August 2004 chapter 72 meeting in Sydney (contact can be made through the webmaster@aussieclocks.com )

The highlight of this meeting was the opportunity for members to tell about their first horological acquisition which set them on the path to appreciation and restoration of clocks and watches.  About 80 members and 3 visitors attended.

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Members queue up to tell their story Harry Hennessey remembers the day as a child when his mother bought this watch. Jim Baillie bought this clock when he was an apprentice for $85, now how long ago was that?
George Percival pulled this alarm clock apart when he was a child - gee how long ago was that? This was his first clock which had some unfortunate damage done in its life but since repaired Graham Mitchell bought this clock in 1980 whilst living in Malaysia.  Its of Chinese origin, made in Chefoo, now called Yantai. It has a solid Ansonia (continued)
type movement with stopwork but with a German box style case, probably 1920's.  Label with English commentary on the inside and Chinese label on the back which we have to get translated Carl Sona's Black Forest kit clock Jack Percival bought this for $5, but this picture is after restoration which was extensive
Doug Minty tells the tale of his first aquisitition Likewise Peter Ekins with this American cottage clock Lindsay Bramall has a family hand me down which was the first thing in the car when bushfires threatened
Michael Smith and his mini clock Lindsay Bramall is collecting 400 day clocks with Australian retailers names on the dials Three major companies but there must be more, so he is on the hunt - beware your clocks!