HOROLOGY

FOUR GENERATIONS OF WATCHCASE MAKING
( 75 mins. )
A PROFILE OF MARTIN MATTHEWS

A 75 minute Video of historical facts and step by step stages in the construction of a traditional period watchcase.

The South Eastern Section of the Antiquarian Horological Society ( U.K. ) had the inspiration for this video and provided the initial support for its filming as their Millennium Project. While preserving an ancient craft for posterity, this Video, made in October 1999, has already received International acclaim, 500 copies sold across the world.

MARTIN MATTHEWS

Martin, known internationally, is one of our most important contemporary Horologists. He is the fourth generation of a Clerkenwell London family of watchcase makers whose remarkable skill, patience and expertise turns a sheet of silver into an elegant watchcase before your very eyes!
His gentle manner and sense of humour come through with his detailed commentary as he works on his antique tools passed down through the generations, some of which are listed below.

Bow Lathe ( circa 1750 )
Holtzapffel Treadle Lathe ( circa 1815 )
Rose Engine and Straight Line Engine turning
Tube making using Drawbench ( 18th Century )
Boxwood chucking of precious metals