Thanks Paul. It was made in 1831. The date's on the quarter dial and it's contemporary with the rest of the clock.
One day I'll go back and see if the rope can be moved out of the way to get a cleaner shot. It's a bell rope - the 8 bells are above the clock room and the ringers' room is below. The clock borrows three of the main bells to ring the hours and quarters. I'll have to ask nicely as it would be very bad karma to upset the bell ringers... Chris On 14 October 2012 18:23, Paul Sorenson <[email protected]> wrote: > Way cool!! How old is the clock mechanism? > > -p > > > On 10/14/2012 1:55 AM, Chris Mitchell wrote: >> >> A friend of mine is the Keeper of the Clock in the church at Cropredy >> in Oxfordshire (a place well known to Cotty). He invited me to join >> him the other day when he went up the tower to do some maintenance >> work. >> >> Here's the clock mechanism: >> http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/CropredyClock1/slides/_IMG3406-2.html >> >> And here's a close-up >> http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/CropredyClock1/slides/_IMG3398-2.html >> >> I thought the B&W treatment was right for the subject; there are >> colour versions in the gallery if you're interested. >> >> Chris >> > > -- > Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
