Rupert Parsons, Horologist

Rupert Parsons, Horologist I am a fully qualified horologist working in the Cotswolds on fine quality clocks

WANTED: going side stopwork to match this beautiful one with a superb, rounded arm, around 5cm long.This is from an abso...
05/04/2025

WANTED: going side stopwork to match this beautiful one with a superb, rounded arm, around 5cm long.
This is from an absolutely beautiful verge fusee bracket clock where every piece has been lovingly created. Bridges with chamfered edges, levers with rounded arms and detail at the ends. It deserves a matching fusee stop but, sadly, it is missing. Can you help?

Well, feedback like this really does make a difference as we so often see on . This was for a tricky little oval carria...
28/03/2025

Well, feedback like this really does make a difference as we so often see on . This was for a tricky little oval carriage clock, which is now going great 😀

"It used to go fine and kept perfect time, but now only seems to go for a few seconds..."
18/03/2025

"It used to go fine and kept perfect time, but now only seems to go for a few seconds..."

Now here's an interesting one....A fine "Wm. Kipling, London" bracket clock from around 1730. The pull repeat cord was r...
07/01/2025

Now here's an interesting one....
A fine "Wm. Kipling, London" bracket clock from around 1730. The pull repeat cord was removed many years ago and a whole new chime train was fitted (note the winding hole up by the 10 marker on the chapter ring). Presumably, at the same time, the original verge escapement was changed to anchor, the strike train levers were adapted (lendthened) and there was consequently no space left for the strike/silent leve, which is missing. Most bizarre, though, is the hole in the dial above the calendar aperture. Was there once a name plate here?

After a few days away, back in my happy place with this exceptional moon roller bracket clock which has been badly butch...
25/11/2024

After a few days away, back in my happy place with this exceptional moon roller bracket clock which has been badly butchered in the past. There should be a centre sweep seconds hand, but that has been removed. And that snail has endured some "hacking." Let's see how we go...

An interesting spelling of Strike.
22/11/2024

An interesting spelling of Strike.

Back to work today as I finished off this absolute beauty made by Arsène Margaine in Paris. An unusual centre sweep seco...
28/10/2024

Back to work today as I finished off this absolute beauty made by Arsène Margaine in Paris. An unusual centre sweep seconds hand movement means a very clever train set-up. 1-3 is after, 4 and 5 is before. Thanks to the excellent Geoff Allnut & Son for the platform escapement help.

Sunny day in Kew
27/10/2024

Sunny day in Kew

Day off for a family trip to beautiful (5/6 is an endangered Chinese cypress tree called Glyptostrobus pensilis)
26/10/2024

Day off for a family trip to beautiful (5/6 is an endangered Chinese cypress tree called Glyptostrobus pensilis)

Scotland. Oh yes it is! Just a few days ago, we returned from a very jolly jaunt around some of the most spectacularly b...
01/10/2024

Scotland. Oh yes it is! Just a few days ago, we returned from a very jolly jaunt around some of the most spectacularly beautiful parts of my mother's homeland. Thank you, Scotland, you really put on a fabulous show

Canongate Tolbooth clock, Edinburgh
23/09/2024

Canongate Tolbooth clock, Edinburgh

Reached Leith today, where I found St Ninian's Church with its rather unusual off-centre clock tower
22/09/2024

Reached Leith today, where I found St Ninian's Church with its rather unusual off-centre clock tower

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