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gooddirectionsltd.bsky.social
Carefully bringing the clock and turret together.

The customer and location remain confidential, but the craftsmanship was certainly worth sharing.

#GoodDirections #ClockTower #BespokeClock #Clockmaking #BritishManufacturing #MadeInBritain
November 12, 2026 at 9:58 AM
aam-em.bsky.social
Which part of Benjamin Banneker’s legacy interests you most: his clockmaking, astronomy, surveying, or his letter challenging slavery?
November 10, 2026 at 1:01 AM
aam-em.bsky.social
Which part of Benjamin Banneker’s legacy interests you most: his clockmaking, astronomy, surveying, or his letter challenging slavery?
November 9, 2026 at 4:04 PM
aam-em.bsky.social
Which part of Benjamin Banneker’s legacy interests you most: his clockmaking, astronomy, surveying, or his letter challenging slavery?
November 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
aam-em.bsky.social
Which part of Benjamin Banneker’s legacy interests you most: his clockmaking, astronomy, surveying, or his letter challenging slavery?
November 9, 2026 at 5:01 PM
wrongpod.bsky.social
It is Wednesday my dudes

We wasted our time, so you don't have to. Join us this week as Tess is alone... Then we review Ace Attorney, a show about clockmaking and clockbreaking.

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Ace Attorney - Break a Lot of Laws
We wasted our time, so you don't have to. Join us this week as Tess is alone... Then we review Ace Attorney, a show about clockmaking and clockbreaking.
directory.libsyn.com
November 11, 2026 at 10:34 AM
gooddirectionsltd.bsky.social
From spun copper to a beautifully finished clock dial, prepared and painted by hand before its numerals were gilded using 23 1/2 carat gold leaf.

The customer and location must remain confidential, but the craftsmanship was certainly worth sharing.

#BespokeClocks #Clockmaking #MadeInBritain
November 4, 2026 at 9:41 AM
mixcache.bsky.social
The Clockmaker's Longitude Apprentice by Roy K. Black

https://mixcache.com/catalog/4210/the-clockmaker-s-longitude-apprentice
The Clockmaker's Longitude Apprentice - A Novel of the Longitude Prize by Roy K. Black
In the fog-choked lanes of 1730 London, a Yorkshire carpenter named John Harrison walks into George Graham's prestigious clockmaking shop carrying a wooden e...
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November 3, 2026 at 9:08 AM
blueplaques.bsky.social
67 Fleet Street, EC4Y 1EU
📍 Map

Photo: Spudgun67, CC BY-SA 4.0
#BluePlaques #London #CityOfLondon
A rectangular blue plaque in a bronze frame. A.I.-transcribed: “On this site lived two famous clockmakers, Thomas Tompion, F.R.S., “The Father of English Clockmaking”, 1638–1713, and George Graham, F.R.S., 1673–1751. Both buried in Westminster Abbey.”
October 31, 2026 at 9:20 AM
justjim.bsky.social
Oh, and here's the clock.

It's a John Wilding Large Wheel Skeleton Clock, made entirely from raw stock, and is simply magnificent.
Clockmaking - How To Make A Clock In The Home Machine Shop - Part 1 - Making The Clock Frames
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October 30, 2026 at 11:57 AM
gooddirectionsltd.bsky.social
A bespoke 760 mm traditional clock dial being created for Durant Sports.

The white dial will feature Roman numerals, gilded spade hands, a detailed printed logo and personalised lettering, powered by a dependable CL100 clock mechanism.

#BespokeClock #BrandedClock #PersonalisedClock #Clockmaking
October 26, 2026 at 12:55 PM
thetraveler.org
Driving Germany’s Clock Road reveals far more than souvenir cuckoos. Between Triberg, Furtwangen and Titisee, you find working workshops, a world class clock museum and quiet Black Forest valleys where timekeeping still feels deeply rooted in everyday life.
Driving the German Clock Road Through the Black Forest - Germany Traveler
A first-hand road trip along Germany’s 267 km Clock Road, tracing Black Forest clockmaking towns, museums, workshops and winding valleys beyond souvenir shops.
www.germanytraveler.org
October 21, 2026 at 10:28 PM
gooddirectionsltd.bsky.social
This 915 mm skeleton clock dial was produced with black Roman numerals, an opal acrylic centre, black spade hands and a bespoke central boss.

Discover our exterior clock dials at www.shireclocks.co.uk

#SkeletonClock #ClockDial #Clockmaking #MadeInBritain
October 20, 2026 at 12:20 PM
zetsubo.bsky.social
[as a side note, Pforzheim is a good example of the Nazis ruining everything. Pforzheim was Germany's cutting edge clockmaking hub, but when WWII came it got used for making bomb timers, and every building in the town being a clockmaking workshop meant that the Pforzheimers got it worse than almost
October 14, 2026 at 3:00 AM
gooddirectionsltd.bsky.social
The existing dial was photographed, drawn, stripped, primed, repainted and regilded. New gilded hands were made to match the originals, while a modern clock mechanism was provide dependable timekeeping.

#ClockRestoration #HeritageClock #Gilding #Clockmaking #TraditionalCraftsmanship
October 14, 2026 at 12:01 PM
service-worker.bsky.social
They supposedly did offer
"We explained that while Molly is permanently attached to the wall and serves as a de facto mascot for our shop, a nearly identical automaton is owned by the creator of the machines, a brilliant artist named Bliss Kolb who lives in Seattle," the store wrote. "He told us he would be willing to part with Molly's twin for $15,000. We explained all of this to Kelly Clarkson. We also offered to show her a different singing bird automaton, made by a traditional clockmaking shop in Germany, that she could have taken home with her that day. It costs about $2,000. She did not stick around long enough to see it." They added, "We've reached out to Kelly directly to try and clear the air. We really do wish her the best and hope that someday we can all laugh about this misunderstanding."
October 12, 2026 at 4:18 PM
freefromfairytales.bsky.social
Molly (the bird KC wanted to buy) is an automaton, not a vanishing trick

Automata mechanical figures designed to imitate life.

Singing-bird automata 🤝 European luxury clockmaking.
Cuckoo Clock Midnight
ALT: Cuckoo Clock Midnight
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October 12, 2026 at 1:46 AM
phylan.website
well, ok. we've ALL been there
“We explained that while Molly is permanently attached to the wall and serves as a de facto mascot for our shop, a nearly identical automaton is owned by the creator of the machines, a brilliant artist named Bliss Kolb who lives in Seattle,” the store wrote. “He told us he would be willing to part with Molly’s twin for $15,000. We explained all of this to Kelly Clarkson. We also offered to show her a different singing bird automaton, made by a traditional clockmaking shop in Germany, that she could have taken home with her that day. It costs about $2,000. She did not stick around long enough to see it.”
October 12, 2026 at 7:25 PM
pinkprincess.bsky.social
Updates from Art of Play, with their side of the story on what happened.

Note: As of now, I am inclined to believe this turn of events, based on her insistence on buying Molly...and her rejecting their offer for something similar from Bliss Kolb, the artist, maker, and inventor.
A series of screenshots from Art of Play 1/4 We'd like to clarify one additional detail about Kelly Clarkson's Curiosity Shop on Saturday. During the 5 minutes she spent in the store, she inquired about our mechanical bird puppet Molly. We explained that while Molly is permanently Screenshot from Art of Play Instagram post 2/4 attached to the wall serves as a de facto for our shop, a nearly identical automaton is owned by the creator of the machines, a brilliant artist named Bliss Kolb who lived in Seattle. He told us he would be willing to part with Molly's twin for Screenshot from Art of Play Instagram 3/4 $15,000. We explained all of this to Kelly Clarkson. We also offered to show her a different singing bird automaton, made by a traditional clockmaking shop in Germany, that she could have taken home with her that day. It costs about $2,000. She did not Screenshot of Art of Play Instagram post 4/4 stick around long enough to see it. We've reached out to Kelly directly to try to clear the air. We really do wish her the best and hope that someday we can all laugh about this misunderstanding.
October 12, 2026 at 5:11 AM
segar.com
A beautiful novel horizontal pendulum clock of avocado wood, laser-cut parts, & minimalist electronics, built by my aerospace engineer artist friend Mark Wollen.

www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/un...

#TheEngineerAsArtist #ClockMaking
October 7, 2026 at 11:30 AM
lnuccon.bsky.social
A Concurrences seminar tomorrow! See below for how to join on zoom.

Clockmaking, Creative Technologies and Technical Education in Colonial Bengal and Bombay (1886-1911) with guest researcher Swagatalakshmi Saha.

8 Oct 2026
13.15–15.00
Campus Växjö, Dacke

www.lnu.se/.../2026/ccc...
October 7, 2026 at 10:13 AM
liavobia.bsky.social
Clockmaking and candles like we're apprentices in an early modern workshop, sneaking kisses under the eye of an inchoate bourgeois<33
September 26, 2026 at 7:15 PM
spotwatch.bsky.social
The Watchmakers of Belgium

WATCHES BY THE COUNTRY The Watchmakers of Belgium A land of chocolate, diamonds, and racing corners, where horology arrives not by tradition but by imagination....
The Watchmakers of Belgium
WATCHES BY THE COUNTRY The Watchmakers of Belgium A land of chocolate, diamonds, and racing corners, where horology arrives not by tradition but by imagination. A Ressence wristwatch. Image: Ressence Belgium has no centuries-deep clockmaking legacy to trade on, no valley of ateliers passed down through generations. What it has instead is design confidence, an appetite for reinvention, and a small but fiercely creative community of independents.
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September 25, 2026 at 10:53 PM
ratgrrl.bsky.social
It looks like the US publisher of About Time is Penguin Random House:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/780443...
About Time by Rebecca Struthers, Alom Shaha: 9780593965221 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A children’s guide to the science and history of telling the time and clockmaking in a fun and interactive way. This interactive book will help children aged 7-9 understand how clocks work and learn....
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
September 19, 2026 at 10:12 AM
wh-cm.bsky.social
Applications Are Open!

We’re now accepting applications for the 5th Annual David G. Gow Memorial Scholarship for Horology!

Apply By: November 4
Award Release: December 15

Learn More: https://willardhouse.org/david-gow-scholarship

#education #highered #horology #clockmaking #NAWCC #NSTA
September 17, 2026 at 6:00 PM