Does anybody on here know anything about clocks? We've inhereted one from my wife's grandfather. It's a Hermle clock, but short of that I don’t know much else about it. He was stationed in Germany during the war and brought it back with him. Any help would be appreciated.
We had one on here but he's gone off to support Sunderland now, lives down under, has a child bride, gives out steak knives as prizes and makes clocks. Can't think of his name though.
**** me, I've just googled that. A Gooch to me was a batsman scoring 333 innings or perhaps a reasonable chap growing an impressive mustache. I'm ****ing scarred now. That is something I don't need to know. I didn't even know that part of me had a name.
I inherited a carriage clock which was bust but had sentimental value. This fella did a good job for me, The Clockworks, Station Rd, Didcot OX11 7NS, 01235 211732. He's a one-ish man band but a true clock craftsman. The refurbish cost was more than the clock was worth but that's the price of labour these days.
When I had my 1st CA a few years back the cardiologist, top bloke spotted what others hadn’t, told me I needed referring “to a Gooch Specialist in Cheshire”. The nurse & echo-cardiograph Tech smirked everytime he said it. I remained clueless until my appointment with the Grown Up Congenital Heart (GUCH) Specialist. I referred myself to Google when told by the receptionist, after announcing “I’m here for the GUCH Specialist”, that they don’t use that acronym anymore as it has a different meaning. You live & learn Ern.
Possibly the most exciting thread title ever. Hermle are not a particularly old clock company and continue to exist today. The company was founded in 1922, supplying movements to Keinzle (another well known extant German clock company). Hermle continue today to make movements that other companies purchase and then case and sell. The company also goes by the name FHS (Franz Hermle & Soehne). Why do I know this? Because, naturally, I have a copy of Clock & Watch Trademark Index of European Origin by Kochmann - as any respectable normal person would have in their home library. Of course, nowadays, with the world interweb pan global net at one's fingertips, much information is also available on the line, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermle_Clocks Another site that you might look at or indeed join and ask a question is the forum at the NAWCC. Here is one thread about Hermle: https://mb.nawcc.org/threads/fhs-hermle-circa-1970.25596/#post-173229 And here is another good starting point: https://timelyandtimeless.com/blogs/blog/ten-things-you-need-to-know-about-franz-hermle-clocks AND LASTLY: Why not contact the company directly with photos of the clock and its movement - clock companies usually are very happy to provide you with information: https://www.hermle-clocks.com/info/kontakt.html
I think TigerRoo was trying to corner the market in Atomic Clocks. We all thought the 'Roo bit was summat to do with Kanga - Roo cos he resided in Oz. I think it relates to Roo - ster simply because he was always chirping/crowing on about his clocks ! I found him amusing. As a slight aside I thought this was a brilliant number early doors...
