In total he and his wife cornelia have.
Solar time clock de fossard.
The solar time clock is the creation of british clockmaker george de fossard fbhi who has spent more than three years building the elaborate timepiece which comprises of over 750 hand made parts.
I have blogged three years ago about the project and after about 5000 hours of work.
The world of clocks and watches isn t only re bushing and oil we sometimes are allowed out of our workshops to attend events.
This needs a bit of an explanation the clock will show gmt on the left dial and have a second dial on the right that shows the day length depending on your latitude that can be adjusted and the solar time depending on your longitude which can also be adjusted.
We are re locating to germany and will soon be operating from new workshops in the einbeck area of lower saxony.
With over 750 hand made parts and taking more than 5000 man hours to produce this is the world famous de fossard solar time clock.
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Its design is rather futuristic almost timeless and the same can be said of the mechanics but rather than reaching into the future like the design they go back to the heyday of clockmaking.
The de fossard clock company specialises in the design and manufacture of the finest quality handmade clock movements and cases.
This tuesday i was privileged enough to be invited to the launch of the solar time clock made by george and cornelia de fossard at the clockworks in london hosted by dr.
Our unique solar time clock designed and handmade in house by de fossard clocks can be set to display its solar information for almost any given longitude.
The de fossard solar time clock isn t so much a clock but a time telling sculpture because it unites the past present and future in a single object.
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F or the past three years george de fossard has been travelling from his home in wiltshire to his workshop in frome to work on the solar time clock.
A truly unique and one off piece this is the first mechanical clock in the world which can be adjusted for longitude and latitude.
Produced almost entirely in house and by hand these clocks represent the very highest standards of horological craftsmanship and innovation.