Annual Willard House Workshop and Luncheon

Saturday, May 18, 2024
Willard House & Clock Museum

11 Willard Street, North Grafton, MA  01536
(508)-839-3500
https://willardhouse.org/

Join us for the May Workshop that will be at the Willard House & Clock Museum in North Grafton, MA.  This is our annual workshop day, so there will be no silent auction or mart. There will be a show and tell, so bring your favorite item.  There will be a luncheon and plenty of horological shop talk with other members. The day also features tours of the Willard House & Clock Museum.

  9:15 a.m.  Registration & Refreshments.

  9:45 a.m.  General introductions.

10:00 a.m.  Chris Carey - “Nemo enim fere saltat sobrius, nisi forte insanity”

                                          "For almost no one dances sober, unless he happens to be mad.”

For those insane members who have seen “Ab Ovo Usque Ad Mala” but have been disappointed that we did not quite reach the apple, Chris will discuss changing a friction balance staff in a Waltham Model 1899/1908, a model that he has been going on and on about for the last several years. 

In the process of replacing the balance staff Chris will talk about truing the balance with truing calipers, adjusting the end-shake, using the pivot lathe, handling the hairspring, and putting the watch in beat.

11:00 am.  Rich Pompeo -  "Henry Abbott and his invention, the Calculagraph."

This machine conquered the need for keeping track and printing elapsed time easily and accurately for business. His most prominent customer was American Telephone and Telegraph who utilized these machines for keeping track of a long-distance phone call’s elapsed time.

Rich will bring the first Calculagraph that Abbott built in 1888 as well as several transitional models and literature for folks to look at as well as a small slide show.

Following Rich Pompeo's presentation, Attendees may "Show and Tell" so bring your favorite clock or watch.

12:15 p.m.  Buggy Whip Box Lunch

1:00 p.m.  Robert Cheney - Musings from the Willard House

2:15 p.m.  Tour Willard House & Clock Museum !!

Register Here

Chapter 8 members should login to register for this event and be prepared to include their NAWCC member number when registering.  To Login, click the Member Login button on the left panel.  If you have misplaced or forgotten you login credentials, press the

 Member LoginForgot My Username/Password button.