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Our life is marked by time, I created this image of people, objects, mannequins, lights, shadows, chaos of colors and environment as settled on a canvas.
For the background I used a photo taken at the Arsenale during a biennale in Venice years ago mixed with a photo of the window of a watchmaker with the blending function after playing and enhancing the colors.
The Grassy Building is located at the beginning of the first section of Gran Vía, it was built between 1916 and 1917 by the architect Eladio Laredo y Carranza.
The building is known for housing the establishment of the french watchmaker Alejandro Grassy, which today also functions as a museum, and where we can see the magnificent collection of clocks from the 16th to the 19th century that belonged to the master Grassy.
El Edificio Grassy está situado al comienzo del primer tramo de la Gran Vía, fue construido entre 1916 y 1917 por el arquitecto Eladio Laredo y Carranza.
El edificio es conocido por albergar el establecimiento del relojero francés Alejandro Grassy, que hoy en día también funciona como museo, y en donde podremos observar la magnífica colección de relojes del siglo XVI al XIX que pertenecía al maestro Grassy.
Madrid (Comunidad de Madrid/ Spain).
The Key to Time.
Macro Mondays - Time
A fob watch I inherited from my Uncle Tom, who passed away in the 1970’s, and I’m told it was given to him prior to him going off to the First World War. I have fond memories of Uncle Tom, who lived in nearby Luton, and every time we visited he always gave me a sherry or port to drink!
For this shot I concentrated the focus on the key rather than the watch, but needed to include it all to make sense, so I hope you like it.
this is my view...every day...this is the work of a watchmaker...fine work every day...you need good eyes;)
A watchmaker's magnifier made of brass and wood.
Based on a model by Watkins & Hill, London 1805.
Replik einer Standlupe oder Uhrmacherlupe aus Messing
und Holz. Einem Modell von Watkins & Hill London 1805 nachempfunden.
Auswahlfoto
Für "Smile on Saturday"
Thema "Optical Instruments" am 28.01.2023.
A "Happy Smile on Saturday" 😊
and a relaxed weekend for all of you.
Thank you for all your views, faves and comments.
The original station clock in "gare de Pertuis" - France - By Paul Garnier very famous watchmaker (Paris) mid 19th century
I spent some time with Glenn the watchmaker with his permission and captured him at work. Here he is inspecting a watch he has just repaired.
This is part of the display in the window of a watchmaker's shop which somehow caught my eye during a stroll through the streets of my hometown on Sunday evening. Maybe it's because this time of year always makes me wonder how fast a year flies by, so many things you want to do and never enough time.
Rolex SA is a Swiss manufacturer of wristwatches and accessories. Rolex watches are popularly considered status symbols. Rolex is the largest single luxury watch brand by far, producing about 2,000 watches per day, with estimated revenues of around US$ 3 billion (2003). BusinessWeek magazine ranks Rolex #71 on its 2007 annual list of the 100 most important global brands, top among all watchmakers.
... para mí hay una cosa cotidiana en mi vida y es que siempre voy "a contrareloj", siempre con prisas y pendiente del reloj, muchas veces me gustaría poder atrasar las agujas del reloj para tener más tiempo para hacer las cosas.
Pues eso es lo que he querido reflejar con esta imagen, lo que haría yo todos los día si pudiera, que es ... atrasar el reloj a mi antojo.
Siempre dejo las imagenes para última hora y es por falta de tiempo, menos mal que tengo buenas amigas que me echan un cable si me hace falta, gracias Bárbara ;)
Jacksonville's historic downtown square, known as Central Park, is divided by Main St. on its north and south sides, and State St. on its east and west sides. This view shows the historic buildings on South Central Park Plaza, east of S. Main St. The six buildings shown here, including the building on the east side of S. Mauvaisterre St. on the left, all contribute to the Jacksonville Downtown Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.
From right to left, the historic names and dates of the six buildings are Frances Stubbins Watchmaker & Jewelry (c. 1890), Woolworth Building (c. 1890), Brady Bros. Hardware (c. 1890), J. B. Johnson Pianos & Women's Clothing (c. 1890), and Hoffman Bros. (c. 1892). The sixth building, seen across S. Mauvausterre St., is the Farrell State Bank (c.1920). Four of the six buildings are commercial designs. The two exceptions are the first two buildings west of Mauvausterre St. which are Richardsonian Romanesque and Italianate designs.
Founded in 1825, the City of Jacksonville is the seat of Morgan County. The central Illinois city had a population of 17,616 at the 2020 census.
Source:
"Jacksonville Downtown Historic District," National Register of Historic Places Registration Form
Também conhecido aqui no Brasil como "Mané-gostoso"
"Os brinquedos artesanais antigos eram feitos de materiais simples como pano, madeira, latas e rolhas, estimulando a criatividade com simplicidade, como bonecas de pano, carrinhos de lata e barquinhos de rolha, refletindo culturas e épocas, sendo substituídos gradualmente por produtos industrializados, mas permanecem como símbolos de nostalgia e da brincadeira livre, valorizando a criação manual e materiais reciclados"
"Old handcrafted toys were made from simple materials like cloth, wood, tin cans, and corks, stimulating creativity with simplicity, such as rag dolls, tin cars, and cork boats, reflecting cultures and eras. They were gradually replaced by industrialized products, but remain as symbols of nostalgia and free play, valuing manual creation and recycled materials."
"Na Europa antiga, os brinquedos artesanais eram variados, incluindo bonecas de pano e madeira, cavalos-de-pau, piões feitos de madeira com ferrão, casas de boneca (surgidas na Alemanha), e os elaborados autômatos (bonecos mecânicos) criados por relojoeiros alemães e suíços a partir do século XVII, que simbolizavam luxo, além de soldadinhos de chumbo e miniaturas de metal, refletindo a produção artesanal com foco em madeira, pano e metal, com a Alemanha sendo um grande centro produtor. "
"In ancient Europe, handcrafted toys were varied, including cloth and wooden dolls, hobby horses, wooden spinning tops with goads, dollhouses (originating in Germany), and the elaborate automata (mechanical dolls) created by German and Swiss watchmakers from the 17th century onwards, which symbolized luxury, as well as lead soldiers and metal miniatures, reflecting the artisanal production focused on wood, cloth and metal, with Germany being a major production center."
There is so much interesting information about this topic on the internet!
A Very Brief History of Otto Berning Co. and the Robot Camera
Heinz Kilfitt was born in Germany in 1898. The son of a watchmaker, he worked repairing watches in his youth, and was acutely interested in photography. While working at an optical company in Berlin, he designed a compact, half-frame, spring-driven camera, and attempted to sell the design in 1931 to Kodak and Agfa, being rejected by each. Soon after, he successfully sold the design to Hans Heinrich Berning, who with financial backing from his father established Otto Berning & Co.
Otto Berning & Co. was granted its first patent for a Robot camera in 1934, with a United States patent following closely in 1936. The Robot I was an astoundingly compact half-frame, interchangeable-lens, viewfinder camera made of stainless steel, with a spring-loaded motor drive capable of firing four semi-automatic frames in one second using a rotary shutter capable of speeds from 1 second to 1/500th of a second. This camera used a proprietary Robot film cassette likely based on the existing Agfa cassette, and featured a built-in user-selectable yellow filter.
The Robot II was released in 1938, and was generally similar to the Robot I. Some improvements were made to ergonomics, such as a redesigned but still proprietary film cassette, and the camera was simplified in other ways, including elimination of the built-in yellow filter. At the outset of World War II, production of Robot cameras for civilian use was halted while the company focused its attention on producing cameras for the German military (mostly the Luftwaffe).
In the early 1950s, the Robot line expanded dramatically. In addition to a new version of the Robot II made to accept standard 35mm film cartridges (now called the Robot IIA), the firm created the Model III and the Robot Royal. Released in models exposing the 24x24mm and the standard 24x36mm image area, the Robot Royal 24 and 36 (as they are called) were among the final and most advanced iterations on the Robot formula. These cameras were full-featured machines with built-in rangefinders and automatic motors capable of firing up to eight frames per second (in the case of the Royal 24). These and other models would continue to be produced from 1951 to the 1990s.
Robot still exists today under a different name and as part of a larger group of industrial optical companies. For our purposes, this is irrelevant.
What is a Robot Royal 24?
Of all the cameras in the Robot lineup, the most interesting to me is the Robot Royal 24. With its built-in rangefinder, interchangeable bayonet lens mount accepting Schneider or Zeiss-made lenses, and its 24x24mm image area, it combines the highest capability with the most unique functionality.
On the top of the camera we find the film rewind knob, threaded shutter release button, a cold accessory shoe, and a film frame counter. Beyond these, the top plate is devoid of controls, which are instead mounted on the front of the camera.
Holding the camera to the eye as if to take a photo, the front left houses a protruding knob for selection of shutter speeds from 1/2 second to 1/500th of a second, plus Bulb mode for long exposure. Front right we find a similar knob with a lever attached. This switches the camera from single shot to burst mode. Additional front controls reside on the lens; manual focus and aperture selection rings. Underneath the lens is a large tab that looks deceptively like the manual focus tab found on many rangefinder lenses, but is in fact the lens release. Swinging this tab with the camera held to one’s eye as if it were a focusing tab will inevitably cause the lens to fall to the floor of an Italian camera shop in an element-shattering cascade (a lesson learned and subsequently passed on to me by a friend of mine who learned the hard way).
The rear of the camera is sparse. A viewfinder with integrated rangefinder focusing patch, a shutter lock and film rewind switch, and a film frame counter adjustment dial. On the left side is the latch for the hinged swing-away film door where standard rolls of 35mm film are loaded. The bottom plate has a threaded tripod mount, a stand-up foot, and the essential spring motor winding knob.
Here is my robot II
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London and North Western Railways pocket watch . Possibly Guards or Station masters .
Made in Birmingham UK by English watch company Ltd.
Given to me by my late father who was a watchmaker
On the metre-gauge network of the Chemins de Fer du Jura, regular freight traffic is offered in the shape of household waste being transported from Glovelier and Tavannes to La Chaux-de-Fonds, with the containers being offloaded onto lorries at Bellevue terminal just before the famous watchmakers' town. Recently, the CJ acquired second-hand motor coaches from the Frauenfeld-Wil-Bahn specifically for these workings (so they are not used in regular passenger service). Here, Be 4/4 616 is heading towards Bellevue with a train from Glovelier. La Cibourg, 14-09-2020.
Credits:
"Inner Beauty" texture by landofnodstudios
"red grunge" texture by moosebite
"smoke texture5" by ashensorrow
"Old Book 1" texture by seriykotik1970
owl- Robert Silverwood
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The collection of watchmaker Kovács Jenő can be seen in this museum. Outside the museum there is a clock tower with historical figures appearing every second hour from 10 a.m. till 6 p.m.
Installed in 1392, the Wells Clock face is the oldest in the world. The original motor mechanism was replaced in 1882, (but the original is still displayed and operated in the Science Museum, London.)
For 80 years, members of the Fisher Family (Jewellers and Watchmakers) were responsible for winding the Wells Clock. They had to climb 50 steps three times a week to the cathedral's gallery to wind up three sets of weights. When Paul Fisher aged 63 retired in 2010, an electric mechanism was added, but the family firm still carry out maintenance.
The clock features figures of two knights and two Saracens who go around in a circle in a jousting tournament every 15 minutes.
As well as the inside clock shown here, the same mechanism powers an outside clock.
This is the reverse of my pocket watch, the obverse side can be seen here; www.flickr.com/photos/119509436@N06/54560147643/in/datepo...
It is a slimline one and is just under 2.5 inches from base to the handle at the top.
I bought this pocket watch when I was promoted to the Sargeants Mess while serving. You may detect slight red hues to the gilding, this is because the RAMC Mess Dress was dark blue Surge, with Cherry Red edging and waistcoat / vest. Over the years the red surge wore away some of the surface and stained the front and back red.
Until I changed my 3 piece civilian suit recently, I used the watch regularly. I now have a 2 piece suit and therefore do not use it.
Sadly it does not work any longer as the battery has died and I haven't yet found watchmaker / jewelry store willing to try and open up the casing to replace it.
Macro Mondays, theme # Watch
A watchmaker in Old Havana. After 52 years of the Communist Revolution, Cuba's leaders attempt to redefine their economic model. Small changes, such as allowing some people to own businesses, are starting to be implemented, as Raul Castro guides the country towards a 21st Century model of the famed revolution.
The watchmaker
we find the Collembola "Jordanathrix articulata ssp. articulata" which has the particularity of having its food content transparently, like a pendulum.
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on retrouve le Collembole "Jordanathrix articulata ssp. articulata" qui a la particularité d'avoir son contenu alimentaire de manière transparente, à la manière d'un pendule.
watchmaker of Grand Time, St John's, Newfoundland, Canada
Taken June 5, 2014. Thanks for your visits, faves and comments...(c)rebfoto
Document Internet .
Pendant environ deux siècles, de 1550 à 1750, seuls les cadrans solaires indiquaient l’heure -vraie, c’est-à-dire, l’heure du soleil. L’heure des montres et des horloges qui commençaient à se développer étaient différente de celle du soleil, car elles ne pouvaient indiquer qu’un temps régulier, le-temps moyen.
Il fallait donc régler chaque jour sa montre à partir d’un cadran solaire ou d’une méridienne qui indiquait le « midi -vrai ».
Une des méridiennes les plus consultées à Paris au XVIIIe siècle, était celle de la rue des Bons Enfants, qui donnait alors directement sur les jardins du Palais-Royal.
Le canon méridien du Palais-Royal fut conçu par le Sieur Rousseau, horloger au 95 de la galerie de Beaujolais en 1786.
Le canon en bronze installé sur la ligne méridienne de- Paris tonnait à midi, grâce à une loupe qui provoquait la mise à feu de la mèche les jours de soleil.
Considéré comme le meilleur de Paris, le petit canon attirait un public nombreux qui venait y régler sa montre.
Le petit canon dut se taire en application de la loi de 1911 qui imposa à la France, l’heure de Greenwich, c’est-à-dire l’heure du temps moyen de Paris.
Le petit canon fut victime d’un vol en 1998. Une réplique fut réinstallée dans le Jardin à sa place d’origine en 2002.
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For about two centuries, from 1550 to 1750, only the sundials indicated the true time, that is to say, the time of the sun. The time for watches and clocks that were beginning to develop was different from that of the sun, because they could only indicate a regular time, the average time.
It was therefore necessary to regulate each day his watch from a sundial or a meridian which indicated the "true midi".
One of the most visited meridians in Paris in the eighteenth century was the rue des Bons Enfants, which then gave direct access to the gardens of the Palais Royal.
The meridian cannon of the Palais-Royal was designed by Sieur Rousseau, watchmaker at the 95th of the Beaujolais Gallery in 1786.
The bronze cannon installed on the meridian line of Paris thundered at noon, thanks to a magnifying glass that caused the firing of the wick on sunny days.
Regarded as the best in Paris, the little gun attracted a large audience who came to adjust his watch.
The little cannon had to be silent under the law of 1911 which imposed on France, the time of Greenwich, that is to say the hour of the average time of Paris.
The small gun was robbed in 1998. A replica was reinstalled in the Garden at its original place in 2002.
Smile on Saturday! :-) - Copyright by Mankind
Time is gold, don't waste it,
don't take it for granted,
always make the best of it...
'cause you never know when
you might run out of it.
Peter Henlein, a locksmith and watchmaker from Nuremberg, Germany, is regarded as the inventor of the Pocket Watch. His small, drum-shaped Taschenuhr, a portable watch which he built during his asylum from 1504 to 1508, could run for forty hours before it needed rewinding.
Thank you everyone for your visits, faves, and kind comments
... a present from my watchmaker. She managed to install a scrappy calibre into a bruss nut! Love her work and love that special time piece :-)
A watchmaker's magnifier made of brass and wood.
Based on a model by Watkins & Hill, London 1805.
Replik einer Standlupe oder Uhrmacherlupe aus Messing
und Holz. Einem Modell von Watkins & Hill London 1805 nachempfunden.
Auswahlfoto
Für "Smile on Saturday"
Thema "Optical Instruments" am 28.01.2023.
A "Happy Smile on Saturday" 😊
and a relaxed weekend for all of you.
Thank you for all your views, faves and comments.
As a watch / clockmaker like me, this is a theme to dream of.
The beautifully decorated pocket watch on the right was made around 1765 by Francis Mason.
The watch on the left was made circa 1800, maker unknown.
At the front is a winding key that was also used to set the time.
C'EST COMME CELA QUE TOUT A COMMENCÉ : UN PETIT ATELIER DE L'HORLOGER POUR LA CONFECTION DES PREMIÈRES MONTRES.
THAT'S HOW IT ALL BEGAN : IN A SMALL WATCHMAKER'S WORKSHOP, MAKING THE FIRST WATCHES.
The clockmaker moves his arm and head, moves his eyes, and turns his head to look both ways. The watchmaker is part of the carillon that chimes the time with bell music.
City Hall in Łódź - one of the first brick buildings in Łódź, erected in 1827 according to the design of Bonifacy Witkowski. It is the most valuable and the oldest monument of classical architecture in Łódź. The Town Hall was built on the New Town Square (today's Wolności - Freedom Square).
The building is crowned with a quadrilateral tower with a belfry and a clock funded by Schlösser (launched in 1834 by the watchmaker Michał Strangos).
The clock's chime is won by the city bugle call - "Prząśniczka" (Spinner) by Stanisław Moniuszko.
Architectural style: Classical architecture
Completion of construction: 1827
Architect: Bonifacy Witkowski
I liked the light framed by the darkening clouds in the sky - soon afterwards I was thoroughly soaked by heavy rain from these clouds. It was worth it for me. Monochrome (black and white) tones bind the image and history of this place.