Working on a clock tower from 1874 with my Tudor Pelagos 42 blue
Just getting into work and it’s still dark outside but no worries with my trusty Pelagos the lume is amazing and makes it always easy to read.
A bit of Tool maintenance got to keep my knife sharp
Having a cuppa waiting for the job tickets to come in for the day.
Where was one for the old clock tower pigeons are getting in and making a mess. So I’ve got to go see where they are coming in and fix it Mission not so inpossible 🤣
It’s a old clock tower from 1874 sadly the clock not working but the nearby residence are very happy about that because it rings every half hour.
In we go mask on i don’t want to be breathing in pigeon shit that can kill you
Up the stairs we go all clear so far
Half way up and we are at the clock workings I always have a good look at it when I’m in
Through the old trapdoor to where the bells are
Looks like the rope has snapped on the Poley system for the trapdoor I will have to fix that as it’s a led lined hatch.
The bells bells bells!!
I couldn’t help myself I had to try then the little one is still pretty loud when you are next to it 🤣
Up to the next level it’s all been clear so far but the hatch to the next levels feels very heavy as I push it opening that’s not a good sign!
Oh no that’s a lot of pigeon shit and feathers and a few dead rotting pigeons to 🤮
But on the bright side this is the back side of the clock dial haha
And there is also old artwork/graffiti as well
A bit more
Not lets see where the pigeons have been getting in all is Secure on this level let’s keep going up
There’s your problem the door at the very top has blown off how the hell does that happen!
Up and out I go it’s a great view from the top lovely day as well
Better get that door back on before the pigeons come back
All back on let’s get back down to the clean levels where there not inches of shit on the floor and fix the other hatch
Restrung the hatch and Counterweight so it’s neutrally balanced again
The old gas light fittings are still in place it’s crazy to think that electricity was still in it infancy and gas lighting was still the most common thing when this was built
Back down all the stairs we go
At the bottom
Let’s check on the other side
The unused side is in pretty bad shape very dark and creepy
The basement
Let’s not be chicken here we go
It’s all flooded
Hope you enjoyed my morning job to fix’s some bits on a old clock tower
A adventurer will a thing for watches hoping to share my adventures and the watches I wear wile on them
Wow. Just awesome!👏
Oh wow, cool, thanks for posting. Where is that old clock tower anyways?
Nice watch too!
ONLY two comments so far. That post was EPIC. Thank you for sharing. Great photography, writing and it had some horology to boot. Brilliant. Thank you for posting and sharing.
Great post. Thanks for sharing!
ARP post, says the graffiti! Second World War evidenced by graffiti. I lived in a house in Exeter, Devon, and there was a detailed tally of bombs noted, flights of aircraft, notes of “fires” and such on the wooden panels inside the cellar door and on the walls downward. Fascinating.
Loved your post, obviously!🙄
Great post! Looked like a fun day on the job. 👍
Cool job. Awesome watch 👍
Very cool
Wow. Just awesome!👏
Thanks glad you enjoyed it
Oh wow, cool, thanks for posting. Where is that old clock tower anyways?
Nice watch too!
Thanks it’s in Darlington northeast of England I think it was the first clock tower in the town but I might be wrong on that
ONLY two comments so far. That post was EPIC. Thank you for sharing. Great photography, writing and it had some horology to boot. Brilliant. Thank you for posting and sharing.
Thanks glad you enjoyed it
Cool you get to do that if it’s something you really want to get into I was just working on the building I’m a joiner so can look but not tuch the clock haha
Great post. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks like to share the more interesting stuff
Thanks sadly not all my work days are as interesting as this haha
Epic post, thanks for sharing! Please consider doing more posts, I quite enjoyed it.
thank you.
Is there any chance it will run again?
Yeah probably
Absolutely incredible! Thank you so much for sharing these pics! BTW, Absolutely LOVE your Pelegos!
Thanks glad you enjoyed it
Epic post, thanks for sharing! Please consider doing more posts, I quite enjoyed it.
Thanks I try to post when I do Interesting things so i can’t promise anything haha
Thanks I do like it but it’s not all cool stuff all the time just been sleeping in the cab of my van for a few hours to try and get some sleep got called out to a job a 24:30 to 03:30 was to late to go back home to try and get to sleep again to have to get up to come back to work at 06:30 but it’s how I make my extra money to buy my nice watches haha
What a great little tour :) cheers 🍻
What a great little tour :) cheers 🍻
Thanks glad you liked it
Great watch and a great post not a bad days work 👍
Great watch and a great post not a bad days work 👍
Thanks
Looks like a lot of old buildings I went in at work, now retired, btw. The first instructional lab I renovated was like something out of Frankenstein. Then again it was original and almost 70 years old.
Cool watch. Nice story.
Fantastic post, enjoyed that. Thank you 🙏👏🏻👏🏻
Looks like a lot of old buildings I went in at work, now retired, btw. The first instructional lab I renovated was like something out of Frankenstein. Then again it was original and almost 70 years old.
Cool watch. Nice story.
Cool that sounds really interesting I love old buildings they have lots of Character lots of problems to though haha
Fantastic post, enjoyed that. Thank you 🙏👏🏻👏🏻
Glad you liked it I enjoyed telling it
Thanks it’s in Darlington northeast of England I think it was the first clock tower in the town but I might be wrong on that
Nice! Never made it to that part of the country while living in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire in back in the early 2000s. My family and I have a lot of fond memories of our time in England.
Nice! Never made it to that part of the country while living in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire in back in the early 2000s. My family and I have a lot of fond memories of our time in England.
Not meany people come to the northeast to be honest with you haha