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Hello people - I'm Nick and I live in North Yorkshire. I've always had an interest in timekeeping and horology but never as a hobbyist or as an enthusiast. I started a very small collection of pocket watches (American Elgin & Waltham) earlier in the year and also a small collection of mantel clocks, primarily Smiths. I've taken the plunge into basic repair/mantenance of the mantel clocks as I don't have the equipment to mess around with the tiny components in pocket watches.

I've been lurking on the forums for a few months and have gleaned a lof of fascinating and useful information from forum members.

Very keen to learn new skills to enable me to repair/restore my growing collection of clocks.

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Many thanks for the welcomes 😊.

I've got 4 Smiths mantel clocks and 3 pocket watches. A small collection but have only just taken the plunge with collecting at the beginning of the year after losing my dad. 

Here's some photos with basic info of what I currently own 😊

Photo 1 - Smiths Guildford 8 day Westminster floating balance, about 1962. My best runner.

Photo 2 - Smiths 8 day strike (forgot the name), pendulum, about 1952 ish. Runs really well.

Photo 3 - Smiths 8 day Westminster, mid to late 1950s. Works fine except the chimes are currently well out of sync.

Photo 4 - Smiths Lisbon floating balance 8 day Westminster, early 1960s. Runs too fast and chimes/strikes erratic (one to fix with a donor floating balance unit currently in the post)

Photo 5 - 1932 Waltham 16s full hunter in Dennison case & 17j P.S Bartlett grade 1908 movement. Excellent runner.

Photo 6 - 1897 Waltham 16s grade 1888 open face with 7j. Runs but stops; think it just needs a clean and service, the balance looks good.

Photo 7 - 1919 Elgin grade 463 open face 3/0S 7j. Fantastic little runner.

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