The NAWCC Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Mr. Rory McEvoy has been named Executive Director of the NAWCC. Rory is an internationally renowned horological scholar and comes to the NAWCC with strong credentials that solidly align with our education, fundraising, and membership growth objectives. He has a postgraduate degree in the conservation and restoration of antique clocks from West Dean College, and throughout his career, he has had the opportunity to handle some of the world’s most important horological artifacts, including longitude timekeepers by Harrison, Kendall, and Mudge.
Rory formerly worked as Curator of Horology at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, where his role included day-to-day management of research and digitization projects, writing, public speaking, conservation, convening conferences, exhibition work, and development of acquisition/disposal and collection care policies. In addition, he has worked as a horological specialist at Bonhams in London, where he cataloged and handled many rare timepieces and built important relationships with collectors, buyers, and sellers. Most recently, Rory has used his talents to share his love of horology at the university level by teaching horological theory, history, and the practical repair and making of clocks and watches at Birmingham City University.
Rory is a British citizen and currently resides in the UK. Pre-COVID-19, Rory and his wife, Kaai, visited HQ in Columbia, Pennsylvania, where they met with staff, spent time in the Museum and Library & Research Center, and toured the area. Rory and Kaai will be relocating to the area as soon as the immigration challenges and travel restrictions due to COVID-19 permit.
Some of you may already be familiar with Rory as he is also a well-known author and lecturer. His recent publications include the book Harrison Decoded: Towards a Perfect Pendulum Clock, which he edited with Jonathan Betts, and the article “George Graham and the Orrery” in the journal Nuncius.
Until Rory’s relocation to the United States is complete, he will be working closely with an on-boarding team assembled by the NAWCC Board of Directors to introduce him to the opportunities and challenges before us and to ensure a smooth transition. Rory will be participating in strategic and financial planning immediately, which will allow him to hit the ground running when he arrives in Columbia
You can read more about Rory McEvoy and this exciting announcement in the upcoming March/April issue of the Watch & Clock Bulletin.
Please join the entire Board and staff in welcoming Rory to the NAWCC community.Thanks, I'll take a look!Hi,
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When I try to set it going, it feels and sounds as if it's rubbing against something. It stops after one tick, I suspect it may need a new spring, but I don't know for sure at this point.The balance often gets blamed for a poor performing clock when it isn't at fault. Why do you suspect the balance?
This should help as well, thanks!Hi James, don't know if this the same document agemo is advising you to read but have at a look and see if it helps
That doesn't sound good. If it's rubbing on something, you should be able to see it. Is it interacting with the escapement OK, or can you see an issue there? Maybe the fork is not engaged with the roller correctly?When I try to set it going, it feels and sounds as if it's rubbing against something. It stops after one tick, I suspect it may need a new spring, but I don't know for sure at this point.
When I set it going (I've set the rollers so they are in the exact middle, looking at it straight on, as I read in the Hermle service manual) the rollers generally slip out of the fork. It only runs long enough to put the fork across back and forth once. So I think I can see an issue with it's interactions with the escapement/fork. I don't know if it should (and it may be hard to get a picture to show you) but the edge of the rod that attaches to the balance wheel, seems to rub against the wire at the bottom, So the rod sits at a slight angle I think, it is possible that the jewels could be worn, but I would've thought that at the end of each rod, it would be easy to see some sort of jewel that the wire passes through? And I can't see any.That doesn't sound good. If it's rubbing on something, you should be able to see it. Is it interacting with the escapement OK, or can you see an issue there? Maybe the fork is not engaged with the roller correctly?
I have removed it before, I have tried running it like that, I think the longest it ran for was maybe 5 seconds, when I got the clock the whole escapement needed put back together, and the balance needed installed too.You can remove the balance without messing anything up. Just be careful of the fork when you remove it. Then give it one full rotation and see how long it runs on its own. It should keep rotating a couple of minutes. If it doesn't, then you have an issue with the balance. If it does, then we can look at the fork position to see how that's doing.
Will he do one's that are international? Is it usually expensive to get them rebuilt?Then it probably needs to be rebuilt. David LaBounty does that, and is very reliable.
Why not write to him and ask him directly?Will he do one's that are international? Is it usually expensive to get them rebuilt?