When David Walter started his clockmaking studio in 1980, he was already convinced that the making of new clocks had to be a process of matching or bettering the best ever made.
To succeed he felt each timepiece would require a very high bar set of intense creative skills and emotions arising from a combination of courage, ambition and absolute traditional authenticity.
Today we can see how this story has borne the fruits of a lifetime of his incredible labour.
DAVID WALTER WORKS AND RESIDES IN SANTA BARBARA, USA, AND CONTINUES TO INNOVATE THE WORLD’S MOST EXQUISITE AND MUCH ADORED TIMEPIECES
ACHEIVEMENTS: FROM THE MAKER’S BENCHES
David became the first person to successfully recreate the Woodward Free pendulum clock, W5 in 2006, followed by an improved edition of Breguet No.3671 Double Pendulum clock in 2010.
A further development in 2012 added the complications of Daniels Perpetual calendar with retrograde date and sunrise/sunset indications.
These masterpieces have confirmed David’s standing as one of the greatest living clockmakers and one of the finest the world of horology has ever known. He is the only clockmaker to have ever made both versions of double pendulum clock, The Free Pendulum (D)W5 and the Double Pendulum Resonance Clock.
The latest clock to be seen is a precise replica of the E. Howard & Co #23, 90 day regulator, 87 inches tall with a 17inch dial and visible escapement, jeweled pallets and hand engraved bridge.
Awards and Honors:
1987 – NAWCC National Convention
- First Prize in Class 1: Single Train Clock Movements category for his Skeletonized Jewelers Regulator.
- First Prize in Class 6: Original Movement Designs for his Great Wheel Skeleton Clock.
2002 – NAWCC National Convention
- First Prize in Class 1: Single-Train Clock Movement-Metal, for his year-running great wheel skeleton clock.
- First Prize in Class 4: Complicated Clock Movement for his version of an Austrian Laterndluhr.
- Peoples Choice Award: Complicated Clock for his version of an Austrian Laterndluhr Perpetual Calendar
2012 – NAWCC National Convention
- First Prize in Class 1: Single Train Movements-Metal, for his (D)W5 Free Pendulum Clock
- First Prize in Class 4: Complicated Clock Movements-Metal, for his Double Pendulum Perpetual Calendar Clock
- First Prize in Class 6: Wood Clock Cases, for his Double Pendulum Perpetual Calendar Clock
- Peoples Choice Award: Double Pendulum Perpetual Calendar Clock
Affiliations:
- Fellow of The British Horological Institute.
- Member of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors.
- Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, London, England
David Walter offers his customers a wealth of international experience and Horological knowledge that few craftsmen in the world can match.
Fascinated with clocks from an early age and after completing many years of training and working with prestigious companies in London and Europe, his sights were set and are still today, beyond simply repairing modern factory made watches and clocks, but to create traditionally held, and truly modern, innovative timepieces.