All Yorked Out!

[Geo]

Well that's the holiday over. My good lady and me spent the last week in York and had a great time.

On the Monday we visited The Red House Antiques Centre and as usual I was on the hunt for old watches. I did find a section specialising in wrist watches but as you can guess, the prices were a bit more than I wanted to pay. OK the search went on and we discovered the "Clock Room", and there he was all seven feet of him looking resplendent. It was love at first sight, and better still he was from Scotland! My wife gave me a look that equates to.............He's about to do it in public..............and I did. I got intimate with the big fella, he had such a gorgeous face and large magnificent hands. On opening his private compartment, there it was swinging to and fro, large and perfectly formed, what a bob! I just had to have him.

Being a major decision in my life I pondered for a few days and then struck. The deal was quickly done and this lovely grandfather clock was mine. I even managed to pack all seven feet of it it into a standard Vectra, along with all the holiday stuff for the journey home. Here are a couple of pictures, I know it's not a wrist watch, but at least the dial looks like a chronometer!

[autowind]

Very nice and you have a nice high ceilinged room to keep it in,  I see you have the servants bells,  do you still keep the servants?

[WillFly]

Wow - that's a looker! But you'll never get it on your wrist... :D

[bobm12]

Tall and slender, gorgeous, no wonder you fell in love! If you ever want to wear it on your wrist I recommend lots of oatmeal 3 times a day for a year! No beer, it gives you a gut not a big wrist :)

[Geo]

I see you have the servants bells,  do you still keep the servants?

The bells still work Roger, but unfortunately no one comes when I press them. :-(

[atimegoneby]

What a magnificent beastie !    :cigar:

[Geo]

I appreciate the comments guys.

I installed the clock on Sunday.

Checked Monday, it was running 24 seconds slow in 24 hours. Correction made.

Checked Tuesday, now running 3.5 seconds slow in 24 hours. I'll leave it for a week and see if it holds that rate.

Not bad for a 184 year old clock!

Edited September 2, 2014 by Geo

[Mark]

Brilliant find Geo - what a stunner!

[Geo]

Thanks Mark, I was starting to think that you had gone to ground!

[Mark]

Thanks Mark, I was starting to think that you had gone to ground!

 

 

Not quite - we had 10 guests visiting last week, it was mayhem around here. Waved them off on Saturday night.

[Vich]

Lovely clock and it looks at home already. My wife just pinched my iPad to have a look.

[Lawson]

Wow Geo!  I can see why you had to have it ... it's majestic.

Did you get any pictures of the inside of the movement?  It would be wonderful to see the old craftsmanship.

Also are there any plans to do a service on it ... or do these type of clocks even need to be serviced on a regular interval?

Edited September 6, 2014 by Lawson