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22 September 2025
Clock Force to ‘rescue’ time in rare live event
Antique clock repairs normally take months. But, on Sunday 26 October 2025, the Museum of Timekeeping’s team of volunteer clockmakers and students – the Clock Force – will be swooping in to restore timepieces in just hours. It’s all part of a special Autumn open day at Upton Hall near Newark to mark the changing […]
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Announcement from the BHI
11 September 2025 Please be aware that Upton Hall is currently without power and so emails and phone lines are temporarily down. This is due to essential works by the power network and all services will be resumed by the end of the day. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.
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2 September 2025
Is this the oldest watch in the world?
If you missed BBC Radio 4’s intriguing The Watch Case with Rebecca Struthers, click here to listen… https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002hpf0 A watchmaker, author and regular contributor to The Horological Journal, Rebecca writes… ‘Small objects are good at disappearing. They can be stolen, destroyed or misplaced. They can vanish into the bowels of private collections. They can […]
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29 August 2025
September 2025 Horological Journal
This month, Jon Clasper and Crispin Maciejewski consider Rolex and Aegler’s other customers in a study of the widespread distribution of Rebberg movements and the different companies that sold them. Click to read the article for free Also in this issue we feature on the covers the Patek Philippe Perpetual Calendar desk clock with a […]
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22 August 2025
Have Your Work Assessed at Upton Hall
Level 4 and 5 students in Unit D7: The Practical Servicing of Clocks all complete a record of the repair work they have done, which must be assessed by a professional, for example a MBHI or FBHI. ‘For those struggling to find a professional, we suggest attending a relevant short course at Upton Hall,’ says […]
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19 August 2025
Learn from the man who looked after ‘Big Ben’…
...And join Paul Roberson FBHI on his four-day course – ‘Servicing and Correcting Faults in a Single Train Clock’ – from 7–10 October at Upton Hall. The former Clockmaker at the Palace of Westminster, Paul was in charge of looking after the Great Clock of Westminster, ‘Big Ben’, and is now a regular and much-respected […]
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