of the
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION of
WATCH & CLOCK COLLECTORS, Inc.
Since 1943
February 2007 Volume 49/1 Number 366

A Tower Clock by Charles Meyran of Pittsburgh, PA
   by Robert D. Psurny Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

MSF Time Transmitter to Close in 2007
   by David Boullin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

The Clocks of Central Europe—Part I
   by Philip Rasch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Notes on Dublin Watchmakers: Law & Son, Gordon & Fletcher, and the Arthur O’Neills
   by Killian Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Springtime in Lenzkirch
   by Douglas K. Stevenson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Does the Spring a Mechanical Make?
   by Ken Worley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Horologica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Obituaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Convention and Symposium Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Election Biographies for 2007 NAWCC Board of Directors and NEC . . . . . .60

NAWCC Member Code of Ethical Conduct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

The Answer Box edited by Doug Cowan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

Vox Temporis—Letters to the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

Wristwatches—The Watch of the Future, 4th Edition, Book Review
   by Bruce Shawkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Research Activities and News edited by Snowden Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

Chapter Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

2006 BULLETIN Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

NAWCC Staff and Committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128

Dates to Remember . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cover 3

About the Cover

Our front cover features an early nineteenth-century watch made for the Chinese market by Edouard Juvet of Switzerland—one of 150 items, mostly watches, that the National Watch and Clock Museum currently holds on loan from the Harris M. Fishbon Collection of the California Academy of Sciences. An Antiquorum auction catalog, Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, Pocket Watches,and Clocks—25-11-2006,  provides some historical background on the Chinese watch trade of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and on this maker: “The firm of Juvet, founded by Edouard Juvet (1820-1883) was the fourth of the great houses [of Fleurier, Switzerland] working for China and it quickly rose in importance. Edouard Juvet settled in Buttes in 1842, moving to Fleurier in 1844, and organized a sales house in Shanghai about 1856. Like the others [Fleurier watchmakers specializing in decorative watches for the Chinese market—Bovet, Vaucher, Borel, and Dimier & Cie] Juvet manufactured the caliber invented by Bovet and also had cases made by the artisans of Geneva.”

The cover watch is key wind with a brass movement, white porcelain dial, and a gilt silver case with a glass crystal bordered by rows of pearls. The enameled scene on the back cover shows four men, including a game hunter, riding an elephant, and a tiger attacking them. The auction catalog noted above states of China-trade watch quality, “we are struck by its remarkably high level of artistry and precision.” And continues to note that after this important high point in decorative watchmaking the art of decoration declined and eventually disappeared. It is certainly true that in the Museum watch gallery these beautiful enameled objects stand out like sparkling jewels, and the allure of this particular watch served it well in securing a well-deserved spot on this month’s cover.

Photography by Roger Huegel.