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SEPTEMBER 2009
Horological palimpsestSome strange things can be found behind the dials of ordinary clocks, by
Brian Loomes.
Poem for 'Clockie' Brown Dennis Haynes repairs a clock by a maker written about by the poet Robert Burns.
Movement containers
Ian Beilby describes one of the tins watch movements were sent across the Atlantic in.
'For All Time' show
A new horological exhibition has just opened at the National Heritage Museum, Lexington, Massachusetts.
Brass longcase hands are frequently found to be damaged or even missing. Replacements of the correct size and type should be fitted commensurate with the style of the clock.
Craig Millington-Pidcock makes new brass longcase hands to period patterns or will make hands to customer’s sizes/patterns upon request. The hands are punched and finished ready for fitting and only requires the centre holes to be filed to fit the movement.
Odd hands can be made providing the colour of the brass can be matched. All patterns are copies of originals and retain most of their character. At present Craig has about a dozen different patterns to fit dials from 11in to 14in in diameter.
Craig is at the moment selling his hands on eBay, but can be contacted at: Highdown Farm, Hartland, Bideford, Devon EX39 6AN. E-mail: craigtompion@hotmail.co.uk
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Book reviews Anniversary Clocks by Peter Wotton
Penman's Design & Build Fly-cutting a rack, by
Laurie Penman.
Transatlantic Notebook Some footnotes in time,
by
D K Stevenson.
Diary of a Clock Repairer A well-read student,
by
Robert Loomes.
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