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  1. kinsler33

    Message from John Gordon, who runs Horolovar

    I just learned the anniversary clock world lost a great guy. Bill Ellison, who was the owner of Horolovar before Chris Nimon bought it, passed away 2-3 months ago Mark Kinsler
  2. kinsler33

    Horolovar

    I don't think that Chris' son and surviving heir knows or understands how to change that signature, and why it's important to do so.
  3. kinsler33

    Horolovar

    Yup. problem: we don't know what we don't know, and that includes what our probate court might do, or John's health (it's better than mine, but still, or what David is thinking about these days. I assume that everyone here knows that you guys care a great deal more about Horolovar's future...
  4. kinsler33

    Horolovar

    The helpful guy is John Gordon, and the other was David the Son. David thinks Horolovar is worth millions. It isn't, for its value lies entirely in Mr Gordon's attitude and experience.
  5. kinsler33

    Horolovar

    Insofar as I know, John Gordon is hanging in there at the shop. Son and nominal heir David may or may not have taken some interest in the place. David's sister Lori learned that even food service pays better and has departed; so I guess John is manning the telephone. We have heard rumors of...
  6. kinsler33

    More Koma Midget woes

    I assume that the movement is under some sort of dome, for a puff of the evening breeze will stop the thing dead.
  7. kinsler33

    More Koma Midget woes

    400 day clocks are exceptionally clever but were never robust enough to do much business with. I'm surprised that nobody ever tried to improve on the escapement and suspension spring arrangement.
  8. kinsler33

    More Koma Midget woes

    And mechanical watches are really no better.
  9. kinsler33

    Clock with Coca Cola logo on the dial

    I imagine that some entrepreneur antique dealer took this poor old mini-movement anniversary clock and added the red Coca-Cola label to the dial. Check to see if the red material is paper, plastic, or somehow enameled into the original dial finish, which it isn't. This clock is the sort of...
  10. kinsler33

    More Koma Midget woes

    Your aircraft parts exhibit precision that's orders of magnitude greater than that found in any mechanical clock. Recall that clockwork was originally designed to be manufactured by people working with files, and if you analyze it you'll discover that precision is unnecessary: gear teeth can...
  11. kinsler33

    Horolovar and thousands of suspension springs

    I have read that the accuracy of any 'time base'---say, a pendulum or balance wheel/hairspring assembly--is roughly proportional to its frequency. Thus quartz clocks (32,768 bps) tend to be more accurate than torsion-pendulum timepieces (0.25 bps.) I think that there was a trend toward...
  12. kinsler33

    Horolovar and thousands of suspension springs

    Well, John Gordon is certainly doing his best. He was stamping out said blocks the other day, and every so often he and Lori will make up packages of suspension springs, which is about the way things worked when Chris was alive. Chris used to build the aluminum battery adapters, so I guess...
  13. kinsler33

    Horolovar and thousands of suspension springs

    Insofar as I know neither springs nor money changed hands. Nobody felt like going into production of that weird size without some further enlightenment from the customer, and it never did. Springs are cut from the reel by hand except when the machine is working, which it occasionally does.
  14. kinsler33

    Horolovar and thousands of suspension springs

    What's more, the "ship to"address was to someplace we're sanctioning in Africa. Nothing has been shipped, or will be.
  15. kinsler33

    Horolovar and thousands of suspension springs

    You'd hang a really heavy pendulum bob, say a lead-filled brake drum, from the finest piano wire that'll support it. I don't believe that John ever shipped anything at all to whoever sent in the order for a zillion suspension springs. Just what everyone needed, just then. M Kinsler
  16. kinsler33

    Bulova 1976 Anniversary Clock

    Dissect the mechanism as best you can and remove corrosion with vinegar. If nothing else works you can put in a fake pendulum motor: 400-Day Rotary Quartz 2-Piece Movement and use your inventing talents.
  17. kinsler33

    Horolovar and thousands of suspension springs

    Thank you x 10. I will relay all these to Horolovar. More later.
  18. kinsler33

    Horolovar and thousands of suspension springs

    Horolovar is still viable, run mostly by John Gordon and Lori Nimon. Natalie keeps in contact with John. The other day John told us that Horolovar had just received an order for 400 12-packs of 0.005" springs. Nobody orders this many springs of a single size, and the customer is in Honduras...
  19. kinsler33

    Horovolar is for sale.

    Thanks. I've had other responses, all of which shall remain confidential because that's how we sophisticated business brokers operate whether we know what we're doing or not. Whatever happens, I hope it's for the best for everybody. All I've done is supply David Nimon's telephone number...
  20. kinsler33

    Horovolar is for sale.

    Hmm. Nobody's told me, but I suppose I'm not entirely in the loop. Mark Kinsler
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