President’s Message
I hope everyone enjoyed our new venue in May. The sight was perfect for what we do in our meeting and I understand the coffee was good too. This summer they have repaved the parking lot so entrances should be easier for carts and dollies. The steps have been eliminated.
Thanks to Mike Dempsey for his presentation. This lecture dealt with designing and reproducing clock parts which are not available to purchase. The lecture covered putting a plan together to help succeed in making these parts, with common everyday clock repair tools. There were some great tips for repairers. Methods for making parts were shown along with developing critical thinking steps in developing a plan to make the parts.
Mike stressed that thought must be given on how to make parts. Everyone has different tools and mechanical abilities. Your plan for making the parts must be well thought through to make a successful part. Remember today we many times have better tools and equipment that the original clock maker had 200 years ago. Yet the clock was somehow made 200 years ago.
The September educational talk will be given by Craig White. The subject is the Beyer Clock museum in Zurich Switzerland. I had the opportunity to visit this museum after the NAWCC travel chapter visit in 2018 to Amsterdam and a trip down the Rhine River.
The Beyer Clock and Watch Museum is housed in Zurich’s heart of the city, in the premises of the Beyer watch store. The exhibition comprises some 250 pieces from all fields of chronology, which are examined in technical and scientific terms as well as from an art history point of view. The museum is home to one of the most important horological collections in the world. It recounts the complete history of timekeeping from 1400 BC to the present day. The exhibition comprises rare and precious exhibits such as shadow sticks, sundials, oil-lamp clocks, hourglasses, water clocks, grandfather clocks, table clocks, pocket watches, wrist-watches and scientific instruments for timekeeping and marine navigation. Historical masterpieces that are rarely set running because of their fragile mechanics come to life in enthralling video clips. The exhibition is constantly being expanded and is widely regarded as one of the most important horological collections in the world. Photos and video clips will be shown describing the clocks and their workings.

Educational presentations for balance of 2019 are:
September – Beyer Clock Museum, by Craig White
November – Golden Age of the Swiss Wristwatch, by Bruce Shawkey
We still have a request for educational talk on veneering clock cases. If anyone knows someone who would be willing to present please contact Harry Schultz.
Thank you,
Craig White