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The clock tower, Herne Bay, Kent 26 September 2026. Built 1836-37 of Portland Stone, gifted to the town by a Mrs Ann Thwaites. It is the first free-standing, purpose-built clock tower in the world.
New approach to the S2 clock project in evidence here.
So far the brief/analysis/specification pages are produced in much the same way as ever. The radical shift is in the generation of ideas approach. Here we borrowed an idea outlined in Kurt Rowland's 1968 book "The Shapes We Need". Amongst other things Rowland explores spatial relationships and really gets to the heart of aesthetics and visual beauty. Some things just look right and others don't. Why is this? Rowland seems to have a some good theories about this. This book was part of a series he released in the late 60's. I understand these textbooks were standard issue in Glasgow Secondary Schools Art Departments at the time. I don't know of any art teachers that used them much apart from my mother. Anyway this little card based exercise suited our purposes perfectly.
The current S2 course has seeen alot of changes over the last five years. We'll distribute the cours notes on the S2 Course page at: designandtechnologydepartment.co.uk in due course.
Amazing building and like the compo with a clock...I had a great time in NYC.
Will post some photos from NJ soon and no HDR today... kinda surprising.. ;-)
Time has been hard on this clock. Once precision, now a pigeon rest. I am thinking this is from the mid 1800s. The clock face is about 4 feet on the other side of the wall.
Liberty clock in front of the Liberty Life/Old Chamber of Commerce Building.
Processed with selective color in Photoshop.
A large clock in downtown Chesapeake City, MD. Probably the only thing I miss about living in a small town is a close-knit downtown like this.
Bought in the Alps during my ski holiday - isn't it gorgeous? It goes "bong....cuckoo" every half hour, and chimes the hours too. Luckily you can turn off the cuckoo though (^_-)-* You need to pull on the weights every day to keep it wound up.... I love it! (^ ^)
Magneta Electric Clock that i restored.
Magneta clocks Switzerland where Founded in early 1890s producing master clocks driving slaved clocks. They made the clocks for the RMS Titanic
BVC acquired the UK Magneta Time Company in about 1937
Made by the Magneta Time Co, British Vacuum Cleaner Company BVC of Goblin Works, Leatherhead, Surrey.
The British Vacuum Cleaner Company BVC was founded in 1902 by Hubert Cecil Booth and listed as a Public company in 1903.
BVC produced vacuum cleaners, washing machines etc all under the "Goblin" Brand at of Goblin Works, Leatherhead in Surrey.
BVC acquired the UK Magneta Time Company in about 1937. The Magneta Time Company remained as a separate division of BVC.
They manufactured master clocks for use in post offices, telephone exchanges and other commercial and industrial settings.
By 1947 Magneta were manufacturing the Goblin Timespot, Industrial Radio Receivers and Public Address Systems.
By 1969 Magneta BVC, were making a wide variety of products in Fulham, including music systems, time recorders, master clock systems, public address systems, disco turntables, and electronic security systems.
The UK Post Office or GPO needed a system to measure the length of a telephone conversation for billing purposes. The Magneta company designed and supplied these GPO master clocks and developed the design into time recording systems.
German made Schatz 8 day mantel clock. It has got a visible rotating balance wheel. Standing at 5" tall and all brass construction. Made in the 50's
Only Time will tell and every clock tells a story....
The problem with clock is, once you got two they start to multiply..
It all started when I acquired my first clock a 1960's jap 7-day wall clock from a colleague of mine by the name of Wong Mun Lai, a clock collector
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It was a non-working clock which I wanted to hang up for display. After a while, I felt something amiss. A clock is not a clock if it does'nt work! So I took it apart and do some fixing, to my surprise I managed to get it ticking again ! I was totally fascinated From there I got my second, third and so on....
My favourite has to be the 400 day clock
Amazing time piece and fun to repair Next in line is those of the electromechanical design type
I love the working principles
At the time of writing, my collection is still growing....but has grind to a halt as my interest is now focus on nature photography
I made a clock! I designed the thing in Illustrator and sent it off to Ponoko for laser cutting. Got it back, put it together, and voila, a clock!
In the Hermitage you will have a unique chance to watch the famous Peacock Clock in action. Peacock Clock was made in London by a famous mechanic and jeweler James Cocks and presented to Catherine the Great. The Peacock is an intricate structure. The central figure, a big peacock is perched on a high oak stump with two luxuriant branches. Suspended on one of the branches on a silver cord is a cage surrounded by little bells. Inside the cage there is an owl in dark silver. Next to it on a tree stump stands a very picturesque life-size rooster. Among other inmates of the glass cage are snails, lizards, and a grasshopper together with mushrooms, acorns, and leaves. The dial is built into the cap of the biggest mushroom. When the clock strikes, all the figures come into motion. The owl is the first to come to life. It turns its head and rolls its eyes. Meanwhile the bell cage revolves producing melodious sounds. Then the bells stop ringing and the peacock spreads out its marvelous tail, It turns round and round slowly demonstrating its rich plumage and bowing gracefully. The rooster stretches its neck and comes up with its cock-a-doodle-doo. The roman figures indicate the hours while the Arab ones indicate the seconds.