The Institute is proud of its Horological Journal, which is the oldest technical journal in the world, having been published without a break since September 1858.
	A copy of HJ is sent to every member each month, and contains a wealth of news and information of interest to horology enthusiasts. We try to maintain a good balance of articles in each issue, covering clocks, watches, turret clocks and electric timepieces in articles that may be theoretical, practical or both.
The 'Letters' pages provide a great opportunity for discussion and debate, whilst 'Branch Reports' provide updates of local activities, and regular 'Bench Views' illustrate life from the bench of a clockmaker and a watchmaker. Click here for our latest Article of the Month - a taste of what you can expect to see every month in HJ! You can also download a full sample copy of HJ from a few months ago.

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July 2008 Digest

What a fantastic time it has been for the BHI just lately. Our 150th Anniversary celebrations were voted a huge success by everyone who came to either the three day Symposium, the Anniversary Show, or in many cases, both!
The first weekend saw a host of eminent speakers and guests from all over the World descending on Upton Hall, for some first class presentations, which included the launch, by Frodshams, of the first wristwatch to be produced in England for over 50 years.
During the second weekend, the unique 150 Anniversary Clock was officially presented to the Institute by members of the Project 150 Team, who have spent five years designing and building this extraordinary timepiece.
Needless to say we have reports and lots of pictures of the whole event in this issue of HJ. There will be more photographs on the website and we hope to put together a record of the whole Symposium’s proceedings in the near future.
Also in HJ this month, Tim Treffry HonFBHI, takes a look at a new silicon escapement, while Richard French describes how to transplant a balance and spring from a donor movement into an English Fusee Lever.
Alec Marsden concludes his two-part study on Watch Regulators, and there’s the final part of an excellent series on making locks by Guy Gibbons GradBHI.
David Poole FBHI, continues with ‘A Helping Hand for Students’ which is receiving excellent feedback, and Ed Cloutman and Luke Millar look in details at a fabulous balloon-hooded longcase by London clockmaker J Brookes. Added to this are all the regulars - letters, branch reports, bench view, news snippets, etc. – so don’t miss it!

Jayne Hall, HJ Editor