You think the magnets were affecting the clock? Aye, I'm sure of it, sir. Take these out...
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[The King asked to try out the new watch himself, but there was a problem...]
William Harrison:
You think the magnets were affecting the clock?
King George III:
Aye, I'm sure of it, sir. Take these out and throw them in the garden. Immediately! --There. Now we must start all over again.
William Harrison:
Your Majesty is very kind.
King George III:
Piffle, sir. I'm a scientist!
Transcript
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That was when I'd finished the clock
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That was when the clock was a few weekends
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not the unpaid work of a lifetime
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It's destroying us
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No it isn't
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Well it is me
Clip duration: 22 seconds
Views: 134
Timestamp in movie: 00h 59m 24s
Uploaded: 01 April, 2022
Genres: drama, history
Summary: In two parallel stories, the clockmaker John Harrison builds the marine chronometer for safe navigation at sea in the 18th Century and the horologist Rupert Gould becomes obsessed with restoring it in the 20th Century.
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00:36 Steady as she goes
00:19 Captain Proctor presents his compliments
00:36 I'm sure she is
00:22 Oh dear
00:22 So that's it A wooden clock that's his claim to...
00:34 How do you know that It's my job at home
00:35 I thought to myself This'll never happen again
00:15 How can you tell if a clock is running five seconds faster...
00:10 Impossible sir A clock needs a pendulum You can't take...
00:27 You've found a way to build this sea clock haven't...
00:37 One second a month sir
00:27 William Mr Harrison
00:33 Honourable members who mourned with us
00:32 Of course It's not just beautiful it's divine
00:35 Now it is vital to my process Sir Edmund
00:05 What the bloody hell is that
00:21 Sir Frank I'm not asking to mechanically alter the...
00:22 I want you to give up the clock
00:10 I'm afraid you must excuse me
00:35 I sailed in the company of 961 men sir