#clock making

[pepos-worlds-2510]

My son U-Jin. :]

[codex-archive]

LEGACY OF THE FORGE — Astronomical clock

In the High Middle Ages, commoners measured time by listening to the regular tolling of church bells and observing the sun's position in the sky. Though these methods were sufficient for maintaining the daily rhythm of human society, they became unsatisfactory for burghers and nobles eager for new technologies and greater precision. Significant advances in clockmaking can be traced to the late 13th and early 14th centuries in larger European cities such as Westminster, Nuremberg, Paris, Florence and Bruges. This period saw the emergence of the first tabletop clocks and more complex timekeeping mechanisms, which swiftly captivated courtly circles. Particular attention was soon drawn to the so-called orloj (astronomical clock) (from Latin horologium). By means of rotating celestial spheres, they showed not only the time but also the motion of the Sun, Moon and stars. Various types of astronomical clocks existed, distinguished by different arrangements of mechanical components. Among the best-known was the Italian type, consisting of a system of three concentric wheels with a small sphere in the centre representing Earth. This invention was constructed in 1364 by Master Giovanni de Dondi for the Palazzo del Capitano in Padua and was the main inspiration for KCD2. Beyond their practical function in city life, clocks were admired for their craftsmanship, ornamentation, sound and impressive size. They were usually installed on key municipal buildings, often town halls, to be visible to citizens, although few could actually read them. Although there is no astronomical clock in Kuttenberg today, records in the oldest surviving municipal ledger from 1375 point to one, located on the tower of the old town hall and mentioned in relation to repairs.

TRIVIA

— Although the astronomical clock in Kuttenberg has not survived, one of the oldest astronomical clocks in the world can still be found in Prague, where it was first recorded in 1410. It has been preserved for over 600 years, subject of many reconstructions and reparations; because according to a local legend, if the clock is neglected and remains non-operational, misfortune will befall Prague. Another legend features a man, Jan Růže, mistakenly believed to have constructed the Orloj in 1490. It is recounted that he was blinded on the order of Prague Councillors so that he could not repeat his work; in turn, he disabled the clock and no one was able to repair it for the next hundred years. However, the clock stopped working many times in the centuries after 1552, and was repaired many times. Along with repairs and reconstructions, the Orloj features ornaments added in later centuries, such as the four wooden figures flanking the clock on each side. They represent traits viewed negatively in medieval society: vanity, shown by a man admiring himself in a mirror; greed, represented by a miser holding a bag of gold; lust and worldly pleasures, depicted as a Turkish figure; and Death, portrayed as a skeleton. On the hour, the skeleton rings the bell and immediately all other figures shake their heads side to side, signifying their unreadiness "to go". As for Giovanni de Dondi, besides his technological marvels of engineering, there is another wonder (mistakenly) attributed to him. Later sources frequently credited Giovanni Dondi dell’Orologio with bringing the Padovana chicken breed from Poland to Italy. However, the ennobled "Marquis Dondi" was in fact Francesco Dondi from the 17th century, and Giovanni Dondi has no documented link to Poland.

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[bitletsanddrabbles]

That moment when you decide Julian Fellowes either has a secret interest in clock making or has a good friend who has researched the ever living hell out of the subject, if not taken it up as a hobby.

[green5quirrel]

Man.

Y'all.

If I thought the Grimm fandom was small the clock fandom is so much smaller.

Why am I so niche?

Is this what being in my 40's is gonna be like?

Man.

[nocturnal-stims]

Clock making stimboard for anon. Some clock facts: 

🕰️  England’s Salisbury Cathedral Clock is world’s oldest functioning clock, built in 1386.

🕰️  The NIST-F1 Cesium Fountain Clock is the world’s most accurate clock. Developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Colorado, the clock will run precisely on time for the next 20 million years.

🕰️   In October 1971, Joseph C. Hafele and Richard E. Keating tested the theory of relativity by flying four cesium-beam atomic clocks twice around the world east and west. When they compared them to the clocks at the United States Naval Observatory, the clocks were no longer in sync, indicating time dilation had occured.

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[nationalwatchclockmuseum]

The American Clock & Watch Museum (ACWM) in Bristol, CT has provided a temporary loan of an important orrery clock made by Zacharie-Nicholas-Amé-Joseph Raingo of France in the first quarter of the 19th century to the National Watch & Clock Museum. It is believed that only about 25 of these clocks were produced. Today, they can be found in important museum collections, including the Musée de l’Horlogerie, Besançon; the Royal Collection, Madrid; Glasgow Art Gallery the London Science Museum, and the British Royal Collection Trust.

[createforless]

Plants on a Pink Clock via A Beautiful Mess

[nationalwatchclockmuseum]

An 1870s “Blinking Eye” clock (case by Bradley & Hubbard and movement by Chauncey Jerome) 30-hour time only brass movement, spring motivated. "C. Jerome" stamped on movement.