{"id":2462,"date":"2019-09-11T19:37:11","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T18:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/?p=2462"},"modified":"2019-11-08T14:26:46","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T14:26:46","slug":"october-meeting-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/?p=2462","title":{"rendered":"2019 October Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>3<sup>rd<\/sup> October 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Black\nMarble Clocks for the Connoisseur<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Oct-2019-resized-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2476\" width=\"229\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Oct-2019-resized-1.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Oct-2019-resized-1-180x300.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Oct-2019-resized-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2466\" width=\"298\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Oct-2019-resized-2.jpg 299w, https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Oct-2019-resized-2-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bill Wolmuth<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For our\nOctober meeting we are delighted to welcome back Bill Wolmuth who will show\nthat not all black marble clocks are created equal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Within the horological world there is a common misconception that\nthe movements to black marble clocks are all very similar and machine\nmade.&nbsp; However, as with any type of\nclock, there are examples of considerable interest for the horologist who is\nprepared to look and there is no doubt that many of the movements, particularly\nearly or rare ones, included a high degree of manual work to a very high\nstandard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bill Wolmuth is a consulting engineer and an amateur horologist\nwho has been interested in black marble clocks for more than 30 years. He is\nbased in London and is Secretary to St Albans Clock Club. In collaboration with\nJohn Glanville, he co-authored the book \u2018Clockmaking in England and Wales in\nthe Twentieth Century\u2019 on which he gave us a talk in August 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this talk, Bill will discuss unusual black marble clock\nmovements made between the late 1840s and 1880s, illustrated with photographs,\nand explain how to narrow down the date of manufacture of most of such\nmovements. The movements include ones that are quarter striking (with a\ncountwheel or rack strike); have centre or subsidiary seconds hands; have twin\nwheel escapements (and are countwheel or rack strike); are year going; have\ncalendar work (simple or perpetual); and movements with keyless winding (there\nare a few types).&nbsp; The talk will conclude\nwith a brief explanation of Bill\u2019s methods for restoring black marble clock\ncases which have case parts missing or damaged. \n\nBranch\nmembers are welcome to bring any black marble clocks they consider will be of\ninterest to the audience or on which they would like some advice. \n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3rd October 2019 Black Marble Clocks for the Connoisseur Bill Wolmuth For our October meeting we are delighted to welcome back Bill Wolmuth who will show that not all black &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/?p=2462\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;2019 October Meeting&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meetings-2018-2019"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2462"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2492,"href":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462\/revisions\/2492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}