Queensland Association of Watch and Clock Collectors Inc.
Watch this page for up-dates and a summary of our monthly Club activities.
Check out the new posts on Snapshots - On NSW - Chatswood Railway Station, Young's Memorial clock. On Special Interest - the Time Thief Canberra, On NZ - Rangiora PO, Upham clock Lyttelton & Christchurch Boys High School.
Next Meeting - July 19 - the Club Auction - this highly anticipated day on our calendar commences at 9am sharp on Sunday 19. On Saturday sellers will be checking in auction items between 10am to 1pm. Members are able to view items from 1pm - 6pm on Saturday and from 7.30 - 8.30 on Sunday. Viewing will close at 8.30 so all can be seated for a prompt 9am start. Note that it is a members only auction.
June Meet - Clockwork Toys
An excellent turnout for this Meet - a chance to relive childhood memories. A big thanks to members who brought along a wind-up toy. The variety kept us all entertained. Tony R presented a mystery structure that had us all guessing. It turned out to be a tide guage clock near Port Pirie SA. The skills class also 'wound up' with their final lesson - reassembling an Enfield clock.
May Meet - Workshop on Stop Work Mechanisms
Jeff M our pocket watch expert, explained to the members the importance of this mechanism, and how it works, revealing that many repairers also fail to understand its purpose & so remove it. Simply put it restricts the mainspring torque by clipping off the top & bottom turns of a full wind. Thanks Jeff for explaining to us this relatively unknown/understood mechanism. The Skills classes third session continued with Alex H demonstrating how to carry out bushing. Linda also informed us of the QAWCC display in the Carindale Library. Here we have put together three cabinets of clocks & watches - you are welcome to go & inspect.
April GM Meet - Irish Museum of Time
A pleasing turnout for the Easter holidays. The theme - clocks & watches found in museums was most interesting with members contributing snaps from Redlands Coast Museum, Rockhampton's Heritage Museum, Matsumoto Museum in Japan, Lands & Survey Museum in Brisbane & an astronomical clock from Furtwangen Museum, Germany.
Graeme displayed & described his work on two unique torsion clocks. Robert then took us through a tour of the Irish Museum of Time in Waterford Ireland.
March Meet - Workshop on the art of Spelter work
This Meet indeed lived up to all expectations. Graeme's explanation of spelter work showing his finished projects & the demonstration at the end was well-received. 5 club members started their introduction to the basics of clocks at 10am - a 4 week crash course on clocks. Several members contributed to Show & Tell - three mini grandfather cases housing a pocket watch each, some flick clocks, some clock repair work & a Smiths braille clock from St. Dunstan's - more information on this is posted on Snapshots, on "Did You Know', see https://www.queenslandclocksandwatches.com/didyouknow - all contributed to a most successful Meet.
February Meet - AGM
As Allan our President of 11 years has retired, a new President was elected. The club welcomes Linda Michie to this role. The AGM also elected a new Librarian & Vice-president. We are in good hands & looking forward to a productive year. Show & Tell was again featured with many participants involved. A focus was a look at the Vienna Museum's clocks & watches. Thanks to Peter for this.
January Meet - the 3 Part Plate Support System
Great start to the year with 40 in attendance. Graeme had a most interesting Show & Tell on a rare cuckoo clock he had repaired. The main presentation looked at clocks that have 3 plates allowing easy access to the movement. Trev H covered a small German clock made by J A Sural while Paul F discussed French ODO clocks that were commonly found in Vietnam. We also listened to an unusual chime created for them - the 'Guy Carillon'. 2 new members were welcomed while Christmas & New Year activities were keenly recalled.
