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February 2025 Monthly Meeting
February 6 @ 7:30 pm - 11:00 pm

Seth Kennedy
The London Horological Engine Turners
The South London Branch is delighted to welcome back Seth Kennedy. Seth is an antiquarian horologist who specialises in working on pocket watches. He works on movements from the 17th to 20th century, restoring the movements of these vintage masterpieces and restoring their cases. He often makes bespoke parts even complete cases.
He is an accredited member of the BHI who came to horology after redundancy in the mechanical engineering field. Mentored by Ray Bell, he cherishes a signed copy of the watchmaker by George Daniels, former president of the South London branch. Seth has excelled in horology, studying and learning the art of engine turning.
In the 19th -century London the making of a watch required the work of many individuals each practicing their own specialism. This talk discusses the engine turners of Clerkenwell, the links between their work, the watch case and dial making trades. Who were the engine turners where did they come from and what machinery did, they use. Where did they acquire their unique skills and as the London Horological trade declined what happened to these workers and their businesses