature error 277 perpetual calendar 167, 226, 250-1, satellite navigation system 54, 153, 229,
IWC archives 399 mild steel 107, 198 269, 327, 356, 508 268, 349, 392
IWC calbre classification 346, 399-403 Millers Price Guides 266 petit sonnerie 229 satin black finish 151
Jacot tool 52, 177, 350-3 milling machine 93, 141, 151, 155, Pforzheim School of Watchmaking 327 scanning electron microscope 45
Jacquinet, engraver 209 202, 229-30, 304, 306, 453, 497, photo-etching 404 Scientific Instrument Society 504
Japanese automata 397 512, 534 piercing saw 70, 107-08, 130, 189, screw cutting 18, 69, 230
Japanese Daimyo 394 mineral glass 297 198, 315, 404, 453 screw heads polishing 12
Japanese Edo Period 394, 398 Model Engineer’s Workshop Manual pig musical box 441, 423 screw pitch 18
Japanese hour markers 385, 389, 395 213 pillar tool, universal 155 scriber 107
Japanese saws 111-12 moon mechanism 72, 74 pinion cutting 22, 517 scroll work, pierced 21
Japanese striking 441 moon phase 74, 201, 211, 225, 250-1, pinion polishing 86 scumbling 324
Japanese Time 398 308, 362, 508 pinion-of-report 364 sea navigation 9
Japanese water stones 230 Moons 10, 15 pipe organ and automaton 327 Second World War 14, 118, 126, 132,
jewelling tools 52 Morse taper 212-13, 350, 352 pivot burnishers 59, 134, 350, 353-4, 308, 324, 355, 402, 415, 423,
Jubilee Polyphon 370 motionwork 17, 221 372 433, 435, 446
jump hours 250-1 musical box 79, 254, 370 pivot file 353 second, definition of 9-10, 57
Kew Observatory 35, 133, 223, 446 musical pig automata 441 pivot steel 18, 200, 246, 429 seconds hand, centre sweep 16
keyless work 356 Myford lathe 179, 212, 214, 226-7, planetary relationships 398 seconds pendulum, definition 302
kinetic art work 381 229, 303, 350-3, 404 plastic deformation 353 security software 149
kingwood 68 Namagata dial 395 plastic drive belting 247 Seitz balance staff straightener 260
knife edge file 108 National Association of Watch and Clock Platax staff removal tool 104 Seitz pivot gauge 259
knurling tool 354 Collectors (NAWCC) 4, 61, 394, 398, plate expanders 326 selenium 247
lacquer work 413, 554 502, 540 Plowden Medal 5 self centering attachment 203, 205
Lalique, René Jules, France 357 National Bureau of Standards 57 poising 17, 38, 105, 176 sexidecimal calendar 396
lantern pinion 16-17, 87 National Institute of Standards and polishing 31, 84, 134, 229, 316, 555 shock displacement 343
lathes 13, 30, 38, 52, 58, 87, 116, Technology 9 Post Office Engineering Department 7 Shortt Free Pendulum 460
143, 151-3, 168-9, 179, 203, National Physical Laboratory (NPL) 8-11, power reserve 115, 148, 166, 216, shot blasting 300
212, 214, 226-7, 229-30, 297, 54-7, 129, 148, 349 262, 269 SI system of measurement 10
300, 303, 326, 333, 350-3, 404, National Trust 555 power uniformity 277 sidereal time 250, 318, 356, 508
512, 517, 536, 555 navigation 301 Practical Astronomy 37 silk suspension 263, 553
latitude 38 needle file 18-19, 69 precision timekeeping 11, 166, 253, silver steel 17-18, 69, 143, 246-7, 258,
laws of motion 301 neodymium magnet 133 460, 488 304, 350, 352
lead glass 310 neutron emissions 319 Prescot Watch Factory 456-9 silvering 84
lead, working with 35 Newton, Isaac 301, 349 press and staking set 62 singing bird automata 79, 86, 254
leap year indication 356 nitrogen 15 prime meridian 6, 11, 319 single hand motion-work 365
LED light 155, 548-9 Nomos swing system 218 Prix Gaïa 2013 269 Skeavington, John 304-05
Leicester Antique Clock Society 181, 276 non-linear horological systems 343, 448 public timekeeping 461 slide rule 301
let down tool 134 Northampton Square, London 458 pull repeat 21, 100, 162, 218, 368, slipping brake 198
Leutmann’s minute hand 277 Nottinghamshire Heritage Awards 419 468 slitting saw 316
levelling system 508 Nulty, Stephen 456 pulsars 319, 343 Smith, Jonathon 537
Ligne, definition of 347 Nye, Dr James 4, 327 pulse slave unit 278 Smith, Nicholas 537
lignum vitae 130, 229 oak 68, 130 QP Magazine 150, 410 snakewood 130
linear algebra 440 objet d’art 396 Quality Time Clock Courses 393 Sobel, Dava 4, 229, 253, 348-9, 392
Linux operating system 149 oil of wintergreen 326 quartz crystals 9, 460 Society of Antiquaries 5, 540
lithographic film 298 oilstone dust 19 Queen Anne 369 Society of Leicestershire Clock and
Livery Companies Apprenticeship Scheme olive oil 324 Queen Victoria 360 Watchmakers 160
128, 176 Omega navigation system 54 quenching 143, 212 Society of Ornamental Turners 116
onyx case 357 rack striking 321, 362, 365-6, 417 sodium carbonate 122

GENERAL INDEX (continued)

solar time 277 tall case 363-5 World’s Fair, St Louis 357 water resistance testing 106, 160
soldering 256, 213,285, 439 tallow wax 35 tool sharpening 557 waterless clock cleaner 230
Solvol Autosol 230 Talurit crimp splice 124, 161 transaction timestamping 129 WD 40 29, 391, 442
spandrels 20, 72, 209, 285 tangent rule 487-8 transductor 127 weight fall time indication 395
spare parts supply 420-2 tannin 68 Treffry, Timothy 343, 446 West Country Horological Trust 132
spark radio transmitter 87 taper pins 229 Tripoli compound 316 West Dean College 31, 36-7, 59, 107,
speedometer, chronometric 86 Taylors Bell Foundry, Loughborough 85 trunnions 16 132, 143, 183, 291, 327, 344,
spiral spherical slide rest 116 teak 68 tulipwood 68 418, 541, 556
sprag clutch 17 technical drawing 165 tune barrel 254, 324 West, Frank 177
spring constant 451, 464 Technicum Watchmaking School, La tungsten carbide 13, 353, 372 Westminster chimes 80, 360
spur gears 228 Chaux-de-Fonds 163 TurboCad 296 wheel cutting 18, 110, 195, 209, 227,
square section arbors 366 Teflon wheel 12 Turkish dial 362 321, 344, 404, 517, 536, 546,
stackfreed 277 Telescope Man 504-05 turns 555 554-5
stainless steel 296, 300 temperature compensation 311, 320, Turret Clock Keepers’ Handbook 491 Whitworth thread 69, 212, 350
standard frequencies 7-9 322, 348, 370, 391, 415, 439, tweezer sharpening tool 326 William II 1, 3, 48
standard meridian 6 450, 460-1, 465, 486, 498, Ubuntu office software 149 Willis dial 356
standard time 54, 459 500-01 ultra violet light 413 Wilson painted dial 20
statement of heritage significance 458 tempering 18, 69, 143, 212, 517 ultrasonic cleaning 109, 258, 542 winding barrel 220
Statutes (Definition of Time) Act 6 temporal time 394, 398 ultraviolet light 86, 298 winding jack 322
steel pins 112 tensator motor 198 undercutting screws 199 winding keys 315-17
steel, free cutting 30 tensile strength 353 Unequality of Natural Days 277 winding pulleys 365
stepping motor 536 terrestrial Zodiac animal segment marker United States National Bureau of Windows computer operating system 7
stereo microscope 14 395 Standards 9-10 100, 149
sterling silver 150-1, 202 testing plate 13 United States Naval Observatory 7-11, Winter Solstice 15
stop work 277 The Artificial Clockmaker 277 56-7 wireless telegraphy 7
stop-seconds function 269 The Clockmakers Outcry 174-5 University of Copenhagen 553 wobbler for edge finding 229, 325
straight grain finish 300 Thornton cutters 226 up and down rates 106 wooden bushings 498
straight line engraving engine 28, 30, threads 69, 513 upright chuck 28 wooden filing block 317
76, 78, 103, 270, 333 thrust bearing 247 vacuum centrifugal casting 202 wooden pallets 130
strike fly ratchet 93 time signals 9, 54, 319, 327, 459, 468 V-blocks 22 Woodruff cutter 352
strike silent 21, 224, 466-7 time synchronisation 6-7, 54-7, 250-1, Vernal Equinox 15 worm reduction drive 355
strike, passing 82 343, 459 vernier calliper 58 Worshipful Company of Clockmakers 5,
striking, count down 395 time, perception of 4, 9, 148 vibration 319 36, 128, 162-3, 175-6, 207, 210,
striking, countwheel 20 time, standardisation 6-7, 11, 54, 57, vices 154 255, 263, 276, 307, 349, 356,
striking, quarter 21 277, 343, 458, 507, 515 VisSim computer simulation software 360, 369, 390, 410, 514, 537,
striking, rack 65, 75, 134 timing machine 261, 464 Wales & Marches Horological Society 552
striking, taught wire 132 ting-tangs 229 123 Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths 36,
striking, warned 75, 366 tin-whistle compensation adjuster 348 Waricoma dials 395 270
stroboscopic effects 411 tipsy winding key 315, 317 Warner, J and Sons, bellfounders 233 WOSTEP (Watches of Switzerland
Summer Solstice 15 Tompion tercentenary celebrations 460 Watch & Clockmakers Australia Inc 35, Training and Education Programme) 267,
sun indication 150 Tony Gutherage Memorial Lecture 326 60-1 541
sundials 4, 277, 324, 395, 444, 492-3 tool holder 12 watch bracelets 181-2 yield strength 353
Superglue 67, 124, 152, 161, 202 topping tool 110, 134 watch calibre 542 Young, Colin 132-3
supplementary arc 17 torque deflection curve 448, 450-1 watch cases 36, 45, 147, 192, 202, Young’s modulus 502
Sutton Tools 134 tortoise shell 263, 468 309, 468 zephyr skin 254
swan automata 254 Trade Fairs: watch gongs 218
Swedish iron 247 Baselworld 168, 216-18, 268-9, watch papers 133, 326
swing tool 112, 555 294, 511 watch straps 181-2
Swiss file 316 Geneva Time Exhibition 168 watch timer 134
Swiss watch history 346, 393 Honkong Watch and Clock Fair watchmaker’s lathe 38, 52, 58, 214,
Sydney Institute Watchmaking School 35 150, 509-11 229, 353, 404
synchronous motor 254, 355 nhorgenta Europe 2014, Munich watchmakers workbench 169
synthetic clock lines 161 168, 173 Watchmaking School of the Sydney
synthetic oil 368 Munich Trade Fair Centre 168 Institute 60-1
tachymeter dial 415 SIHH Geneva Salon 114-15, 166 Water of Ayre stone 86

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OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH HOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE

The First Word

Print & Production:

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BHI Officers BHI Corporate Members

Rotary Watches Ltd Cousins UK

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The British Horological Institute 540

If only Balance Wheels were like Car Tyres 542

Making Harrison’s Late Regulator – Part 11 544

Making a Regulator to a New Design 546

Awards, Education and New Members’ Day 550

BHI Annual Index 565

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The Trammel of Archimedes

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might not seem like too demanding graphs.

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Fall Back Show

Chairman Ray Walford believes that

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The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers

BHI Summer Show Raffle Prize Winners

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Meet the Student

East of Scotland Branch Visit Upton Hall

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Midlands Model Engineering

In November, James Buxton IEng MIED visited the

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The British Horological Institute

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If this education programme was to end, it would be

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If Only Balance Wheels were

cover at the very end that you wasted

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12 seconds faster. That’s all I needed

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Making Harrison’s Late Regulator

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New Record for

The slight rhythmical bouncing of

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Bench View 123

up that bit about the sun.) As my

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1 will show that I have been moder-

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Awards, Education and

Students and guests at Awards Day 2014.

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After a buffet lunch, Rory McEvoy MBHI and Tony

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‘As an organisation we are very grateful to

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Bristol Branch covering the drive pulley proudly carries the

An excellent turnout of Branch members heard Bill East of Scotland Branch

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