They call them perpetual calendars. But that may be a persistent misnomer. It certainly needs some further exploration. It is so hard to find out definitive information about them, those simple, neat stylish wooden cabinets, often no more than eight inches high, variously made out of oak or mahogany or beechwood. Four screws hold theContinue reading “Perpetual calendars – elusive history and a Catch 22”
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Mindfulness? I forget to do it and fix clocks instead
We are constantly being told to be ‘authentic’, or ‘mindful’, or ‘in the moment’. Influencers tell us to ‘live our best lives’ then to splatter it all over social media. Me – I’d rather quietly tuck myself away in the workshop/study, tinker with clocks, and write. But maybe that’s not so far off what is ‘on trend’.
A suitable case for treatment? Dishing the dirt on patina.
Patina – a word much loved by antique dealers and hopeful sellers on Ebay. But is it simply just another dirty word for… well, dirt? As regular readers know, I love a good old clock. The dirtier the clock when it arrives on my workbench, the better. It is the pleasure of the challenge, ofContinue reading “A suitable case for treatment? Dishing the dirt on patina.”
When time and sound stand still
Somehow, the owl is translucent, supernatural, a mirage, an apparition, yet at the same time more real than anything else I can remember.
Really, who actually needs a clock or watch these days?
Do we really need clocks and watches these days?
Digital displays tell you what time it is. But they don’t tell you what time it has been or what time it is going to be.
That worrying moment of no return…
Dismantle things and will you ever manage to put them back together again? Face that worrying moment of no return.