One of the oldest clocks in my collection is a Scottish tall case (long case) clock made in the late 1840s. I acquired it in 2020, and I was quite excited—it was my first antique tall case clock. It features what is known as an English bell strike, with a rack and snail striking the … More Rack, Snail, and Risk: Inside a Longcase Clock Repair | Part I
Confronted with the prospect of finding little else about William McLachlan I was curious about how ChatGPT might help. Read on and you will find the results quite interesting. First of all, what is ChatGPT? ChatGPT is a sophisticated computer program that is designed to understand natural language input from users and generate appropriate (my … More William McLachlan – Scottish clockmaker – what ChatGPT taught me
Since winning this tall-case clock at auction in the spring of 2020 I have been intrigued about its origin. The information provided at the time was that it was made in Scotland or England in or around the mid-1800s but it could not have been made after 1852 as I will explain later. Its features … More Scottish tall case clock – who was Wm. McLachlan of Newton Stewart?
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