{"id":2548,"date":"2020-01-09T15:41:11","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T15:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/?p=2548"},"modified":"2020-02-13T17:21:33","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T17:21:33","slug":"february-meeting-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/?p=2548","title":{"rendered":"2020 February Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

6 February 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three Restorations: Tales of 18th<\/sup>\nCentury Survivals<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Graham, Morse<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before retiring from Xerox in 2013, I had been fascinated by\nhorology since I bought, on a whim at a local auction some 30 years before, a\nFrench black marble mantel clock. After repairing it, and in the process being\npersuaded by a local clockmaker to join the BHI Wessex Branch, I progressed\nfrom these clocks, via a brief foray into wristwatches, to the world of English\nwatches from the 18th and early 19th centuries. I think much of the attraction\nof this field for me lies in the largely handmade nature of these pieces and\nthe complexity of the trade, comprising such a multiplicity of crafts, which\nproduced them. The nature of their manufacture frequently gives rise to the\nnecessity to make replacement parts from the raw materials, something I\nsometimes find challenging but always most rewarding.
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\nMy involvement with the Wessex Branch has deepened, from initially taking over\nthe maintenance and running of our auction database software and its general\nadministration, to now having been Chairman since Andrew James stood down in\n2017 in order to devote more time to his Clockmaker’s Company roles. (Andrew’s\nrecent death at a tragically young age has left us all deeply saddened).
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\nI’m also a member of the Antiquarian Horological Society, the Dorset Clocks\nSociety and the NAWCC.
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\nThe presentation deals in some detail with the repair and restoration of three\npocket watches made in the 18th century, which came to me in need of various\ninterventions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n