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1 Bytown Times Vol. 26, No.2, Mar. 26, 2006 ISSN Next Meeting The next meeting will be held on Sunday March 26 at the Qualicum and Graham Park Community Centre on Esquimault Avenue in Graham Park, commencing at 1:30 pm. (Doors open at 1:00 pm) The scheduled program item will be a presentation by Ben Roberts on Smiths Industries in the UK. It will make things more interesting if members who have Smiths or Enfield clocks bring them along to the meeting for display, discussion, and possible dating and identification. The remainder of the program will consist of informal Show and Tell items by members, so please bring along any horological items you have - we really would like to see and hear about them. There will of course be Mart and Display tables, so if you have anything to sell, or just to show, please bring them along also. Workshop & Course Updates by Dan Hudon 1. The course on Care and Maintenance of Wood Clock Cases is now full. Participants are asked to make arrangements to pay Allan Sobieralski the $25 for supplies as soon as possible. He can be reached at Additional applicants for this course will be placed on a waiting list. 2. There are still vacancies for the course on re-pivoting. Remember that either a watchmakers or micro lathe with a steady rest are mandatory for this course, and participants are expected to be familiar with their use. 3. There are still plenty of spaces available for the fall course ʻIntroduction to Clock Repairʼ. NOTE: Please see Dan at the March meeting regarding details and tools needed for both 2 and The NAWCC Clock Repair course to be held in Toronto is now full. 5. A sign up sheet will be provided at the March meeting to determine the extent of interest in a basic pocket watch workshop. The Bytown Times is published five times a year by the Ottawa Chapter 111, National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors. President: Maynard Dokken, 16 Brian Cres. Nepean, Ontario. K2H 6X3. Telephone (613) Vice President and Treasurer: Bill Pullen. Secretary: Ben Roberts. Membership Secretary: Charles Beddoe. Recording Secretary: Erin Fox Immediate Past President: Dan Hudon. Program Director: Allan Symons. Education and Workshop Chairman: Dan Hudon Librarian: Wally Clemens. Telephone (613) Address. wally@cyberus.ca. Bytown Times Editor: Ben Roberts. Telephone (613) Address: benrobe@sympatico.ca The Chapter meets five times a year on the fourth Sunday of the months of Jan., March, May, Sept., and Nov., at 1:00 pm. Annual dues $16. Membership in the NAWCC is obligatory. Last Meeting The last meeting was held on Sunday January 22 at the Qualicum and Graham Park Community Centre in Graham Park. 40 members were present. President Maynard Dokken opened the meeting by introducing visitor Jakob Bourdeau. Jakobʼs main interest is mechanical watches. Several administration items were dealt with, and this was followed by Show and Tell items by individual members. John Ruhland spoke about warping problems with wooden dials. He discussed several methods aimed at avoiding this, starting from the way the wood was originally cut, to various sealing and painting methods aimed at avoiding unequal drying out of the wood. Allan Symons showed a jewelry box in the form of a grand piano. This was one of the early items sold by the Harry Snider Company before he established his clock company in The scheduled and final item on the program was the annual Chapter auction which was very successful. It resulted in a large number of horological items changing hands, ranging from individual parts and tools to complete clocks and watches. Adminstration Items Charles Beddoe is stepping down as Chapter Treasurer. The Chapter thanks Charles for his more than ten years of valuable and dedicated service as Treasurer. Charles has agreed to remain on the executive as Membership Secretary. By a show of hands, Bill Pullen was voted to the position of Chapter Treasurer. As requested at the January meeting, Dan Hudon had investigated the horological school in Trois Rivieres, Quebec. He spoke in great detail about the school and its curriculum, and provided a hand-out for interested members. Dan also gave updates about the courses and workshops being held this year, and in addition, Al Sobieralski gave more detail about the course he will be presenting on The Care and Maintenance of Wood Clock Cases. The NAWCC Field workshop on Clock repair will be held in Toronto. Eight people have already registered, and there may possibly be room for up to 12. There will be a cost of $500 for space rental for this course, and President Maynard Dokken proposed that the Chapter contribute $280 towards this. This motion was seconded and carried at the meeting. Chapter Librarian Wally Clemens handed out a detailed list of the books and magazines presently held in our library. The listing of these publications and their authors appears on page 5. Peter Kushnir announced that Montreal Chapter 187 will be holding its annual Montreal Horological Show this year on Sunday October 1. See page 6.

Also seen are Tim Bryans, Peter Kushnir, Dan

Auctioneer Maynard Dokken was ably assisted by

and a Swiss music box mechanism is located under

2 Page 2 VOL. 26, No.2, Mar. 26, 2006 Seen at the Last Meeting The meeting is about to formally open. Left: Gary Fox, Bill Pullen, Ben Roberts and Tim Bryans. Previewing the Auction items. Left: Charles Beddoe collects members dues. Also seen are Tim Bryans, Peter Kushnir, Dan Hudon and visitor Jakob Bourdeau. Auctioneer Maynard Dokken was ably assisted by Georges Royer Bill Pullen, Robert Lamothe and Peter Kushnir Allan Symons showed a grand-pianoshaped musical jewellery box sold by Harry Snider & Co. in the late 1940s, prior to the establishment of the Snider Clock Corporation. The jewellery compartment is lined with red felt, and a Swiss music box mechanism is located under the platform beside it. Above is shown the damaged rubberstamped label on the bottom of the piano bearing the words: manufactured by HARRY SNIDER & CO. TORONTO, CANADA Wally Clemens ponders an item to be auctioned.

3 Vol. 26, No.2. Mar. 26, 2006 Page 3 Holiday Antique Auction Sale By Maynard Dokken Held by Tim Potter Auction Services at the Napanee Lions Club Hall, Napanee, on Wednesday December 28, Auctioneers: Tim Potter and Cec Knight. NOTE: In the listing of these clocks on page 4. * indicates clocks sold at a previous Potter auction on October 15, 2005 (No picture) ** indicates clock details only (No picture) Numbers omitted from the list indicate clocks for which there was no information.

4 Page 4 Vol. 26, No.2, Mar. 26, 2006 Auction Cont. 1 $130 GILBERT ROUND TOP SHELF 2* $120 FAIRBANKS PILLAR 3 $10 FRENCH IVORY Small Beehive 4 $6 CUCKOO 2 WEIGHT 5 $35 ITALIAN MINIATURE WALL 7* $75 ANSONIA KITCHEN 9 $45 INGRAHAM BLACK 10* $65 SETH THOMAS 12 $60 JUNGHANS REGULATOR TYPE 13 $35 FORESTVILLE MANTEL 14 $15 WESTCLOX BABY BEN Old style 15 $30 GILBERT TAMBOUR 16 $10 WESTCLOX BIG BEN Magic touch 17 $10 CERAMIC SCHOOL MADE SHELF 18 $35 ANSONIA COTTAGE Mvmnt Rep. 19 $35 INGRAHAM BLACK 21 $18 GERMAN MANTEL 22 $225 GILBERT SHELF 23 $25 INGRAHAM TAMBOUR 24** $20 NEW HAVEN GOTHIC Case Only 26 $40 GB 400 DAY 28 $35 WATERBURY OG 30 $80 GERMAN POSTMAN ALARM 31 $10 ENGLISH MANTEL 32 $80 NEW HAVEN KITCHEN 35 $155 NEW HAVEN MIN. BANJO 36 $110 HAMBURG AMERICAN SHELF 37* $60 FRENCH MARBLE SHELF 38 $55 LUX RIBBON/TAPE MEASURE 39 $500 WOODRUFF Tall case replcd dial 40 $5 NEW HAVEN TAMBOUR Case only 41 $18 GERMAN MANTEL 42 $400 ENGLISH FUSEE GALLERY 43 $25 FRENCH MARBLE SHELF 44 $5 BENTIMA SMALL MANTEL 46* $50 WATERBURY BLACK 48** $1100 WALTHAM BANJO 49 $25 WATERBURY IRON ORNATE 50 $80 KOREN VIENNA STYLE 51 $35 GERMAN TAMBOUR 52 $140 SETH THOMAS COLUMN 53 $825 SETH THOMAS Calendar shelf 54* $225 JEROME OCTAGONAL Short drop 55** $5 KERN MINATURE 400 DAY 57 $35 UNKN OG CASE & DIAL 58 $550 JEROME & DARROW Transitional 59 $300 JOHN BIRGE TRIPLE DECKER 60 $350 ATMOS RUNNING 61 $80 ANSONIA TAMBOUR 62 $40 BOARDMAN FLAT OG 63** $20 SCHMECHENBECHER 64 $100 IBM TIME RECORDER 65 $275 INGRAHAM GALLERY 66 $20 JUHRGENS TIN CAN MVMT 68 $50 SETH THOMAS TIME RECORDER 69 $125 MISSION TALL CASE Cheap Mvnt 70 $100 WELCH BEEHIVE SHELF 72 $75 INGRAHAM DORIC SHELF 73 $40 NEW HAVEN KITCHEN -No Top 74 $35 WELCH OG 75* $500 CANADA CLOCK CO LTD REG 76* $75 GERMAN SHORT DROP 77 $130 MORBIER MADE-UP WALL 78 $90 MUNDERLOH & CO MONTREAL 80 $100 NEW HAVEN REGULATOR TYPE 81* $100 SEIKO WALL SHORT DROP 82 $10 WANNAMAKER 400 DAY 84 $35 ANSONIA PART CASE & MVMT 86 $18 QUARTZ RETIREMENT CLOCK 87* $100 HAMILTON 4 SIDED TOP - poor cond. 88** $25 GERMAN METAL SHELF 89 $25 SESSIONS MISSION WALL 90 $55 ANSONIA KITCHEN 91 $55 INGRAHAM KITCHEN 93 $90 TERRY PILLAR & SPLAT 94* $80 B & W PILLAR & SPLAT 95 $45 INGRAHAM SHELF 96 $700 SETH THOMAS REGULATOR 97** $5 KIENZLE CAR 98 $25 SEIKO MARBLE ELECTRIC 99* $70 WESTMINSTER PICTURE CLOCK 100 $70 NEW HAVEN METAL SHELF 102 $140 INGRAHAM NYANZA BANJO 103 $65 PEQUEGNAT TORONTO CASE 105 $40 JEFFERSON GOLDEN MYSTERY 106 $25 WHITE MOUNTAIN WALL 107 $65 ANSONIA KITCHEN 108 $40 SETH THOMAS SHELF BEEHIVE 109 $10 COTTAGE CASE ONLY 110** $20 KITCHEN CASE ONLY 111 $18 JUNGHANS ALARM 113 $50 UNKNOWN PILLAR SHELF 114 $17 MINATURE ALARM 115 $15 CUCKOO 2 WEIGHT 117 $5 MANTEL SOLAR CASE ONLY 118 $45 UNKN METAL ART DECO 121 $90 SMITHS ASTRAL SHIPS CLOCK 122 $55 ELLIOTT SESTRAL SHIPS CLOCK 123 $55 SHIPʼS CLOCK 124 $35 GOD BLESS OUR HOUSE TABLET & CASE 125 $30 BLACK MANTEL 126** $20 DELFT DISH CLOCK FACE 127** $8 CANADA DRY

5 Vol. 26, No.2, Mar. 26, 2006 Page 5 By Wally Clemens - Chapter Librarian Chapter 111 Library List Title Author Practical Watch Repair Donald DeCarle Price Guide to American Pocket Watches George Townsend Price Guide American Railroad Watches George Townsend Watchmakers Handy Manual C&E Marshell Co. A. Army Watch Clock Course TM Quick Fit (Material Manual) Quick Fit The Watch Escapement Henry Fried Watch Collectors Handbook M. Cutmore Complicated Watches & Their Repair Donald DeCarle Modern Watch Repairing and Adjusting John Bowman Price Guide Clocks in Canada Peter Unitt Warner Collectors Guide American Clocks Anita Schorsch Watch Repairerʼs Manual Henry Fried Watch & Clock Making & Repairing W.J. Gazeley Advanced Watch & Clock Repair H.G. Harris Collecting & Identifying Old Watches H.G. Harris Bench Practices Henry Fried Hand Book of Watch & Clock Repairs H.G. Harris Watchmakers Lathe Ward Goodrich Watch & Clock Encyclopaedic Dictionary Donald DeCarle Science of Watch Repairing Simplified Thisell Joseph Bulova School of Watchmaking Joseph Bulova The Modern Watchmakers Lathe & How To Use It Archie B. Perkins Clock Case Refinishing & Restoration Craig Burgress Questions & Answers for the Watchmaking Profession AWI Bestfit 111 Encyclopedia of Watch Material Part 1 Best Fit Bestfit 111A Encyclopedia of Watch Material Part 2 Best Fit History of Clocks & Watches Eric Bruton Clocks & Watches E.J. Tyler The Watchmaker & His Lathe H. Jendritzki American Pocket Watch Identification & Price Guide Book 2 Elgin Watch Company Grade & Serial #s Foreign & American Pocket Watch Identification & Price Guide Book 3 Serial numbers with Description of Waltham Watch Movements Waltham Watch Co. Rockford Watch Company Grade & Serial #s ` Waltham Pocket Watch Identification, Grade & Price Guide American Pocket Watches Encyclopedia & Price Guide Illinois Watches Identification & Price Guide Rolex Oyster Rolex Patek Philippe Martin Huber & Alan Banbery Pocket Watch Course 6 VCR Tapes by Tacione NAWCC Watch & Clock Museum VCR Tape by NAWCC Hair Springing Watch Repairer Master Retrieval Index of NAWCC Bulletins to end of 1988 NAWCC Complete Price Guide To Watches #16 Cooksey Shugart & R. E. Gilbert Clocks (Billings) 1 VCR Tape Longitude 1 VCR Tape NAWCC Master Bulletin Index 1 CD Disk BORROWING Books may be borrowed and returned at our meetings by contacting Wally at or wally@cyberus.ca (Please include NAWCC in subject). If you have an immediate need, material can be mailed or delivered. We also have an almost complete set of all Bulletins and a Master Index (CD) for researching their contents. LENDING If you have books relating to Horology and would like to lend them for use in our library, or be willing to make them available for direct personal loan to other members, please contact Wally.

6 Page 6 Vol. 26, No.2, Mar. 26, 2006 Clock Auction By Maynard Dokken Coming Events Toronto Invitational 2006 The 2006 Toronto Invitational will be held at the Neilson Park Creative Centre, 56 Neilson Drive, Etobicoke, Ontario, on Sunday May 7th. Seminars will include: John Hubby - Anton Harder- Father of the 400 day clock; Allan Symons - Unique Quebec wooden works clock; John Hubby - Dating your Jahresuhren-Fabrik 400 Day Clock The program also includes Displays, Mart and an Auction. Mart Tables are available at a cost of $15 per table. It is suggested that you book early. Ben Roberts has program details, reservation forms and directions available should you need them immediately. Otherwise they will be available at the March meeting. Montreal Horological Show. At the January meeting, Peter Kushnir announced that Montreal chapter 187 will be holding its annual Horological Show on Sunday 1 October. Mart Tables are renting quickly, and Peter suggested that potential sellers reserve now.

Bytown. Times. J. R. Armstrong

Bytown. Times. J. R. Armstrong Bytown Times Vol. 25, No.3, Sept. 25, 2005 ISSN 1712-2799 Next Meeting The next meeting will be held on Sunday September 25 at the Qualicum and Graham Park Community Centre on Esquimalt Avenue in Graham