A clock to set your watch by

The countdown to the replacement of one of Gateshead’s most used clocks has begun.

With Father Time having finally caught up with the old timepiece outside Express Engineering’s Team Valley operation, the company has called in Newcastle based Autoclock Systems.

After over 20 years without slumbering the old alfresco timepiece, used by hundreds of passers by every day, began sticking.  And each time it froze the Express switchboard lit up with callers ringing to report the fault.

So the time honoured services of Paul Stuart, clock engineer at Autoclock Systems Limited who fitted the original back in 1988, were commissioned. He has installed a new state of the art clock outside the Kingsway premises, complete with GPS antenna which assures 100% accuracy 100% of the time.

And it’s out with the old roll over style and in with the new, red, LED lights, which automatically alters the brightness of the display to be visible when it’s bright and avoid glare when it’s darker.

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Managing director with Express Engineering, Nigel Davison, said:  “We didn’t realise the role our clock has played in so many people’s day to day routines on the Team Valley until it broke down.  Having established that the old clock cannot be fixed we’re returning with haste to our timely responsibilities.”

Jason Osborne, Sales Consultant with Autoclock Systems Limited, added: “Express Engineering is one of our longest standing clients and the clock has at times been a reference for our work, as most people who know the Team Valley are familiar with it.  The replacement has a lot to live up to but we’re confident it will stand the test of time.”