Jerry, what you're missing is the culture of the Castle. Having a clock--let alone a bunch of clocks--stopped for an hour simply would not be acceptable.
"We're Royals, the rules are different here." On Friday, June 16, 2017, Jerry Hancock <[email protected]> wrote: > I’m missing something here. Advancing the clocks 11 hours is the same as > setting it back one hour. There was an article about a person that had 300 > clocks with the same problem and I don’t understand the issue and I might > be overlooking something or not remembering it correctly. If you have to > set them forward, no big deal, you just wind them forward as this doesn’t > violate the law (of winding them backwards) which is verboten; If you have > to set them backwards (+11 hours), you just stop the clock(s) for an hour > or wind them forwards. Setting them back an hour is the same as going > forwards 11 hours or stopping the clock for an hour. You might lose a > second or two running around the estate but it doesn’t violate the “forward > only” rule. > > I have an International Time Recorder (ITR) clock in my basement and I > agree, though you can move it backwards (most have a slip-clutch with two > plates and a spring pressing them together) you don’t want to do that as it > is hard on the mechanism. I also think that setting it backward would, or > could, upset the chime mechanism timing. When you slip the clock forward, > it is usually just the final dial drive that is connected to the clutch so > if it has a chime mechanism, that has to be adjusted separately. I usually > just stop the clock for an hour and if I miss the restart, I just catch up > as moving it forward as stated, causing no harm to the mechanism. So > though running around the estate setting a couple hundred clocks would be a > pain, it doesn’t require much thinking so I don’t get the issue. > > I sent this note to my best friend, Dave Dietrich, who resides in > Connecticut and is the current authority on master clocks having hundreds > (if not a thousand) master clocks as well as time recorders, mostly from > International Time Recorder, the founding company of IBM, for whom we both > worked for over 25yrs. Dave has been setting up displays of his clocks, one > of which is the most stunning being in Stamford, Ct, at the Stamford > building. These clocks are mechanical works of art that he restores. I > recently suggested he join time-nuts as if he isn’t a time-nut, then I > question the definition. > > Jerry > > > > > On Jun 16, 2017, at 6:09 AM, Bob kb8tq <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > > 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] > <javascript:;>> 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] <javascript:;> > >> 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] <javascript:;> > > 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] <javascript:;> > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/ > mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > -- William H Fite, PhD Independent Consultant Statistical Analysis & Research Methods _______________________________________________ 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.
