BHI OPEN DAY SUNDAY 28th OCTOBER

BHI OPEN DAY SUNDAY 28th OCTOBER

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spyder dryver

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1,330 posts

223 months

Wednesday 24th October 2007
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The British Horological Institute is hosting an open day this Sunday at it's headquarters at UPTON HALL near SOUTHWELL, Nottinghamshire.
Informative guided tours are normally available, showing examples of timepieces through the ages, from wooden foliot balance clocks up to Atomic clocks and everything in between. They have examples of SHORTT free pendulum clocks that are accurate to a hundredth of a second a day,not bad for a mechanical device.
You can take your watches for appraisal by their experts. They can instantly measure the accuracy of your watch and issue a certificate.
The building is interesting in itself and has a fascinating history.
There are at least two ghosts in residence, apparently.
See website:
http://www.bhi.co.uk/show.htm
Geoff.



CmdrBond

709 posts

206 months

Thursday 25th October 2007
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Thanks for letting us know about this. I have the day off and live in Lincoln, so will take my watches down and have the experts take a look at them.