Rebecca Struthers discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.
Dr Rebecca Struthers is an independent watchmaker and time historian.
The co-founder of multi-award-winning workshop Struthers Watchmakers, in her practice, she specialises in the continuation of historic watchmaking techniques to restore old and craft new artisan timepieces.
A real time doctor, Rebecca is the first watchmaker in British history to earn a PhD in horology.
Rebecca is a Trustee of the Museum of Timekeeping (UK), a Fellow of British Horological Institute, a Sustainable Skills Ambassador for the Association of Heritage Engineers, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and an Academy Member of the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève - considered the Oscars of the watchmaking world.
Her book, Hands of Time, explores the human history of time told through the objects we’ve invented to measure. It will be published in May 2023.
Find out more at https://strutherswatchmakers.co.uk.


John Wilter https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/196974


Benjamin Banneker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Banneker


The Museum of Timekeeping https://www.museumoftimekeeping.org.uk/


Staffordshire Moorlands https://www.visitpeakdistrict.com/visitor-information/staffordshire-moorlands-tourist-information-centre-p677411


The Radium Girls https://www.kate-moore.com/the-radium-girls


Dogs can tell the time https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/canine-corner/201911/can-dogs-smell-time



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