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~and~ isprohibitedwithoutwritlen~issionfromlheAmeri ~.ib..wt~~ ~~~~stitute. Copyright ©2003 by the American COVER This month's cover features the first watch designed and built by David Knight. President's Message Jack Kurdzionak, CW
"A failure to plan is a plan to fail." I don't know who said it first, but I do know I won't be the last one to cite that quotation. In our own businesses we must take inventory of our assets at the end of each year. This is a good time to consider putting those assets to their best use in the coming year for the short term and planning to use those assets in the next five years for the long term. An end of the year asset assessment is just the first step in a plan. We must inventory our assets, both tangible and intangible. Then we must formulate a plan with reasonable goals to make the best use ofthose assets. There is no benefit to any business to make unattainable plans, regardless of how lofty the goals. Plans and goals must be formulated within the financial and physical framework we have and then we can build upon that. Once a plan has been devised, it must be followed as carefully as possible. Numerous promising diversions will present themselves, often proposed by well-intentioned supporters, to the detriment of the short and long term plans. A sound proposal, not part of the original plan, should be given due consideration and included in future planning sessions, but it should not be a substitute for the original, well thought out goals. Good sound proposals can wait a bit for their implementation. Any proposals that must be adopted in a hurry, without due consideration of their long-term ramifications, are probably too good to be true. That being said, I have asked various committees to formulate plans to guide AWI in the coming months and years. The Education and Certification Committees are working on plans to coordinate their efforts to develop modular educational units that will assist members to become certified. While we are going to maintain and strengthen our traditional areas of certification, the committee is also examining the possibility of new areas of certification that reflect today's watch and clock repair marketplace. The Horological Times Committee has been asked to formulate a written policy for the acceptance of articles for publication in addition to increasing advenising re enue. Electronic communication technology i not going to disappear and our Technology Committee will make certain AWl can communicate with the membership in co t effective way other than the printed page. The Member hip Committee will be working wilh Finance to make cenain that our dues structure for all clas e of member hip i fair to all of our members. Thi i not a complete accounting of our goals for this business year; it is an indication of our direction. The Board of Directors makes plans, but our executive director, Jim Lubic, and his staff implement them. In addition, they are responsible for the day-to-day business activities of AWl. We here at AWl are planning for its future just as any of us should be planning our own business activities in 2003. On behalf of AWl, its staff, and Board of Directors, I wish all a "Happy and Healthy New Year." Executive Director's Message James E. Lubic, CMW
I hope everyone had an enjoyable Holiday season. I did, and now I am looking forward to the mid year Executive Committee Meeting which will take place here at the Institute February 22 & 23, 2003. There are several issues to consider at this meeting, including website expansion/improvements, and education and certification issues. I will keep you informed as to how these issues develop after the meeting. Presently the dues renewals for 2003 are coming in at a very steady pace. If you haven't renewed yet, you have probably received your second dues notice. Please send your renewals in as soon as possible. We will be purging the 2003 membership roster very soon, and we wouldn't want you to have any interruption in your benefits. The mailing of the 2003 membership renewal packets has begun. There is a surprise benefit to your 2003 membership to announce. Several JIDA (Jewelers Industry Distributors Association) members have agreed to sponsor a $10.00 coupon with a pur chase of $50.00. The coupons are being mailed in the 2003 renewal packets. Coupons expire June 30'h of this year. The 24 JIDA member participants will be listed on the coupon which you will receive in your 2003 renewal packet. This is good news, and it should be pointed out how much these JIDA members support AWl. All you have to do is look at the last page of any issue of the HT, and about 50% to 60% of the advertisers are JIDA members. When you use your coupon this year be sure to thank the JIDA member for supporting AWI and its members. I would also like to thank JIDA President, Chris Gaber, of Gaber & Company; JIDA Executive Director, Andrew Avery; and AWIIJIDA Liaison, Gerald Wilson, of WilliamS. McCaw Co., for working with me to make this happen. Also, if you advertise and you are not a member of JIDA you can contact Mr. Avery at 301-941-1068, or by e-mail at [email protected]. JIDA also has a website: www.jida.info. We have two new video available from the Henry B. Fried Library. Thank you to the NAWCC for giving us permission to make The History & Developrneru of the Quarrz Watch by Ben Matz a told to t.he AWCC 22nct Annual Seminar in October 2002, available to our member . The Lape i 2 minute long, and al o comes with the trans~ript of Ben's talk. The other video was donated to our video library by AWl member Rene Rondeau. There are actually two titles on this tape. The first one is What Makes a Fine Watch Fine ca 1947, and is 20 minutes in length. The second one i How a Watch Works ca 1950, and is also 20 minutes long. Both titles were produced by the Hamillon Watch Company. Even though neither of the titles are in color, they are still very interesting in their black and white format. Tapes can be borrowed from the Henry B. Fried Library for a rental fee of$5.00. Contact Melanie Frye at 1-866-367-2924 ext. 301 or e-mail [email protected].
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Question is a circle with a crown inside. On the Answer I picked this unique pocket crown, there is a cross. On right cen Your jumping hour/minute watch in Europe (Ukraine). It is a 14kt ter, there is an eagle with "J P" initials pocket watch is an early example of a gold case. It has jumping hour and under. Bottom center case mechanical digital display: the hours minute, and second hand at 6. As you 294347 jumping into the aperture every hour can see, on the movement, there is an 11 and the minutes every minute. inscription The movement is a typical "LUDWIG SIMON BERLIN". On the back, outside cover is Swiss jeweled lever bar movement, G.T M engraved in old Russian commercially available as an ebauche "Ha naMRmb omb 6pama" or blank movement in the later part of On the inside cover, there are the 19th century. The initials "G.T." on other markings (I hope you can see on (in memory from brother). the movement could be the watch the picture), but I will try to describe Could you please give me any maker who finished the movement and in case it is hard to see. Top left cor available information about this pocket added the jumping dial mechanism. ner, seems to be a squirreL There is watch? If you need any other details, The movement was finished 0.585, emblem 56/14k. On left center, please request. and cased in Switzerland as evidenced Jaroslav Bossak, by the squirrel case mark, represent Edmonton, Alberta, Canada ing the Swiss quality mark for a 14 karat (0.585) gold (58.5% pure gold). The watch was sold to Ludwig Simon of Berlin, who then marketed the watch, as evidenced by the German quality mark in the case: the crown and cross, which was added upon import into Germany. Placing the retailer or wholesaler's name on the movement was a common practice in the 19th cen tury and early 20th century. The watch was then sold to a Russian who had the commemorative engraving added. The pin setting mechanism (as evidenced by the button on the case band near the pendant) places the watch as being made between 1870 and 1900, a transition period between the preceding key setting method and the subsequent stem setting mechanism. David Christianson, CMW, CMEW Technical Editor
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Dear Editor: country should be imported with a have the choice. At this time it is clear I read with interest the letter backlog of spare parts available to any they do not. I know that most watch from Don Rigsby, CMW, in Los An one who wants to repair the watch. I makers work hard to keep up with the geles regarding availability of spare had thought at one time this was a law volume of watches that come in for parts. And here I thought I was a voice or a Federal Trade Commission re repair, and if not careful, could bury in the wilderness. quirement. I do not believe it is the themselves in work; but it is still frus I have long disagreed with AWl's business to dicker with the trating to have to tell a customer they AWl's position on spare parts, if the Swiss for parts because I do not be will have to send their watch to a fac directors continue to work with manu lieve it is up to the Swiss to say who tory service center because you can facturers and distributors of watches in repairs the watch. They sold the watch. not get the crown for his watch. the hope they will begin to supply us Period. If the owner of a fine Swiss I believe that the statement: with material they are beating a dead watch wants to poke around in there, "Must Be Returned to Factory for Ser horse. It's not going to happen. Let's who is to say he cannot? It is his watch. vice" on watch papers should be re face it, the Swiss are snobs when it If he wants to take his watch to a local quired to say "Warranty Service". Too comes to watches and watchmakers. watchmaker for repair it should be his many of my customers believe that They do not want a watchmaker who decision. It is up to the AWI to con their watch must go back to the fac is not Swiss trained servicing their vince the owner to take it to an AWI tory service center then complain to me watches. If you continue to try to con member for service. THAT is the busi about the expense and the time in vince watch manufacturers that we do ness of the AWI. volved. The customer is lead to believe have qualified watchmakers in this I understand the attitude of the they have no choice but to send it away country, in another fifteen or twenty Swiss, after all, what do they have? even for a battery replacement. years you will be sending the last is Watches, scenery, and hot chocolate. When I am asked about what sue of Horological Times to the re But it is not their business to tell us we watch to buy, and I hear this question maining eight or nine hundred mem are not good enough to repair their often, I can make several recommen bers. The average age of the working watches. If the watch manufacturer dations without suggesting any particu watchmaker is over sixty and I do not wants to profit not only from the sale lar brand. Along with these comments see a rush of youngsters getting into of the watch but from the service also, I also suggest they ask if parts will be the business. So what do we do? then he should advertise for the ser available for their local watchmaker Don Rigsby suggests ap vice as we do, not force the customer after the warranty period is over. proaching the government. I agree ab to send the watch to him by withhold Richard Schauer solutely. Any watch imported into this ing the parts. The customer should Redmond, Washington
8 Horological Times • January 2003 Dear Editor: In my recent VISits to Plating Precious Metals Couldn't Be Easier! I've been working on watches Lancaster I find the building still stand Samson Technology Corporation for over 50 years and consider it a real ing at the famous comer of Duke & The Nation's No. 1 Supplier & Manufacturer Portable Gold Brush Plating Equipment & Solutions pleasure and a real relaxing way to Chestnut, but it is in need of restora Supplying the Watch Industry for Over a Decade spend my time since I have retired from tion. The comer clock and master clock the retail jewelry business here in are still at the present site. Should any Fredericksburg, Texas. My thoughts go other Bowman graduates feel the need back to the excellent training I had at to have an alumni association, I would the Bowman School in Lancaster, sincerely appreciate hearing from Pennsylvania during the years 1958- them. They can e-mail me at: 1959. Here is my wish and project: I [email protected], call me toll free would like to form an alumni associa (866) 990-2354, or write to me: Dick The Deluxe Platers Workshop $399 Comes complete with: Power Supply-UL approved, tion of former Bowman students in or Dorer, P.O. Box 2268, Fredericksburg, Set of Anodes, Pen Plater, One ounce each of 24k der to promote watchmaking in the TX 78624. I graduated in the fall of Rose Gold, Sterling Silver, Nickel, Copper, Brass, 15mls 24k liquid Gold for Pen Plater, Stainless Steel form of scholarships to men and 1959 and would really like to hear from Preplate, Alkaline Copper, 4oz of Chrome Stripper, women who might be interested in fol any former students. Latex Gloves, Spray Bottle, Instruction Book & Toll Free Tech Support. lowing this as a profession. The last I really appreciate your work We have the LARGEST selection of Gold solutions 24k,18k 14k, & contact with the school was with Mrs. at the AWI, and thank you for this op 10k Gold, Rose Gold, 18th Century Gold, An tique Green Gold, Parkhurst, wife of a former NAWCC portunity to communicate with fellow Rhodium, Platinum, Palladium, Sterling Silver president who purchased it during the watchmakers. Member of the American Electroplaters & Surface Finishers Society, Inc., British Horological Society, NAWCC, SEMA, early '60s. Unfortunately she was not Dick Dorer, CMW, The British Watch & Clock Collectors Association, American Watchmakers-Ciockmakers Institute cooperative in my quest, I may have Fredericksburg, Texas to go to the Lancaster Historical Soci 0 Samson Technology Corporation ety to find any records of former stu 2240 SW 70th Ave., Suite E, Davie, FL 33317 Tel: 954-916-9322 Fax: 954-916-9338 dents, should any survive. E-mail: [email protected] MC MC VISA VISA AMEX 800-256-0692 AMEX
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January 2003 • Horological Times 9 David Knight -and Little Men in Watches
Photos by David Knight
Kari Halme
Modern technology has made it possible to reduce the size and improve the accuracy of mechanical watches, but it takes creative, individual thinking to make something unique. An Englishman, David Knight, has been able to do just that. His watches are impracticably shaped large pieces of art whose details require more than one look.
The father of"little men and women, " watchmaker David Knight.
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10 Horological Times • January 2003 David Knight, who lives in Hampshire, started his horological ca reer at the age of 15. Young Knight was more interested in working with his hands than reading. He left school and became an apprentice to T. Constad & Son of Portsmouth, a busy jewelry store where he learned the secrets of small clocks and watches. While working, Knight passed the preliminary and intermediate grades of the British Horological In stitute. Knight remembers the days as a bit of a struggle, since reading was still not his cup of tea. For this same reason, he never studied to become an engineer, although it could have secured a higher income. After Knight thought he knew Kl - side/top view enough about watch repair, he started his own trade workshop at the age of 23. Several Omegas and Rolexes passed through his bench, and Knight dreamed of building a watch of his own one day. The repair business took too much time, and he was forced to push such thoughts aside. The success of the quartz watch in the 1980s started to bite into Knight's bread, and he started to shift his interest into wax casting. He cast small gold and silver jewelry. Just when the sales took off, the price of precious metals went through the roof, and imported hollow jewelry began to dominate the market. Knight tried also to build a clock according to the instructions of the well-known British clockmaker, John Wilding, but the end result was a "steam engine!" A fellow karate club member inspired Knight to carve the friend's picture in wax for a medallion. Seeing his artistic abilities Knight Kl - case back, key, chain started toying with an idea of a sculptural watch. With David Knight's own impressed, especially as it was only of little figures holding the jewels. This words: "As an apprentice many years me, and our profession, that got to see gave Knight freedom to build any ago, I took an instant liking to pocket it. It left me asking, 'How was it all theme he wanted. The idea of a watches. The pierced cocks of English done?' So I formed an idea of making sculptural watch was born. levers, the finish on Walthams, with a pocket watch in a way that had not their blued, engraved ratchet wheels, been done before." Kl grained finishes, turned pillars, The carved picture of the ka "I really didn't know where to polished jewels, etc., all left me very rate buddy paved the way for an idea begin," tells Knight, "I didn't even
January 2003 • Horological Times 11 became intolerable to deal with, and after Knight had been out of work for four weeks, he threw in the towel. In 1992 he found himself on income support. With savings and a little help from his friends, Knight concentrated on building his watch. The design and making the blueprints took most of his time in the beginning, but he had de cided to get as far as he possibly could. He expected to finish his first watch in one year, but it actually took the fol lowing three years. Knight shaped a solid cast-in relief brass piece into the base plate of the movement. Instead of conventional bridges, he used little figures cast of bronze to support the jewel bearings. These sturdy little men allowed him to Kl - top view (dial side) make the movement more open than a traditional skeleton one. Knight gold plated all the movement parts to make them look nicer and to prevent oxidation. Originally the little men were to be slaves driven by a man with a whip, but the slaves soon became Greek gods. Some technical difficul ties forced the final version to be a bit simpler. Knight gave the movement a double barrel construction. He built an English lever escapement with an 18000 bph train. The running reserve became about 30 hours. "I ground and polished the pallet jewels myself, the others are standard Swiss jewels. The main springs are factory made, and the hair spring I took off another watch. I didn't dig up the metal ore, but I cast every Kl -A little man supporting a jewel. other part from scratch," tells Knight. In addition to the movement parts, Knight cast a silver case and sil ver chain, each link individually. The have a lathe suitable for watchmaking. caused the project to progress painfully case was the biggest item (400 grams I Over the years, I studied many books slowly." 14 oz. with the movement) he could and bought a Cowells 90 CW 8 mm Knight spent the next five realistically cast with his equipment. lathe and their 90 ME. years buried in trade work. At best, he The case has a cast/chased image of I had gotten quite busy at the had about an hour a week of time to three generations of watchmakers. bench, by this time repairing quartz as build his own watch. The recession in Knight made a thin chapter well. In the beginning, the volume of the beginning of the 1990s slowed the ring. He protected the movement with repairs and the hand-made gear cutters business down. The work source a straight Plexiglas which allowed a
12 Horological Times • January 2003 close inspection of the details of the movement. The finished piece re sembled the so-called Nuremberg egg watches made in the 1500s. Knight also built a padded box to further protect the watch. Knight got the local assay office's hallmark on the case just be fore the Christmas of 1995. In the be ginning of 1996, the 48-year-old David Knight completed his first watch, the K1. Although the K1 had a plastic crys tal, the hinge of the case gave trouble and there was no key for the watch, Knight entered the watch in the De sign and Craftsmanship Competition at Goldsmiths Hall in London. The watch was accepted to be displayed, but the competition commit Kl and K2 photographed against blueprints. This picture gives an idea of the size tee did not see it as a fully finished difference. piece, and thus it was not considered worthy of a prize or an honorable men tion. Knight admits that he could not beat the entry deadline, and thus the watch looked unfinished when com pared to competitors' pieces. The K1 was finally completed in May, 1996. The plastic crystal had been replaced with a glass crystal, the hinge had been fixed and the key made. The watch had required about 4500 hours of hard work. Knight wanted to enter the watch in the BHI exhibition, but he could not arrange for insurance. With out it, he did not want to take the risk of losing the watch. After completing the watch, Knight was very optimistic about be ing able to sell the watch to financially secure the future of the next project. K2 -individual parts before assembly "I showed the watch to all the right people, and they all said the same thing: 'What a wonderful watch. We saw it in the Horological Journal. Go K2 "population" of the K1 had made it big away and come back when you have "Although the K1 was not a ger than necessary. The K2 was to be, made a name for yourself.' I was told gold mine, I learned a lot from the if not smaller, at least more compact. that I would be lucky if someone paid "little men watch." The completed Knight sketched a chariot pulled by a 2000 pounds ($2800) for my watch. It watch looked very stationary, but the swan and surrounded by flying birds seems someone could make a unique first watch had been difficult to and dancing female figures! and, I believe, a beautiful watch, but make-like climbing Mount Everest. The chariot contained the bar without an established name it is After the K1 I knew what I was able to rel and the mainspring. The swan was worthless," frets Knight about the do, and the next one was to be more positioned so that it supported the watch that is still in his possession. adventurous," tells Knight. The vast lower jewels while the birds and the
January 2003 • Horological Times 13 ladies handled the upper ones. The positions of the figures created an im age of movement, like the figures were running off with the watch parts. The movement parts for the K2 were cast of brass and of the leftover bronze of the Kl. Knight chose a club toothed Swiss escapement. He built a test frame which took a year to make but which saved time when Knight figured out the right proportions of the escapement and the power source. Around the same time, the Horological Journal and the International Wristwatch featured the K1, and one watch dealer gave it an estimated value of 15,000 pounds. The value had increased drastically within K2 - The balance wheel supported by dancing ladies. one year. This gave Knight new hope and he decided to build a series of five K2s. Fifteen months later he had all the parts for five watches but no working sample. The first K2 was completed at the end of 1998. Knight decided to cast a case for the K2, but the casting did not go as planned. He could have made the case from scratch in less time. The final K2 case featured a swan motif. The most visible differences between the two watches were the K2's small second hand at 12 o'clock and the wide chapter ring with large Ara bic numerals. The movement compo nents were attached to a flat, polished K2 - Side view shows the purple swan and the chariot. brass plate. The plate and the parts were gold plated. Knight showed the K2 to Simon Bull, a British representative of the Swiss auction house, Antiquorum. Bull looked at the piece and said: "What fun. You have a 3-dimensional watch, but I can only see it in 2 dimen sions. Color the swan, put side win dows in the case and I will show it to Osvaldo Patrizzi (the owner of Antiquorum)." The coloring of the swan was a chain of trials and errors, but finally Knight could color it purple with chemicals. The four oval side windows
K2 - cased up, top view
14 Horological Times • January 2003 allowed a good view of the movement without having to take it out of the case. Bull took the modified watch to Patrizzi who did not know who would buy such a watch. The K2 was never put in an auction to even find out. "I have had the same response from the London auction houses," says Knight. "They cannot decide whether it is a watch or a piece of art." Knight sprayed the swan with purple paint last fall. Although the chemical coloring looked good, it faded and tarnished with time. Knight told me that he could get the luster back by polishing the surface, but it had to be done too frequently. Lacquering made the color disappear completely, and spray painting has been the only K2 - Oval side windows allow a good view of the movement's details. way to make it permanent.
Other Thoughts There are new ideas burning in Knight's mind, although he is cur rently fully employed by Omega. He has toyed with an idea of a circus theme. After that he aims to make an erotic watch, and eventually perhaps a sculptural chronometer. As a self taught founder, Knight wants to widen the range of his casting designs. Knight's comment to the com parison of his watches and the ones from the 16th century is: "They do look medieval, but that's not an influence. I certainly don't see myself as part of a tradition. I wouldn't even recognize a medieval piece if you showed me one." You can admire David Knight's watches at his own website: www. davidknig ht-watchmaker. com. K2 - case back, key, chain The site designer is his son, Steve. 0
January 2003 • Horological Times 15 Questions & Answers (Continued from Page 4.) been in the possession of my family for a reported 200 or more years. I have enclosed three photos of the clock, showing the face, pendu lum, and lead weight. I cannot seem to read the name on the face. The history goes like this. The clock was brought from Wales to the United States dur ing the Civil War, and is recorded as having been in the family for over 100 years at that time. In my opinion, only the clockworks were brought at that time, and the case was handmade in the U.S.--:iudging from the lumber, the style of the millwork, and hinges used. The clock mechanism was set in the case on a hand-hewn platform, and held in place with nails. The bell ofthe clock is a single simple dome shaped
waterway transport Prescott was nearer to the North and Birmingham to the South. Newcastle Emlyn was known to have So if your movement has a been making clocks in 1835. The style center arbor it is most likely made in of dial and hands, (blued steel) matches whole or part in Prescott or Birming
d/• I; this date. Before the railroads were well ham. Dan Jenkins may have bought ,·\m.•M·'r.. spread through Britain sailing coasters wheels and pinions and mounted them; moved a large quantity of goods bought mounted wheels and pinions around the coast. There was a well es and planted them; bought a complete tablished route from Scotland, down movement apart from the front work, the west coast of Wales along the south (in which case the gear teeth will have of Wales along the Bristol channel up a slightly different form) there is no to Bristol and then up the Severn to standard. Gloucester; back down the channel If you can find a name on the along the north coast of Devon and back of the dial or the date ring I might Cornwall, rounding Landsend and then be able to give a more exact date. east to London. I believe that you are right The principal manufacturers about the origin of the case-after all, bell. At this time the clock will run for of painted dials were centered in Bir why ship a clock case to the USA? only a minute or so, and then the pen mingham and the makers of move If you are interested in getting dulum will slow and stop. ments were in Preston, Cheshire and your clock to work again, you might I would appreciate anything Birmingham. Both these areas made like to know that have launched our you could tell me about the manufac thirty-hour clocks with center arbors. clock correspondence course. We have turer, or other historical information. To the south and north of these Mid classes here at AWI or out in the other Gordon P Stanhope, lands, the old system of driving the States if a class of eight can be got to Madison, MS hour wheel directly off a pinion on the gether, and there is no reason why you end of the great wheel arbor, (on the should not be able to get the clock into Answer front plate) was still followed. I don't proper condition ready for its next three Thank you for your letter and have a map of Britain at the moment or four hundred years. the photographs of your Welsh thirty and don't know if Newcastle is North Laurie Penman hour longcase clock. Dan Jenkins of Wales or South Wales. In terms of 0
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January 2003 • Horological Times 19 Technically Watches Pocket Watches and Their Maintenance Part 56 Checking and Adjusting the Chronograph Mechanism of the Archie B. Perkins, Valjoux 24 Timer (Continued) CMW, FAWI, FNAWCC, FBHI ©2003 (All rights reserved by the author)
In order for the minute recording wheel. As the tail of the sliding lever works mechanism to function correctly, the sliding on the pillar wheel, the sliding gear moves gear must be disconnected with the finger of toward and away from the finger of the chro the chronograph runner when the mechanism nograph runner. is operated to return the hands to their zero Figure 1 shows the tail of the sliding position. If the sliding gear is not disconnected lever in position between two pillars of the pil when the hands are returned to zero, it may lar wheel. This is the start position for the chro interfere with the finger on the chronograph nograph mechanism. When in this position, runner during the process. The disconnecting the lever tail is against the eccentric stud and and connecting are achieved by the pillar the sliding gear is in its connected position.
PILLAR WHEEL I
Figure 1
20 Horological Times • January 2003 This position is the normal operating position for the sliding gear. This po sition is achieved by pressing the crown to start the chronograph mechanism from the return to the zero position. Figure 2 shows the sliding gear in a disconnected position. The tail of the sliding lever is resting on a pillar of the pillar wheel. The pillar has moved the lever tail away from the ec centric stud and has caused the sliding gear to disconnect from the path of the finger. This is the stopped position for the chronograph mechanism. When the crown is pressed to return the hands to zero, the pillar wheel is indexed one tooth which al lows the tail of the sliding lever to re main on the same pillar and keeps the sliding gear disconnected. The next time the crown is pressed, the chrono graph mechanism is returned to the zero position. Figure 2
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January 2003 • Horological Times 21 PILLAR -WHEEL
Figure 3 Figure 4
Connecting and Disconnecting the Intermediate Drive Wheel from the Chronograph Runner Another important function of the pillar wheel is to connect and disconnect the drive wheels from the chro nograph runner so the mechanism can be returned to the zero position. Figure 3 shows the driving mechanism that drives the chronograph runner. In this illustration, the tail of the coupling clutch is between two pillars of the pillar wheel. In this position, the intermediate drive wheel is connected to the chronograph runner. The chronograph mechanism is in the start position. When the crown is pressed, the end of the tail of the coupling clutch goes up on a pillar of the pillar wheel. This action causes the intermediate drive wheel to disconnect from the chronograph runner which stops the chronograph mechanism. The coupling clutch is CHRONOGRAPH also separated from its eccentric stud. RUNNER Figure 4 shows the tail of the coupling clutch on a pillar of the pillar wheel and the intermediate drive wheel ORIVf: WHEEL disconnected from the chronograph runner. When the crown is pressed again, the tail of the coupling clutch re mains on the same pillar which keeps the intermediate drive wheel separated from the chronograph runner. This allows the chronograph mechanism to be returned to the zero position. Figure 5
22 Horological Times • January 2003 Checking and Adjusting the Meshing Between the Drive Wheels and Chronograph Runner Figure 5 shows the meshing of the teeth between the drive wheel and the intermediate drive wheel, as well as the meshing of the teeth between the intermediate drive wheel and the chro nograph runner. The teeth are drawn extra large so the meshing can be BLOCKING easily seen. LEVER SPRING The correct depth of mesh between the drive wheel and the inter mediate drive wheel is when one tooth overlaps the mating tooth about three fourths of the length of the mating sur face at the center line. The depth of the mesh can be adjusted by turning the eccentric stud C in Figure 3. The correct depth of mesh be tween the intermediate drive wheel and the chronograph runner is when the drive wheel teeth overlap no more than one-half the length of the surface of the teeth on the chronograph runner at Figure 6 the center line. The depth of the mesh between the intermediate drive wheel and the chronograph runner can be ad justed by turning the eccentric stud B The precision in Figure 3. 'Nay to sharpen The Action of the Blocking Lever or Brake Figure 6 shows the blocking today's tools. lever and how it is operated by the pil Accu-Finish® can sharpen tools that lar wheel. This illustration shows the exceed the performance of brand new ones. tail of the blocking lever resting on a Its "NO-HEAT" sharpening technology gives you a stronger cutting edge. Sharper "stronger'' tools cut with less force ... smaller machines respond like pillar of the pillar wheel. In this posi larger machines. No special training is required ... the technology is built into tion, the blocking prong of the lever is the machine and its wheels. For a remarkably low cost you get longer tool held clear of the chronograph runner life, "mirror" finishes and precise tool geometry every time. Now, you can against the tension of the blocking le custom-make or modify cutting tools in your own shop. ver spring. This is a return to zero po sition for the chronograph mechanism. Accu-Finish® This is the first position of the lever on Series I the pillar. When the crown is pressed, Call for Your the pillar wheel is turned one ratchet Free Catalog NOW Request FREE packet #149007 tooth on the pillar wheel and the tail of the blocking lever remains on the same 1-800-835-3519 Sharpen pillar. This will be a start position. This FAX: 620-343-9640 Carbides, is the second position of the lever on e-mail: glendo@ glendo.com Ceramics, the pillar. When the crown is pressed Glendo Corporation Cermets, HSS on the the second time, the pillar wheel is in 900 Overlander Road Emporia, KS 66801 same wheel. dexed another ratchet tooth which
January 2003 • Horological Times 23 accidentally move to the next position, forward or backward, to the next space prematurely. The minute branch of the hammer should never rest against the minute heart. If this condition exists, some material must be removed from the end of this hammer branch to assure that the seconds branch of the hammer will MINUTE return the mechanism to zero. RECORDING WHEEL The actions of the hammer are caused by the pillar wheel. The nib on the hammer working on the pillar wheel moves the hammer to the start and re turn to zero positions. Figure 7 shows the hammer in the return to zero posi tion. This position occurs when the nib on the hammer goes between two pil lars on the pillar wheel. The nib goes up on a pillar when the chronograph mechanism is started and remains on the same pillar at a new position on the pil lar when the chronograph mechanism is stopped. "Timers" will continue next month.
Figure 7
Bibliography causes the tail of the blocking lever to leave the pillar and DeCarie, Donald. Complicated Watches. London: N.A.G. fall between two pillars of the pillar wheel. This action Press, 1956, pp. 67-96. causes the blocking prong of the lever to go against the edge of the chronograph runner. This is the stop position Ebauches S.A. Introductory Course on Chronographs. for the mechanism. The blocking lever holds the chrono Neuchiitel, Switzerland, 1951. graph runner so the sweep seconds hand will remain in the same stopped position until the chronograph Hagans, Orville R. and Seibel, Emanuel. Complicated mechanism is started again. Watches. Denver, Colorado: Roberts Publishing Co. 1945, pp. 78-113. The Action of the Hammer Figure 7 shows the return to zero section of the Humbert, Bernard. "The Chronograph," Lausanne, Swit chronograph mechanism. This illustration shows the ham zerland: Scriptar S.A. (Swiss Watch and Jewelry Journal), mer in the return to zero position. The seconds branch of (around 1950). the hammer is against the lowest point on the chronograph runner heart. The minute recorder branch of the hammer Smith, William 0. Sr. and Smith, William 0. Jr. Chrono is at the lowest point on the minute recorder heart, but the graph Repairing, Volume 24. Pittsburgh, PA: Western hammer branch is a short distance from the heart. It is Pennsylvania Horological Institute, 1949. correct to have some space between this branch of the 0 hammer and the minute recorder heart. This space assures that the seconds branch of the hammer will strike the sec onds heart and bring the seconds hand to the zero position each time the mechanism is returned to zero. The space between the minute branch of the hammer and the minute heart must be adequate but not too much. If the space is too much, this would allow the minute register pawl to
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This column is designed to work in con junction with the AWl Movement Bank. If you can supply any The AWl-ELM Trust, in cooperation with the Ameri of the items listed here, please send details to the Material Search can Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute, maintains this unique Network. Do not send the items to AWl. Members requesting member service to assist professionals in replacing hard-to-find these items will be advised of their availability, and will con parts for vintage timepieces. When a member cannot locate a tact you directly. replacement part through normal sources, the Movement Bank/ Material Search Network (which consists of movements, time 1E3 General Electric motor, #M3506. pieces and materials donated to the Trust) is often able to help. There is a fee of $10.00 for each search. The fee will be waived 1E4 Etema 83, 8-day pocket watch, ratchet wheel, #415/? if a part or movement of equivalent value is donated to the Movement Bank. 1E6 Rolex 1040, Model 6556, entry pallet fork (Rolex The AWl Material Search Network first contacts sev #6985) and exit pallet fork jewel (Rolex #6986) or eral dozen material houses and outlets on behalf of the member movement complete. to determine if the missing part is available from any commer cial source in the United States or Canada. If no other source is 1E7 Jaeger-LeCoultre 218, 19 ligne, desk music box, 4th available, the Movement Bank is searched for a usable spare wheel (#F220) and unlocking mechanism/disconnector part. If found, the fair market value of the part will be assessed (#7459), or movement complete. and the part made available for sale to the member. If the part cannot be found in the Movement Bank, the search will be listed IEIO Universal Geneve 139, self winding mechanism or in the Horological Times. parts movement and plate covering mainspring. 0
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January 2003 • Horological Times 25 From the Workshop
Jack Kurdzionak, CW You Are Invited recent seminar that his 30-meter "water resis Do you have a solution to a watch or tant" watches were suitable for SCUBA div clock repair problem that you want to share ing to that depth. Sadly, only a few attendees with our membership? Do you have a ques at the seminar realized this executive did not tion about a repair problem you would like to understand his product's technical limitations. ask? I invite you to participate in this column Those who did were aware that a rating of 30 with your suggestions, questions, and com meters is the lowest level of water resistance ments. It's easy. Just e-mail me at AWl used for a water resistant watch. The 30-meter
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Measure Once, Cut Once or Twice them. It usually involves a bit of guess work and a rule of The watchmaker who claims he hasn't cut are thumb such as installing the stem into the watch and cut placement stem too short either hasn't fit many stems or ting the stem close to the case with a favorite pair of side he isn't telling the truth. Most watchmakers have devel cutters or end nippers to make the length of the stem nearly oped a personal system for cutting a stem to the proper correct. Many watchmakers also have a small container length (well almost to the proper length) that works for of wire solder to shim the inside pipe of a crown just in case the stem is cut a bit short. I have been using a method that I find works well for me, does the job accurately, and has also significantly reduced the use of solder shims. Install the new stem into the movement with the crown screwed onto the stem threads as shown in the ac companying photo. Then measure the distance from the case to the underside of the crown with a Vernier caliper
ark the stem threads at the end of the caliper's extended tongue
January 2003 • Horological Times 27 and lock the caliper with the locking screw so the mea adjusted with the diamond wheel or a stone. Once the stem surement reading doesn't accidentally change while work and crown are properly fitted, unscrew the crown from ing on the stem. It is not necessary to actually read or the stem, put a few drops of Loctite® on the stem threads, record that distance from the caliper because the amount and re-install the crown. Of course, nothing is perfect and to be removed from the stem's threads is equal to the dis once in a while the stem is a bit short, but fortunately not tance the tongue (or depth gauge) protrudes from the end too often. Give this technique a try and you will have fewer of the caliper as shown in the second photo. Next, the short stems in your spare parts cabinet and more wire sol stem is removed from the movement, its hub is grasped in der in your bench drawer. a pin vise with a round hole in its jaws so as not to dam Please note that a diamond wheel or stone rather age the hub, and the crown is unscrewed and put aside. than a file is recommended for finishing the end of the The stem's threaded portion is placed on the extended stem before fitting the crown. It is all too easy to break a tongue of the caliper for marking at the place shown by stem with a file, especially one with tap 11, 12, or 13 the arrow in the photo. This mark can be made with a threads, while finishing the end. A diamond wheel or fine sharp file or fine marking pen. Any mark will do as long grit stone is much less likely to grab the stem and break it. as it is visible. Mark the stem about one or two threads Please, never install a replacement stem without finishing too long. That extra length will allow for finishing the the threaded tip. All too often a crown fitted to a rough rough end of the stem with a diamond wheel or a stone cut stem is itself damaged and unscrews off soon after its after cutting it with a pair of nippers. After cutting and installation. finishing the tip of the stem, replace the crown onto the Jack Kurdzionak stem and try the stem and crown combination for a trial 0 fit. Most of the time, the new stem and crown fit the case quite nicely. If it needs to be shortened a bit, it can be
AWl Home Study Course in Clock Repair
Based on the original correspondence course written and administered by Laurie Penman, AWl's resident clock instructor, this course is constructed to provide information and instruction in a manner that is immediately useful in both learning and practicing clock repair. The course contains 16 lessons. At the completion of each lesson you will receive comments and suggestions from Laurie Penman, and a pass or fail grade. Those who achieve a pass grade in each section will receive a certificate of completion. Mr. Penman will be available to answer questions or offer suggestions to each student.
The AWl Home Study Course in Clock Repair package contains all the material and information necessary to suc cessfully learn the fundamentals of clock repair, including The Clock Repairer's Handbook by Laurie Penman and a one-year subscription to Steven G. Conover's monthly publication, Clockmaker's Newsletter. Course participants will be invited to attend a 2-day meeting at AWl to confer with Mr. Penman and meet other students.
AWl Members - $750 Non-members - $825
Contact Nancy Wellmann, AWl Education Coordinator E-mail: [email protected] Phone Toll Free 1-866-367-2924 ext. 303 or (513) 367-9800
28 Horological Times • January 2003 Book Review
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January 2003 • Horological Times 29 As A Clockmaker Turns Saga of the Broken Pivot Part 6
J.M. Huckabee, CMC, FAWI, FBHI Introduction Prepare the Pivot This article concludes the six-part se The pivot is made from music wire. ries on repair of a broken pivot in a clock gear That material is hard, has an excellent finish, train. In our trade that work is commonly called and is tough. It is not likely to break. Overall "repivoting." it is an ideal material for repivoting work. It is Part 1 was an overview of the tools available in drill gauge sizes and can closely needed with illustrations and objectives and match the pivot size of most mid-size clocks. use. It is too hard to work with typical lathe grav The second of this series involved the ers. However, it can be easily worked by problems of pieces that are unworkable be grinding. cause of hardness. The process of annealing Part 5 of this series ended with the was discussed and demonstrated to achieve arbor ready for the inserted pivot. Let's begin workability. with the pivot. Our third portion explored the range Study Figure 61. I take a piece of raw of problems and solutions to supporting and material about 6" long and spin it against a driving the workpiece in your lathe. running stone. This is an important "skill op Part 4 illustrated the techniques for the eration." The ground area must have a distinct delicate task of drilling. This centered on tools "stop line" around the material. The tapered and methods, but not the actual drilling region needs to be about 4 pivot diameters operation. long, and the tip diameter reduced by about Fifth in this series demonstrated the 0.001 ". That is just a little more than a "dis methods of center location, drill bit size selec turbed surface." tions and the drilling function. My method is to grind the region This final work is centered on prepa longer than needed, and then cut away the ration of the pivot material, its fitting into the excess length. arbor, and the final finishing to length. That is From Part 5: the pre-drilled hole is followed by a vigorous critique of the work, exactly raw material diameters, and the re and a magnified view of the finished piece. maining hole depth about 0.001" smaller
Figure 61. Spin the raw material in your fingers and very slightly reduce the diameter for about 5 Figure 62. Cut the new pivot away a few diameters diameters length. A slight taper will secure it in longer than finished length. It will be ground to the arbor. 1 use the hand-held grinder. length later.
30 Horological Times • January 2003 Figure 63. Pivot piece should slip about half-depth in the arbor Figure 65. Run the lathe, and grind pivot tip to length and shape. hole. Tap in place with a small brass hammer. The music wire stock used for the job is pre-finished ... good.
Figure 64. Return to the lathe. Check for wobble, straighten Figure 66. Test the pivot in its own pivot hole. Tip various with smooth jaw pliers, if needed. Wobble is rare in this work directions and spin to determine proper fit and length. method. Here is my "setup choice" for this job.
(check the drilling detail in Part 5). Recall that our raw slowly and check for wobble. Pivots that are five or more material will enter the hole, but stops on the internal step. diameters deep rarely need to be straightened. The textured and tapered smiace here will become an in For those who have never used this technique, I terference fit in the hole depth. A trial fit should go about suggest that you pull the pivot out. It can be done, but not one-third to one-half depth in the hole. with ease. It is very secure. Figure 62 shows the cut-off operation. I use the hand-held motor tool. The illustration here is a lathe-driven stone. HERMLE • KIENINGER • URGOS Hold your arbor in a vise, and tap the pivot in H. HERR • REGULA place (Figure 63). The piece should stop off just short of from the hole bottom. Also, none of the ground region should QClotU, show externally. Jiuttnmortb Jnc. The deep hole sets the insert straight. If you have Whyrepairwhen you can replace? wobble, use smooth-jaw pliers to straighten. It will not THE LARGEST MOVEMENT SUPPLY IN THE WORLD break. We now need to cut the piece to length and finish FREE PRICE LIST: its end. Call toll free: 1-800-258-5418 5300 59th Ave . W • Muscatine, lA 52761 The Finishing Operation E-mail: bci@muscanetcom • Web:\1\MM/.butterworthclocks.com SAMEDAYSHIPPING •lWO-YEARWARRANTY Study Figure 64. The piece is over length. Run Mark Butterworth
January 2003 • Horological Times 31 Figure 67. Check depthing, end clearance and spin freedom. Figure 69. Let's look at the central location and shoulder of the We are ready to run. arbor. This is also through an 18x glass.
Figure 68. Now let's test our workmanship. Study the cylindrical Figure 70. The outside end of the pivot in its bearing. An 18x diameter, length, and tip form. This view is through an 18x eye look at the plate, pivot and its bearing. This is an A WI student loupe in front of closeup camera lens. movement that has had an insert placed in its plate.
Run the work and cut (grind) the pivot to length. Process Evaluation It is best to grind against the end, and then form the crown, No repivoted arbor is like new. However, when or taper that is typical to the parent clock. Figure 65 shows no other alternatives exist, repivoting is very much in the soft back grinder that I use. order. As skilled craftsmen we must do the job with the highest degree of skill we can muster. This job has no Testing compromise in performance. And further, a subsequent Test your work as depicted and discussed by Fig repairman may never notice that this pivot is not original. ures 66 and 67. Only the most critical inspection can identify the work. Have you ever inspected a clock pivot through a high magnification watchmaker eye loupe? Let's look Comments through an 18x glass in front of a closeup camera lens. Is this dreaded job difficult? It is not, just differ Study Figure 68. Study the cylindrical shape, the end ent from other work. How much labor is involved? That shape, and the pivot-to-shoulder junction. Now study depends on your tools and skills being ready, and whether Figure 69 with the same ideas. the piece must be annealed. Also, your skill background Figure 70 shows the pivot in its respective bear is a factor. With tools ready, I can do this very job in 15 ing of the clock movement. Figures 71 and 72 convey minutes. In fact, I have demonstrated this work at many some more interesting thoughts. trade shows, guild meetings and other places.
32 Horological Times • January 2003 Figure 71. Pull the mainspring up a ha(f-turn, and away it goes. Pivot jobs require a very wide range of techniques. However, a series of simple steps will solve all of them. Figure 72. The A Wf student movement is a typical job study. Other movements differ only in some of the setup problems discussed throughout this series.
Why, and how can the job be so easy? Each step About the Author was chosen so the natural end result is perfection. You I'm over 80 years old and have spent a lifetime in just can't miss. this and related industry. One of the great joys of old age is to teach others the things that I have learned. 0
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At the lo cal chapters throughout the country sponsoring cal level (meaning not at large, national conven "Marts" several times per year at their meetings. tions) this allows for more participants to attend If you're not familiar with the NAWCC, than otherwise would be able to. It also ensures a a "Mart" is a meeting of the local NAWCC Chap better range of items for sale. It is a win-win situ ter, with its main focus being a trade show. At these ation for both buyers and sellers. Marts, watches, clocks, books, tools, parts, ma For example, those members in atten chines, and equipment, of all ages and quality lev dance as bidders may have access to far more mer els, are for sale by NAWCC members, and are chandise than they ever would otherwise if this was available for purchase by other NAWCC members a local "members only" event. There is nothing in attendance. It allows those members with un wrong with the local "members only" trade shows wanted or unneeded watch and clock material, to and flea markets, but because of the "members sell it to those who want it or need it. AWl Chap only" rule, attendance, and merchandise is limited. ters don't hold "Marts" like the NAWCC chapters On the other hand, the "open to the public" auc hold, but some meetings of AWI local chapters do tion in the local area, adds a touch of surprise and have, from time to time, a modest "buy-sell-trade" excitement to what you might be used to, and en session for members' horological treasures and sures a better mix of merchandise available. In ad artifacts. dition, it allows people not involved in the busi Chapter change, and doing things in new ness, a.k.a. the general public, to sell items more and different ways, in order to keep a chapter from easily, and to a larger group of willing buyers, than becoming lackluster, is often discussed in this col they would have been able to do otherwise. For umn. Recently, AWl member Rick Dunnuck in example, there could be dozens of people in any North Carolina brought a type of AWl Chapter given vicinity who might have a watch or clock, meeting with which I had no familiarity to my at or a lathe, or an attic full of old watchmakers' or tention, and it immediately struck me as being an jewelers' supplies to sell (from a deceased relative excellent alternative to a "normal" way of having perhaps), who are just waiting for an opportunity a meeting. such as this. It is not a regular AWI chapter meeting The entire auction is handled in a profes such as the type most of us are used to, and it is not sional manner. The Chapter rents a facility, hires a an NAWCC Mart. It's actually a little bit of both, licensed, professional auctioneer, and provides in that it combines the best characteristics of these staffers from among its membership to assist with two separate meeting types, into one very clever the auction. A meal and refreshments are made gathering. Twice per year, Mr. Dunnuck's local available as well, as part of the day's events. (This group, The Golden Triad Watchmakers Guild is, of course, simplifying things, as there is a lot of (which is a Guild under the auspices of the North behind-the-scenes planning in an event of any type, Carolina Watchmakers Association, an AWI Af and this one is no exception.) filiate Chapter) sponsors a Chapter auction. The auction is advertised in local papers The original and basic reason for the auc well in advance and generally about 100 or more tion was to give a means for those with excess parts persons attend and register as bidders. Of course and/or tools to dispose of them, but to do so with sellers attend as well, bringing anything from one out actually disposing of them. They are sold at item to sell, to a truckload full of material, tools, auction; thus "disposing" of them, but earning and parts. Put simply, anyone (including the pub some income for the owner, while at the same time lic, remember) can come to bid or to bring any providing them to someone who can not only use thing watch- or clock-related to the auction to sell. them, but is willing to buy them. Viewing takes place all morning, and the 34 Horological Times • January 2003 looking for something different to do, the auction could be the answer. For every chapter that has ever logged the complaint "we can't get new members," here is an opportunity to begin changing, and tangibly benefits everyone involved. At an auc tion, your Chapter could attract watch and clock repairers, col lectors, jewelers, antique dealers, auction-aficionados, PBS's Antiques Roadshow TM watchers, and persons interested in time keeping (or the history or the science or the mechanics thereof). No matter who attends, it will likely attract far more people than are attending your local functions presently, and everyone in attendance will benefit in one way or another. Pub lic exposure such as this might even be just the thing to spur someone's interest in learning watch or clock repair as a new career or as a serious hobby. And after a successful auction or two, signing up a few new Chapter members and new AWI Attendees at a recent Affiliate Chapter auction in North Carolina. members is not out of the question either. Your membership dilemma could be on the mend after some good auctions over auction starts at noon and runs all afternoon. At a recent auc the next couple of years. tion in North Carolina, there were over 550 lots of merchan If anyone is interested in getting more details on auc dise, from single pocket watches to boxes full of old clock cases, tions, please contact me at jfkurdzionak@ awi-net.org or at 781- to crystal cabinets, to grandfather clock cases, and everything 438-1037, and I would be happy to elaborate on the subject to in between! the best of my ability, or to refer you to Mr. Dunnuck for better Events such as this do incur expenses, and to meet answers than I can provide. Also, my thanks are owed to Rick those expenses, the Chapter charges every attendee a small Dunnuck, for not only informing me of chapter auctions, but "cover charge" to attend. Also, there is a 10% seller's fee on all for his excellent assistance with this month's column. transactions. Revenue from these two sources is put into the 0 Chapter treasury, and pays all expenses, including the facility, the auctioneer, the staff, the food, and the advertising, to name a few. After all bills have been paid, there is often a small-to modest profit left over in the treasury after expenses, and this profit can be used for future benefits for Chapter members, or can be donated to charity. During the auction, the auction staff records the de tails of all transactions, and buyers must pay for the items they won before leaving that day. All payments received go into the Chapter's treasury. Approximately two weeks after the auction, sellers receive from the Chapter treasury a payment for items Economically priced single watch winder they sold, less the seller's fee. features ac power and it is reversible. Allowing the public to participate is a major contribu Designed to give years of service this high tor to the auction's success and popularity. But what makes gloss wood box has a glass viewing top. this especially relevant in this day and age is that involving the 061442 ...... $69.95 ea. public is great publicity for the horological profession, for the MOVEMENT RINGS Affiliate Chapter, and for AWI. Where else would we as watch 52 pes. of various sizes plastic movement and clock repairers be able to mingle with the public in such a rings that fit popular model watch movements. close setting, and expose it to who we are and what we do? Assortment contains a variety of diameters Most people today know little, or nothing, about watchmaking and ligne sizes, can be cut to fit if necessary. 012070 ...... $8.95 asst. and clockmaking, but when asked what they think about it, it 18 SIZE WALTHAM HAIRSPRINGS fascinates them. 1892 model Brequet hairspring complete with Here is an excellent way to advertise the business we're collet & stud. Heavy strength. in, and perhaps spur some future interest in the craft. In a sense, 039322 ...... $15.80 ea. it's free advertising for our profession and our businesses and Same as above but in lightweight strength. our national organization, AWI. And it comes at a time when 039322A ...... $15.80 ea. watchmakers and clockmakers, chapters, and AWI need and 16 SIZE WALTHAM HAIRSPRINGS would only benefit from such publicity. That the public can attend a chapter auction, sell some unwanted stuff, and is ex posed to such a fascinating field as horology while doing so opens up many possibilities for our futures on many fronts, including personal, social, and professional. The Chapter Auction is an excellent alternative to the types of chapter meetings you may be used to. For a chapter January 2003 Horological Times 35 Education Update Laurie Penman Our final evening class of the present Repair class for all levels of experience be session took place on Monday, November 18th ginning on Wednesday, January 8, 2003 and a and we had our photograph taken (not a pretty new venture, Clock Building on Monday, sight) but proof that we were all there. The January 20, 2003. watchmakers' course had their final evening The General Repair class proved very one week earlier because one of our classes successful and demonstrated that we can take was postponed for a week while I was in Min a range of students from absolute beginners neapolis. They had pizza; we didn't, but I made to working clockmakers without problems. my apologies and promised to put the matter There is room for another four or five students right at the end of our next session. in this course, which will deal with any clock There are two of those starting in repair problem from the first disassembling January; a repeat of our General Clock of a clock movement to the adjustment of The first evening class in clock repair included (left to right): Lance Angle, Cincinnati, OH; Jerry Freitag, Harrison, OH; Brad Wellmann, Cincinnati, OH; Laurie Penman, A WI Clock Instructor; Jerry Hahn, Cincinnati, OH; Walt Schmitteckert, Dayton, OH; and Gayle Laos, Cincinnati, OH. Watch repair evening classes were also offered to A WI members. Those attending were (left to right): Matthew Kluesener, Cincinnati, OH; Jeff Bosse,Cin cinnati, OH; Jason Hull, Fishers, IN; Eric Hays, Burlington, KY; Bryan Nolte, Amelia, OH; Harry Grieselhuber, Dayton, OH; and Tom Shoemaker; AWl Watch Instructor. 36 Horological Times • January 2003 Pushbunon Kev tor Omega Seamaster Laurie Penman inspects an unusual, complicated clock brought Stock No 592.180 in by Harry Grieselhuber. This clock has wood plates, ivory pillars and gears, and steel shafts. Price $19.95 ************* * * * * * * * omega Helium Valve Kev This tool is used on Omega models with a helium valve such as James Bond 300M series. ~~ · r~:;s19~952 e *** ** *** *** ** * * * * * * * KIF Shock Spring Tool Kit This kit makes KIF spring assembly and disassembly a simple operation. The set contains 3 tools for 160, 190 & 210 assemblies. Merely grip the spring and turn with little or no effort. This will not scratch, mar or damage the spring. Laurie Penman demonstrates lathe work. Replacement tips available. /~ ~ Stock No. 593.010 Price $12.95 ************* * * * * * * * W~/Wu; ~ ffena d ffW-6pWUJ :In 2003! Watch repair instructor, Tom Shoemaker, describes a jeweling tool to Jeff Bosse. January 2003 • Horological Times 37 Just to make the point that our Home Study Course in Clock Repair is up and running, here is a photograph of our first Harry Grieselhuber inspects his watch before disassembly. student, Brad Wellmann, sitting at his bench with most of the course text and exercises at hand. It is a pleasure to announce a new arrival at Brad's home, a twenty-two pound Sherline lathe. will not be precise in dimension because the exact design will be the choice of the student. Certain parameters have to be determined beforehand, such as the tooth size of 0.75 mm module, so as to ensure that the work moves along at a reasonable pace and not get bogged down in eight wildly different sets of gears and pinions. Apart from that feature we will all be involved in designing our clocks as well as building them. It should be fun as well as educational. It is probable that the simple timepieces will be built so that a striking train can be added later. Anyone considering the Clock Building class will Bryan Nolte working on a Unitas 6497. need to have access to a lathe and a bench drill, and should have modest experience in center lathe turning, use of hand tools and clock repair. Our absolute beginner in the first platform escapements, the making of antique or obsolete repair class is building his own clock in the January course. parts or gear cutting. Students are invited to bring clocks These are small classes, no more than eight persons, (Are needing repair whether they are their own or a customer's there any lady clockmakers out there?) so that lack of any clock. great experience in clock repair is no drawback. A lot of The Monday evening course in Clock Building homework will need to be done between the weekly classes also has room for a couple of additional students. The and it seems likely that we may need to stretch the weeks clocks that we will build will be weight driven and either apart a little sometimes to allow students to catch their a simple timepiece with a choice of escapements or a jew breath. There is not room for a great deal of stretching but eled regulator timepiece designed around the jewels we there is some. have in stock for pivots of 1.2 mm diameter. Recom The number of classes in both courses is ten; both mended cutting lists of materials are available, but these will be repeated in the summer. 0 AWl'S TOLL FREE PHONE NUMBER 1-866-367-2924 38 Horological Times • January 2003 AWl Evening Classes AWl Offers Classes in in Clock and Watch Clock Designing and Repair Building American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute is The American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Insti offering weekly evening classes (10 consecutive Wednes tute will conduct 10 evening classes in designing and build days) in clock and watch repair. These will be basic in ing a clock. The classes will take place at the Institute's structional classes, loosely structured to adapt to the needs training facility in Harrison, Ohio. These classes are aimed of the students. at designing and building either a simple, weight-driven Watch and clock classes will run simultaneously timepiece or a jeweled regulator. Students should have a on Wednesday evenings from 6:00pm to 9:00pm at the basic know ledge of the workings of a clock, the use of the training facilities at AWI in Harrison, Ohio. center lathe for simple turning and boring, practice at fil ing and drilling. Instructors: Laurie Penman, Clock Repair The classes will run from 6:00pm to 9:00pm on Tom Schomaker, CMW, Watch Repair 10 consecutive Monday evenings beginning on January 6, 2003. The cost of the course will be $350 plus material Schedule: Winter Session January 8, 2003 thru March 12, 2003 costs. Participants must be members of AWI. Laurie Penman is AWl's resident clock instruc Spring Session tor. He was trained as a mechanical engineer and is a Brit April30, 2003 thru July 2, 2003 ish clockmaker and restorer, with several decades of ex perience. He has authored many books, articles and de Location: AWl Training Facility veloped a correspondence course on clockmaking. 701 Enterprise Drive For additional information contact Nancy Harrison, OH 45030 Wellmann, Education Coordinator by e-mail nwellmann@ awi-net.org or by phone 1-866-367-2924, Cost: $350 per 10-week session ext. 303. Registrants must be AWI members ($72 yearly membership). Tool and 0 material costs are extra For further information or to register for a class, contact Nancy Wellmann, Education Coordinator 1-866-367-2924, ext. 303 or e-mail: [email protected] 0 TWO NEW VIDEOS AVAILABLE FROM THE HENRY B. FRIED LIBRARY The History & Development of the Quartz Watch by Ben Matz, as told to the NAWCC's 22nd Annual Seminar in October 2002. 32 minutes (with a transcript of Ben's talk). Donated courtesy of the NAWCC. What Makes a Fine Watch Fine ca. 1947 (20 minutes) & How a Watch Works ca. 1950 (20 minutes). Produced by the Hamilton Watch Company in black and white format. Donated courtesy of Rene Rondeau. These tapes can be borrowed from the Henry B. Fried Library for a rental fee of $5.00. Contact Melanie Frye at 1-866-367-2924 ext. 301 or e-mail [email protected] January 2003 • Horological Times 39 I EDUCATION AWl BENCH COURSES Advanced Clock Repair Beginning Lathe Bench Courses Clock Case Repair To schedule a Bench Course in your area please contact AWl for complete information. A list of available Clock Escapements Bench Courses is printed here for your convenience. To register for Bench Courses, please mail, phone, fax or e-mail your registration and payment information to: American Watchmakers-Ciockmakers Institute, Cuckoo Clock Repair 701 Enterprise Drive, Harrison, OH 45030-1696; Toll Free 1-866-367-2924, Phone {513)367-9800, Fax (513) 367-1414, E-mail: [email protected] PLEASE NOTE: Registrations are limited and will be ETA Products selected by the earliest date received. Please include a check or charge card number (Visa, Mastercard, Discover or American Express), card expiration date, signature and phone number. All registration fee Filing &Flat Polishing checks and charges are processed immediately upon receipt. DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS 30 DAYS BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE COURSE. • Indicates Bench Courses held in conjunction with a convention or purchased by an AWl Affiliate Chapter. For more information on these 400-Day Clock Repair specific courses, please refer to the contact information provided for each class. Hairspring Vibrating DATE CLASS INSTRUCTOR LOCATION FEE Introduction to American Pocket Watches JANUARY 2003 Introduction to Clock Repair 11-12 Cuckoo Clock Repair Rick Dunnuck Phoenix,AZ $250.00 Introduction to Quartz Watch Repair FEBRUARY 2003 15-16 Clock Escapement Jerry Faier San Francisco, CA $250.00 Lathe Program MARCH 2003 Mechanical Watch Repair 29-30 Basic Pocket Watch Repair Alice Carpenter Seattle, WA $250.00 Micro Lathe Operations APRIL 2003 12-13 Basic Pocket Watch Repair Alice Carpenter Pittsburgh, PA $250.00 Mechanical Chronograph 26-27 Mechanical Watch Repair Jim Lubic New York, NY $250.00 Organize Your Work Habits for Success MAY2003 3-4 Clock Escapement Jerry Faier Boston, MA $250.00 Platform Escapements 17-18 Beginning Lathe Robert Porter Atlanta, GA $250.00 Repair of the Atmos Clock JUNE 2003 14-15 Cuckoo Clock Repair Rick Dunnuck Madison, WI $250 .00 Repair of the Bulova Accutron 21-22 Beginning Lathe Robert Porter Philadelphia, PA $250 .00 Seiko Kinetic Quartz Watch Repair SEPTEMBER 2003 Sequential Chime 6-7 Beginning Lathe Robert Porter Minneapolis, MN $250.00 20-21 Clock Escapement Jerry Faier St. Louis, MO $250.00 Servicing ETA Quartz Chronographs OCTOBER 2003 Striking Clocks 11-12 Cuckoo Clock Repair Rick Dunnuck Baltimore, MD $250.00 18-19 Basic Pocket Watch Repair Alice Carpenter Nashville, TN $250.00 A Study of the Deadbeat Escapement NOVEMBER 2003 Swiss Auto Quartz 8-9 Beginning Lathe Robert Porter Dallas, TX $250.00 40 Horological Times • January 2003 The New AWl Beginning Lathe Course The second class of the new AWl Beginning Lathe Course was held in San Francisco, (Pleasanton) California on November 9 and 10. Nine of the participants are shown below. Tom Hardy was not available for this picture: Left to Right: Herb Greenfield, Jim Rineholt, Tom Hardy and Left to Right: Leonard Cloer, Michael Doyle, Genway Gao, Leonard Cloer. Herb Greenfield, Bob Oliver, James Rineholt, Gerald Schumaker, Jack Thomas, Bob Vasquez, and instructor Bob To schedule a Beginning Lathe Course in your Porter. area, please call Nancy Wellmann, Education Coordina tor, 1-866-367-2924 ext. 303 or e-mail: nwellmann@awi Two of our participants came from out of state to attend net.org. 0 this class. Jim Rineholt came from Hailey, Idaho. Gerald Schumaker came from Aurora, Colorado. Talk about dedi cation and determination! This was an enthusiastic group who took to lathe work like ducks to water! ...-clock repair ..._Restoration ...-clockmaking ..._Laurie Penman ...... and MORE! Every month at a special price for AWl members of $74 (normal price $79). Just fill in the form below and send it to us at: Splat Publishing ~rfijiiilll;;a Ltd, 28 Gillespie Crescent, Edinburgh EHlO 4HU, UK. Tel: +44 131 228 6388. Left to Right: Mike Doyle, Gerald Schumaker, Bob Oliver, Jack Fax: +44 131 229 5550. E-mail: [email protected] Thomas, Bob Vasquez, and Genway Gao. ~-Titl~~~-~~;hs;~~~~~~-~~~~-~~~~-n::e~~~-=-~~-~-~~~~-~~;;·~:~~-~~~~-=~~~ I 1 Address ...... ····oo··· 00000 •• oo .. 00 ...... - ...... - ...... The watchmakers in our group used a variety of Ameri can, Asian, and European jewelers lathes. Several ...... Zipcode ...... Country ...... clockmakers brought Sherline lathes. The steel turning Cardholder's name (as it appears on the card) ...... projects included making a tap drill and a tap; a pocket watch size winding stem, and a balance staff. Brass projects Card No ...... Expiry date ...... oo •. Signature ...... Today' date 000000000 ...... included making a miniature screw and a hex nut to fit the .. ______,______._ screw. Each participant was presented with a certificate and promotional literature for their business. Visit our" ebsite at: "" \\.clocksmagazine.com January 2003 • Horological Times 41 L&R Model 728B BULLETIN Clock Movement Cleaner Greg Bourne, Omaha, NE, is looking BOARD for a repair manual for a L&R Model 728B solid state clock movement cleaner (11-quart). RESPONSES New Hermes Engravograph Exacta Time Corp. Movement CA300 Calligragraph Attachment Don Kraker, Fresno, CA, and Ross Joseph Verruni, Plymouth Meeting, Maddox, Redlands, CA contacted AWI Pegna Glue PA, is seeking information and oper ating instructions for a Calligragraph with a source for the Swiss 13 ligne George Costantino, attachment for his New Hermes Exacta Time Corp. movement (maker Schenectady, NY, of the Babe Ruth Wristwatch) which is trying to locate a Engravograph. The Engravograph was made by Richardson's, Berkley was requested by Charles Dyrkacz, heat reactive crys Ashland, WI. tal glue he has used Heights, NJ. for years and found Do you have information regarding this ITEMS STILL NEEDED to be superior to all month's requests? Do you need information others for certain about one of this month's responses? If so, Zenith 17 Ligne Movement applications. It is send your information or requests to: Horological Times Bulletin Board John W. Swafford, Huntsville, AL, has called Pegna Glue ~=------~ 701 Enterprise Drive a man's Cartier pocket watch with a and used to be sold Harrison, OH 45030-1696 17ligne Zenith movement. He is seek through Bergeon along with a kit that Toll-Free: 1-866-367-2924, ext. 307 Phone: (513) 367-9800 ing help in identifying this movement. included a small heater for curing it. It Fax: (513) 367-1414 He needs a model number so he can was widely used by high-grade manu E-mail: [email protected] purchase a balance staff. factures. 0 AWl Certification TESTING AND CERTIFYING YOUR PROFESSIONAL SKILLS American Watchmakers-Ciockmakers Institute Certification is the internationally recognized standard for professional clockmakers and watchmakers. A certified designation from AWl elevates your status among customers, colleagues and manufacturers. For em ployers, it is a mark of excellence that validates your talent and craftsmanship. t6~l AWl offers six certification designations: ~V'... l. ro ~ > AWl Certified Clockmaker - CC ~~~~· ·;~ -~@ - .•. ~\/:~ > AWl Certified Master Clockmaker - CMC · o ~..... - > AWl Certified Electronic Watch Technician - CEWT .: ~ - 7 > AWl Certified Master Electronic Watchmaker- CMEW -~_/ > AWl Certified Watchmaker - CW Drawing > AWl Certified Master Watchmaker - CMW 1 year's free AWl regular membership with successful completion of an initial certification exam For a free certification information booklet, call 1-866-367-2924 or e-mail [email protected] 42 Horological Times • January 2003 New Members Arizona Michigan Tennessee Denapoli, Don-Phoenix, AZ Rasmussen, Dane-Dowagiac, Ml Pettit, James R.-Chattanooga, TN* Arkansas Minnesota Texas Cronos, Pete M.-Jonesboro, AR* Korpi, Sakari-Aibertville, MN Endress, Kristopher G. -Dallas, TX* Walker, Thomas K.-Mountain View, AR* Jong Kim-Houston, TX New Jersey May, Robert -Abilene, TX California Kennedy, Andrew-Trenton, NJ Meermans, David -Plano, TX Kartounian, Victor K.-Redondo Beach, CA New York Wisconsin Carpenter, James-Melville, NY Malmquist, David L.-Washburn, WI Florida Sponsor: Timothy Frank Bale Pratt, Kenneth-Sarasota, FL * North Carolina Ironwood, Ml Robbins, Charles E.-Apollo Beach, FL Eastman, William-Hillsborough, NC Tsilingirian, Azniv-Vero Beach, FL* Irving, Glenn-Havelock, NC CANADA Varjabedian, Sumpad-Vero Beach, FL* Puckett, T. D. Sr.-Oak Island, NC MacDonald, Andrew-Simcoe, Ontario Storey, Eric C.-Connellys Springs, NC Morrison, Stewart-Blenheim, Ontario* Georgia Myers, Dennis K.-Chatham, Ontario* Sujan, Haresh-Marietta, GA Oklahoma Gordon, Jonathon-Tulsa, OK Idaho *AWl welcomes back these individuals Young, Richard-Twin Falls, ID Pennsylvania who have chosen to reinstate their Ganze, Ludwig C.-Corry, PA membership. Indiana Panza, Joseph R.-Gibsonia, PA 0 Anderson, John G.-Martinsville, IN Stoner, Kurt-Intercourse, PA Maryland Puerto Rico Buck, Donald E. Jr.-Darnestown, MD Lopez, Luis A.-Manati, PR NEED INFORMATION ON A PARTICULAR WATCH, CLOCK OR ITS MAKER? The Henry B. Fried Library is considered to be one of the world's finest horological libraries. Hun dreds of books are available for your use whether it be for finding information for yourself or a customer, doing research on a special subject, or just for enjoyable reading. Customers appreciate a person that can talk intelligently when answering their questions. Make use of the library, it will pay big dividends! ANOTHER BENEFIT OF AWl MEMBERSHIP January 2003 • Horological Times 43 BRASS clock parts refinished and clear coated. We offer brushed, mirror, and spun finishes. ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT SERVICE Classified Also dent removal and soldering. E-mail: We are Factory Authorized Service for: [email protected] Tel: (281) 444- • VIBROGRAF & PORTESCAP 7692. • TICK-0-PRINT & L&R -Advertising We service all makes of ultrasonics, all makes of watch rate recorders, and related equipment, 25 years experience. WHOLESALE WATCH REPAIR SHOP located Regulations & Rates in Pensacola, FL. Call for price list (850) 944- 757 Lincoln Ave., #26 San Rafael, CA 94901 3323 or (850) 501-8162. Used Equipment Bought & Sold Ads are payable in advance 90¢ per word, ~ For Information ~ $1.00 per word in bold type. Classified dis play ads are $40.00 per column inch, 2'/." CLOCK & WATCH WHEEL & PINION 13 Call (415) 453-9266 ~ wide. Ads are not commissionable or dis CUTTING, REPIVOTING & INDEX PLATES countable. The publisher may, at the Full service custom machine work. publisher's sole discretion and for any rea Mark Cooper, Rt. 5, Box 420, Alvin, TX 77511 son and without notice, decline to publish or (281) 331-9234 [email protected] HAMILTON ELECTRIC WATCH REPAIR republish any ad, in which case any fees sub Expert, experienced service on all Hamilton mitted or paid for such ads shall be returned 500 and 505 Electric watches. Hamilton electric or rebated to the advertiser. The publisher re CRYSTAL CUTTING SERVICE watches and parts always wanted. Rene serves the right to edit all copy. Price lists of Flat Mineral Glass Crystals Rondeau, P.O. Box 391, Corte Madera, CA services will not be accepted. Confidential ads Quality Work 94976. Tel: (415) 924-6534. E-mail: are $10.00 additional for postage and han 1-Day Turnaround [email protected] dling. 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Free price list. including staffs, verge staffs, stems, levers, John F. Kurdzionak, 8A Central Street, and springs. Located in Massachusetts. Stoneham, MA 02180; Phone (781) 438-1037, Matt Henning, CW (413) 549-1950; Fax (781) 279-2923, www.JFKCLOCK.com www.henningwatches.com Prompt Reliable Service ... Guaranteed Call Us or Visit dialrepair.com HOROLOGICAL MACHINING COMPANY FENDLEY & COX Pinions, wheels, gears, staffs, stems, barrels, WHEEL AND PINION SPECIALIST levers, jeweling. We balance wheels, staffs & 1530 Etain Rd., Irving, TX 75060 hairsprings. Adams Watch Repair (417) 257- RICHARD COX 972-986-7698 CLEANING, RESTORATION & PART 1345. www.fendley-cox.com MANUFACTURING FOR ALL r------, TYPES OF CLOCKS & WATCHES VINTAGE POCKET WATCH RESTORATION. We service and restore all types and grades DIAL Twenty years experience, guarantee, free of watches and clocks. Patek Philippe, Pigue!, estimates. 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Park, CMW, CMEW ALVIN KRUTOLOW FOR Diamond Dial Conversions Member AWl & NAWCC ROLEX SERVICE Emblem & Name Personalization Satisfaction Guaranteed Master Watchmaker, 47 years experience. Write for Brochures Awarded technical certificate from Rolex in TIME WORLD 1977. Service includes case & bracelet refin INTERNATIONAL DIAL CO., INC. Stone Crest Mall ishing & waterproofing of case. All watch parts 2929 Turnerhill Road #1400 58 W. SUGARTREE are genuine Rolex. We specialize in the repair Lithonia, GA 30038 P.O. BOX 970 of high-grade watches & clocks. Not affiliated Phone: (770) 482-4750 WILMINGTON, OH 45177 with Rolex Watches, Inc. USA. Ask for Alvin or Fax: (770) 482-4751 L ______(937) 382-4535 __ ...J Marcus, (203) 792-4539. Mon-Sat 10-9 Sun 1-6 44 Horological Times • January 2003 NEW ADDRESS If You Repair Clocks ... you need our all new Catalog #28. Larry Blanchard / eckce/Js Your battery connection and more ... P.O. 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Call Don Kraker's Watch Move WATCH CASES & DIALS ments. (559) 229-8423 or write 4325 No. 5th WATCH BRACELETS/BUCKLES St., Fresno, CA 93726. MUCH MORE WE BUY & TRADE ALSO [email protected] SHERLINE PRODUCTS http://dashto.org 10-25% OFF Free catalogs upon request. Starrett Collets Now Available TOURS ANTIQUE CLOCKWORKS, LTD . NOW AVAILABLE P.O. Box 201 , Loretto, MN 55357 Discontinued SEIKO LASSALE & HENRY B. FRIED MEMORIAL- 30'" Horologi Toll Free 877-643-7698 cal Tour: Switzerland (Basel Fair; Bayer Mu E-mail: [email protected] Bands, Cases, Dials, Straps seum; Patek Manufact and Museum; Meet www.AntiqueCiockworksltd.com & Case Parts Derek Pratt and Watchmakers Vallee- Des This is an inventory of complete salesmen's joux - Lemania, Atmos, Breguet; Basel Watch and Clock Mart) England (Brunei Clock samples. We have over 15,000 cases/bands and Watch Fair; Lord Harris Collection; in stock for immediate delivery. Crystals, di Bermondsey; Portobello; Worshipful Company maxell .Jtl als hands and crowns are available. Renew Clockmakers; Manor House) Portugal (School that old SEIKO or LASSALE customer's watch Batteries Horology; Sintra Clock; Collection Palace for a fraction of the cost of normal parts pur Ajuda; Museum Serpa; Alfama Antique Market). THOSE WHO PUT THEIR NAME ON THE OUTSIDE chase. We have many parts that the major April 3-20, 2003. Brochure? 1-800-262-4284 or PREFER MAXELL'S NAME ON THE INSIDE distributor can't supply. All parts are from [email protected] For all your alkaline, lithium and watch batteries, U.S.A. authorized models. watch tools, watch movements, metal bands, leather bands, glasses (flat/domed), crystals, Call RON CANDA Swiss sapphire crystals, Citizen and Seiko crowns, springbars, o-rings and gaskets 1-877-226-3259 please contact: This is a FREE call!!! Simren Canada Have caseback, dial, or band numbers 5730 Coopers Avenue, Unit #24 ready and I will let you know cost and Mississauga, Ontario L4Z 2E9 Tel: 905-890-3618 • Fax : 905-507-6896 availability. Toll: 1-800-381-3077 • Fax : 1-888-890-8878 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.simrencanada.com www.candowatches.com January 2003 Horological Times 45 WATCHMAKER European experience, skilled in high quality HELP WANTED watches and clocks, seeks position or partner ship in the Chicago area. (773) 283-6690 [email protected] LVMH WANTED TO BUY WATCH & JEWELRY We pay 97% of market for karat gold scrap (any amount)! Also, buy filings, gold fill, sweeps, Become a part of the prestigious LVMH family of silver, platinum! Immediate 24-hour payment watches and jewelry in Springfield, NJ. Experience return mail! Ship insured/registered mail to: AMERICAN METALS COMPANY, 253 King working with the craftsmanship and specialty St., Dept. HT, Charleston, SC 29401. Estab engineering of luxury brands such as lished 1960. Phone (803) 722-2073. TAG Heuer Christian Dior BUYING WATCHMAKER ESTATES, TOOLS, MATERIAL, MOVEMENTS, POCKET WATCH Zenith COLLECTIONS, in Midwest and Western USA. Chaumet Larry, [email protected], (970) 263-8807, Box 84, Whitewater, CO 81527. Actively seeking experienced WATCHMAKERS. Ideal candidates must have five years of repair ATTENTION RETIRED WATCHMAKERS experience with quartz, mechanical and chronograph Call us before you sell your parts, tools, and movements. watches. We have helped over 125 watch makers in the last three years to dispose of We offer a pleasant working atmosphere, excellent their accumulations. When you're re.a.J..ly ready to sell, we're ready to buy! Phone (727) benefits including 401 k, and competitive 327-3306. Ask for Jeff or Nancy. E-mail: salary plus incentives. [email protected] LVMH Watch & Jewelry BUYING OLD ROLEX WATCHES Human Resources Department Explorer, Submariner, Sea-Dweller, GMT, 960 South Springfield Avenue Milgauss, Bubbleback, Cosmograph, Chrono graph, Speed King, Oyster, any partial watches, Springfield, NJ 07081 movements, dials, crowns, signs, clocks, anything Rolex. Fax: 973-467-5730 Call Don Meyer 1-800-833-3159 [email protected] WANTED: Paying high prices for chronograph and high grade watches, movements, dials, cases, & parts. Dean Samelle, 25 W. Beverley St., Staunton, VA 24401, phone & fax (540) 885-6064. ~CKMlJL~-€ Experienced Watchmaker Needed Salary up to $100,000 + Benefits WE BUY ENTIRE ~ GENEVE ~ Phone 248-723-5550 Fax 248-723-5401 WATCH COLLECTIONS HELP WANTED Contact: Mr. Efim Khankin WATCHMAKERS I TECHNICIANS Call Toll Free We invite you to join our prestigious firm where the art of fine watchmaking is 1-800-426-2344 continued. SITUATIONS WANTED 203-366-2500 Competitive salaries and great oppor tunities for growth are available for SPECIALTY METALS CLOCK REPAIRER REFINING experienced and qualified individuals. Two years experience, Gem City College gradu ate. Reply to: Box SW12003, c/o Horological COMPANY, INC. Please send or submit your resume by Times, 701 Enterprise Drive, Harrison, OH 1915 Black Rock Turnpike fax to: 45030. Fairfield, CT 06430 Franck Muller USA, Inc. WATCHMAKER Members: Ron Fried, Human Resources 27 years experience with training at Rolex and Better Business Bureau 207 West 25th Street other Swiss companies. Seeks employment or President "/look forward to Jewelers Board ofTrade New York, NY 10001 subcontractor position in Cincinnati area. Reply to Box SW122002, c/o Horologica/ Times, 701 giving you honest and 208 Consecutive Ads Fax: (212) 463-7082 reliable service." Enterprise Drive, Harrison, OH 45030. 46 Horological Times • January 2003 WATCH MATERIAL DISTRIBUTORS Please call us if you are interested in selling your business. IT'S TIME All replies confidential. TO SELL Contact Pat Cassedy Cas-Ker Co. (513} 674-7700 A WATCH TOP PRICES PAI D! WANTED We also fit glass crystals to ROLEX • PATEK PH IUPP.E Gear cutters for watch wheel * pinion VACHERO & CONSTANT! cutting. Adams Watch Repair (417) 257- Openface, Hunting, and English AU DEMARS PIGUET 1345. chain drive watches. BREITLI G • CARTIER Complete watches, dials, & OTH ERS movements, case springs for sale. When you're ready to sell CALL ME Call Toll Free When you are ready to sell your movements, cases, dials, parts, or complete watches. G F Specialties 1-800-842-8625 Prompt, fair settlement. Will travel or pay ship Always prompt payment! ping. Mike Bailey, P.O. Box 1118, Elgin, IL 1-800-351-6926 60121 or (847) 741-1289. P.O. Box 170216 Milwaukee, WI 53217 ACCUMLATIONS WANTED!! Buying Watchmakers' Stock of Old Watches, Cases, Movements, Watch Material, all types of wristwatches from common brands to all the famous makers. Serious buyer. Serious offers. Don Meyer 1-800-833-3159 12900 Preston Rd. #325 Dallas, TX 75230 E-mail: [email protected] Huckabee Tutorials for Individual Study The Henry B. Fried Library has three volumes of self-study lAthe Exercises for the Clockmaker material written by J.M. Huckabee and edited and adapted by 95 pages, 232 color photos Chari E. Baldwin. The volumes are produced in color to This book is a companion volume to Huckabee's The Idea insure the clarity of the demonstrations. Each volume is limited Book of the Watchmakers Lathe. In this volume Huck shows to 3 copies. Copies may be borrowed from the library for a two practical examples of how to use the lathe in clock repair. He week period. moves from making simple parts, to tools, and on to the more difficult task of wheel, hub and arbor work. Other Huckabee tutorials available in black and white include: These techniques have been developed over more than a • Turning Between Centers half century of experience with lathes in a wide range of sizes. • A Tutorial Guide for the Clockmaker The practical illustrations are adapted to the typical watch • Clockmaking Illustrated: The Lathe, Steady Rest and makers lathe. Pivot Repair Repairing the American Clock Movement Requests should be sent to: AWl Library Requests, 701 111 pages, 232 color photos Enterprise Drive, Harrison, OH 45030-1696, Phone toll free 1- The repair of the American antique clock is both an 866-367-2924 ext. 305, or (513) 367-9800, Fax (513) 367- adventure and a challenge. The material in this book has been 1414, e-mail: [email protected] prepared to provide instruction and guidance in the basics of clock movement repair. It was designed mainly for the A WI The Idea Book of the Watchmakers Lathe educational program for students involved in clockmaking. It 89 pages, 223 color photos may also serve as a self-study guide for those familiar with In this book Huck shares his fine collection of watchmak clock repair. ers lathes, accessories, tools and creative techniques. It is The work in this book is centered around a simple time excellent information and training material designed to sharpen only clock movement of the "box regulator type" manufac the lathe skills of the improving clockmaker. The lathes and tured in the first part of this century. Many of the repair tools illustrated range in age from 25 to 80 years. Well techniques may be adapted to movements of similar size and maintained tools of this type can have a useful life of several type, even though not identical to the example. generations. January 2003 • Horological Times 47 Advertisers' Index Borel & Co., Jules ...... 5 Frei & Borel ...... 17 McCaw Co., William S...... 3 (816) 421-6110 (510) 832-0355 (419) 243-3720 Butterworth Clocks, Inc ...... 31 Gaber & Company ...... 7 Primrose Supplies, Inc ...... 19 (800) 258-5418 (412) 322-8499 (801) 485-3908 Cas-Ker Co ...... inside back cover GRS Tools ...... 23 Samson Technology Corporation ...... 9 (513) 674-7700 (800) 835-3519 (954) 916-9322 Chronos!WCR ...... 33 International Watch Collectors Society ...... 18 Smith Supply House ...... 21 (303) 296-1600 (516) 374-5060 (213) 622-1687 Clocks ...... 41 S. LaRose, Inc ...... 35 Twin City Supply ...... 29 011 01 31 228 6638 (336) 621-1936 (952) 545-2725 Esslinger & Co ...... inside front cover Livesay's, Inc ...... 37 Vibrograf U.S.A. Corp ...... 19 (651) 452-7180 (813) 229-2715 (516) 437-8700 Ferrell & Company ...... 25 Max ell Corp ...... back cover Witschi Electronics USA Ltd ...... 9 (213) 627-6031 (201) 794-5900 (800) 882-7977 AWl Employee Directory James E. Lubic, CMW Nancy L. Wellmann Laurie Penman Executive Director Education Coordinator Clock Instructor Education & Technical Director 1-866-367-2924 ext. 303 1-866-367-2924 ext. 318 1-866-367-2924 ext. 31 0 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Sharon McManus Steve Jones Lucy Fuleki Membership Coordinator Audiovisual Manager Assistant Executive Director 1-866-367-2924 ext. 302 1-866-367-2924 ext. 308 1-866-367-2924 ext. 304 smcman [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Mary Huff Thomas J. Pack Shipping Coordinator American Watchmakers-Ciockmakers Institute Finance Director 1-866-367-2924 ext. 305 701 Enterprise Drive, Harrison, OH 45030 1-866-367-2924 ext. 311 [email protected] Phone: Toll Free 1-866-367-2924 or (513) 367-9800 Fax: (513) 367-1414 [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Melanie Frye Web Site: www.awi-net.org Donna K. Baas Receptionist/Secretary Office Hours: Mon-Fri 8:00AM to 5:00 PM (EST) Managing Editor/Advertising Manager 1-866-367-2924 ext. 301 Closed National Holidays 1-866-367-2924 ext. 307 [email protected] [email protected] 48 Horological Times • January 2003 L&R provides the perfect solution for your watch and clock cleaning needs Free Shipping on 4 Gallons or more * Extra Fine Watch Cleaning Solution provides the Duo-Lube #1 & #2 Watch Lubricant highest possible polish for watch parts. 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