A Clock Affair

Well done to the whole team @ City of Cape Town for the award recieved on the City Hall Clock project. Was an absolute great experience working with them.

Dankie aan almal wat hierdie projek moontlik gemaak het, en n besonderse dankie aan my span wat saam met my gewerk het

Today Capetonians walking near City Hall would have heard something they have not heard in years - the bells of City Hall chiming again! Cape Town's 120-year-old City Hall clock and chime mechanism have now been fully restored! 🏛️🕰️👏 This is symbolic of our civic pride and our care for Cape Town. This is Capetonians' heritage! From clock maintenance, to permanent lighting of the historic front façade, and restoring the carillon bells, we are taking care of the Mother City’s precious City Hall.☀️🇿🇦 #CityOfHope

It's such a privilege working on this clock. It's one of the gallery clocks in The Grootte Kerk, Cape Town. The dial measures 50cm across, and it has a beautiful W&H movement. Two bushes done on the fusee and running great.

What an absolute pleasure working on this beautiful miniature English Lantern Clock. This is a very well documented clock that was part of the Brian Looms collection and now on my bench, a small Clockmaker in Cape Town - South Africa. Running beautifully, now on its way back to its owner in Windhoek, Namibia.

I think luck was on my side with this Hermle 351 030A. Checked all bushing multiple times, and none of them needed replacing. Cleaned up very nice and keeping very good time.

This one came out rather nice, just needed one bushing and running great.

Just love these Gustav Beckers, so well made and lasts a lifetime.

Bietjie agter die werksbank uitgeskuif en al die pad Williston in die Karoo toe om hierdie pragtige klok te diens. Baie dankie aan Dirk van Niekerk vir die help met die een en my geselskap wees vir die week.

What an incredible privilege to look after this public clock, weekly wound started today as well as preventative and annual maintenance. Thank you to everyone involved making this possible.

Never had one of these Japan style cases in. Absolutely fell in love with it. Wouldn’t mind getting my hands on one for my collection. No fancy work done here, just a proper clean in the ultrasonic and a couple of bushes.