July 2009

 

Recent visitors to our website may have noticed something new. We have recently opened up a newsfeed using Twitter. Yes, I know it’s something you  might normally associate more with your teenage children than with horology, but we believe it could be something of a boon to the horological world.

So what is Twitter, I hear you ask, and how does it work? Well, it allows us to send out regular news updates on goings-on in the horological world: clock fairs, horological auctions, exhibitions etc. Anyone can then subscribe to (or become a ‘follower’) of the newsfeed, meaning that they will then receive the updates either on their computer or on their mobile phone. Can you think of a better way of keeping informed, on a day-to-day basis, of what’s going on? I can’t.

If you are interested (and I hope many of our readers will be) all you need to do is go to our website, find the Twitter box, click on the bit where it says ‘Sign up with us here…’ and follow the instructions. You will never look back!

Our new Beginner’s Guide to Pocket Watches is selling well. People seem to like the format as well as the subject matter. It is slightly dearer (though still cheap at the price!) than the Beginner’s Guide to Clock Repair, but is of better quality and has more pages. We are planning for the future to have a whole series of these beginners guides covering topics of special interest to our readers. If there is any topic you feel we could usefully produce a beginner’s guide about why not let us know by letter, email or telephone.

Finally (next week, as I write), we will be attending the BHI summer show. By the time you read this it will be over, but I hope some of you will have visited Upton Hall and will have said hello to us there.

John Hunter, Editor

Recent visitors to our website may have noticed something new. We have recently opened up a newsfeed using Twitter. Yes, I know it’s something you  might normally associate more with your teenage children than with horology, but we believe it could be something of a boon to the horological world.So what is Twitter, I hear you ask, and how does it work? Well, it allows us to send out regular news updates on goings-on in the horological world: clock fairs, horological auctions, exhibitions etc. Anyone can then subscribe to (or become a ‘follower’) of the newsfeed, meaning that they will then receive the updates either on their computer or on their mobile phone. Can you think of a better way of keeping informed, on a day-to-day basis, of what’s going on? I can’t.If you are interested (and I hope many of our readers will be) all you need to do is go to our website, find the Twitter box, click on the bit where it says ‘Sign up with us here…’ and follow the instructions. You will never look back!Our new Beginner’s Guide to Pocket Watches is selling well. People seem to like the format as well as the subject matter. It is slightly dearer (though still cheap at the price!) than the Beginner’s Guide to Clock Repair, but is of better quality and has more pages. We are planning for the future to have a whole series of these beginners guides covering topics of special interest to our readers. If there is any topic you feel we could usefully produce a beginner’s guide about why not let us know by letter, email or telephone.Finally (next week, as I write), we will be attending the BHI summer show. By the time you read this it will be over, but I hope some of you will have visited Upton Hall and will have said hello to us there.
John Hunter, Editor

 

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