MARCH 2015 VOL. 34, NO. 8

Meeting Minutes, February 6, 2015 This Month keep their minds sharp, so it was like a HISTORY OF THE religious duty. The gear teeth were set NOT ENTIRELY by prime numbers. Today’s usage in- CUCKOO... ROSE ENGINE cludes usage on dollar bills and stock cer- tificates. There were intricate statues This month, Paul will give us a live Our monthly mart started at 7:00 p.m. presentation on Black Forest clocks, At 8:00 p.m., President Paul Martyn created in Italy which were taken to Kohlberg, Germany during the Thirty including some of the photographs he called the meeting to order. He took at the German Clock Museum in thanked Ed Athey for refreshments. Years War. They are known as the Kohl- Furtwangen, Germany. The minutes of last month were moved berg Ivories, and they also include some to be approved by Bob Linkenhoker portraits in ivory. In 2013, a single ma- and were seconded by Randy Ema, and chine sold for $238,000. Faberge used a approved by members. rose engine on eggs. George Daniels used patterns in his watches. He has 30 UPCOMING EVENTS: Our Own Or- pages in one of his books that are ange County Chapter 69 Goodtyme “invaluable”. David developed a modern Mart is coming up very fast, and will be machine named ‘MADE’ (for Mike, Al, held this year on May 30th at same lo- David and Ed) which they hope to make cation as last year. Ventura Chapter and sell 15 of them. will have it’s mart on April 19th. SHOW & TELL: LETTER ‘T’ or Mart NEW BUSINESS: None Purchase: The program this month was a video Dave Weisbart showed us a Silas B. Terry entitled “History of the Rose Engine” “Chapel” model one to eight day clock and it was given by David Lindow. He with no suspension spring, dating from said the Rose Engine has been used for the 1870’s. centuries and Josiah Wedgewood used it in making his pottery. Ralph Lauren Larry Squires showed us a Burnham Ter- For our Beginner's Corner this month, watches have rose engine designs and ry torsion clock which he tried to make a Dave Weisbart will show us how the Breguet Company built their own pendulum for it from a glass weight. He to put together a suspension spring machinery. The “Guilloche” machine is also showed a clock with a silver dial and assembly for a 400-day clock. If shown in an ad for Ralph Lauren 1910 rose engine work. you have the spring stock, this proce- dure can save you money compared watches, but they are careful not to Jerry Kleeb showed us a torsion clock. to purchasing the pre-made assem- show any detail of it. Good machines The paint job is good on it. Post war blies, and it takes only a few minutes. come from Switzerland. David re- clocks from 1950 or so precedes the stored a 1913 machine, which had al- “Schatz” name. It is a Schatz narrow plate Time Trivia most all of its parts, and it was from clock which was made to avoid paying NIST radio station WWV has provided round-the- clock shortwave broadcasts of time and frequency Switzerland. excise tax since the narrow plate counted signals since 1923. A sister station, WWVH, was as a watch. established in Hawaii in 1948. Accuracies of one History: Since the 1500’s, Louis XVI millisecond (one thousandth of a second) can be ob- was an engine turner. It was only sov- The Raffle prizes were won by Jerry Pi- tained from these broadcasts if one corrects for the ereigns who “turned”. They had to distance from the stations (near Ft. Collins, Colorado, eretti, Bill Clark and Dave Weisbart. and Kauai, Hawaii) to the receiver.

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Saturday, May 30, 2015 Details at this month’s meeting Registration form will be in next month’s Tic Talk Times For registration information, call Mart Chair Dave Weisbart at (714) 369-4043

UPCOMING MARTS

March 2015 April 2015 May 2015 2015 Lone Star Regional 2015 Southern Ohio Regional 2015 Pacific Northwest Regional When: Mar 6 - 7 When: Apr 9 - 11 When: May 14 - 17 Where: Mesquite Convention Center, Where: Roberts Convention Centre, Where: Monarch Hotel & Convention Mesquite, TX Wilmington, OH Center, Clackamas, OR 2015 Arizona Sunshine Regional 2015 River Cities Regional 2015 North Coast Regional When: Mar 13 - 14 When: Apr 17 - 18 When: May 15 - 16 Where: Fountain Hills Community Cen- Where: Lenexa Community Center, Where: Lakeland Community College, ter, Fountain Hills, AZ Lenexa, KS Willoughby, OH 2015 Florida Regional 2015 Memphis King Cotton Regional When: Mar 13 - 15 When: Apr 24 - 25 Where: Exhibit Hall At Osceola Where: Bartlett Station Municipal Heritage Park, Kissimmee, FL Center, Bartlett, TN

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OUR NEXT MEETING: FRIDAY MARCH 6, 2015

Beginner’s Corner Mini-Seminar: Program Demonstration on how to replace a suspension spring Live Presentation:: assembly on a 400-day clock

BLACK FOREST Show & Tell: Horological items beginning with the letter “U” or a Black Forest clock CLOCKS

Board Meeting: No Board Meeting this month

Time: 7:00 – Doors Open 8:00 – General Meeting Admission $4.00 – General $6.00 – Couples Location: Acacia Grove Masonic Lodge 11270 Acacia Parkway (in the Civic Center) Garden Grove, CA