Watch and Clock Antique Show

Vitam Regit-Time Rules Life. This is the motto of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors (NAWCC) who is having their annual Mid-South Regional Convention Saturday, September 5 and Sunday, September 6th at the Chattanooga Convention Center. All of us rely on time and the initiated enjoy the soothing ticking or melody of chimes which provide a measure of joy for the hobbyist.

The public is invited to visit The Mart in Hall B where horological items will be bought, sold and traded. Admission for the non-members of the association is $10 which covers both Saturday and Sunday. 

While in The Mart, visitors will be able to browse among 100 table holders who will be selling watches, clocks and parts. You will be able to see that horology takes on many forms to suit the individual's interest.

The Exhibit "Early American Clocks with a Connecticut Connection" is opened to the public and will be located in Hall B with a separate entrance from The Mart. The exhibit displays clocks manufactured in Connecticut. During the period 1807-1809, Eli Terry was contracted to manufacture 4000 clocks where he introduced mass production methods into the art of clockmaking. These clocks are the earliest known to contain interchangeable parts and are thus a product of the first American Industrial Revolution. This exhibit includes two examples of the dozen known that remain form this contract of 4000. Other clockmakers, almost exclusively in Connecticut, followed Terry and his methods to manufacture a wide variety of styles with wooden and brass movements. Several beautiful, important and distinctive examples of styles of shelf, wall and tall case clocks manufactured in Connecticut during the era are included in the exhibit. This is an exhibit that you will not want to miss. 

Two free lectures are scheduled on Saturday and are open to the public. The lectures are approximately one hour in length 

- "Luxury or Lie, Identifying and Valuing Luxury Watches" Speaker Geoff Parker will be covering the many different types of luxury watches on the market today, how to evaluate them for originality, how to value them, and how to tell them apart from fake, bootleg copies.
In this fascinating session, Geoff covers everything from quartz to kinetic and Spring Drive Watches, as well as automatic and tourbillon watches. He also talks about some of the history of the Swiss watch industry and covers which companies are owned by which conglomerates in the modern era.

"Radium Girls" In this session, speaker Mary Jones will recount the story of female watch factory workers in the early 1900's who suffered the ill effects of alpha radiation 

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