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Share this article Vacheron Constantin has marked the centenary of its American 1921 model by challenging its own watchmakers to build an exact replica of the iconic model using traditional techniques. The new “piece unique” is a recreation of the only original example of the model made in 1921 and held in Vacheron Constantin’s own private collection of 1,400 timepieces. The original watch was one of only 24 produced that year. Watchmakers from the brand’s restoration and heritage departments started the process of reverse engineering by stripping down the original watch to record its dimensions and trawling through the archives to study the techniques that would have been used to create the watch exactly 100 year ago. ....
Séan O’Casey Community Centre Opens New Garden for Seniors in Dublin s East Wall 13th May 2021 The Sean O’Casey Community Centre in East Wall has created a new garden for seniors to socialise safely outdoors with bingo, knitting, pool, snooker, draughts, live music and dancing five days a week. Welcoming local residents Margaret Tyrell and Helen McCabe back to the centre for the first time since Covid-19 were Willie Dwyer (Chairperson) with Edel Currie and Lar Joye from Dublin Port Company, which helped to sponsor the project, and Paul Graham from Nascadh Community Development Project Credit: Conor McCabe ....
By Lucy Morgan Audience and Content Editor Cutting edge sensors at Queen Victoria s Osborne are revolutionary Environmental changes at English Heritage s Osborne will be monitored with cutting edge specialist technology. After a successful trial at Kenwood House in north London, which is also managed by English Heritage, the partnership project with Ecclesiastical Insurance will be extended nine properties, including Queen Victoria and Prince Albert s former holiday home. Dozens of tiny sensors are to be installed inside, to monitor environmental changes within the building. Battery-powered, they send live real-time data, helping identify issues that might affect the priceless historic collection. English Heritage’s annual budget for maintaining its buildings is around £15 million. ....
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