biglouis Posted April 28, 2012 Share #1 Posted April 28, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Kentish Town, London Underground Station GH-2, Leica DG 25/1.4 [ATTACH]312969[/ATTACH] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted April 28, 2012 Posted April 28, 2012 Hi biglouis, Take a look here The Self Winding Clock Co New York. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
pauledell Posted April 28, 2012 Share #2 Posted April 28, 2012 Louis, A fine shot with excellent framing, colors and sharpness. The question is, does the clock keep the correct time? Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Geschlecht Posted April 29, 2012 Share #3 Posted April 29, 2012 Hello Louis, Nice photo. Hello Paul, Most likely yes. The Selfwinding Clock Co of New York made some of the finest electromechanical clocks that were made @ the end of the 19th Century & the beginning of the 20th Century. A strange question for a person who comes from Connecticut which was the little state which was the center of the industrialization of clockmaking in the USofA during the 19th Century. Including New Haven. Best Regards, Michael Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted April 29, 2012 Share #4 Posted April 29, 2012 Big - Terrific. Since self winding watches require movement by the wearer to keep them wound, it makes me wonder if these are designed for places with frequent earthquakes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Geschlecht Posted April 30, 2012 Share #5 Posted April 30, 2012 Hello Stuart, You are corrrect about watches. The first selfwinding watch to be carried in a pocket was designed by Perrelet around 200 years ago. It was later improved on by Breguet. Breguet also made some nice watches for Marie Antoinette. Breguet eventually put selfwinding watches on the side because there was not enough movement in people's pockets to guarantee continuity of power given the limitations of the mechanisms of the day. The modern selfwinding wristwatch (there is more movement on a person's wrist) was invented by John Harwood & further developed by Hans Wilsdorf. The 2'd person being the guy w/ the 5 pointed crown. There were later variations of selfwinding wristwatch movements such as IWC's Pellaton. Selfwinding clocks are something different: The original selfwinding clocks were mechanical clocks which had their 1 week, 1 month, or longer springs replaced w/ smaller springs which were wound @ an interval by what were often battery - usually carbon/zinc versions of today's "lantern" battery - powered electric motors that were turned on by a spring running down a certain ammount & engaging an "on" switch which turned on a mechanism which rewound the spring until a 2'd keying device turned the winding mechanism off. Best Regards, Michael Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Monkhouse Posted May 20, 2012 Share #6 Posted May 20, 2012 Well seen, composed and presented... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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