PLATING ON PIVOTS:
The plating on pivots must be removed if it has started to pit or peel. This is
one of the biggest problems the modern german mechanisms have had for 10 or 15
years now. you can tell by the color of the metal if the pivot is plated. The steel in most pivots has a very slight yellowish color compared to the metal on the inside of the
plating. the herschede clocks have a plating on their pivots and below the plating there
is a copper colored metal that must also be polished. If it is not polished completely
the bushings will wear very quickly, and also severe power loss will result.
GEAR DEPTHING: