MY NAME IS PETER TOOT. I AM A HOROLOGIST BECAUSE THE BROADER CYCLES OF TIME AND OUR ATTEMPTS TO REPRESENT THEM IN SMALL MACHINES FASCINATE ME.

 

I SPECIALIZE IN MARINE CHRONOMETERS DUE TO THEIR PRECISION, HISTORY AND BEAUTY. 

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I AM TRAINED AS A WATCHMAKER AND AS A HOROLOGICAL CONSERVATOR. AS A RESULT I UNDERSTAND  CHRONOMETERS BOTH AS TIMEKEEPERS AND AS HISTORICAL OBJECTS AND I KNOW HOW TO TREAT THEM CORRECTLY.

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THESE ARE MY QUALIFICATIONS:
 

• HOROLOGICAL CONSERVATION                      WEST DEAN COLLEGE, ENGLAND.

  • B.A.D.A. DAVIES PRIZE

  • WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOCKMAKERS PRIZE
     

• WOSTEP-  3000-HOUR WATCHMAKING PROGRAM, USA

 

• WOSTEP- PRECISION TIMING COURSE, SWITZERLAND

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PLEASE SEE THE PAPERS BELOW THAT I HAVE WRITTEN ON MARINE CHRONOMETERS AND RELATED TOPICS:

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• CORROSION OF 18K GOLD WATCH CASES                                           

• MAKING A GOLD PASSING SPRING FOR AN ENGLISH BOX CHRONOMETER.                    Horological Journal,  September, 2020                       

• SHOULD BREGUET'S BOXED CHRONOMETER NO. 2741 BE RUN?:
  THE POTENTIAL OF DECISION-MAKING PROTOCOLS IN HOROLOGICAL CONSERVATION
   

• PETTO'S CROSS ESCAPEMENT: ITS FUNCTION, ORIGINS, AND APPLICATIONS. Published in AWCI's Horological Times,  July, 2020                                                                     

• VACHERON CONSTANTIN REF. 4072 DIAL VARIANTS.   rescapement.com    May, 2020

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