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 Features
NOVEMBER 2009

Portrait of a master
John Hunter traces of life of Edinburgh clockmaker Humphry Mills

Buying clocks at auction
What to look out for and what to avoid, by Brian Loomes.

Made where when?

Clock by Kundo made in Germany

D K Stevenson shows how to tell the where and the when of German clockmaking.
find my local clock repairer
 News
Time Machine at
Funtington Chapel


Time Machine at Funtington Chapel

A new horological attraction has opened at the foot of the South Downs National Park near Chichester, displaying a whole collection of turret and mater clocks.
 Product review
Eureka drills Quite often the clock repairer is called upon to perform certain tasks requiring specialist tools and materials. Re-pivoting is a difficult job made easier with the use of the correct drills and attachments.

Many repairers consider Eureka drills excellent in this respect, however they are difficult to obtain other than from specialist suppliers.

The Norville Group are suppliers of tools and equipment to both the public and the optical trade. Their range of drills include Eureka drills in sizes from 0.8 to 1.6 which cover most sizes used in re-pivoting. The drills can be bought singly or in sets of nine from:

Available from : The Norville Group, Service House, Magdala Road, Gloucester GL1 4DG. Tel: 01452 528686. Email: sales@norville.co.uk.

Or: Coates Optical, Gretton Road, Winchcombe, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL54 5EE. Tel 01242 603888. Website: www.coates-optical.co.uk
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 Columns
Transatlantic Notebook
Just cuckoo,
by D K Stevenson.


Penman's Design & Build
Finishing the rack,
by Laurie Penman.


Diary of a Clock Repairer
Managing expectations,
by Robert Loomes.

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