Masters: Keepers of Tradition
Clockmaker (Horologist)
Season 1 Episode 4 of 6
A profile of Philip Stokes, who has followed his family tradition of watch-making and repair, and is now one of the last practising horologists in the country, servicing public clocks across Ireland as well as intricate timepieces that are brought to his Cork workshop. The programmes follows Philip as he takes on the full restoration of Shandon Bells tower clock, one of Cork's most beloved landmarks
Masters: Keepers of Tradition airs on RTE One at 8:30 PM, Monday 18 May. (Subtitles, audio description, new.)
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