JOHN WILDING'S
8 DAY WALL CLOCK

John Wilding, a devoted horologist has produced a work of outstanding international interest. In this book he illustrated the...

I didn't manage to take any photos of cutting the frame plates from the parent stock. I achieved this on the milling machine, using a...

Using John's detailed description on marking out the anchor escapement (using the escape wheel in the process), the steel blank was cut...

I elected to deviate from John Wilding's lead pendulum bob (to avoid the casting and spinning process), and instead made it from solid...

I elected to fabricate the weight from an offcut of marine bronze, rather than the mild steel specified by Wilding.

Machining the arbours was simple enough, using the collet chuck in the lathe, so I didn't end up taking any photos of that. But some of...

I still need to complete the dial of the John Wilding 8 Day Wall Clock (I plan to use the Clickspring photo etching process), but my...