About me

I started my working life as an electromechanical engineer, then gained further knowledge of very specific programming for the telecoms industry and picked up a small amount of basic electronics knowledge in recent times. Along the way I gained a recognised diploma in Antique Clock restoration and conservation. In 2011 I discovered electric clocks and slave clocks and these have been my main interest over the years.

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I specialise in Ferranti and Vitascope (its got a Ferranti mechanism in it) repair because I like them and also have a good selection of spares and I know exactly what they should look like. Writing my book on Ferranti helped me gain a massive amount of knowledge about the company and it’s products.

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This is work that I carry out in my time that I’m not in my main job and so things take a little longer, including answering emails. But my aim is to keep every Ferranti clock running and keep all the slave clocks working with their original mechanism and not be converted to a quartz mechanism (which I don’t do).

I generally don’t work on other types of Synchronous electric clocks, like Smith’s, Temco etc as I don’t enjoy them and don’t have enough spares. There are other people in the UK who do work on those clocks.

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I’m based in St Neots, Cambridgeshire.

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