New England Chapter No. 8 NAWCC

SPRING MEETING, SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 2003

John Losch
  

Worcester Holiday Inn
500 Lincoln St., Worcester MA

Meeting Highlights by Dick Trepp

The Holiday Inn in Worcester was the site for Chapter 8's spring (almost, anyway) meeting. There were 55 tables set up in the mart; a registration of 200. This, plus the educational programs, silent auction, and a 50-50 raffle gave everyone a wide choice of activities.
John Losch taking a camera break at the
Willard House & Clock Museum table.

Nied Talks About the Need to Think

Our programs, while announced to be a two-part program about cleaning and repairing watches, turned out to be two delightful presentations that would interest anyone concerned with horology. Daniel Nied, director of the NAWCC School of Horology, presented an outstanding talk that could have been titled "Think."

Daniel A. Neid

Dan's first talk was about cleaning. But the approach was to make you question and understand the decisions you make when you clean any watch or clock. Such basic choices as aqueous or non-aqueous solutions, cleaners with or without ammonia, and type of rinses. should be considered. And not only must you consider what effect the solutions have on the parts, but also the safety involved in using and disposing of these solutions.

With a great sense of humor, Dan pointed out that there is no one best way, and everyone usually has a method that works best for them. He also suggested that you examine the article first to see if you can determine the problems. Pre-cleaning without disassembly usually helps to do this.

There was a brief discussion of various types of cleaning machines with a strong emphasis not to overlook hand cleaning as an effective technique.

Following a short break, Nied discussed repairs from a philosophical point of view. When asked to work on a watch or clock, you have three choices. Repair - make it work, Restore - bring back to the way it was, or Conserve - stop the deterioration but do not try to repair or restore. This was followed by typical problems found in watches and clocks and how to resolve them when one of the choices is being followed.

Dan concluded with suggestions that to ensure good work, keep your tools in good shape, clean and sharp. Buy good quality tools and keep in mind that little tools should be used for small parts.

Richard M. RobinsonRichard Robinson, NAWCC director of Development, gave a short but enthusiastic presentation on current trends of the NAWCC in relation to problems of today. These are focused on costs, membership, and publicity. Major efforts are being piloted to work with school children in hopes of creating a future interest in horology. Strong effort is also being directed to make the public aware of the library facilities, the museum, and the horology school. The association has just been chosen to work on the pocket watch from the Civil War that was found on the Confederate submarine H.L.Hunley after it sank the USS Houstanic in 1864.

Dick also outlined the many interesting areas around Columbia and suggested places to stay, with the hope that many of the Chapter 8 members would come and see all the new facilities.

-- Dick Trepp


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SPRING MEETING, SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 2003

Worcester Holiday Inn
500 Lincoln St., Worcester MA
508-852-4000

Directions to Worcester Holiday Inn, Worcester, MA.
From the East:  Mass Pike 90. Take Exit 11A on to 495 North. Take Exit 25B onto 290 West. Take Exit 20 (Lincoln St.) Bear RIGHT off the ramp onto Lincoln St. The Holiday Inn will be at a set of lights about ½ mile on the left. Turn left at the lights to enter Inn driveway. There is a Dennys on that corner.

From the West:  Mass Pike (90), West: Take Exit 10 onto 290 East. Take Exit 21 (Plantation St.) Take a Left off the ramp, take a left at the first set of lights onto Lincoln St. At the next set of lights take a left to stay on Lincoln St. The Holiday Inn is about ½ mile on your right.

From the North:  I 93 South to 495 South-take Exit 25B onto 290 West. Take Exit 20 (Lincoln St.) Bear RIGHT off the ramp onto Lincoln St. The Holiday Inn will be at a set of lights about ½ mile on the left Turn left at the lights to enter Inn driveway. There is a Dennys on that corner.

From the South:  I 95 North to I 295 North to 146 North to 290 East. Take Exit 21 (Plantation St.) Take a Left off the ramp; take a left at the first set of lights onto Lincoln St. At the next set of lights take a left to stay on Lincoln St. The Holiday Inn is about ½ mile on your right.

NOTE: FOR MARCH THE CUTOFF DATE IS MONDAY March 24TH
PLEASE BE SURE YOUR REGISTRATION ARRIVES ON OR BEFORE THIS CUTOFF DATE
Registrations received by cutoff date are $19. Registrations received after March 24th and walk-ins are $25. As always, registration includes your luncheon and is required for participation in meeting activities.

MEETING SCHEDULE
7:30 AM Registration name tags available for those members who preregistered.
Registration table open for "walk-ins". Mart area open for setup by table holders only.
8:00 AM (No later than) Mart open; with closing at 11:30 A.M. for 12:00 Noon Luncheon.
8:30 AM Silent Auction Table will run from 8:30 to 10:30A.M.
9:30 AM Daniel A. Neid, Director of the School of Horology of the NAWCC, will present two consecutive sessions on Cleaning Procedures and Repair of Watches.
10:30 AM Silent auction closes along with sale of raffle tickets. Buyers and sellers should meet and settle up at this time.
10:45 AM Daniel A. Neid, Repair of Watches.
11:30 Break for Lunch, Mart closes
12:00 Luncheon Program: Richard M. Robinson, Director of Development for the NAWCC, will provide unique insight to what is happening at the National level and how it affects our Local Chapter.

The Silent Auction table - 8: 30 to 10:30:

1. Fill out a slip at the table with your minimum price you will accept for the item. Members can then write in their bids during the course of the auction.

2 Tag or mark the item with a fixed price that you will accept. The first person to offer this gets the item. This enables a person to buy at a known cost and not have to keep checking a bid during the auction.

Either way, the cost to you as a seller is only $3.00 PER ITEM. The charge is payable in advance and applies whether item sells or not.

AND
At the same table or at the registration table in the hall you can buy a ticket for the 50-50 raffle. YOU get 50% of the total pot and Chapter 8 benefits from the other half. $1.00 per ticket or three for $2.00.

Suitcase Clock Repair Courses
Ron Hunt, a new director of Chapter 8, will handle the NAWCC Suitcase Program. If you are interested, contact Ron at a meeting or call him at 978- 369-5629. Contact by E-mail is rdh@theworld.com

Chapter Contacts:
If you any of you have a question or wish to contact someone in the chapter, get in touch with any of these four and they will get your message to the right person if they cannot help you.

President Dave Deutemiam
81 Kingman St., Lakeville, MA 02347
508-946-1082
Davmardeut@aol.com

1st Vice Pres. Burt Kassap
112 Bullough Park, Newtonville, MA 02460
617-332-0162
milbur@earthlink.net

2nd Vice Pres. Harold Lincoln
5 Ringbolt Road, Hingham, MA 02043
hgyl@aol.com

Treasurer Wayne Paskerian
5 Warren St., Winchester, MA 01890
781-729-0113
winway2@worldnet.att.net

Secretary Dick Trepp
573 Longmeadow St., Longmeadow, MA 01106
413-567-0771
rgtrepp@rcn.com

Past President Bob Frishman
53 Poor St., Andover MA 01810
978-475-5001
rjfjs@mediaone.net

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