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Important Executive Director Announcement from the NAWCC 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
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Furniture manufacturer numbers are sometimes elusive.
Can you give the information from the rear plate of the movement?
That may give more reliable information.
Pictures of the rear of the movement would suffice.
Dick
Can you give the information from the rear plate of the movement?
That may give more reliable information.
Pictures of the rear of the movement would suffice.
Dick
That is an old series Urgos clock movement. Urgos went out of business near 2002.
Sometime near 2005 the name and assets of Urgos were purchased by Hermle and a new numbering system was established for Hermle made movements.
Your movement bears the old numbering system so that makes it older than 2005 ( and probably earlier than 2002). The Urgos name is used by Hermle today and some model movements are made to replace the original Urgos designs. A replacement for your movement, however, is not one that is available through Hermle.
Ridgeway was purchased by Howard Miller of Zeeland Michigan in 2004.
You might try to contact Howard Miller to see if any old records are available.
Best,
Dick
Sometime near 2005 the name and assets of Urgos were purchased by Hermle and a new numbering system was established for Hermle made movements.
Your movement bears the old numbering system so that makes it older than 2005 ( and probably earlier than 2002). The Urgos name is used by Hermle today and some model movements are made to replace the original Urgos designs. A replacement for your movement, however, is not one that is available through Hermle.
Ridgeway was purchased by Howard Miller of Zeeland Michigan in 2004.
You might try to contact Howard Miller to see if any old records are available.
Best,
Dick
Wow that is great information I didn't know that the Movement was from Urgos clock movements. I did find information on the original Ridgeway company and the purchases of the actual company but nothing on the year it might have been built. It is a beautiful clock and well taken care of . Thank you so much for that info. The person I purchased it from thought it was bought in the 1970's it belonged to her 90 year old parents. Hoping she finds the paperwork on the clock if I get it will share
Well cared for may have lots of meanings. It may be they dusted the case regularly.
Clock movements of of that vintage have a life span and that is about 25 years.
Clock movements are machines and will wear like any other machine.
You may see reliability problems, especially with the chime train. The chime train is the train that needs the most power,
the heaviest weight and normally will be the first of the three to fail.
Even though a new replacement is not available, you have the option of someone rebuilding the original movement.
A proper rebuild of that movement will not be cheap.
I say proper because there are plenty of clock repair people out there who do shoddy work.
A cheap repair will result in a short lived repair.
Many times a clock is offered for sale because the movement needs to be rebuilt.
Seldom are clocks in good shape offered for sale.
I hope you have found the exception.
Best Regards,
Dick
Clock movements of of that vintage have a life span and that is about 25 years.
Clock movements are machines and will wear like any other machine.
You may see reliability problems, especially with the chime train. The chime train is the train that needs the most power,
the heaviest weight and normally will be the first of the three to fail.
Even though a new replacement is not available, you have the option of someone rebuilding the original movement.
A proper rebuild of that movement will not be cheap.
I say proper because there are plenty of clock repair people out there who do shoddy work.
A cheap repair will result in a short lived repair.
Many times a clock is offered for sale because the movement needs to be rebuilt.
Seldom are clocks in good shape offered for sale.
I hope you have found the exception.
Best Regards,
Dick
Thank you Dick for all that useful information
I will enjoy the clock as long as I can I only have a small amount invested in the clock and right now it keeps perfect time and chimes on the money literally I rehung the weights and pendulum and it began working
I will enjoy the clock as long as I can I only have a small amount invested in the clock and right now it keeps perfect time and chimes on the money literally I rehung the weights and pendulum and it began working
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