Tag #clocksgoback

Don't forget that the #clocksgoback this evening! Of course, they didn't have daylight saving time in Tudor England, so there was no need to reset your sandglass!

Our ‘object of the week’ is this incomplete post-medieval copper alloy pocket sundial or ring dial, dating to the 17th or 18th century. British Summer Time ends in the UK this weekend on Sunday 25th October and the clocks will go back an hour, so this sundial is the perfect object to highlight from the collection! It consists of a strip of metal, formed into a ring or band and inside there are two bands of numbers, in order to tell the time. A sundial is a device that indica...tes time by using a light spot or shadow cast by the position of the Sun, on a reference scale. As the Earth turns on its polar axis, the sun appears to cross the sky from east to west, rising at sun-rise from beneath the horizon to a zenith at mid-day and falling again behind the horizon at sunset. Sundials have been invented independently in every major culture and became more accurate and sophisticated as the culture developed. A sundial uses local solar time. Before the coming of the railways in the 1840s, local time was displayed on a sundial and was used by the government and commerce. Before the invention of the clock, the sundial was the only source of time, and after the invention, the sundial became more important as the clock needed to be reset regularly from a sundial - as its accuracy was poor. This object was donated by metal dectorist, Devin Hopper. #museumofarchaeologydurham #museumofarchaeology #objectoftheweek #postmedieval #sundial #clocksgoback #britishsummertimeends #metaldetectorist #copperalloy #archaeology #durhamuniversitycollections #durhamuniversitymuseums #durhamuniversity #museumfromhome #lockdownmuseum

What clock is complete if it doesn't have a shiny gold man posing next to it? Don't forget the clocks go back this weekend! #clocksgoback

Here's a suitably seasonal reminder to put your clocks back tonight, and that next week we'll have lots of Halloween treats for you to enjoy from home! #Halloween #clocksgoback #extrahourinbed #PrescotMuseum #KirkbyGallery #VisitFromHome #MuseumAtHome #MuseumFromHome

Remember that the clocks go back tomorrow! Did you know that Guinness has it's own time? 17:59 is Guinness Time! In reference to the year it was founded. Guinness was once the largest employer in Brent, after opening a large brewery in Park Royal. This Guinness clock was made in the 1990s.... Explore this and other items on our catalogue: http://vslweb60.brent.gov.uk/Details/collect/4819 #ClocksGoBack We Love Brent Libraries [Image description: Colour photo of a red, square clock with a pint glass full of Guinness printed in the centre. Numbers circle the glass. The minute hand points to 8 and the hour hand points to 9.]

Don't forget #clocksgoback tonight & we get an extra hour of 2020 ..... This large, rare coach watch was designed to delight the eye and ear as much to tell the time.... Watch its automated scene action: https://youtube.com/watch?v=rdd7Ni5vBDU Cylinder musical coach watch with automated scene George Margetts, London c.1780

Don’t forget to set your clocks back tonight! This elaborate golden clock from our collection was made by James Cox c. 1780. Cox was a British jeweller and goldsmith best known for creating automata and mechanical clocks including the Cox timepiece, the Peacock Clock and the Silver Swan. The Silver Swan, built by Cox in 1773 and which is now exhibited in @TheBowesMuseum, can raise its neck and turn its head. It still functions today and is demonstrated daily.... #AshmoleanMuseum #Ashmolean #Museum #Art #Culture #MaterialCulture #History #InstaHistory #InstaMuseum #Object #Clock #TimePiece #ClocksGoBack #JamesCox #Gilt #SilverSwan #Antiquities #London #Oxford

As the #ClocksGoBack this weekend, we thought we'd end the week with some of Birmingham's finest clocks, past and present. https://bit.ly/35upyxb #Birmingham #Brum #clocks