THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6

10 A.M. - 5 P.M. Visitor Center, Pick Up Registration Packets
10 A.M. - 3 P.M. House Museum. Small-group one-hour general introductory tours -
maximum 10 participants, advance reservations required.
Other tours of grounds and gardens available.
5:00 Visitor Center, opening reception, with complimentary light refreshments
(cash bar for wine and beer)
6:00 Welcome by Bob Frishman, Symposium Chairman,
Introduction of James Arthur Lecture
6:15 Thomas Allen, James Arthur Lecture, “A Republic in Time”
7:00 Conclusion of evening events

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7

8:00 Visitor Center open, morning coffee
8:45 Tom Savage, Introductory Remarks
9:00 Joshua Lane & Ann Wagner, Highlights of Winterthur’s Horological Collections
9:30 Charles Hummel, Dominy Family and Clockshop
10:00 Frank L. Hohmann III & Donald Fennimore, Clockmakers Claggett and Wady
10:45 Morning break (no refreshments)
11:00 Mark Anderson and Stephanie Auffret, Conservation of a Peter Stretch Clock
11:30 Lisa Minardi, Pennsylvania clock cases
12.00 Elisabeth Mallin, Clocks of Germantown, Pennsylvania
12:30 Visitor Center lunch, voucher in registration packet
1:30 Richard Ketchen, Simon Willard Tall-Clock Movement Details close-up video
2:15 Jeffrey Lock, Rittenhouse Engraved Dials, close-up engraving video
& Ron Hoppes, Movement of Winterthur’s Rittenhouse clock
3:15 Afternoon Break (no refreshments)
3:35 Gary Sullivan, Clockmaking in Rhode Island
4:15 Philip Zimmerman, Delaware Clocks and Clockmakers
5:00 End of Day’s Presentations

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8

8:00 Visitor Center open, morning coffee
8:45 Bob Frishman, Introduction of day’s program
9:00 David Wood, Diamond-head Banjo Clocks
9:45 Robert Cheney, Boston Clockmakers
10:30 Morning break
10:45 Philip Poniz, Pocket Watches at Winterthur, How They Were Made
11:45 Visitor Center Lunch, voucher in registration packet
1:15 Jonathan Snellenburg, French George Washington clocks
2:00 Philip Morris, Eli Terry and Wooden Movement Clocks
2:45 Afternoon break
3:00 Richard Newman, Watch Papers in the Winterthur Archives
3:30 Bob Frishman, Riggs Company Records in the Winterthur Archives
4:00 End of Day’s Presentations

6:00 Visitor Center. Cocktail Reception. Complimentary light refreshments
7:00 Visitor Center. Banquet, Buffet Seated Dinner
8:30 Morrison Heckscher, Keynote, Clocks of Winterthur & the Metropolitan Museum
9:30 End of Program

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2016

10:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M. House Museum. Small-group one-hour general tours -
10 participants maximum, advance reservations required.

12-4 P.M. Visit to NAWCC Museum in Columbia, PA (60 miles from Winterthur)
Registrants and NAWCC Members Admitted Free

October 6-8, 2016

Winterthur Museum

National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors

Clocks at Winterthur

2016 Ward Francillon Time Symposium

Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library

5101 Kennett Pike, Wilmington, DE 19735

Mahogany Longcase Clock

by Peter Stretch, Philadelphia,

1735-1746, Winterthur Museum, 2004.51

One of America’s top-rated house museums, Winterthur boasts a premier collection of 90,000 decorative and fine arts objects made or used in this country between 1640 and 1860. Envisioned and created by Henry Francis du Pont (1880-1969), the 175-room house presides over a 1,000-acre estate in Delaware’s Brandywine Valley. 60 acres of gardens offer additional delights for visitors throughout the seasons. Nearby are other important museums, gardens and cultural attractions.

H.F. du Pont had a special interest in clocks and timekeeping. He acquired many fine examples for the museum during his lifetime. Since his passing, more clocks have been added to the collection which now numbers more than 100. Within the museum galleries is a faithful reconstruction of the clock and wood-working shop of the Dominy family who worked on Long Island from the mid 1700’s to the mid 1800’s.

Timepieces are in the du Pont genes. Two books -- The Dupont Dynasty by John K. Winkler, and The du Ponts of Delaware by William H.A. Carr -- provide details on the watchmaking history of this French Huguenot family. The 1737 marriage of Anne de Montchanin and Samuel du Pont connected two Paris watchmaking enterprises. Their son, Pierre Samuel, in 1763 presented a gold masterpiece watch to his father, then abandoned the artisan trade for more scholarly pursuits.

This symposium is sponsored and organized by the National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors, and will be the first at Winterthur to focus exclusively on the museum’s horological holdings. A roster of eminent speakers will address important clocks and watches in the collection, highlighting their makers, regions, craftsmanship, and cultural significance.

Mr. Irenee du Pont has kindly agreed to host our Saturday evening banquet at the exclusive and prestigious Wilmington Country Club.

This conference marks a new chapter in the 30-year history of these annual NAWCC educational events. Beginning this year, they will convene at renowned institutions with important timekeepers, forging new links between those museums and one of the world’s foremost horology associations.

An associated special exhibit of 16 Winterthur clocks not usually on display -- Striking Beauties: American Shelf Clocks & Timepieces -- has been prepared by curators Ann Wagner and Joshua Lane. Your visit should include time in this display.

Public Welcome - Registration Not Limited to NAWCC or Winterthur Members

Business Sponsors:

Primary Sponsor -- Skinner, Inc. www.skinnerinc.com

Bonhams New York www.bonhams.com

Pook & Pook pookandpook.com

Gary R. Sullivan Antiques www.garysullivanantiques.com

R.O. Schmitt Fine Arts www.roschmitt.com

Flather & Perkins, Inc. http://flatherperkins.com/index.html

Bell-Time Clocks www.bell-time.com

Timesavers www.timesavers.com

Andrew Demeter Chelco57@yahoo.com

Chelsea Clock www.chelseaclock.com