Monthly Archives: September 2014

Clock Repair Archive – –    TIMEKEEPING The Herschede with the imitation mercury pendulum has a weight inside the center of the imitation vial. It is hidden so be aware of this and check it out if there is an … Continue reading →

Clock Repair Archive – –      The Golden hour clock glass hole is ¼ inch , glass diameter is 7in. .126in. thick. Replacement motors have been available from time to time from most of the main clock repair parts … Continue reading →

Clock Repair Archive – –  Many of the Gilbert time and strike mantle clocks with count wheels that have two 12 hour sections on them will be ok on one half and not ok on the other side ; so … Continue reading →

Clock Repair Archive – –     FAN (governor) BALANCE:Clocks that have governor fans must have them balanced. Either replace the blade or adjust the balance by bending SLIGHTLY the wings of the fan. Also filing some of the edge … Continue reading →

Clock Repair Archive – –     Elliott clocks: to remove the mechanism take the chapter ring off; the mechanism mounting screws are behind it. Hammer sequence: whitington . from the front: 12364758 .The night shutoff silences at 11pm and … Continue reading →

 E. Ingraham Duplex No. 3 : back to top The regulator is located above the 12 on the dial: turn it to the right to make the clock run slower or to the left to make the clock run faster … Continue reading →

Clock Repair Archive – –      8 day regula: back to top The 8 day Regula cuckoo bird door will flop open/shut/open/shut/open/shut when the cuckoo is activated if the door is set to open too far and/or there is … Continue reading →

Many of the modern triple chime / westminster chime wall clocks available today that use popular european mechanisms have the mechanism mounted to the dial with threaded studs that are fastened to the wooden dial back by screws from the … Continue reading →

Clock Repair Archive – –     Dead Beat escapement ( Graham escapement ):The gear train applies power to turn the escape wheel in the direction indicated. At A and B, the working face consists of the areas marked 1 and … Continue reading →

Clock Repair Archive – – Date Codes: date codes for some of the popular European clocks : 1990 – A1991 – B 1992 – C 1993 – D 1994 – E 1995 – F 1996 – G