![]() However, in June 1815, he was soundly defeated at the Battle of Waterloo marking the end of French domination of Europe. In March 1815, he escaped this island exile and reclaimed his title, Emperor Napoleon I, in a period known as The Hundred Days War. Historical side note: In 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor of France and unarguably one of the greatest military leaders in history, abdicated the throne, and was banished to the island of Elba in the Mediterranean Sea. Most likely the author was exiled to the Island of Elba, or something. To the best of my knowledge this article represents the first and last mention of a flip clock in the annals of the famed Horological Journal. It seemed like a conspiracy - the British Horological Institute must have tried to destroy all the evidence of this article. Not only this, while there are numerous places to obtain back issues of past issues of the Horological Journal, this particular journal always seemed unavailable. But no further details regarding this article could be found. someplace on the internet) that the Horological Journal, dated April 1966, contained an article covering the Copal Caslon 201 flip clock. First published in September 1858 the Horological Journal "has appeared monthly ever since – without fail." Newly published journals are available only to members of the British Horological Institute. Toward this aim The Horological Journal (HJ) provides "peer-reviewed articles on historical and contemporary clock and watchmaking, servicing, repair, restoration and conservation." The BHI claims that the HJ is the world's oldest continuously published technical journal. The second published article that I became aware of, was an alleged write up about a flip clock in the esteemed Horological Journal of April 1966.īackground History: Established in 1858 to promote horology, the British Horological Institute (BHI) affirms that their primary purpose today revolves around providing education. Why would I say such a thing? Perhaps because the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors Museum (the largest in North America) only features one flip clock - an early American Plato Clock - and they keep it in the "Novelty Clock" section among an assortment of odd clocks. I get the impression that they would like to pretend they never published it. That would be the first and last time the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors mentioned a flip clock in their publication. Terwilliger, Jr contained the detailed history of the Plato Clock and its inventor, Eugene L. ![]() ![]() The first horological publication to my knowledge that printed a flip clock related article, was the Bulletin of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, Inc. But the story contains an amazing plot twist, perhaps coincidence, maybe fate - but in the end it's the fantastic story of the revelation of a rare flip clock and a crazed flip clock fan. What follows is my personal history of trying to find a particular journal about a certain flip clock. In other words, often, "agreed upon lies." For this reason, except for newspaper and magazine advertisements, and precious few journal articles, modern collectors of flip clocks have little to study when determining the history of a particular clock, except for attempts at logical conclusions based on their experience and the experience of others. Maybe that's true about the history of flip clocks too.īut what is certain, as the history of flip clock invention and marketing unfolded, few thought it worth the time to document it. Paraphrased: "History is a set of agreed upon lies." Mais qu’est alors cette vérité historique, la plupart du temps? Une fable convenue.
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