Program #2 - Following Business Meeting

Civil War Provenance Watches
Presenter: Dr. Clint Geller
A Live Presentation via Zoom

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Morning Program - 11:15 a.m.

Recap: Horological Treasures of Great Britain
Presenters: Jim Girard, Owen Greulich and Stan Palen
The NAWCC 2026 Ward Francillon Time Symposium was held in in England on May 3 - 10 of this year. Locations included London, Greenwich and Cumbria. The activities involved an action-packed schedule highlighting visits to various museums, sites and collections - primarily of horological interest. No doubt, one of the highlights was a “climbing” visit at the House of Parliament to view the tower clock known as “Big Ben”.

Jim Girard,  NAWCC member and Horological Association of Virginia (HAV) member of Fairfax Station, Virginia, was a participant in the 65+/- group and took many photographs.  He and Owen Greulich have prepared a program which is being shared with the Chapter at the August meeting.  Chapter member Stan Palen will be providing the narration.

Several programs which were presented at the Symposium have already been made available to the NAWCC membership. It is likely that these will be shared at future meetings of the Old Dominion Chapter No. 34

 

Civil War Provenance Watches
Presenter:  Dr. Clint Geller
A Live Presentation via Zoom

Dr. Clint Geller is a materials physicist living and working in Pittsburgh PA, as a Senior Advisor Scientist for Materials Design, Inc. He is the author or co-author of three NAWCC books and 20 previous Bulletin articles on the subjects of E. Howard & Co., Waltham, and Civil War provenance watches. Dr. Geller chaired two NAWCC Ward Francillon Time Symposiums, and he guest-curated a special exhibit on Civil War timepieces at the National Watch & Clock Museum in 2019. Dr. Geller was named an NAWCC Fellow in 2009 and a Silver Star Fellow in 2022. He received the NAWCC’s James W. Gibbs Literary Award for excellence in horological literature in 2009.