This has seen the culmination of several weeks planning and making, the Sidereal Conversion train is now fully in place. I have shaped and finished all 7 of the cocks, jewels and endstones have been fitted and set to height and I have shaped the lower plate to reflect the profiles of the two larger […]

As you know I prefer the ability to remove the calendar plate, or in this case the Wandering Moon plate and its mechanism, without interfering with the running of the clock. The escape wheel which is independent and Co-Axial with the seconds arbor and rotating at different rates on the Sidereal movement must be all […]

I have completed much these last few weeks. The Planisphere train is now made and fitted to the lower front plate, the Lapis Lazuli disc has been cut, inlaid and fitted to its cup, along with a few clever ideas for the components working together which came to mind when I was making the various […]