info on a hermle

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 7:26 pm     Post subject: info on a hermle

Hi all im very new to clocks and know nothing whats so ever about them but i have just inherited a grandfather clock or atleast i think its a grandfather, it has the following stamped on the workings

franz hermle
1151-050h
no 0 jewels

can anyone tell me what age it is?
does it need wineding up?
is there a web site were i could get instructions for it?

any info at all would be great

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 9:49 pm     Post subject:

Klockit sells an 1151-050H Hermle movement. The Klockit stock number would be #13045. This would be a Grandmother triple chime mechnical movement. You can always contact Klockit for a copy of the instruction manual (#13045A).

The clock will not need to be wound, however the weights need to be raised every 7-8 days to serve as winding. Typically, one side of the clock chain will be attached to a weight. The other side will wrap around a gear/sprocket (for lack of better term) and hang down beside the weight. This is the side that you would pull down to "wind" the movement.

In regard to age - the info supplied does not seem to indicate any age. I know that (at one time) Hermle used to supply a letter notation that would inidcate year of manufacture. I do believe that they have ceased to do this in the last few years. Keep checking back to your post, however, as there are forum patrons who have much more experience with determining this sort of thing than I.