Chris is back from the British Horological Institute, where he spent a week working on watch movements. He and Jon chat about his time in the UK, the unique things he saw, and the incredible people he met along the way.
- BHI Short Courses Short watch & clock making courses offered by the British Horological Institute
- John Murphy Official website of John Murphy (FBHI, Cert. Ed., WOSTEP) who trained Chris at the British Horological Institute
- ETA 6497
- ETA 2824
- Incabloc A cross-section of Incabloc’s anti-shock system, designed to protect delicate pivots in mechanical watches
- Hamilton 992
- Upton Village The small, English village that Chris called home for much of the time between this episode & last
- Upton Hall Headquarters of the British Horological Institute
- Museum of Timekeeping The BHI museum at Upton Hall
- Santa Fe Symposium An annual conference for professionals in jewellery & related industries
- Museum of the jewellery quarter A perfectly preserved workshop in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter.
- Birmingham, UK
- Frank Cooper Senior lecturer at Birmingham City University’s School of Jewellery
- David Fletcher A brief introduction to 3D printing in precious metal, from David Fletcher of Cooksongold
- Cooksongold A pioneer in additive manufacturing & one of the UK’s leading suppliers to the jewellery trade
- Rio Grande Akin to Cooksongold, Rio Grande is of the USA’s leading suppliers to the jewellery trade
- 3D Printed Watch Case Michiel Holthinrichs’ watch cases for the Ornament 1 are 3D printed by Cooksongold
- Struthers London Struthers London began making timepieces from antique, English made calibers, before branching off into creating their in-house Project 248 caliber
- Deakin & Francis Located in the same building as the Struthers, this high end cufflink maker is England’s oldest family jeweller
- Yard-O-Led One of the Struthers’ newest neighbors is high end penmaker, Yard-O-Led, who we spoke about back in Episode 1 of Off Hours
- British Museum
- Bonhams Clock Exhibit A historic clock exhibit, entitled Innovation & Collaboration, hosted by Bonhams in London
- Innovation & Collaboration Book Direct link to the catalogue of the Bonhams exhibit
- @thewatchnerd Mat, the #watchnerd, on Twitter
- The #watchnerd Blog
- Chris Mann Chris Mann, founder of Time 4A Pint, on Twitter
- Time 4A Pint Official website for Time 4A Pint
- A Mechanician Seth Kennedy, on Twitter
- Seth Kennedy Talented restorer of fine timepieces & professional, antiquarian horologist, based in London
- The Joy of Tangents Episode 19 of Time 4A Pint, with Mat a.k.a. The Watchnerd
- English Pocket Watches Episode 41 of Time 4A Pint, with Seth Kennedy
- Refounding Fears Watches Episode 44 of Time 4A Pint, with Fears Watch founder, Nicholas Bowman-Scargill
- Omega 2211 An Omega caliber based on the ETA 6498, with alternative bridge layout
- Sea-Gull ST36 An Asian take on the ETA 6498, with yet another variation on the bridge layout