Straight edge conservation: A chronometer escape wheel
A blog post by MA Conservation Studies student JC, who specialises in Clocks, on the recent conservation of a chronometer escape wheel from an 1830s English Carriage Clock.
A blog post by MA Conservation Studies student JC, who specialises in Clocks, on the recent conservation of a chronometer escape wheel from an 1830s English Carriage Clock.
Deciding which course of treatment to take on an object can be a near-impossible task, and even after I've finished working on a clock and it's ticking away happily on a test stand, I'll still be wondering if there was something I should have done slightly differently...
The Solar Time Clock is attracting international media and sector attention and is a unique, super complex mechanical clock which can be set for longitude and latitude. No other mechanical clock has ever been made with such a complication. George talks about his path to becoming an independent clockmaker.
Great images from our Conservation and Creative Arts students from their recent European study tour. Visits included Gravensteen Castle en route to Amsterdam, the Het Loo Paleis, Apeldoorn, Boijman's "Mad About Surrealism," exhibition in Rotterdam.
West Dean College student Tabea Rude has received a prize for the best conservation-restoration project from the Southern Section of the Antiquarian Horological Society (AHS) as part of the prize-giving ceremony for all West Dean programmes.