Rob
Memel BA is a professional certified clock restorer since
1984. Focussed on early clocks and complicated pendulerie.
After a 20 year break, working successfully in the
international Human Resources area, he returned back to his
roots and started his own company “de Klokkenmaker van
Heemstede”. He
published many articles where his specialism is 17th
century archive research.
The Author,
Rob Memel BA
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Late 1656 the physicist Christiaan
Huygens invented the pendulum clock, which is still
considered as very important. As to implement his invention,
Huygens sought collaboration with master clockmaker Salomon
Coster in the Hague. From that moment on Coster became the
most influential clockmaker in the Netherlands.
Because relatively little was known about Salomon Coster,
Rob together with Victor Kersing started an archive research
on Salomon Coster. Their goal is to map the story of Coster
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