Charles in Aus.
Well-known Member
Full marks and hats off to the Smiths Company of old .
I rescued this Smiths Sectric clock from a university classroom some forty years ago , it wasn't running but it only took a little oil and tweaking to fix that . Since then it has kept faithful time almost constantly with the odd day off when the power was cut or the kitchen needed renovating.
A few weeks ago a strange unnerving little squeak was heard at intervals , it sounded like a little bird trapped and wanting help .
It was the clock of course , my own failing sense of hearing made it difficult to identify . It was calling out politely and patiently waiting for its forty year service .
I was twenty odd years old then and am now significantly older, yet I could still recognise the mechanism once it was dismantled and recall how I had been impressed by the way it had been made all those years ago.
An hour later , cleaned and oiled , hopefully to last another forty years it's now back in its place on the wall .
I rescued this Smiths Sectric clock from a university classroom some forty years ago , it wasn't running but it only took a little oil and tweaking to fix that . Since then it has kept faithful time almost constantly with the odd day off when the power was cut or the kitchen needed renovating.
A few weeks ago a strange unnerving little squeak was heard at intervals , it sounded like a little bird trapped and wanting help .
It was the clock of course , my own failing sense of hearing made it difficult to identify . It was calling out politely and patiently waiting for its forty year service .
I was twenty odd years old then and am now significantly older, yet I could still recognise the mechanism once it was dismantled and recall how I had been impressed by the way it had been made all those years ago.
An hour later , cleaned and oiled , hopefully to last another forty years it's now back in its place on the wall .