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9th Oct 2020, 11:31 pm | #21 |
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Re: SEC Clock Mechanism - Repair / Replacement
Ones I've seen were parked at midday.
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12th Oct 2020, 9:07 am | #22 |
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Re: SEC Clock Mechanism - Repair / Replacement
A little o/t but the clock in the tower of St Lukes, the "bombed out church" in Liverpool remained stuck at something like 3:30 for very many years after the church was bombed and the clock obviously stopped when fire reached it. Several years ago the clock was restored and now runs. It is the one case where I think that a stopped clock should remain that way. It was very poignant to see the clock permanently recording the time when the church was destroyed
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12th Oct 2020, 9:40 am | #23 |
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Re: SEC Clock Mechanism - Repair / Replacement
I have several clocks (electric and mechanical) where the dial has ghostly shadows of the hand positions where, presumably, it had stood dormant for many years.
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12th Oct 2020, 10:57 am | #24 |
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Re: SEC Clock Mechanism - Repair / Replacement
I believe Mallory's radium watch had the ghostly impression of the time burnt into the dial, when they finally found his last resting place.
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12th Oct 2020, 11:38 am | #25 |
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Re: SEC Clock Mechanism - Repair / Replacement
A clock at Old Trafford is stopped at four minutes past three, the time of the Munich air disaster.
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