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Just some of the events.

CRAFT CONTEST
Schedule FRIDAY: 12-5 PM SATURDAY: 9AM-4PM

FRIDAY LIVE AUCTION
ARENA LOBBY RIGHT
Receive entries 1-4 pm
Viewing/Registration 6-7 pm
Live Auction 7-10pm

FRIDAY WORKSHOPS
ARENA CONFERENCE ROOM
1-2pm
Workshop #1, Dave Gorrell
2:30-3:30pm
Workshop #2, Sam Gradel
4-5pm
Workshop #3, TBD

SATURDAY WORKSHOPS
ARENA CONFERENCE ROOM
10:00 am -11:00 am Re-bronzing, Nes Ball
11:30 am – 12:30 pm Glass Cutting, Rick Robinson
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Workshop #3, Dave Gorrell

JOINT CHAPTER MEETING
FRIDAY 12-1 PM
ARENA LOBBY RIGHT                                  

ANNUAL MEMBER MEETING
SATURDAY 8-9 AM
ARENA LOBBY RIGHT

ATURDAY LECTURES
ARENA LOBBY RIGHT

9 am “Splats and Stars;
An attempt to track down the clock splat carver or carvers.”
Mick Marhevka
Sponsor: Horological Art Chapter

10:30 am “Total Immersion:  Living the Life of a Horological Apprentice in 17th-, 18th-, and 19th- Century London”
Kristen Leith & Andrew Cantor

1 pm “The Birth and Evolution of the Carriage Clock”
Greg Cook
Sponsor: International Carriage Clock Chapter

2:30 pm “Electric Clocks and Controlling Contact Sparking“
James Meechie
Sponsor: Electrical Horology Society

FRIDAY LECTURES
VERANDA A

2 pm “Emerging Trends in Wristwatch Collecting”
James Lamdin
Sponsor: Analog Shift

3 pm “We Have Always Been Here: The Unsung Heroines of Watchmaking”
Rhonda Riche

4 pm “Wooden Clockmaking in the 18th Century”
Tom Vaughn
Sponsor: Cog Counters Chapter

SATURDAY LECTURES
VERANDA A

1 pm “Watch Dial Manufacturing”
Lewis Heath
Sponsor: anOrdain

2pm PANEL DISCUSSION “Future of Watch Making and Collecting”
Roger Smith
Rowland Murphy
James Lamdin
John Cote

OLD TIMERS AND FELLOWS LUNCHEON
VERANDA B
11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Presentation: “Stories of York County Clockmakers”
Stephen Smith

MUSEUM AUDITORIUM
10:30 AM LECTURE
“The Inventive Genius of John Harrison”
Dr. John Taylor
Sponsor: British Horology Chapter

MUSEUM AUDITORIUM
11:30 AM LECTURE
“From Man to Machine: The Winding of the Great Clock at Westminster”
Keith Scobie-Youngs, FBHI, ACR
Sponsor: Tower and Street Clock Chapter

MUSEUM AUDITORIUM
1:00 PM LECTURE “Bulova: A 150-Year Legacy”
Carl Rosen
Sponsor: Bulova

MUSEUM AUDITORIUM
2:00 PM LECTURE “Reconstruction of a Harrison Regulator”
Guest Speaker

GALLERY WALKTHROUGH
3 PM Walkthrough of New Galleries and Special Exhibits.


BANQUET
 Saturday, June 21 5:30–9:00 PM
Wyndham Garden Inn Ballroom of the Roses
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Roger Smith, OBE
Social Hour: 5:30-6:30 PM
Entry Requires Banquet Ticket
 
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