March 19th with Dave Dungan

Disposing of your collection: Steps to a Sale

Dave will share his extensive experience in watch marketing and sales. He will be mentioning online sites, photograph tips, file sizes and organization, uploading images to online files, online research databases and websites, shipping and much more besides.

February 19th - a History of timekeeping from Mesopotamia to Sligo with Owen Duffy

ONE-DAY WORKSHOP in Dunsink Observatory

This one-day course should be useful for members who are beginners and enthusiasts. For more information contact horologyireland@gmail.com.

We are privileged to have a presentation by Keith Scobie-Youngs a renowned expert in the field of turret clocks. Keith graduated in Horology from the School of Jewellery and Silversmithing and worked at Public Clocks in London. He established the Cumbria Clock Company over thirty years ago. This has been highly successful and, with the assistance of other horologists, he maintains over 1,400 church and public clocks. Keith has worked on the clock at Salisbury Cathedral, the Astronomical Clock at Hampton Court Palace and the Westminster Clock, better known as Big Ben. He was sometime Master of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, is a Council Member of the Antiquarian Horological Society and also a Fellow of the British Horological Institute.

Mechanical music from musical watches to barrel organs and pianolas

This wide-ranging talk will demonstrate how clever machines produced beautiful music before the phonograph was invented.  It will also suggest the most satisfying types to acquire, depending on one’s budget. The speaker is David Boles, our very own renowned and distinguished collector and horologist. At the Spa Hotel, Lucan as usual. Below: a repeating watch signed Breguet & Fils.

Below is a 12 inch painted dial by William Ross of Cork

JULY Farmleigh weekend. A multi-speaker event with a trip for our members around Farmleigh House. Three short talks on Howard Grubb, Grubb’s Tower Clock in Farmleigh and the clocks of Farmleigh House.

JUNE ACTION: Approach DUNSINK June 18th 2-3.00PM

AGM and Auction

German Clockmakers in Ireland - a talk given by Killian Robinson