Gregory's ServerAre there any other watch and clock makers (horologists) On the fediverse?
Boost for reach please... Hugz
Hugz & xXx
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 My grandpa was a clock fixer, circa turn of the last century when they were all mechanical...ergo my fascination with the topic...so...Following.
 @Melissabeartrix ohai. Clocks, not watches. For three years noe? Got into it because dad couldnβt drive himself around anymore. So, I started taking him to clock club and restoration class. Heβs got at least 20 years doing it.  @Melissabeartrix Sort of. I have all the gear but don't have the time any more. (Puns not intended! π) Hope you have sorted your tools well ... Hugz I have an issue with time in repairing my own ... Giggles Hugz & xXx @Melissabeartrix @Melissabeartrix I'm not. But I thoroughly enjoyed Mark Forsyth's book _The Horologicon_ https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/dogeared/the-horologicon-a-days-jaunt-through-the-lost-words-of-the-english-language/ which is a lot of time-keeping fun. Which I was given after I mentioned I was fascinated by Dava Sobel's book _Longitude_ http://www.davasobel.com/books-by-dava-sobel/longitude which taught me the word #horologist. So, I appreciate the #horology craft, @Melissabeartrix. @astridpoot @Melissabeartrix I make digital clocks. Does that count as an horologist as well? And @mia is a clock maker too!  @mia @vasilis @astridpoot @Melissabeartrix I made this one https://museum.yeahright.org/work/time-in-lines/ a while ago. And just happened to be I started yesterday on a new one, first draft coming soon.  @remcow @mia @vasilis @astridpoot @Melissabeartrix I made a code 128 clock, but I'm mostly a collector: @Melissabeartrix Are you one of those tightly wound horologists? π @Melissabeartrix Good Luck, about time Mastodon had such a group. I have acquired about 30 clocks (generally pre-1910 from Germany, France and Japan) for repairing in my upcoming retirement. Love working on them! @Melissabeartrix Yes, here, me... I collect old mechanic clocks and repair them too. Sadly no job as clockmaker, but good enough to make them shine like in their first days @Melissabeartrix So, second trans female doing that, and i know another trans female clock girl @Melissabeartrix @LocuYinglet @Melissabeartrix Found this ladies watch yesterday going through old jewelry box of my grandmothers. I think it was my great-grandmothers. Itβs lovely, but Iβve no idea how to wind it, if needs work or where to take it to be evaluated. Where should I start? Well, the usual way to wind that watch is to use the stem, and you say it's missing--that would be the first thing to replace. Those red grommet-looking things are actually ruby, and the mechanism is called a jeweled movement. That's to maintain accuracy over a long span of daily usage which would diminish with friction wear on the gears otherwise.
@Melissabeartrix if digital clocks count, I made a few in HTML and CSS... although some of them are not too accurate https://github.com/alvaromontoro/CSS-Clocks |
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I''m just lurking because I love fine and unusual mechanisms.
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