For Real Horology Fans ONLY - Why You Should Know Wright Of Derby
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- In today’s video we return to the subject of true horology. Most watch enthusiasts love to throw that word around but fail to understand that timepieces on the wrist are only a tiny part of a story going back to the beginning of human civilization.
One of the most profound ways horology has left its mark on history is its influence and impact on art. In this episode I discuss the legendary English artist Wright of Derby and how he captured one of the most important moments in the evolution of horology and science. I then explore why the Orrery is perhaps the greatest of all complications and why Derby is one of the greatest artists of the 18th century.
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loving the frequent uploads now that you're back.
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TGV, i am 16 years old, i have been insipired by you greatly, you have improved my thinking capability and made me see life in a whole different perspective. i love watches too, currently own a seiko 5 snka05k1, tissot v8 swissmatic and a g shock gw b5600hr 1. Thanks for being there TGV , love you keep up the great content and i will always follow you dearly.
Very interesting. I can see a lot of work has gone into this video. Thanks for making it and sharing it with us.
The more I watch your videos that showcase the early masters of the art and science of horological design, the more I appreciate the current masters that are keeping this very complicated craft alive.
I love your way of looking at it and so true.
Thank you my friend, excellent comment.
Best regards,
TGV
I'm actually from Derby, born and lived there all my life (apart from the last 2 years as I live in Abu Dhabi now!). I've seen both the painting and the Orrery many times! Next time I go to the Derby museum I will have a whole new appreciation thanks to this video! I didn't realise the Orrery in the Derby museum wasn't the original though. Nice to see Derby getting some love, the industrial revolution itself began in Derbyshire! Cromford Mill (in Cromford, Derbyshire) was the world's first water-powered cotton spinning mill developed by Richard Arkwright in 1771. So, in a way, one could argue that Derbyshire was the birth place of the modern, industrialised world!
Thanks TGV! :)
I swear your intros are amongst the best in UA-cam.
Thank you Brian, I am flattered.
Best regards,
TGV
TGV ...taking horology to another level. 🌞🌚🌎✨
Hoot AL here, an old country gent who is proud to be a part of your "urban gentry." Very much enjoyed learning about the English artist, Wright of Derby. My wife and I will be in London for two weeks in May. I look forward to viewing his work in person at the British Museum.
Thank you for your reply to my message that related my Swiss heritage and its connection to horology. That message went on and on...So I didn't get to mention the watches I have bought since discovering your channel. What most appeals to me is the Hamilton Field Watch. But I could not justify the price. So I made a 180 degree turn, buying a mimic of the face with the CASIO MRW20H (black resin) at just $16! Undoubtedly a great value but it just did not scratch my itch. Next, I purchased the SIEKO SNZG15 and the ORIENT Defender--both satisfy my lust for better quality but not fully. So mainly based upon your recommendation, I pulled the trigger for the SEIKO SARB033. What a beautiful watch! I am declaring a moratorium on buying more watches (for now). I will concentrate on watch straps to compliment my present collection. I am aware my jump into horology is not a huge leap for a real collector, but for me, I am thrilled. Thanks again for your videos--such great content, good humor, thoughtful commentary, sound advice, and truly stellar production quality. Sincerely, Hoot AL
What a fantastic article! I live in Derby and have been completely unaware of this artist. I’ll be going to the Derby gallery at the weekend to see some of these works. Thank you.
Thank you for another valuable insightful video. The passion you have for horology, art, classical music and culture shines through and is appreciated. As well as excellent video production.
Thank you, TGV! As always, great information and nice video. Much appreciated.
Thank you Lee :D
Best regards,
TGV
Hey TGV, all the way from India, I have been watching your videos and they are truly amazing, beautifully shot and with a wealth of horological information, glad you are back was missing your videos. Cheers, take care !!
Greetings from Derby! Takes me back to a school trip taken many moons ago to see that very painting. Kudos to you tgv for highlighting this much overlooked artist. Great video as ever!
Thank you Marc, very cool to hear from Gentry in Derby!
Very much appreciated.
Best regards,
TGV
Thank for that great moment of Philosophy, History, Horology Science and pure relaxing beauty!
So glad you are back at it. Please keep up the videos that relate to design and art history! It is an angle that isn't cover as well on many other channels.
Hi TGV, well, I did as you suggested last week and checked out your video on this masterpiece. Another fine piece of work on your part I have to say. Just the motivation I needed to take a drive into town this week, head to the Derby Art Gallery and sit myself down in front of this most memorable piece of art. And stay a while in contemplation. While checking the time on my Orient Howard, no doubt! Stuff like this is the reason I seldom watch television these days. Looking forward to the next one. Best regards from Derby, England. Trev
Love the history videos. True to a watch-loving channel. Cheers!
Great video TGV! As always. I learn a lot from your channel 😉👍🏼
Excellent bit of history and very well put together, thanks for sharing and enlightening us👍
Thank you for drawing my attention to Wright. I won't say I pride myself on my knowledge of Art History but it is a subject near and dear to my heart. Having said that, I can honestly say that I have never heard of, nor seen any of Wright's work. I will definitely keep an eye out for the book you recommend on him. Looks like a treasure I've missed out on. Thank you Tristano for the heads up. That's one thing I like about your videos - not just the same old, same old watch reviews. Ciao, John
John!!!!
So happy to hear from you. I hope all is well.
Deffo check out Wright, he has such a wonderfully varied collection of styles.
Thank you for the kind words too, it would be so boring if it was just reviews and top 10s I agree.. Although, I have to say, I could do those quite happily all day! :D
O&U,
Best regards,
TGV
I'm relatively new to your channel TGV, but the plus side to that is that I still have so many of your brilliantly produced videos to watch. This gem caught my eye because I am reading a book at the moment about the 18th century clockmaker and natural philosopher John Whitehurst FRS who lived and worked in Derby for over forty years. He was a good friend of Joseph Wright and a member of the Lunar Society. The caption to the painting A Philosopher Lecturing Upon An Orrery in the book, states that the lecturer may indeed be John Whitehurst and that the figure on the far right may be Joseph Wright himself. John Flamsteed FRS, the first Astronomer Royal, was born six miles from Derby, and the house he lived in was rebuilt and subsequently lived in by John Whitehurst and later became the last home of Joseph Wright! Another, among many interesting connections, is that John Whitehurst was the brother-in-law of the well known and respected Liverpool clockmaker Joseph Finney. If you are not already aware of the book it is simply titled 'John Whitehurst' the author is Maxwell Craven. A great book well worth checking out. Happy Christmas and lets all hope for a better 2021. Oh, and how about some vids about your clocks as you've said you have a collection. Best wishes from the U.K. Chow.
a frequent video upload schedule? glad you are back man!
Hopefully so,
Thank you sir,
Best regards,
TGV
Just a beautiful story!
I'm always amazed at the gas lamp painting... It's just beautiful and dramatic.
Lovely production. You'll be having the History channel knocking on your door, with excellent shows like this and the wonderful watch reviews! Great job again!
Regards
Stuart
Haha, too kind!
Thank you Stuart :D
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TGV
Loved seeing a video on art and would love to see more content like this. I am subscribed to a lot of channels on UA-cam but you are the only channel I have notifications on for new videos because they are just that good. Keep up the good work.
Very nice to have you back TGV!!!
The current world is in desperate need of another period of enlightenment. Thanks for sharing that with us.
Very well put together and very interesting 👌🏽
Another great video TGV! Glad to see you back to your best!
All the best from Australia!
Kevin!
Thank you my friend, I hope all is well down under
O&U.
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TGV
Hi TGV! I've been following you for a while. Last week I finally delved into the world of mechanical watches, and I bought an Gen 2 Orient Bambino V3 with a blue dial. Absolutely stunning watch.
Fantastic! Congrats on the Orient, outstanding choice, a perfect place to dive in.
Enjoy the wonderful joinery ahead.
Thank you Antonio,
Best regards,
TGV
My favorite of TGV’s videos so far! (and I think I’ve watched most.) Thank you and would love to see more art history-type videos, with or without a horological bent (ok preferably with)
Wonderful. Your segments focused on the technological and historical are my absolute favorites. Thanks so much.
Thank you sir. I always enjoy your reviews and enjoy learning new, snd old stuff. Cheers.!
A pleasure, thank you!
Best regards,
TGV
The strap on that Bulova is very cool.
He who controls the spice controls the universe.
Interesting as always! Keep up the good work, TGV!
Thanks for always bringing in some history.
Lovely style of video, the 8 minutes flew by- I live only a couple of miles from Derby, it's always strange when somewhere you know is featured on a larger platform!
Great history video, and correlated to horology! Great like always!!
Great work, never knew of Wright but will now find out more
You are in for a treat, enjoy discovering it my friend.
Thank you,
Best regards,
TGV
I work in Derby, so will make it my mission to visit Derby gallery next week !!
What a wonderful video. Thinking about time, space, light, and sound. Horology encompasses all of these elements. Thank you for sharing beloved. 🙌 ⌚
Astonished by his artwork!
The thought you put into your videos... astounding.
And that intro. What? Keep it up! My wife and I spend weekend nights watching your show. Appreciate it.
Please make this a series!! Loved it
As always,insightful and interesting.the art of horology.those planetary time pieces are stunning.didnt even know they existed.good work fella.
A pleasure, thank you Rick. I hope this finds you well.
Best regards,
TGV
Truly marvelous! We live in an age of wonders. I could marvel at the midnight planetarium from V.C&A as much as the pieces from Christiaan van der Klaauw all day.
I did not know anything about this. I am now about to start a comprehensive research, thank you
Thank you so much for posting this video. I am very glad to see that manners and culture are still alive. I appreciate the amount of effort that you put into this video. Reminds me to go to the city and visit a museum more often than I do. Well done.
Terrific ! Thank you for sharing this !
Thank you for discover to me this great artist
Great video. Joseph Wright of Derby is one of my favourite artists. I shared his "A Moonlight with a Lighthouse, Coast of Tuscany" on Tumblr years ago and I think it's still my most popular post. Not that I post much, but, hey, it's nice to know there's some appreciation for his work on social media.
Great intro! The video was very interesting, as well as very well done, for a cultural ignored boob like myself. You’re very carefully done narration, along with your enthusiasm makes the story very compelling. I don’t know if it qualifies, but my favorite sort of horological art would be Salvador Dali and his famous melting clocks.
Love this video old boy. So enlightening and enjoyable to watch. I have almost caught up with all your videos now. Just give me time. Pun certainly intended.
Please make a video about Prague Astronomical Clock !
Yes indeed, but only after a video about Big Ben ;-)
That is some fantastic artwork!!! Cheers!
Very interesting story, thank you for sharing.
Ceci est un documentaire ciselé par la main d'un véritable artiste! Merci !!
Very interesting piece TGV keep it up and do more videos like this 👌🏾
Fantastic video. This was really interesting. Looking forward to the new video. Keep up the good work.
Yessss!!! Love this, TGV! I'm so, so glad you're back and doing excellent videos again. Crack on, my friend!😎👍
Thank you :D
O&U!!!!
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TGV
Your video reminds me the astronomia maestro by Jacob & Co. A masterpiece!
Being born in Derby myself - I’m more interested in John Whitehurst FRS of Derby. Scientist; Geologist; Indeed I have one his Longcase Clocks. Now there’s a man who new about things Horological.
Class dismissed for this session. Nicely done Professor TGV. The content was intriguing and enjoying. Thank you for sharing something so close to your heart. Bravo Good Sir. O/U. 👍
Outstanding. Simply outstanding.
TGV, thanks for that. an outstanding presentation that shows your passion in sharing some quite brilliant observations in the the recording of the history of horology by an artist who was clearly as interested in the intricacies of the "new" art of watchmaking as you are today
TGV thank you for making this video. I enjoy the philosophical aporoach you took with this one.
You Sir should make an own documentary about something that connects horology and history.
Thank you very much for this wonderful video! I really appreciate your commitment to spread knowledge about horology!
Greetings from Germany
Yes I missed this content, truly.
Love it, thanks TGV, pure class. Have you stopped the desk segments? Miss ur face haha
Haha, thank you :D
Far from it, check my last video and you will be happy to see me.
Best regards,
TGV
I'm Speechless *___* Very well placed TGV !!
His provincial status & choice of subjects meant the style was never widely imitated. The picture (as you mentioned earlier) has been owned by the National Gallery, London ~ since 1863 and is still regarded as a masterpiece of British art.
And you Sir is also a master when it comes to Horology IQ ;)
I also really like the Dutch brand Christiaan van der Klaauw, a watchmaker who has also done great planetarium watches! p.s. Glad you are back so frequent now sir! I missed it!
Beautifully interesting video. Thank you TGV for making my evening a bit more enlightened. No pun intended
Hi Tristano,
The Abeler family from Germany has produced 26 watchmakers and jewelers over many generations. Georg and Jürgen Abeler are the best known from the last century. The watch museum in Wuppertal goes back to the private collection of the Abeler family. Unfortunately, the watch museum was closed a few years after the death of Jürgen Abeler and auctioned the historically significant collection. Soon after, the family business was abandoned after 178 years. Jürgen Abeler has also worked historically and scientifically and has written several books. As far as I know, the books are in German only, but maybe I'm wrong about that. The books "5000 Jahre Zeitmessung (5000 Years of Timekeeping)" and "Meister der Uhrmacherkunst (Masters of Watchmaking)", a compilation of all master watchmakers in the German-speaking world, are absolutely recommendable.
Just awesome. Thank you.
T, Nice work as always. Best. Matthew
Tristano, thanks for this clip on Joseph Wright of Derby. Wright's work is certainly growing in stature, "Bird in the Air Pump" in the National Gallery seems to get bigger audiences than Turner's works hanging on the wall opposite.
And I'm not just saying that because I live in Derby.
Wrist watch? I've a GMT II Pepsi, that's desperate for a service.
Your videos enrich my life and widen my knowledge .thank You TGV.
THAT is why I make videos.
Thank you Darren for sharing that, it deeply inspires me.
Best regards,
TGV
Oh that intro tough ... looking forward to this years intro compilation
Great video as always TGV
And have a great day!
Thank you for the history lesson. It was all new to me.
I would love to see something similar on George Daniels, the inventor of the coaxial escapement.
Thats an excellent idea.
Thank you Mike,
Best regards,
TGV
Very inspirational video. I like the contemplation of influences that led to the different epochs in art. Before the invention of photography the realistic depiction of the natural world was the pinnacle of artistic expression. Later on psychological and sublime aspects of observation dominated the work of impressionists, expressionists and modern artists. Dali's melting clocks come to mind. Please continue your videos about cultural aspects of horology.
Wonderful! Almost like i'm back at the university in ART101 class. One of my favourite paintings depicting "a moment in time" has to be The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo.
I love the Dali with the melting pocket watch
Last time I was on 47th St. I was captivated by a Patek orrery clock in one of the windows. I can't imagine what it must have sold for.
TGV, man of international culture and tastes.
nice change of pace. love the choice of music.
Love the music choices in this one! I had the honor of playing Gymnopédie No. 1 at the wedding of two close friends. 👍🏻
Thank you TGV, As always informative. the relation between horology and astrology or astronomy always fascinates me.
Thanks for all the wonderful info! Love the video.
Surrealism: Obviously Dali - the persistence of memory with the melting pocket watch
Outstanding... Just outstanding.
Amazing review. Haven’t heard of this painter before but watching his work rang 2 bells for me. One related to my own preferred style of photography, the Chiaro-Scuro that I practice a lot and the other is of me being an amateur astronomer loving everything related to the sky. So this book is a must have for me. Hope I can find it.
By the way, I had a chance to see the 1 or so million dollar Astronomia and was literally blown away
Interesting Video & well thought out as always... The painting oozes a sense of calm and intrigue... Certainly puts you in the moment and in the minds of the people present.. I personally love it.. Very informative... 👍 BMJ ENGLAND 🏴
Hi TGV
Stunning art work indeed. From a time when philosophy, science and religion was integrated in an effort to establish a true world view. How did we ever loose that angle?!?🧐
Keep up the good work👍
Very true, it might be the end times, then again, even Socrates thought that of his time!
I guess we all just have to do our part.
Thank you Kjeld,
Best regards,
TGV
Good evening tgv i hope this finds you well, fascinating content and the perfect way to wind down the rest of my Fridays, so thank you sir, o&u your friend Ryan.
A pleasure Ryan and hearing that you enjoyed it makes it all worth it, thank you.
The UK has so much to be proud of, especially when it comes to horology, it's such a shame it does not get more credit. Oh well, I will have to do my bit to try and correct that ;-)
Best regards,
TGV
@@theurbangentry very true tgv, and may i just say you are more than doing your bit, keep up the sterling work my friend, kind regards Ryan,
A man who painted photographs before photographs , exquisite.
More history vids! More art vids! Share your insights and culture friends
I absolutely love the choice of music! Erik Satie! This is why I look forward to your uploads! Pure class!! A complete package...history, music, an beautiful imagery!
Great subject matter tristan , horology was a huge part of science .....leaps forward in clockmaking was always followed by leaps forward science ....
Love your channel champ! Keep it up, thanks a LOT for sharing your knowledge and opinions!
A pleasure, thank you sir!
Best regards,
TGV
@@theurbangentry Thanks a lot for taking the time to even aknowledge my comment! if you ever have a minute of extra time please take the time to have a look of a video i made of my first Omega Geneve watch, just a video showing the mechanical movement to some classical music, anyways! thank you champ