The making of the Newgate Street Clock

The electronics

Early stages: the drum case, containing the basic movement, with the unfinished dial below

The two hour disks placed in position

Engineering and electronics: a drive for one of the hour disks:

Joanna Migdal, the designer, working on the dial

Assembling the dial at Smith of Derby

Testing, to see if the lower hour disk will correct itself

Assembling the dial

Art and electronics combined:  the circuit board

Joanna Migdal, Kevin Litchfield and Jim Foster discuss the complicated system of inner hour discs

Preparing the Coat of Arms for acid etching

Joanna Migdal in front of the finished clock

Lifting the clock into position.

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