Forum: General   Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 7:51 pm   Subject: Mauthe Musical Alarm Clock

You might be able to find someone (somewhat) locally, to perform the repairs, though the NAWCC if not through this forum:

www.nawcc.org

Forum: General   Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 2:08 pm   Subject: Jacques Westminster Trinity Grandfather Clock

Information about the clock is hard to find, but info about the designer was a little more easy to come by:

http://www.clockguy.com/SiteRelated/SiteReferencePages/JacquesHistory.html

Perhaps thi ...

Forum: General   Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 2:02 pm   Subject: New to site

Very nice! Thanks for sharing

Forum: General   Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 1:59 pm   Subject: Hello Everyone

Clock repair is actually a trained trade of sorts. I would suggest begining by looking into various schools of hourology (which is basically the school of clock/watch repair). There are also texts a ...

Forum: General   Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 10:40 pm   Subject: Please help me to identify this clock...

I would say it would be worth a shot - as there is not much else to go off of. I also performed a search under "metal dore 80", just for the heck of it. Unfortunately, this yielded nothing ...

Forum: General   Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 1:52 pm   Subject: Please help me to identify this clock...

I am not familiar with a Baume & Mercier, but there was a company that produced watches (roughly) from the 1830's to today. This company was Baume et Mercier (which is a prominant, luxury Swiss w ...

Forum: General   Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 1:42 pm   Subject: Please help identify this clock

The links do not work (as I believe these are direct links on your own personal computer). Try posting photos on a free photo sharing site, and provide those links in a reply post here.

Forum: Battery Operated Movements   Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:38 pm   Subject: howard miller 615-008 wont chime, missing pendulum

I have heard of this before. With a movement we carried in the past, we could not use Duracel (as the contact surface was made differently than other batteries and resulted in battery contact failure ...

Forum: Battery Operated Movements   Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 10:22 pm   Subject: howard miller 615-008 wont chime, missing pendulum

No - the pendulum does not make the clock chime. In fact, the pendulum of a quartz movement does nothing - it is just for show. Quartz movements can come with a pendulum or without one. The ones th ...

Forum: Mechanical Movements   Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 10:12 pm   Subject: 8-Day Longcase - stops after 5 days

I would first check to make certain the pendulum is in beat. Perhaps, during the move, the pendulum shifted slightly out of beat (which would cause the clock to stop). Before checking the beat, make ...

Forum: Battery Operated Movements   Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 2:45 pm   Subject: howard miller 615-008 wont chime, missing pendulum

I would check to make certain the wires have not become un-attached from the remote speaker/movement. It could also be that the movement chimes have simply gone "ka-put" - as quartz (batter ...

Forum: Mechanical Movements   Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 2:16 pm   Subject: Hamilton GFC, 1st Clock Project, Need Some Help Please

Hope this helps:

1.) The numbers (particularly the 1151-050H) refer to the model number of the mechanical movement being used. Your movement is exactly comparable to Klockit's #13045. 94cm is a ...

Forum: Mechanical Movements   Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 2:05 pm   Subject: Grandfather Clock Tilted Movement -- how to straighten?

I have seen this with movement mounting boards (or seat boards) which are rather thin in width. Typically, a seat board is a composite wood material (about 3/4" thick) with a center, oval cut-ou ...

Forum: General   Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 1:56 pm   Subject: wanting info on this clock

Most mechanical movements will chime on the quarter hours (or, every 15 minutes). The chimes should be progressive (the length of the chime melody played will grow as the hand advances to every quart ...

Forum: General   Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 1:41 pm   Subject: MAUTHE CLOCK

Hello,

Could not see the photo. Please try posting again, or try uploading the photo to a free photo sharing site (such as flicker, etc).

Forum: General   Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:09 pm   Subject: Vesna clock parts

Apparently, Vesna clocks are still produced today. Getting parts may be a bit more complicated. Here is a forum post on the NAWCC which discusses the possibility of replacement parts for this type o ...

Forum: Woodworking   Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 1:44 pm   Subject: how to remove polyurethene from a clock, need help

If the clock can be dated between the 1700-1730's, then it more than likely has shellac on it. Try using shellac's solvent (denatured alcohol) in an inconspicuous area to see if it removes the finish ...

Forum: General   Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:29 pm   Subject: Inheriting a grandfather clock...400 years old?

The following link may help you to verify the date of this clock assembly:

http://www.antiqueclockspriceguide.com/datinggeneral.php

This site lists some general facts that could help you to esti ...

Forum: General   Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 2:18 pm   Subject: Manual

The Hermle service manual may apply and be of some help...

http://www.klockit.com/products/dept-9__sku-99251.html

Otherwise, you can also seek local (qualified) clock repairers, or search online ...

Forum: General   Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 2:15 pm   Subject: Dial for my Sessions Westminster clock

I would see if there was any way to move the movement back in the case to allow more room for the hand shaft. Is this a battery operated movement (or is it a mechanical wind-up)? If this is battery ...