Another milestone achieved, the Mean/Solar movement is now completely made, all wheels, pinions, arbors, springs, cams and screws, etc have been made and fitted. A lot is done but not many photo’s to show as I was too involved in the making. Description; Bobs; I have made the pair of bobs and sent them off […]

Perpetual work 1; The Perpetual mechanism is now complete and fitted to the calendar plate. Perpetual work side; The Perpetual mechanism as seen from the right side

Description; Movt. Plate screws; these adjusting screws are used to set the movements level in two planes, once set the locking screws will clamp the front movement plate in place. Support plates; The plates with the adjusting screws fitted in location and the suspension bracket has been fitted. Adjusting screws; Shows where the lock nuts […]

I had been asked to show the making of a cock with all its steps along the way, so here we are. Each cock or bridge in the clock receives the same treatment. Description; 1 through 5; first the shape is marked on brass bar, the top is milled out, then the rough cock is […]

The Equation is complete ! Reaching this point is a milestone in the project, the entire equation work finished. I undertook the finishing as I progressed which includes polishing the brasswork, polishing the foot and head of each screw, shaping, beveling and matting the cocks, as a special for this clock I have blued the […]

Descriptions; Equation wheel 1; The wheel is fitted to the shaft, the pinion has been partially finished, the footed steel tube is fitted to the equation wheel cock and becomes both the hour wheel post and the equation pinion upper pivot. Equation wheel 2; Marking out the quadrants and the fixing dogs which are turned […]

Depthing, Jeweling & Motion work Well, here we are at weeks end once again. It has been a week with a lot to show, the Mean/Solar movement main train and its motion work are now depthed in, the wheel work is crossed out, pivots finished to size, jewels fitted to the plates and jeweled endpieces […]

this last week has been dedicated to completing the pinions and fitting the wheels to their respective arbors for both movements. I have all the wheels and pinions up to the escape wheel for the Mean/Solar movement and up to the 3rd wheel for the Sidereal movement. The next task will be to depth the […]

This group shows the making of the escape wheels, making a pin wheel escapement is much more time consuming that a English style Deadbeat escapement. All the work is done on a Leitz jig borer for accuracy and stability. Descriptions; Escape wheel 1; the center hole is bored using a 5mm slot mill which provides […]

Good progress these last few days. I have now made the pillars for both movements, fitted the barrel cocks, finished and fitted both barrels including the steel endpieces, the maintaining detents and cut the wheels and pinions. Both movts. are shown assembled with pillars and their respective barrels fitted. I like to have the barrels […]