Part 7 of the 2022 NAWCC Ward Francillon Time Symposium "Horology's Great Collectors"
Saturday, October 22nd, 2022
Saturday was a full day of stimulating lectures presented in the library of the Genral Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen. The society was founded in 1785 and its library is the second oldest in NYC. Robert C. Cheney Jr., executive director and curator of the Willard House & Clock Museum in North Grafton, MA, discusses collector J. Cheney Wells (1874-1960).
Special Thanks to the General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen of the City of New York.
"Lectures by eminent scholars from USA, England, and Germany at the historic library of the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen; Saturday-night banquet at the Harvard Club of New York, bonus program on horological illustration honoring the late John Redfern; special curator-led tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s European watch and clock collection; all-day field trip to the Morris Museum for special curator-led tours and demonstrations of antique automata and mechanical music machines"
Негізгі бет J. Cheney Wells: Inventor and Collector
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