Sections may hold their own meetings and in some cases publish members' newsletters or organize horological study tours.
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Once a year the organization usually organizes an international study tour, travelling to a foreign locale to study historic horological artefacts.īesides the main body that meets in London, there also are numerous Sections, most of them regional groups of members spread throughout the United Kingdom, plus five international sections (Ireland, USA, Canada, Netherlands) and three special interest sections with interests in turret clocks, wristwatches and electrical horology. The annual general meeting is usually held at the National Maritime Museum and involves a one-day seminar. The Society hosts a London Lecture Series, which from January 2020 has been held at St Mary-at-Hill, a Wren church opposite the Society's headquarters in Lovat Lane. Meetings may also be multi-day seminars, held in a number of locations such as Oxford.
The principal meetings of the Society are held periodically, primarily in London. The society is a registered charity under English law. It unites collectors, scholars and museum professionals interested in the historical aspects of horology – the study of the art, science, social history and technology of timekeepers, such as clocks and watches.
In early 2016, the Society appointed Dr Patricia Fara of Clare College, Cambridge as its new president, following the untimely death of its previous president Professor Lisa Jardine. Its administrative office is at 4 Lovat Lane, a listed building close to the Monument, in the City of London. The Antiquarian Horological Society, abbreviated to AHS, is the UK-based learned society for scholars and enthusiasts of horology.
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