So, they were good investments from their point of view. A pair of limed oak coronation chairs, English, circa 1937, each with a rectangular cushioned backrest and curved seat, on four square-section legs, the front legs with chamfered edges, the backrest and seat upholstered in blue velvet (faded) with gold trim, the seat backs embroidered with the royal cipher GR VI and a crown in gold thread. And so, delighted with this ruling, I didn't have to charge my customers the purchase tax.Īll that changed when we got round to VAT and then everything had to be charged VAT, but those lucky early customers, although they were not only early on that score, they were doubly lucky because I think they paid on the average about £5000 for their watches and they're selling now at £150,000, £200,000, £300,000.
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However, as Fontana wrote partly in a cipher of his own invention. Curators comments: For a description of this watch by David Thompson see Antiquarian Horology, Volume 24, No.6, Summer 1999, p570/571: Text from Watches. I didn't want to charge them purchase tax and what could he do about it? Well, we went along to see the purchase tax people and we had a long discussion there and we were asked to come back again the following week and we went back and they looked at the watch and they agreed with me that I didn't make these watches as a business, I made them because it amused me to do so, and if there was a customer, I was perfectly entitled to sell it. horology, land measurement, and the ars memoriae have long been known to specialists. And so on the advice of Queenman, the jeweller in London, I got my solicitor, who was an expert on tax, and I explained to him that I didn't really want to charge my customers this. I can't remember exactly, but I think it was about 25% or something on the cost of the thing. Any clock that is operated by electric power. Listen to the episode: ZODIAC: A TO Z Ep1 408: The Beginning. And interesting that when I built the first watch, we didn't have VAT, we had purchase tax and it was quite a lot of money. Looking for Electric clocks Find out information about Electric clocks. The Zodiac’s 408 Cipher: The first episode of the ZODIAC: A TO Z podcast features an extended conversation with David Oranchak () about the Zodiac’s first cipher, known as the Z408. If one runs a business there are all the administrative problems to deal with, and the Inland Revenue and VAT all had to be dealt with. Our kit includes an unassembled watch of your own choice, and. Does the DIY Watchmaking Kit come with a watch Yes it does. Join now to see what the others are working on and find fellow community members to solve your problem. Encrypting files in C:UsersMainUserDocuments Private OK 1 file (s) or directorie (s) within 1 directorie (s) were encrypted. The DWC Forum is where watch hobbyists get together and share their passion for horology. It would take something like 2000 hours to make such a watch, and so of course one could only make one each year because there are other things that need attending to. To enable encryption on the Private directory used in the previous example, type: Copy.