The October 2003 Chapter 168 meeting covered the history of Kieninger

We were privileged at our April 2004 Chapter meeting to be visited by Chris Schouten from Holland. Eighty members and 3 guests attended. Chris learned his clock repair skills in Australia, achieving Apprentice of the Year Award some years ago. He went to Holland (where his family originated) to set up a business restoring clocks. Chris is a member of NAWCC and has become one of the premier restorers of antique clocks in Europe. He gave an interesting talk on some of the high grade clocks and unusual clocks with which he had worked, illustrated by pictures he had taken during the restoration process. Chris concentrates on pre-1830 examples and has worked on clocks as early as 1550. With the records he has kept, he has developed a large store of information not available elsewhere. Chris was warmly thanked for sharing his knowledge with our Chapter and generously spent his time answering questions from the members.

We were privileged at our April 2004 Chapter meeting to be visited by Chris Schouten from Holland. Eighty members and 3 guests attended. Chris learned his clock repair skills in Australia, achieving Apprentice of the Year Award some years ago. He went to Holland (where his family originated) to set up a business restoring clocks. Chris is a member of NAWCC and has become one of the premier restorers of antique clocks in Europe. He gave an interesting talk on some of the high grade clocks and unusual clocks with which he had worked, illustrated by pictures he had taken during the restoration process. Chris concentrates on pre-1830 examples and has worked on clocks as early as 1550. With the records he has kept, he has developed a large store of information not available elsewhere. Chris was warmly thanked for sharing his knowledge with our Chapter and generously spent his time answering questions from the members.
	Chris emphasized the importance of keeping records of each clock, even the more modern ones you may work with.	Chris Schouten (left)catches up with Les Cox	Kerry Siegal and David Dunstan
	Chris Schouten going over Jim Baillie's Dutch stoelclock, looking for originality and estimating its date	Side view of the stoelclock	There's always a mart at our meetings with John Garske bringing lots of items for sale. Members are always looking for bargains or parts they need
	Lindsay Bramall shows a Gustav Becker skeleton 400 day clock	Lindsay unveiled his latest project – a miniature “Gustav Becker 400 day skeleton” clock with disc pendulum and marble base	Made from a midget movement wheels and barrels, with new plates and dial in the GB skeleton mode
	What will he get up to next?	Howard Bate inspects some 400 day clocks on display	Lindsay also brought along a wall 400 day clock in the German box regulator style: these are quite uncommon
	Jack Percival showed us a restored Ansonia visible escapement mantel clock with iron case which had been in very poor condition. He demonstrated his techniques for making the metal back doors and bezel glass for this clock	Whilst reading the February 2004 Bulletin, Jack Percival was excited to see one of his Elgin watch types presented in the Railroader’s Corner article on wind indicators	He brought it along for us to inspect and tell us how he came to acquire it