Horological Meandering

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Or if it is, will never be set to the second. Complex instruction sequences like this are the reason “instruction manual databases” are so popular and convenient when accessible on the web. Not to mention YouTube videos. Some things just don’t work in wri... 

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For fun please see Peyton Autry: NAWCC Bulletin # 293 The Clark Tourbillons Part 1 and NAWCC Bulletin # 297 The Clark Tourbillons Part 2 ; also recommended a 2-part NAWCC article by Peyton Autry called The Lost Art of Breguet regarding Gene Clark but the ...  

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For the rapt reader here is an article from 1988 (Horological Times) regarding Gene Clark's # 7 tourbillon...anyone with even a glancing curiosity in American horology will find the article enjoyable even for a layman like myself. Readers are encouraged t...  

I am guessing the inspiration for Gene Clark's No. 7 tourbillon was Breguet No. 282, one of Breguet's first tourbillons if not the first. ...  

George Daniels' fans will remember Sam Bloomfield (1907-1979?), the owner of Breguet No. 282 prior to its entry into the Asprey collection, was the recipient of the third George Daniels tourbillon. ...  

Fans of mystery will note that in addition to Breguet No. 282 and the George Daniels No. 3 tourbillon it is rumored the " missing ", though probably not really missing per se, J. P. Morgan J. Player & Son watch was owned by Sam Bloomfield upon his dea...  

For the curious here is most likely the first published description of the J. Player & Sons watch mentioned earlier. ...  

In the case anyone is researching the J. Player & Son watch and wants all the bric-a-brac: the watch appeared on the covers of the August and September 1947 issues of the HIA Journal and then again for whatever reason on the covers of the September and Oc...