Hi I would claim that anybody with 450 clocks to tend is indeed a Time Nut ….:)
Bob > On Jun 15, 2017, at 10:37 PM, Bill Hawkins <[email protected]> wrote: > > Happened to watch a PBS/BBC program called "Queen's Castle" episode 102 > - Four Seasons, that was filmed in 2005 at Windsor, not Buckingham. > > One of the segments was about the castle timekeeper, Steve Davison. He's > responsible for 450 clocks, some 300 years old. His biggest challenge is > the end of British Summer Time, when each clock must be advanced 11 > hours, stopping until striking finishes. Old clocks were not designed > for Fall Back. Takes him 16 hours. > > There was a brief shot of his workshop, with a clock repair in progress. > No sign of a time standard. No discussion of leap seconds, either. > > Tried to find him, but only found a 2013 ad for a time keeper to > maintain 1000 clocks in various castles. > > Hope that wasn't too far off topic. > > Bill Hawkins > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
