Ed Beacham, Master Clockmaker

My name is Yvette, but some of you may know me as Vetty. I'm a Bay Area native with roots in Jalisco, Mexico. I love my culture and try to embrace it through what I do. Leatherwork has been in the Mexican culture for centuries. Still, more specifically, it has been a hobby dominated by men, and I love to see that more women are leatherworkers in these modern times. My dream is to keep leatherwork alive and teach it to future generations. Follow Yvette on social media .

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In commemoration of the August solar eclipse view able from central Oregon, we designed and built in-house a mechanical representation of the solar system from the sun to Saturn.

The Girandole Clock is considered one of the most beautiful American clocks ever designed. We aimed to replicate this in a miniature format. I build whatever catches my eye, this inspired me. Something we did different in this project was to include 7 other horologists.

What you see below is the extensive work required for fitting everything together before the finishing of the clock.