The Sinclair Harding Clock

The idea for this clock grew out of a visit to the Royal Observatory Greenwich and my meeting with Harrison's navigation clock. I went home and managed to get the grasshopper escapement to work. I subsequently built the clock with a proper frame, a plinth and a glass case. I took it to Skegness in 1989 and it won the prestigious Issigonis Shield that year.

On a subsequent visit to London, I was amazed to see a similar clock for sale in the window of Asprey Jewellers in New Bond Street, London. I could not resist rebuilding my clock in a similar style and so the familiar Sinclair Harding Clock was born. Sinclair Harding was the name of a clock company in Cheltenham, and they also had built a version of the navigation clock.

Below you will see Aprey's most beautiful clock on display in their window, the original Skegness Model, and the final Meccano Sinclair Harding Navigation. This clock has a gravity arm maintaining power, and its own glass display case. It is quite fascinating to watch in action, and never ceases to fascinate visitors to my home. It has an excellent mesmerising action, a totally quiet escapement, an electric automatic rewind gravity maintain power, and keeps very good time as well.