Jan 6th
30 hr longcases – differences between Northern ∓ Southern movements – by David Rawlins
The talk will be preceded by a very brief AGM
Meeting held virtually
Feb 3rd
The BHI – At the Core of British Horology, Past, Present & Future – Justin Koullapis
The speaker will be Justin Koullapis, The Technical Editor of The Horological Journal and Board Member of the BHI.
Meeting held virtually
March 3rd
An Early Scottish Maker of Lantern Clocks – Lyndsay McGill
Lyndsay is the Curator, Renaissance and Early Modern History in the Scottish History and Archaeology Department of The National Museum of Scotland and she will present her talk given to BHI Scotland in December 2020. Following her short talk and any questions, there will be a Bring & Discuss session on Lantern Clocks generally.
Meeting held virtually
April 7th
‘The clock auction market – an update’ – Richard Fox
Richard is a freelance independent reporter and writer on sales of watches, clocks and related horological items by leading auction houses. His work includes writing monthly auction report articles for The Horological Journal and for Timepiece (the British Watch & Clock Makers’ Guild’s member publication). He is also a part-time volunteer at the Museum of Timekeeping and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Meeting held virtually
May 5th
‘Precision Clocks & Regulators’ – Colin Fergusson
Colin Fergusson MBHI is the Chairman of the Leicester Branch of the BHI and Assistant Technical Editor of The Horological Journal.became interested in horology.
Meeting held virtually
June 2nd
New recruits and the argument for conservatism in clock repair – Jon Butt
Jon co-authored the recently published book on How to Repair Pendulum Clocks and his talk to the Club on clock repairing will include discussing the merits of a such a book; what’s different about the book; and what’s the book’s underlying philosophy.
Meeting held virtually
July 7th
Clocks from another World – Japanese Clocks 1549-1872 – Ashley
Strachan Ashley started working life as a mechanical design engineer specialising in ultra-high precision engineering. Thereafter, he worked in the world of business management, but he still retained an interest in things mechanical and became interested in horology, including Japanese clocks. He has served on the Board of Directors of the BHI and as Chairman of the BHI Museum Trust.
Meeting held virtually
August 4th
Meeting cancelled due to a technical glitch with the virtual meeting software
Sept 1st
The Art & History of the Painted Grandfather Clock Dial – Hugh Cockwill
Meeting held virtually
October 6th
About Time: A history of civilisation in twelve clocks – David Rooney
David Rooney, formerly lead curator on the Mathematics gallery at the Science Museum, will give us a talk based on his newly published book of the same title. the book reveals why civilisations make clocks and how the story of timing is the story of us.
Meeting held virtually
November 3rd
Meeting in person cancelled due to speaker becoming unavailable on the day
December 1st
AGM (20 minutes only) followed by a meeting
Meeting held virtually