Antiquarian Horological Society

The Society's 2012 AGM and one-day conference will be held on Saturday 12 May, 2012, in The Muller Lecture Theatre, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich London, SE10 9NF.

The theme this year will be Dutch horology and it is hoped we will be hosting a number of members from the Dutch Section of the Society. Provisional details are here.

More detailed information will appear in the March 2012 issue of Antiquarian Horology and will be made available here at that time.

The 2010 full day event and AGM was held on 29 May 2010 at The Muller Lecture Theatre, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.

We were pleased to welcome members of our sister organisation from Germany, the German Society for Horology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chronometrie). Two of the lectures were kindly given by their members.

The morning session's opening address was by our President, Sir Arnold Wolfendale.
The first lecture was 'An Early German Turret Clock' by Klaus Schlaefer.
The second morning lecture was 'The German Longcase Clock' by Ian Fowler.

After lunch the business of the AGM was conducted, followed by the third lecture,
'The Harrison Pendulum Clock No.2' by Andrew King.

The afternoon was rounded off by the draw for the raffle.

The 2009 full day event and AGM was held on 16 May 2009 at Baden Powell House, West London.

The morning session's opening address was by our President, Sir Arnold Wolfendale, entitled ‘Galileo Galilei and the Year of Astronomy’.

The first lecture was ‘Making History, The Work of a Contemporary Sundial Maker’ by Lady Joanna White.

After lunch the business of the AGM was conducted, followed by the second lecture: ‘Not a Bad Timekeeper, The English Lantern Clock in the Seventeenth Century’: Sir George White.

The afternoon was rounded off by the draw for the raffle