This picture shows one of the
Australian early movements.
A G Jackson (1863-1935) did something quite unusual when in 1903 he purchased rights to the Synchronome name and patents in Australasia for the sum of £500. It is said that this purchase helped tide Synchronome through a difficult period.
Jackson incorporated his business under the name "Synchronome Electrical Company of Australasia" in 1904 and in the same year installed the first Synchronome electric tower clock in the South Brisbane Town Hall, Queensland. There was an interchange of information and ideas between Jackson and HJ and some letters from Jackson to HJ which have survived give glimpses of their relationship. sadly, no trace of HJ's replies have been found.
NAWCC published a booklet in 1998 under the title of "Synchronome Brisbane 1903-1991" which paints a comprehensive picture of the Jackson family and interesting material on the Web includes an article which appeared in the Horological Journal in 2006 under the title "The Synchronomes at the ends of the world"
This picture shows one of the
Australian early movements.
At the time Hope-Jones was still using a pendulum supported from the case backboard with a separate movement and it was Jackson who linked the pendulum support and the movement, an idea possibly later adopted by Hugh-Jones when designing his famous A Frame.
Other features of the Australian movements were that the pendulum was impulsed by a leader and crutch attached to the top support and also that the Australian movements made no provision for an advance/retard mechanism.