TM ADVANCING THE ART, SCIENCE & BUSINESS OF HOROLOGY Times April 2012 Horological AMERICAN WATCHMAKERS- CLOCKMAKERS INSTITUTE This Month’s Focus: Wheels & Pinions How to Make a Lantern Pinion Drilling Attachment Reverser Gear Mechanism Repair Replacing a Date Wheel Escapement Without Impulse 19th Century E. Mathey Tissot Minute Repeater You asked... ...we delivered! Is a powered ergonomic workbench available? Yes! Instead of using the crank to raise and lower the top of the ergonomic workbench, simply push a button to utilize an electronically powered hydraulic system! N��! BN1451/E Electric-powered workbench $ 5996.00 BN1450/S (shown) Hand-cranked workbench New $ 5396.00 lower price! Why buy 2 pumps when you can get S���! by with 1? One of our customers recently asked if he could hook up two bench air set ups to one vacuum pump. So we figured out how—for significant savings! Use our custom designed fittings to run two vacuums off one motor. 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POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Horological Times, 701 Enterprise Drive, Harrison, OH 45030 a message from the president a message from the executive director DOUG THOMPSON, CW21 “The future “Change is inevitable— ain’t what it except from a vending used to be.” machine.” Robert C. Gallagher Yogi Berra Today, we are seeing the centralization by some Twenty years ago I doubt watch brands in their selling and service to the con- anyone would have pre- sumer: The Boutique. The consumer interacts with dicted the current state of sales individuals trained specifically on the product our industry. Watch brands that had all but disap- at the point-of-sale, something many traditional deal- peared after the quartz movement revolution have ers have neglected. The boutique experience should re-emerged like a phoenix out of the ashes with me- create a greater appreciation of the timepiece by the chanical movements of their own manufacture. It is consumer, which should translate to a customer that a phenomenon that continues today and it appears also understands the service needs of todays’ fine this will continue into the future. timepieces. Electronic technology has changed the way people All of these changes are not doom and gloom…it is live. Over 2/3 of America’s workers use a computer at just change. The consumer we have catered to in the work, over 91% of us use cells phones and 97% of U.S. past is still there. Millions and millions of clocks and households have television…all items that display the watches still need trained professionals to maintain time. A generation is growing up without the depen- them. Our website can help point potential custom- dence of a dedicated horological device to organize ers in your direction, because cells need to be ex- their lives. Watches are an accessory now…working changed, grandfather clocks need to be moved, and or not. Not long ago, someone asked me to exchange movements have to be serviced…as they have in the the cell in their quartz chronograph. I inquired as to past. when it stopped, “…about 2 months ago.” This per- son hadn’t stopped wearing the watch. He didn’t Let us embrace and adapt, so we may move forward need it for telling the time, but “…it looks cool”. together. BUlleTiN BOarD-ParTS reqUeST aWCi new members AWCI member searching for Elgin Pocket Watch 16 Size, Welcome to these new or reinstated members! grade 86, model 2: setting spring, part x88, setting pin, California Pennsylvania Tien Nguyen James Yang part x86 and setting screw, 932. Please email Richard at Terrence Brennan [email protected] if you can assist. Florida Texas Rodolfo Alvarez Ricky Wilson clock classes Indiana International Donovan Paradise Australia Clock Repair, Making & Designing by Laurie Penman Walter L. Ignatius Laurie Penman’s Correspondence Course has run since 1990. One-to- New Jersey Congratulations to These New CW21’s! one tuition, 24/7 distance instruction and help by Internet and Skype. David Marroquin No time limit on individual courses. £550. Florida Ronald Aretz, CW21 Classes in the gorgeous English countryside. Ohio One student £800, Two £450 ea. Three £330 ea. Mr. Thomas J. Ward Mid-day meal included. Details: [email protected] Oklahoma Scott Damron, CW21 2 Horological Times April 2012 a message from the executive director By jaMeS e. lUBiC, CMW21 watchmakers, we’ve added a new series of brand- These are specific courses we call the “Advanced21” series. In exciting times addition, we have a renovated clock classroom and a new classroom for watch technician-level classes. at AWCI! We are looking into possible curricula for these po- tential educational offerings right now. he new website is re- ceiving over a thou- Our upcoming convention is getting a lot of atten- Tsand new visitors each tion and response. We have listened to your con- month. Members listed on cerns, and we’ve made the convention one day our Membership Directory are seeing a lot of activity shorter and more affordable. It also seems that Den- and business leads. People are trading information ver is a very popular spot and we’ve had lots of in- and parts on our online Forum. and companies are terest. Many members are planning a combination seeing the value of becoming members and adver- business/vacation trip because there’s so much to tising in our website banner ads. do there. Remember, some of your trip expenses may be tax deductible, so I hope you’re planning for This year we also finished major classroom renova- some important business, backed by a lot of fun. The tions, which include new high-tech teaching equip- dates are August 1st-5th and we are staying at a top- ment in the watch classroom. For CW21 and CMW21 notch, yet affordable hotel: The Hyatt Regency Den- ver Tech Center. Our convention rates start at just $115 per night, so I suggest you use this hotel as your “base camp” and go explore the Rockies and all the things to do in and around Denver. In addition to our educational presenters, our Key- note Speaker is Stephen Forsey of Gruebel Forsey. Archie Perkins will be there signing his newest book. He will also speak at the ELM Charitable Trust dinner = June 2011, £4.45/US$8.45/AU$10.50 event. 1977 KEstablishedS .clocksmagazine.com www e If you’re a supplier to the industry, with all the height- CLOC i n g a z m a ened activity this year, you’ll want to be sure to get a spot at our Vendor Fair.