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The Old Watchword: April 2016

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Thursday, 14 April 2016. 8216; Clocks’ Magazine in its April 2016 issue has published the first part of my article on Alexander Watkins. Watkins was making fine chronometers in the mid-nineteenth century, trading from a prestigious London address: 67 Strand. For students of horology, Watkins is best known for his ‘miniaturised’ chronometer made for the 1851 Great Exhibition. With its unusually small movement and gold, delicately ornamented case, it is a very fine aesthetic and technical achievement.

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The Old Watchword: Fathers and Sons, Wealth and Insolvency

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Sunday, 11 September 2016. Fathers and Sons, Wealth and Insolvency. I recently completed a research project and consequent narrative article on a family of watchmakers stretching over 5 generations and covering the period 1738-1921. The more I look into the lives of English Georgian/Victorian horologists, the greater I am impressed by their resilience. There is certainly some correlation in several instances between the taking out of a patent and the posting of a bankruptcy petition. Courtesy of Calibre X.

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The Old Watchword: Updated - Decimal Time - The Statters

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Friday, 15 July 2016. Updated - Decimal Time - The Statters. This is an updated version of the article I posted here on 26 June 2016. The update features photographs of the Statters' watch – No 1 – which have kindly been made available to me by Sir George White Bt., F.S.A., Keeper, The Clockmakers' Museum at The Science Museum. Richard Dover Statter was born in 1825 in Liverpool. He is not, however, remembered for any medical advances, but for a 38 page pamphlet promoting the concept of decimalisation.

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The Old Watchword: May 2016

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Sunday, 22 May 2016. Coach Watch Series - 5: William Carpenter. I featured William Carpenter in a post here, ‘Soho Sophistication’, 29 January 2016. Http:/ theoldwatchword.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/soho-sophistication.html. On 14 May another of his watches was sold at the Dr. Crott auction at Frankfurt Airport – it’s an especially nice one too! Movement #4552 is quite small at 68 mm. A particularly attractive feature is the visible escapement. Courtesy of Auktionen Dr. Crott, Germany. Sunday, 1 May 2016.

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The Old Watchword: September 2016

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Sunday, 11 September 2016. Fathers and Sons, Wealth and Insolvency. I recently completed a research project and consequent narrative article on a family of watchmakers stretching over 5 generations and covering the period 1738-1921. The more I look into the lives of English Georgian/Victorian horologists, the greater I am impressed by their resilience. There is certainly some correlation in several instances between the taking out of a patent and the posting of a bankruptcy petition. Courtesy of Calibre X.

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The Old Watchword: Ralph Gout - Man or Brand?

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Friday, 3 June 2016. Ralph Gout - Man or Brand? The June 2016 issue of Antiquarian Horology. Includes my article on Ralph Gout. My study of Gout’s life and work was initially inspired by the acquisition of verge #21915. I then became interested in Gout as an example of ‘brand marketing’, something that sounds very 21. Century, but which was being exploited by English watchmakers two hundred years ago – the original working title for the article was ‘ Ralph Gout – Man or Brand. With the dates 1770-1836.

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The Old Watchword: January 2016

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Friday, 29 January 2016. William Carpenter was at work as a London Clock and Watch Maker in the later eighteenth century. He became free of the Clockmakers Company in 1781. Roger Smith has suggested that Carpenter lived from circa 1727-1803. However, other sources indicate that he was working until at least 1818. From the same sources his premises are given as:. 45 Frith Street (Soho) 1778-84. 15 Frith Street 1790-5; (this could be a misreading from a handwritten source of ‘45’). Extant Coach Watches are...

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The Old Watchword: John Poole - Chronometer Maker

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Friday, 29 July 2016. John Poole - Chronometer Maker. John Poole was an English Marine Chronometer Maker rated a little below the elite makers such as Arnold, Earnshaw, Frodsham, Kullberg and Dent. One reason why he didn’t quite reach the highest echelon was his relatively short working life – he died aged just 49. After all, in the more straightforward society of Victorian England, what on earth would induce a prize-winning man with a successful business and thriving family to commit suicide? The style ...