[The_little_didgee]

If so I'd like to talk with you. Do you work in the field? I'm a clockmaker's apprentice.

Horology is 1. the study and measurement of time, and 2. the art of making clocks and watches.

Never heard of this but it really sounds intriguing. My parents had this ugly clock hand built by an old fellow who could barely see. He was a bomb diffuser in the second world war. It wasn't quite perfect making this horrible sound but I fell in love with it and adopted it as my own. Sadly it never made the last move my father made. I have always wondered what happended to it.

[The_little_didgee]

Originally Posted by rcat

Never heard of this but it really sounds intriguing. My parents had this ugly clock hand built by an old fellow who could barely see. He was a bomb diffuser in the second world war. It wasn't quite perfect making this horrible sound but I fell in love with it and adopted it as my own. Sadly it never made the last move my father made. I have always wondered what happended to it.

Was it a windup clock?

My grandparents had a pendulum wall clock that I loved to stare at and listen to. It had a very soothing tick that I found quite relaxing.

yes, it wound up. It was really ugly - VERY ugly but I loved the thing. To this day I find a loud ticking clock to be soothing.

Little Didgee. I was once at a town in Germany (Rudesheim?) that is famous for mechanical toys. I was mesmerized by a tiny windup humming bird. WHile no clock, I'm sure you would have appreciated it.

[eskielover]

After my dad got out of the army after WW11 he really couldn't figure out what to do with his life. My mothers grandfather did watch repair & my dad decided to learn that. It didn't earn enough to support a family so he had to get a real job & make watch repair his hobby. He would spend hours in the garage at his watch repair bench. The horse was too small to have it in the house. He had his little heater next to the bench during the colder winter days in so. Ca.

One of the most fascinating clocks I ever was was when I was wandering around Rome Italy. I walked into this courtyard of at least a 3 story complex attached to some ruins & there stood this huge water clock. The running water made the clock run & keep perfect time.....very interesting

There is a famous clock tower in Prague I saw years ago on my travels. It adorns the city hall in a popular square.

It dates back to medieval times. It bears three dials: an astrological clock, a calendar clock, and a regular time piece. It is mechanical too (Like a big coo koo clock) telling the story of the 12 apostles.

[The_little_didgee]

Originally Posted by rcat

Little Didgee. I was once at a town in Germany (Rudesheim?) that is famous for mechanical toys. I was mesmerized by a tiny windup humming bird. WHile no clock, I'm sure you would have appreciated it.

I've never seen a windup humming bird. It sounds similar to a windup singing bird cage that has a bird who moves and sings.

The movements inside mechanical toys and music boxes are very similar to striking and chiming trains in clocks.

Originally Posted by eskielover

After my dad got out of the army after WW11 he really couldn't figure out what to do with his life. My mothers grandfather did watch repair & my dad decided to learn that. It didn't earn enough to support a family so he had to get a real job & make watch repair his hobby. He would spend hours in the garage at his watch repair bench. The horse was too small to have it in the house. He had his little heater next to the bench during the colder winter days in so. Ca.

One of the most fascinating clocks I ever was was when I was wandering around Rome Italy. I walked into this courtyard of at least a 3 story complex attached to some ruins & there stood this huge water clock. The running water made the clock run & keep perfect time.....very interesting

Here in Canada a lot of WWII veterans were taught how to repair watches after the war.

I watched a documentary about Roman and Greek water clocks last year that was really interesting. Apparently they had a problem with people talking too long in court. To address this speakers were timed by using a clepsydra, a small earthenware vessel with a hole on the side near the bottom. It was filled with water and once it emptied time was up.

Europe does have some really nice turret clocks.

[lizardlady]

Oh I've gotta laugh at myself. I misread the last word in the subject line and thought this was a VERY different topic. I wondered why someone started a thread about er, ladies of the evening!

[IrisBloom]

It sounds fascinating. But the study of time sounds like too much math for me