More Hours Spent on this than I would like to admit to, The very first Clock ever made by me and when serial numbered will be GJP No.001 just in case I ever live long enough to make more than 100 clocks. I started making it before I knew I should not be able to do it. Then it became increasingly apparent I was out of my depthing gauge, ha ha, Determination and plain old pigheadedness will make people do something they ordinarily could not, As time went on I learned enough to keep re-visiting the project till I actually finished it, then after being bagged out relentlessly by friends i just had to make the Chandelier pendulum, whilst it is a thing of functional beauty I would never make another, bleeding fingers, strained eyes and countless hours re-making items over and over again till it looked to scale worked correctly and weighed in correct. To make the clock go it had to weigh the same as the original pendulum so I left enough weight on the decorative base to hand file the shapes in till I got the correct weight, they are not that shape by accident., even the small brass balls around the perimeter are actually brass ball bearings drilled and screwed to the sides with BA screws, They had to be weighed and allowed for in the total weight of the pendulum. If you want the plans there are none, I did it all by sight rule of thumb and a photo stat tracing from the horolovar Guide..

Check out my Bikes, Clocks and Kerosene Lamp memorabilia, I made this to see if I could do it, It is just 6 1/4 inches tall, No CNC All hand filing, I am as shocked as anyone that it works but it proved my theory you don't have to be a clockmaker to make a clock, but does Making a Clock make you a Clock Maker, Jury is out on that one? I did not make the gears inside, but most old school clock makers also did not make their own gears, they bought kits or commissioned a wheel maker and made the movement plates and complications so I don't feel bad about that, I stole my gears from a Koma Miniature, my next project will include making everything. The Pendulum was a real triumph, what a pain in the butt to make. Just to give you some idea of the problems associated with making this. The small brass balls you see decorating the rim are actually brass ball bearings, each was put in a holder, drilled and then tapped, then screwed to the rim from the inside, have a go at doing one and I did about 9 in getting the method correct, it is Running and gaining 30 seconds a week, some fine tuning could perhaps get this to about 5 seconds a week if I am very lucky.