Around 80 members and guests enjoyed a full program at Chapter 72's meeting in June 2004

  • Roger Little, president of the Canberra chapter 182 talked about his recent trip to Switzerland to attend a refresher course in turning. 

  • Roger also invited the group to attend the September Regional in Canberra, hosted by Chapter 182.

  • Doug Minty went through a number of slides of a private collection of Patek Philippe watches

  • Keith Potter from the Powerhouse museum discussed the processes for conservation

  • Lindsay Bramall whimsically pondered the transit of the planet Venus and an immobile acrobat clock

  • Peter Short produced a Junghans chimer which didn't seem to have a chime correction

  • Carl Sona told us about a Movado watch/clock he had long desired turned up

  • Noel Lipscombe, our treasurer showed a staking tool he had made

  • and much more
Michael Smith (left), chapter 72 President introduces Roger Little Keith Potter talks about conservation and restoration from a Museum's point of view Noel Lipscombe talks about the large staking tool he had just completed
Peter Short has a Junghans chiming clock which doesn't appear to have a self correcting mechanism Here's the back view of the Junghans Front view - Can anybody explain the correction method on this clock
Lindsday Bramall has an Acrobat clock missing the mechanism to drive the little man Can anybode help him with some drawings or pictures? He has a spare similar movement but not out of this type of clock
Noel's contraption Raffle tickets going like hot cakes David Churchill looks on as a happy David Dunstan walks away with the raffle prize