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23 September 2024

Museum of Timekeeping – ‘Autumn Time Showcase 2024’ Sunday 27 October Upton Hall, Upton, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG23 5TE, UK Join the Museum of Timekeeping and the BHI for an exceptional exhibition of horology. This year’s exhibition has been specially assembled by the Museum, drawing on private collections around the UK to bring you incredible pieces you […]

5 September 2024

Watch the edited livestream recording from the BHI and the Museum of Timekeeping taken on Sunday 25 August 2024, and enjoy a detailed look at several antique minute repeating watches by Daniel Quare, George Graham and others, including a contemporary IWC Minute Repeater that we repair live from the watchmaking workshop at Upton Hall. Learn more […]

6 August 2024

Interested in Watches? You can build a fully operational BHI timepiece in our well equipped watch workshop. Over a weekend at historic Upton Hall near Newark, under the guidance of one of our expert qualified watchmakers, John Murphy FBHI, you will be guided through the creation of your own watch, consisting of a genuine, quality […]

2 August 2024

Ever wondered how watches and clocks work? Come along to Upton Hall and find out with a fun and informative taster day with our professional tutors. You don’t need any experience or prior knowledge – simply turn up, learn from the best and get some hands-on experience of timepieces. The courses also includes a brief […]

30 July 2024

This month we feature a review of the Festival of British Making (also known as the ‘Summer Show’) at Upton Hall, as Justin Koullapis FBHI reveals highlights of the event, including the display of BHI and Clockmakers’ Company medals, with the BHI Gold Medal of John Harwood being the pinnacle of that collection – as […]

10 May 2024

This month we feature a review of the inaugural British Watchmakers’ Day in London by Alistair Audsley, CEO of the Alliance of British Watch and Clock Makers. Click to read the article for free Also in this issue, BHI student Keith Donnelly reviews the ‘Servicing and Correcting Faults – Quartz Watch’ course at Upton Hall, […]

12 April 2024

This month we feature Stuart Malin and R. J. Dickens’ study, ‘How Many Days in an Egyptian Year? Evidence from the Antikythera Mechanism’. Read the article for free here: Click to read the article for free Also in this issue, we highlight the launch of a new online museum, clocktime.co.uk, by Dr. John C. Taylor. […]

12 April 2024

Ever wondered how watches and clocks work? Come along to Upton Hall and find out with a fun and informative taster day with our professional tutors. You don’t need any experience or prior knowledge – simply turn up, learn from the best and get some hands-on experience of timepieces. The courses also includes a brief […]

12 April 2024

Hosted by Heritage Crafts and the Museum of Timekeeping, 
Upton Hall, Friday 26 April 2024 How do we ensure a resilient future for watch and clock makers and related horological crafts? Watch and clock making are listed as endangered on the Red List of Endangered Crafts, but we are also aware that there is a […]

29 February 2024

This month we look ahead to British Watchmakers’ Day on 9 March, with one of the event’s exhibitors, Schofield Watch Company, featured on the covers with their new limited-edition general purpose field watch. Also in this issue, Ben Tubbing describes a parametrically driven pendulum of an alternative type. Read the article for free here: Click […]