sábado, 30 de setembro de 2023

Janela para o passado, a GOAT Suzanne Lenglen


Suzanne Lenglen na capa da Ilustração Portuguesa de 7 de Outubro de 1922. Faria depois uma visita a Portugal, para competir, em Cascais.

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Meditações - Before time can draw the line

[Chorus]

Beat the clock

Try to make it stop

Before time can draw the line

And cut you down to her size

Beat the clock

Try to make it stop

Tell me how long will it take

Before you finally realize

 

[Verse 1]

That the carnival is over

And you've seen much better days

You have wasted too much time

In to many different plays

You deny the possibility

Of growin' old

You are filled with false humility

You're much too bold

 

[Chorus]

Beat the clock

Try to make it stop

Before time can draw the line

And cut you down to her size

Beat the clock

Try to make it stop

Tell me how long will it take

Before you finally realize

The McCoys – Beat the clock

sexta-feira, 29 de setembro de 2023

Coisas do Ephemera - agenda da Mundet para 1982, totalmente de cortiça


Coisas do Ephemera. O Núcleo do Tempo do maior arquivo privado do país tem no seu espólio mais de duas centenas de agendas, desde os anos 10 do século XX até à actualidade. Acaba de entrar um exemplar carregado de história – trata-se de uma agenda da Mundet, totalmente feita em cortiça, e para o ano de 1982. Seis anos depois, desapareceria uma das maiores empresas do país no sector corticeiro, sendo reconhecida pela sua política social inovadora.

O surgimento de novos materiais, como o plástico, fez com que entrasse num processo de decadência até ao seu encerramento em 1988, depois de um conturbado período de lutas sociais e de tentativas de viabilizar a sua manutenção. Pelo seu longo historial, a corticeira está intimamente ligada à vida de muitas gerações de seixalenses. Lido em https://www.cm-seixal.pt/ecomuseu-municipal/nucleo-da-mundet





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Há 650 anos - relógio de bater horas em Tulln, Áustria, 29 de Setembro de 1373

On December 28, 1372, in the small Lower Austrian town of Tulln on the Danube, about 30 miles west of Vienna, a man named Niclas Swaelbl, burgher of Breslau (Wrocław) in today’s Poland, swore an expiatory oath in front of the judge and the members of Tulln’s town council.1 He came before the court, because he had killed Konrad, the local town clerk. The judge and the council decided that, for the “improvement of his soul” (ze pezzrung seiner sel), he should construct an arloy, that is, a clock, for St. Stephen’s parish church in Tulln, das sich selber slach an welher glokken man im zaigt (a clock with striking mechanism). Moreover, Niclas was ordered to make a pilgrimage to Rome. All this was to be done between then (December 28, 1372) and Saint Michael’s day of the following year (September 29, 1373), that is, during the next nine months. Then he would again be granted freedom of movement in Tulln and Austria. He should be liable with all his goods in Breslau and anywhere else. Niclas Swaelbl was a clockmaker, one of these specialist artisans who, particularly in the second half of the fourteenth century and first half of the fifteenth century, were internationally acknowledged and needed. He apparently did the job imposed in Tulln, although there are no more surviving sources about this particular novelty of a striking clock in the small Lower Austrian town at a time when even the nearby capital of Vienna did not yet possess one.2 This is not the only case that shows the attempts of small communities to outdo larger and wealthier cities by possessing a mechanical clock.3 We should add that the local court’s decision to “improve” Swaelbl’s “soul” may also be compared with the well-known late medieval donations for the support, building, and repair of other common and public necessities of communities, 

1 St. Pölten (Lower Austria), Niederösterreichisches Landesarchiv, charter Tulln n. 36; Anton Kerschbaumer, Geschichte der Stadt Tulln (Krems, 1874), pp. 374–375. See also Ernst Englisch and Gerhard Jaritz, Das Leben im spätmittelalterlichen Niederösterreich (St. Pölten / Vienna,  1976), p. 13; Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum, History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders, trans. Thomas Dunlap (Chicago / London, 1996), p. 158.

2 Concerning the earliest clocks in Vienna, see Ferdinand Opll, Leben im mittelalterlichen Wien (Vienna / Cologne / Weimar, 1998), pp. 12–13.

3 Dohrn-van Rossum, History of the Hour, p. 141, mentions, for example, the small Silesian town of Schweidnitz near Breslau. As early as 1370 the town representatives ordered “a clock equal to the one in Breslau or better.”like roads, paths and bridges. These were also seen as pious contributionsmeant for the salvation of the donors’ souls.

4 Some years ago, the German historian Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum conducted an extensive study of the development, function and perception of mechanical clocks in the late Middle Ages.

5 My contribution is meant to offer some additional observations concerning the variety of values that were connected with clocks, their function, use, and public presentation. The first European boom of the new invention of the mechanical clock was between 1370 and 1380, as the story about Niclas Swaelbl indicates.

6 The earliest evidence of public clocks originates from northern Italy in the first half of the fourteenth century. Around the mid-fourteenth century, an “internationalization” can already be demonstrated, with clocks in urban centres and residences of England, Sweden, France, and Germany.

7 Some of the clockmaker specialists traveled through all of Europe, even to today’s Ukraine and further (for instance, Moscow, 14048), constructing clocks in a large number of mainly urban communities that had enough funds to afford the new mechanical devices to measure time, prestigious objects to be seen and heard in public. With regard to surviving late medieval specimens, one of the most famous examples is the mechanical clock and astronomical dial on the southern wall of the Old Town City Hall in Prague (Fig. 9.1), dating back to 1410 and constructed by a local clockmaker and a professor of mathematics and astronomy at Charles University.

9 This Prague orloj was one of the most prestigious pieces among the complex mechanical and astronomical clocks designed and constructed during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

4 Concerning pious donations for building bridges, see Franz Falk, “Die Kirche und der Brückenbau im Mittelalter,” Historisch-politische Blätter für das katholische Deutschland 87 (1881), pp. 87–110, 184–194, 245–259; Erich Maschke, “Die Brücke im Mittelalter,” Historische Zeitschrift 224 (1977), pp. 265–292. Regarding indulgences for building bridges and roads, see also Nikolaus Paulus, Geschichte des Ablasses am Ausgang des Mittelalters (Paderborn, 1923; rpt. Darmstadt, 2000), pp. 370–374.

5 Dohrn-van Rossum, History of the Hour.

6 Concerning this boom, see ibid., pp. 157–159; with regard to the invention of the mechanical clock and its dissemination during the Middle Ages and the early modern period, generally, see ibid., pp. 45–215.

7 Ibid., pp. 129–133.

8 Ibid., p. 161.

9 See Jakub Malina, The Prague Horologe—A Guide to the History and Esoteric Concept of the Astronomical Clock in Prague (Prague, 2005).

In: Time: Sense, Space, Structure, Gerhard Jaritz, Chapter 9, Medieval Mechanical Clocks

Meditações - I miss the village green The church, the clock, the steeple

Out in the country

Far from all the soot and noise of the city

There's a village green

It's been a long time

Since I last set eyes on the church with the steeple

Down by the village green

'Twas there I met a girl called Daisy

And kissed her by the old oak tree

Although I loved my Daisy, I saw fame

And so I left the village green

 

I miss the village green

And all the simple people

I miss the village green

The church, the clock, the steeple

I miss the morning dew, fresh air and Sunday school

 

And now all the houses

Are rare antiquities

American tourists flock to see the village green

They snap their photographs and say: Gawd darn it

Isn't it a pretty scene?

And Daisy's married Tom the grocer boy

And now he owns a grocery

 

I miss the village green

And all the simple people

I miss the village green

The church, the clock, the steeple

I miss the morning dew, fresh air and Sunday school

 

And I will return there

And I'll and Daisy

And we'll sip tea, laugh

And talk about the village green

We will laugh and talk about the village green

 

The Kinks - Village Green

quinta-feira, 28 de setembro de 2023

Watches and Wonders Geneva 2024 de 9 a 15 de Abril

O salão de Alta Relojoaria Watches and Wonders de Genebra terá a sua ppróxima edição de 9 a 15 de Abriol de 2024-

Serão 55 expositores, com 3 dias abertos ao público.

O comunicado:

Taking place from April 9 to 15, 2024, the next Watches and Wonders Geneva promises to be a thrilling one, with an enhanced program at the Salon and In The City, specially designed for the general public. The focus will be on the visitor experience, as well as meaningful connection and interaction with the exhibiting Maisons. Several spaces have been expanded, allowing the event to host new brands and welcome the public over 3 full days!

Planning is already well underway for Watches and Wonders Geneva to ensure a unique week for the world of fine watchmaking, with a record 55 watch brands confirmed to take part in 2024. It’s a chance for industry professionals, connoisseurs and enthusiasts to come together, experience the latest products first-hand, engage and build meaningful connections. A new 7-day program has been designed with the Salon opening to the public from Saturday to Monday. Tickets can be purchased online from early February 2024, with student and weekend prices available.

The Watches and Wonders Geneva experience has been reimagined for 2024. It will now encompass two floors and feature new spaces for visitors to explore along with enhanced venues for meeting and discussion.

In addition to prestigious names such as Rolex, Cartier, Patek Philippe, IWC Schaffhausen and TAG Heuer, six new brands will be exhibiting for the first time, with Bremont on one side and Eberhard & Co, Gerald Charles, Nomos Glashütte, Norqain and Raymond Weil on the other. H. Moser & Cie. will also be making its return to the Carré des Horlogers.

The LAB, which serves as a window into the future of the industry, will take on a new dimension at the heart of the Salon, symbolically representing the importance of technological innovation within the manufactures. Here, startups, schools and engineers will reveal the secrets of tomorrow's watchmaking. It’s an immersive, tactile and sensory experience for the curious and especially relevant to younger enthusiasts with career aspirations.

The heart of the City will be ticking even louder to the rhythm of watch movements, with a dynamic In The City program. A new Village Horloger will be created to showcase the wonders of fine watchmaking, its crafts, savoir-faire and talents. Major brands will also be joining the festivities with in-store activities featuring presentations and special exhibitions of their finest creations. The evening celebration – with its free concert - will be held on April 11 on the Quai Général-Guisan.

Watches and Wonders Geneva is aimed at all audiences and all ages, with a particular focus on younger generations who have shown a growing interest in the industry. The countdown begins as the whole city is getting ready to once again welcome the watchmaking event of the year!

EXHIBITING MAISONS

A. LANGE & SÖHNE | ALPINA WATCHES | ANGELUS | ARNOLD & SON | BAUME & MERCIER | BEAUREGARD | BELL & ROSS | BREMONT | CARTIER | CHANEL | CHARLES ZUBER | CHARRIOL | CHOPARD | CHRONOSWISS | CYRUS GENÈVE | CZAPEK & CIE | EBERHARD & CO. | FERDINAND BERTHOUD | FREDERIQUE CONSTANT | GERALD CHARLES | GRAND SEIKO | GRÖNEFELD | H. MOSER & CIE. | HAUTLENCE | HERMÈS | HUBLOT | HYSEK | IWC SCHAFFHAUSEN | JAEGER-LECOULTRE | LAURENT FERRIER | LOUIS MOINET | MONTBLANC | NOMOS GLASHÜTTE | NORQAIN | ORIS | PANERAI | PARMIGIANI FLEURIER | PATEK PHILIPPE | PEQUIGNET | PIAGET | RAYMOND WEIL | REBELLION TIMEPIECES | RESSENCE | ROGER DUBUIS | ROLEX | RUDIS SYLVA | SPEAKE-MARIN | TAG HEUER | TRILOBE | TUDOR | U-BOAT | ULYSSE NARDIN | VACHERON CONSTANTIN | VAN CLEEF & ARPELS | ZENITH

Janela para o passado - há 90 anos, contra o Negus, marchar, marchar


Artigo de Guilherme de Ayalla Monteiro, em 1963, contra o Imperador da Etiópia, o Negus (Rei dos Reis), Hailé Selassié, que tinha visitado Poetugal em 1959. In Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro de 1 de Janeiro de 1964.


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Meditações - Turn your clock back

Last time, wrong time

Outside, out of line, uh

Yeah, but this time's our time

Right on, we'll let it shine, get up

Turn your clock back

Paint it red on black

Bring it all right back

Oh hell yeah

Come on

Alright

Hey, hey, hey

You can spend my money

Don't you waste my time (my time, my time)

Well we're right now makin' up for lost time, yeah

Alright alright

I think it's high time we lay it out there on the line

Now it's about time

It's about time

It's about time

Yeah

Bright lights, old fights

This time we got it right, yeah

It's been a long time, overtime

Second flash, you're out of sight, yeah, so get up

Turn your clock back

Paint it red on black

We'll get it all right back

Oh hell yeah, yeah

Come on

It's alright

Hey, hey, hey

You can spend my money

Don't you waste my time (my time, my time)

Well, we're 'bout to make it up to ya, big time

Big, big, big, big time

Well it's about time we lay it out there on the line

Woo

It's about time

It's about time

It's a just about time

Just about time, yeah

It's alright

Yeah, spend my money

Don't you waste my time (my time, prime time)

Well, we're gonna make it up to you big time

(Big time, big time)

Because it's high time we lay it out on the line

It's about time

It's about time

It's about time

It's just about time

It's about time

It's about time

It's all about

Talk about

Want to know

There ain't no doubt

It's about time

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Woo, you go ahead, turn your clocks back

Yeah, ow

Van Halen - It's about time

quarta-feira, 27 de setembro de 2023

Janela para o passado - há 90 anos - os ingleses e o ajardinamento das estações de combóios em Portugal

Entrevista a Albert Loweth, britânico radicado em Sintra, que introduziu um concurso de estações floridas para a linha de Sintra, à semelhança do que ocorria no seu país. Tinha sido Chefe de Contabilidade na The Anglo Portuguese Telephone Company, in Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro, de 16 de Março de 1933

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Meditações - The clock strikes twelve and moondrops burst

The clock strikes twelve and moondrops burst

Out at you from their hiding place

Like acid and oil on a madman's face

His reason tends to fly away

Like lesser birds on the four winds

Like silver scrapes in May

And now the sand's become a crust

And most of you have gone away

Come Susie dear, let's take a walk

Just out there upon the beach

I know you'll soon be married

And you'll want to know where winds come from

Well it's never said at all

On the map that Carrie reads

Behind the clock back there you know

At the Four Winds Bar

Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!

Four doors at the Four Winds Bar

Two doors locked and windows barred

One door to let to take you in

The other one just mirrors it

Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!

Hellish glare and inference

The other one's a duplicate

The Queenly flux, eternal light

Or the light that never warms

Or the light that never, never warms

Or the light that never

Never warms

Never warms

Never warms

The clock strikes twelve and moondrops burst

Out at you from their hiding place

Miss Carrie nurse and Susie dear

Would find themselves at Four Winds Bar

It's the nexus of the crisis

And the origin of storms

Just the place to hopelessly

Encounter time and then came me

Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!

Call me Desdinova

Eternal light

These gravely digs of mine

Will surely prove a sight

And don't forget my dog

Fixed and consequent

Astronomy... a star (repeats)

Blue Oyster Cult . Astronomy

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Meditações - Put the clock back on the wall!

When the local population starts to worry about your mood

Starts to wonder why the clouds are in your eyes

You can tell them that it's the flowers or the cinder in the air

But don't let on what's under your disguise

Hey

I can't reveal what's inside or behind me and

Thoughts that are real I can't feel

They won't find me

Hey

Put the clock back on the wall!

I've been away where the night meets the morning

Flashes of gray bring the day and it's warning me.

Hey

Put the clock black on the wall!

When the local populations starts to act a little strange.

Starts to make you giggle to yourself inside, and he'll ask you why you're laughing as he laughs along with you, you don't know but you both laughed so hard you cried,

Hey

Put the clock back on the wall!

The E-types - Put the clock back on the wall

segunda-feira, 25 de setembro de 2023

Seis milhões de visualizações


Acabámos de ultrapassar os 6 milhões de visualizações (auditadas pelo Blogger). Recordamos aqui um post onde falamos de uma Tese de Mestrado que teve como objecto, entre outros, o Estação Cronográfica. Nele explicamos o nosso propósito de total independência editorial e de cumprimento das ética e deontologia jornalísticas. Que mantemos. Sobre nós, ver aqui.

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Meditações - I didn't know what time it was

Had to come and see you,

Sorry that I had to wake you Baby,

Didn't know what time it was,

No I just didn't know the time.

 

Had to run and hold you,

No I didn't have a reason Baby,

No I didn't know what time it was,

No I just didn't know the time.

 

There have been times when I did not even know my name,

Time after time when things were changing my world stayed the same.

 

There have been times when I did not even know my name,

Up until the time you came into my life my world stayed the same.

 

Had to come and see you,

Sorry that I had to wake you Baby,

I didn't know what time it was,

No I just didn't know the time.

No I just didn't know the time.

Didn't know what time it was

No I just didn't know the time ,

Didn't know what time it was

No I just didn't know the time ,

Didn't know what time it was

No I just didn't know the time.

Staccatos - Didn't know the time

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