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