Our next meeting is on Sunday, November 15, 2015 at the Norway House. Please see the Events page for times.
The November meeting’s educational talk will be given by Peter Lakatos entitled “Modern Watches”. Bring your modern watches for display and discussion.
There is an interesting video of a clock made in 1375 AD on YouTube. There are some recreations of this in a shopping center in Dubai and a museum in Switzerland. Take a look, we think you will find it interesting.
Hope to see you there.
Don Brown, past president of Chapter 47, died on October 5, 2015. You can read is obituary online via the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and leave condolence notes as well.
Don was a longtime chapter member, and always had interesting stories to tell about his clocks.
Our next meeting is on Sunday, September 20, 2015 at the Norway House. Please see the Events page for times.
We have posted the newsletter for September so go to the Newsletter page and check it out. You can also sign up for the email version by using our new subscribe button on the page.
The Educational talk for September will be “How I spent my summer vacation: The Future of Clock Making” by Mike Dempsey, and I am pretty sure that he will be talking about making a clock or clock parts using a 3d printer.
Hope to see you there.
Please Help! Volunteers are needed for the Midwest regional.
We need volunteers to help at the Registration Desk. Please contact Dorothy Hanson at (63O) 323-7984 (Evenings before 10 p.m. CDT) or email her at fhansen34@yahoo.com.
The Midwest Regional returns as a two day event this year on August 7th and 8th at the Porter County Exposition Center, 215 East Division Road, in Valparaiso, Indiana
The pre-registration deadline is July 20th. You can register at at the NAWCC’s website or print out and mail a paper copy.
The 2015 Exhibit will be : Illinois Bunn Special, 16 Size
The Program will be Michael Chamelin, Author of The 16 Size Illinois Bunn Special 1913-1948
We had our May Mart on May 3 and it went well. Forty six people attended, Mike Dempsey gave a talk on repairing hairsprings and the pin pallet escapement (the most commonly used escapement today.)
Make sure that you check out the most recent “Spot a Clock.”
Have a great summer and we will see you in September.
Our next mart is Sunday, May 3, 2015. Please see the Events page for times.
Important Notice.
There is a dues change for 2015. There will now be a $5 charge to get a paper copy of the newsletter mailed to you. There is no charge for the email version and you can always print off your own copy from the Newsletter section on the Website.
Hope to see you there.
Our next mart is Sunday, March 15, 2015. Please see the Events page for times.
The Educational Talk will be on Building a Wooden Clock by Brad Smith.
Important Notice.
There is a dues change for 2015. There will now be a $5 charge to get a paper copy of the newsletter mailed to you. There is no charge for the email version and you can always print off your own copy from the Newsletter section on the Website.
Hope to see you there.
Our next mart is Sunday, January 18, 2015.
The education talk for January will be on The English Watchmaking Industry given by DannO Osterud.
Show and tell will be English watches and tools. Bring your best or most unusual to show.
Important Notice.
There is a dues change for 2015. There will now be a $5 charge to get a paper copy of the newsletter mailed to you. There is no charge for the email version and you can always print off your own copy from the Newsletter section on the Website.
Hope to see you there.
For more information on Chapter 47’s Marts please check out the Events page.
Our next mart is November 16th, 2014.
The education talk for November will be on Timing Machines given by Mike Dempsey.
Hope to see you there.
For more information on Chapter 47’s Marts please check out the Events page.
Our next mart is September 21,2014.
The education talk for September has changed and will now be “Style, Design and Time: How the Disposable Wristwatch Helped Save the Swiss Watchmaking Industry”, by Amelia Osterud.
September’s Newsletter is now posted, click the link or go to the newsletter page.
Hope to see you there.
For more information on Chapter 47’s Marts please check out the Events page.
