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    • ARNCA
      ARNC
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      I’ve been wondering about starting a clock thread for a while. We have two watch threads but nothing covering this topic and I guess I’m not alone. I don’t want this to be a one-man thread and hope the mods will put me out of my misery if required!

      Anyway, any contributions welcome - they don’t have to be old, in competition with your IH budget or even yours (maybe something interesting where you live). I’ll start things off with one of mine (c. 1880) retailed by a chandler that I suspect G and P will know.
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      “Every day that you survive you get a free sunset“

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      • GilesG
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        I think we have a grand total of 2 clocks in the house. Will take pics later

        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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        • T4920T
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          @ARNC I'm glad you started this thread. I remember speaking to you about clocks in Hamburg, and I love reading about things people are passionate about.

          “𝑁𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑏 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑡, 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡.”

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          • endoE
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            excited @ARNC let's see what's there

            si tacuisses

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            • ARNCA
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              @endo it won’t come all at once. Gotta give others a chance 🙂

              “Every day that you survive you get a free sunset“

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              • SeulS
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                Well in anticipation of some good stuff, let's have some fleemarket and thrift store cheapos first...

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                • BrianB
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                  This is the only click in our house and never changes time as the tick tock it makes drives me mad was a gift from my wife’s uncle American apparently and needs to be wound every week so after the initial wind it has sat dormant on top of the fridge of all places it has history but that’s about it
                  My folks in England have a similar one but shorter on the length from memory
                  a Napoleon clock I think it’s called

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                  • GilesG
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                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                    • ARNCA
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                      @Seul nothing wrong with cheapos and you’ve got some classic designs there.

                      “Every day that you survive you get a free sunset“

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                      • ARNCA
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                        @Brian it takes a while to get used to the ticking but I’m the complete opposite now. I’m much more likely to “hear” when one of mine stops ticking.

                        “Every day that you survive you get a free sunset“

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                        • ARNCA
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                          One more for now as sometimes the most exciting stuff is on the inside. And the fusee is such an elegant solution to equalising the pull from the mainspring.

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                          “Every day that you survive you get a free sunset“

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                          • TwistlockT
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                            • endoE
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                              two clocks inherited from my parents, trying to sell them atm

                              si tacuisses

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                              • ddtrashD
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                                I don’t own any clocks despite being a watch guy.

                                Maybe time to address this, always liked the JLC Atmos clocks.

                                If any forum members are ever visiting London I can highly recommend a visit to the Greenwich observatory where the Harrison clocks are on display, simply stunning pieces of craftsmanship.

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                                There is no 'I' in team …............ however there are five in 'individual brilliance'.

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                                • MizmazzleM
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                                  @ddtrash those are incredible, Graham.

                                  In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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                                  • MizmazzleM
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                                    We just found this clock a couple months ago. Not particularly fancy or expensive, but we think it’s pretty cool. Fills the particular space wonderfully.

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                                    In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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                                    • ARNCA
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                                      @ddtrash agree re Atmos. For London visits, there's also rooms 38-39 at the British Museum (good for watch guys too). If this works, you should be able to do a virtual tour here.

                                      “Every day that you survive you get a free sunset“

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                                      • WhiskeySandwichW
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                                        Inherited this travel clock from my father in law. I’m not superstitious, only a littlestitious, but it randomly starts ticking when I’m next to it. And we had to get the biggest clock we could for this empty space over the bay window.
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                                        "The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
                                        -Seneca

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                                        • ARNCA
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                                          I promise not to do this every weekend but here’s another one. For some reason the case makes me think of @Oaktavia 🙂

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                                          “Every day that you survive you get a free sunset“

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                                          • GilesG
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                                            @ARNC said in Clocks, timepieces, etc.:

                                            I promise not to do this every weekend

                                            Please do......

                                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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