Great deal on some awesome military and chronometer books !

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Hello everyone


The AWCI is having a membership drive …

for 200$ you get a two year membership PLUS AS A GIFT YOU GET THESE 6 books. OUT OF THE six I own two and the cost of those two ads up to 199 $ plus shipping. ! The Marine Chronometer and Military Timepieces and essential for any military or Marine chronometer collector bookshelf !

You need to email or call to get this deal !

it’s a deal !

good hunting
Bill


We want YOU for AWCI!



We want YOU as a member with AWCI, and we're now offering a great opportunity to become one!



The AWCI Board of Directors during its annual board meeting September 30 approved an initiative to draw new or former AWCI members into the fold and grow the membership base.



“Our new membership drive has started, and we want you to be a part of it. AWCI is the premier organization dedicated to the horological arts, and is essential toward keeping the art alive,” read a statement from the AWCI Board of Directors. “As a member, you’d be participating in keeping it alive, but also gain access to the many benefits offered our members. Some say horology and its practitioners are dying, but the art and science of horology is gaining worldwide popularity as independent makers grow and the brands increase output. The need for professional clockmakers and watchmakers is growing rapidly, and we are dedicated to advancing the industry through outreach and education. We need your participation to accomplish this.”



The new membership drive consists of offering those who have never been a member of AWCI before, or those who may have let their membership lapse on or before December 31, 2020, to receive a two-year membership at the introductory price of $200, in addition to a welcome packet that would include – while supplies last – a welcome gift of the following six books published by AWCI:



-- The Museum of the American Watchmakers Institute, by Henry Fried

-- Watch and Clock Information Please, by W.H. Samelius

-- How to Build a Regulator Clock, by J.M.Huckabee

-- Military Timepieces, by Marvin E. Whitney

-- The Best of J.E. Coleman, Watchmaker, by J.E. Coleman

-- The Ship’s Chronometer, by Marvin E. Whitney



“We have members at all levels of skill and interest, and regardless of your level of interest, there’s something for you, and you will help grow the next generation of horologists,” concluded the statement from the AWCI Board of Directors.



From an expanded curriculum of watch and clock courses, to CW21 certification, to our annual Fall Symposium, Build a Watch courses on the Archie Perkins Mobile Horology Classroom, our award winning Horological Times magazine and more, AWCI has been revitalized and is carrying a lot of momentum into 2024, and we want YOU to be part of it all!



The 2024 AWCI new membership drive runs through the end of January 2024. Anyone with questions regarding their AWCI membership renewal, or in joining AWCI, can contact AWCI Office Manager James Sprague at 513-367-9800, ext. 303, or via email at [email protected]

 
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Too bad I already have most of those books. Some of the information in them feels dated.

Probably should re-join AWCI and NAWCC. I really did enjoy the BHI stuff as well. Problem is all these fees add up. Much of the information is now available online.

Social sites like this one have replaced the need for the chapter meetings and are much more inclusive. The marts were nice, although those tended to favor the dealers. You tube has replaced the amateur lectures. The curious thing is nowadays much of the information gets back checked outside the regional bubbles. When I look back and flip through the old journals there is a lot of dogma, the younger folk simply have no tolerance for.

I did enjoy the weekend phone chats, although things seem to come up what makes them hard to attend. The mix of timezones makes for real time conversation problematic.

What these old groups may need to consider is to find a way to distribute spare watch parts. Focus more on training and instruction. Embrace the low end and sustainable re use of the materials out there. There are at least 8 billion watches in this world. So there will never be a shortage of stuff to work with.

Or a way to create a way to index and move parts from estates and material houses. I wonder what happened to all the stuff S. La Rose used to sell?

Perhaps there should be more traveling workshops. Into areas what do not have a lot of coverage. Many places here have 'Maker Spaces.' what have some pretty nice equipment. These spaces often have classrooms.
 
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I highly recommend joining if you have any interest in working on your own pieces. Lots of great resources! The online library and watch movement material sheets is pure gold.
 
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I highly recommend joining if you have any interest in working on your own pieces. Lots of great resources! The online library and watch movement material sheets is pure gold.
Thanks phil ! I forgot about the online archive ! I needed a material sheet for a VZSS and they had it !

it’s a no brainer ….

good hunting

bill
 
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Hello again

basically if your looking for the military timepeices and the Ships chronometer book.. .this is a no brainer deal ....