2009 is our 50th Year!
Old Dominion NAWCC Chapter 34
WELCOME
Sunday, June 7, 2009
| 10:30 AM | Exhibit Opens |
| Mart Opens | |
| 11:15 AM | Program Part I |
| 12:00 Noon | Luncheon |
| Following Lunch | Annual Business Meeting |
| Program Part II |
Crowne Plaza Williamsburg at Fort Magruder
6945 Pocahontas Trail - Williamsburg, Virginia
Program – 11:15 AM
The Staking Set - Jonas G. Hall and K&D
No, K&D did not invent the staking set! An American, Jonas G. Hall, invented the modem staking tool. He both repaired watches and made high quality watches including pocket chronometers and at least one marine chronometer. Hall later was employed by the American Watch Company (Waltham) where he designed the first ladies watch movement, a 10 size key wind PS Bartlett. Probably, sometime around the time of the Civil War, Hall came up with the idea for a staking tool, an upright tool with a revolving base place with holes. He was not the best businessman and soon K& D had copied his idea and run with it. Ed Fasanella will present a show and tell with antique and new staking sets and will discuss their many uses. If you have an original Jonas Hall staking set, or an older model that is similar, bring it for display and comparison.
Main Program - After Lunch
Four Generations of Watch Case Making
The amazing story of Martin Matthews will be covered in this video of a fourth generation watch case maker in the United Kingdom. Matthews has the same tools his great-grandfather put together many years ago. His shop looks like a dingy room inside an old house, and his techniques look simple - until you try to reproduce his work yourselfl As we all know, skill makes difficult operations look simple. Martin Matthews' skills are almost unique in our modem world. You will be fascinated as he hand-produces beautiful watch cases right in front of your eyes.
William R. (Bill) Shirah , President
Edwin L. (Ed) Fasanella, Vice President
Judy Draucker, Secretary
Janet L. Tyler- Treasurer