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| Mount Rainier Chapter 135 of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors (NAWCC) is a group of 25-30 individuals who share a common interest in horology, the art and science of timekeeping. Membership is comprised of individuals and couples who are interested in all aspects of collecting watches and clocks. This also includes history of watches and/or clocks repairing restoration and manufacturing clocks and watches. While membership is concentrated in the Tacoma to Seattle our members come from as far south as Olympia all the way to Bellingham or basically the entire Puget Sound Pacific Northwest region. Meetings are usually held in the afternoons of the first Saturday of each month, include spouses, and are (typically) held in member’s homes. Each meeting consists of a social hour (with refreshments), a brief business meeting, and a program. Programs may include discussions of horological topics from the technical to general interest items. At other times, a “Show & Tell” is held where members take turns showing items and briefly discussing them. At many meetings, a “Mart” is also held where members may bring items available for sale or trade. Chapter Officers
Saturday, August 6Dear Members and Friends, Our August meeting will be held on Saturday, August 6, at the home of Ernie Lopez in Poulsbo. (No, you didn’t miss the July meeting. As mentioned in a previous email, we have gone to a bi-monthly meeting schedule.) Ernie is calling this a Horological Housewarming in his new home in Poulsbo. This will be the first time in more than two decades that he has hosted a Chapter meeting. Attendees will be free to browse through the various (and extensive) collections at their leisure and enjoy social time together. Open house is from 11:30 to 3:00. A light lunch will be served. Please RSVP to this email by August 2nd so Ernie can plan food needs.
Jeff Grossman
secretary@nawcc135.org
Hybrid in-person / zoom meeting schedule 2022
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| January 8 |
“18th Century Watchmaker Robert Leslie”We were very fortunate to have as this month’s presenter, Rich Newman, a specialist in Colonial and Early American Horology. Rich is the recent past Chair of the NAWCC.His program was “Early American Watchmaker: Robert Leslie of Philadelphia…The Greatest American Watchmaker Ever Forgotten”. Rich gave some reasons as to why Leslie has been overlooked in the annals of American watchmaking: He was listed, in all documentation about this era, as a Scotsman. This turns out to be false. He was born in Maryland, but was later hounded out of Philadelphia by the watchmakers’ guild, left for London, and then returned to Philadelphia. In 1836, a fire at the U.S. Patent Office in Washington D.C. wiped out all Colonial-era patent records. There was no paper trail leading back to Leslie. It was believed, up until recently, that no examples of his patented clocks and watches had survived (also false.) Robert Leslie was self-taught and filed his first patent in 1789. He was, in fact, the first American to receive clock and watch patents from the U.S. government. He made clocks for both Thomas Jefferson and George Washington. by Rich Newman |
| February 8 |
“How I Started a Watch Company”Matt Zinski, founder of Typsim Watches (www.typsim.com), offers an insider's guide to starting a watch company from conceptual sketch to manufacturing and marketing to sales. Never before have the resources for designing and manufacturing a watch been more accessible than they are today. But even with the ubiquity of companies ready to help the process is filled with complex challenges and compelling opportunities, and in the case of Typsim Watches, some self-imposed. Come learn how Matt approached this process with his uncompromising design vision and eye for details. |
| March 5 |
“Wristwatch Show-And-Tell” Bring your newest/favorite/special/unique wristwatch to display/talk about/share with the group. Don’t have such a wristwatch? Bring a pocket watch! |
| April 2 |
Bob Pritzker, from Toronto, will present a program on
“Complications in Pocket and Wrist Watches.” Bob will describe various complications that can be found in both pocket and wrist watches and will show examples of some of the most complex and most expensive watches produced over time. We will see examples from the simplest addition of a date, to the most extreme with a perpetual calendar that reflects a nineteen-year lunar cycle. |
| May |
Pacific Northwest Regional 2022 May 13, 14, 15 (Public Days May 14, 15) Kitsap Conference Center 100 Washington Avenue Bremerton, WA 98337 |
| June 12 |
Multi Social Meeting Chapter 135, The Horological Society of Puget Sound, WWCA and the former nawcc chapter 121 and the former chapter 50 |
| July |
no meeting scheduled |
| August 6 |
home of Ernie Lopez |
September |
no meeting scheduled |
October |
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| November | no meeting scheduled |
| December |
“Holiday Party 2022” ? |
Links
National
Association
of Watch and
Clock Collectors
British Horological Institute
American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute
Chapter 31 Pacific Northwest
out of business Chapter 50 Puget Sound as of January 1, 2022
Chapter 53 Inland Empire
Washington Watchmakers - Clockmakers Association
British Horological Institute
American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute
Chapter 31 Pacific Northwest
out of business Chapter 50 Puget Sound as of January 1, 2022
Chapter 53 Inland Empire
Washington Watchmakers - Clockmakers Association
Zoom meeting schedule 2021
| January 10 | “chronographs made by the American Waltham Watch Company” by Jeff Grieff |
| January 24 | Prague Astronomical Clock by Bob Pritzker |
| February 7 | No meeting today due to Super Bowl Sunday |
| February 21 | Ernie Lopez, will present a program on the West Coast Clock and Watch Museum in Vista, CA |
| March 7 | Darrah Artzner, all the way from Houston, will present a program on Rockford 18-size movements |
| March 21 | Andy Dervan will be presenting a program on Simon Willard Patent Timepieces |
| April 4 | Easter Sunday – NO MEETING, to allow for holiday observance and family time |
| April 18 |
Gary Myers has a program on Morbier Clocks |
| May 2 |
Pat Holloway’s presentation is on Commemorative Watches and Ephemera |
| May 16 |
New member, Chris Wolle, has volunteered to speak on Illinois Watches |
| June 13 |
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| June 27 |
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| July 11 |
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| July 25 |
Tim Orr will be presenting “GPS for Beginners” |
| August 8 |
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| September 4 |
Andrew Baron on his restoration of the Maillardet automaton |
| October 2 |
Mr. Albert Zeller of RC TriTec, direct from Switzerland, which will cover the history of luminescent compounds used in watches and clocks and the gradual migration from radium to tritium to current technology |
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| December 5 |
“Holiday Party 2021” Sunday December 5th Mart: 9:00 am – Brunch: 10:45 am – Adjourn 1:30 pm La Quinta Inn 1425 East 27th Street, Tacoma, WA Program: Steve McGowan will present his 3-D printed horological creations including his latest tourbillon masterpiece |
