Horology
Balance Staff. Watch Services
Mark from Watch Services shows us a new balance staff he has made, mounted in his Jacot tool ready to be burnished, and tells us the tools he used to...
Balance Staff. Watch Services
Mark from Watch Services shows us a new balance staff he has made, mounted in his Jacot tool ready to be burnished, and tells us the tools he used to...
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Engraved Clock Plate
David Davey's picture of a clock plate. He used our small diamond grinding wheels to make the engravers for the intricate work seen here.
Engraved Clock Plate
David Davey's picture of a clock plate. He used our small diamond grinding wheels to make the engravers for the intricate work seen here.
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Interview with Watchmaker and Repairer Jim Sadilek
Mechanical devices have always interested me. Being born in the late thirties, when I was a teenager in the early fifties, cars and motorcycles were cheap and sufficiently simple mechanically...
Interview with Watchmaker and Repairer Jim Sadilek
Mechanical devices have always interested me. Being born in the late thirties, when I was a teenager in the early fifties, cars and motorcycles were cheap and sufficiently simple mechanically...
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Interview with Brad Taylor of Taylor Horology
Ever since I’ve been young I’ve always been compelled to find out how the things around me worked. I would take things apart, anything I could get my hands on...
Interview with Brad Taylor of Taylor Horology
Ever since I’ve been young I’ve always been compelled to find out how the things around me worked. I would take things apart, anything I could get my hands on...
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Mike from the Kibworth Clock Company shares his...
I’d like to tell my story and hopefully help inspire others to develop previously unknown skills and abilities and keep the world of mechanical timekeeping well and truly alive and...
Mike from the Kibworth Clock Company shares his Horological Story
I’d like to tell my story and hopefully help inspire others to develop previously unknown skills and abilities and keep the world of mechanical timekeeping well and truly alive and...
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Interview with Aditya Sambhare and his Love for...
I am a qualified architect and industrial designer. My final project for the masters program in industrial design was related to time. I spent countless hours pouring over the wonderful...
Interview with Aditya Sambhare and his Love for Skeleton Watches
I am a qualified architect and industrial designer. My final project for the masters program in industrial design was related to time. I spent countless hours pouring over the wonderful...
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Interview with Electronic Musical Instrument Re...
I have always been fascinated by the concept of time. We know almost nothing about it, we do not know if it even exists. It is obviously not the 'fourth...
Interview with Electronic Musical Instrument Restorer and Horologist Ron Lebar
I have always been fascinated by the concept of time. We know almost nothing about it, we do not know if it even exists. It is obviously not the 'fourth...
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Swiss ETA Watch Movement Parts List with Images
Swiss ETA watch parts together with an image for reference. I know from personal experience that whenever I have attended a watch making course the experienced tutors are able to...
Swiss ETA Watch Movement Parts List with Images
Swiss ETA watch parts together with an image for reference. I know from personal experience that whenever I have attended a watch making course the experienced tutors are able to...
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Interview with Clock Maker and Restorer Ray Bates
My High School Science teacher was a watch collector and thought I'd be a good candidate for an apprenticeship opening at R.L.Christie in Edinburgh where he had his watches maintained....
Interview with Clock Maker and Restorer Ray Bates
My High School Science teacher was a watch collector and thought I'd be a good candidate for an apprenticeship opening at R.L.Christie in Edinburgh where he had his watches maintained....
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Interview with Self Taught Watchmaker Mike Cardew
My interest in clocks and watches began when I was very young, maybe 7-8? I used to stand next to my father who repaired the watches of various work colleagues....
Interview with Self Taught Watchmaker Mike Cardew
My interest in clocks and watches began when I was very young, maybe 7-8? I used to stand next to my father who repaired the watches of various work colleagues....
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