clodk chimes repeatedly

Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 12:13 pm     Post subject: clodk chimes repeatedly

I have this old Waterbury china clock and sometimes it starts chiming and won't stop. It has been cleaned and oiled by a clock shop. It runs but sometimes chimes wrong along with the continuous chiming problem.

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 2:39 am     Post subject: Clock chimes repeatedly

Runaway strike could be a problem on older count wheel striking clocks (of which this is probably one). I would strongly advise returning it to the shop that worked on it. This is something that they should have caught when they serviced it.

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 2:42 am     Post subject: was returned

I returned the clock three times and it still does it.

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 12:46 am     Post subject:

I agree with clkwrx - if you paid for the repair take it back.

Let him keep it a while if that's what it takes to catch it playing up.

It's obviously not 'locking' when it should.
This simply means a lever is not dropping at the right point to stop the mechanism. Usually not really a hard repair so he obviously doesn't want to spend time getting it right.

Ask for your money back, or some of it, take it to a proper shop who does repairs.