Hi One thing that may be missing is that the clocks involved also keep track of other things (date, lunar phase, sunrise / sunset …). Forcing them to gain or loose a day might mess some of that up.
Bob > On Jun 16, 2017, at 4:01 PM, 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]> 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]> 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. > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
