{"id":263,"date":"2012-08-17T10:41:49","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T10:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gillett.chilli2.co.uk\/?page_id=263"},"modified":"2012-08-22T16:04:48","modified_gmt":"2012-08-22T16:04:48","slug":"queen-of-time","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gillettjohnston.co.uk\/queen-of-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen of Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clock Restoration by Gillett & Johnston, Queen of Time<\/h2>\n

\"Gillett<\/a>Gillett & Johnston is one of the few specialist companies capable of carrying out the substantial overhaul and refurbishment needed to this landmark timepiece.<\/p>\n

The 5 bells that ring the Westminster Quarters and strike the hour were manufactured by Gillett & Johnston back in December 1931.<\/p>\n

The hour bell alone weighs 3 tons and was tuned to Canon Simpson’s harmonics by Cyril Johnston.<\/p>\n

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\"Gillett<\/a>What was the problem?<\/h3>\n

With the major overhaul and refurbishment being carried out at the Selfridges store, it was necessary for the master clock and control unit to be moved and upgraded.<\/p>\n

What did we do?<\/h3>\n

We supplied and fitted a Quartz Master clock and programmer monitored by MSF Signal (atomic clock) together with new drive units and bell hammers.\u00a0 After this we refurbished the entire installation.<\/p>\n

The Results<\/h3>\n

The Queen of Time is now a highly accurate clock with quarter chimes and hour strike that can be adjusted to meet both Selfridge’s and the local residents requirements.<\/p>\n

For further information please contact Jenny Coombes on 01883 740000 or contact us<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Clock Restoration by Gillett & Johnston, Queen of Time Gillett & Johnston is one of the few specialist companies capable of carrying out the substantial overhaul and refurbishment needed to this landmark timepiece. The 5 bells that ring the Westminster Quarters and strike the hour were manufactured by Gillett & Johnston back in December 1931. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gillettjohnston.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/263"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gillettjohnston.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gillettjohnston.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gillettjohnston.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gillettjohnston.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.gillettjohnston.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":445,"href":"https:\/\/www.gillettjohnston.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/263\/revisions\/445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gillettjohnston.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}