Well, this is my first post to a new Blog -

Inspired by adventures in watchmaking - I thought I'd document my progress as a newbie to the world of Horology, pocket watches and things that go tick. I've absolutely no formal background in horology and therefore can't really offer sage advice to the newcomer, but instead I hope to offer encouragement to continue in this fascinating world and to share the successes, experiments and failures in my journey.

This initial post is really a bit of an experiment to see if I can get blogger up and running and then I can see what else I can do - Please feel free to contact me via the blog, offer encouragement and supportive criticism.

My first pocket watch.

My original inspiration was an 1880 Coventry Fusee watch see above, which is still in pieces ! I now have a collection of 60 or so watches in a variety of states working and non-working to keep me busy.