Forum: Mechanical Movements   Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 11:55 pm   Subject: Can You ID this New Haven Clock Mvmnt?

It's all up to you on the moral dilemma. Clock movements have been moved from clock to clock over the years. You may just want to look for one in a bad case, or an electric version.

What you want i ...

Forum: Mechanical Movements   Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 1:30 am   Subject: Can You ID this New Haven Clock Mvmnt?

Thanks, Chris. Here's the link to pictures on my Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=556650765#!/album.php?aid=195527&id=556650765

Peerless is probably the model of the cl ...

Forum: Mechanical Movements   Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 1:28 am   Subject: Can You ID this New Haven Clock Mvmnt?

Thanks, Chris. Here's the link to pictures on my Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=556650765#!/album.php?aid=195527&id=556650765

Peerless is probably the model of the cl ...

Forum: General   Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 12:56 am   Subject: Damaged Old Clock. Some advise please.

I would get a clock repair person or restorer to give you an estimate, you can then present it to the UPS Store with pictures of the damage.

The UPS Store I believe guarantees it will not break if ...

Forum: General   Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 12:53 am   Subject: Old clock and would like to find out about it please

Looks like an old German or European clock. Very Cool looking clock

Forum: General   Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 11:28 pm   Subject: Brand new to clocks

Definitely not heirloom quality. Those 31 day movements are junk.

Forum: General   Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2010 5:35 pm   Subject: Mantle clock identification

It was a fairly popular style of clock, and many are for sale on ebay quite frequently. If you like it, and want to get it fixed it should not be too expensive, although the minute hand appears to be ...

Forum: Mechanical Movements   Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 12:59 am   Subject: Manthe clock part

you could probably get the variety pack. Most likely the spring broke where the other piece of plastic was, so you could just measure the length by adding the plastic dimension on the broken end to ge ...

Forum: Mechanical Movements   Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 8:20 pm   Subject: Manthe clock part

pretty much a standard item, you can buy from timesavers or merritts antique clocks. It's a suspension spring.

http://www.timesavers.com/findbydesc/SearchCatalogMain.asp?ProdDesc=suspension+spring

Forum: General   Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 2:46 am   Subject: Looking for mantle clock movement.

This is really your only choice.

http://www.murrayclock.ca/product_info.php?cPath=22_46&products_id=363&osCsid=1d89eadc144de124e3ea983daf610e03

Forum: Battery Operated Movements   Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 2:57 am   Subject: Wall clocks stopped working...

Pendulum's in battery clocks serve no mechanical purpose, they merely swing on a pivot point through inertia.

Most likely your battery clocks will require a new movement. The life of the movement ...

Forum: Mechanical Movements   Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 1:32 am   Subject: Broken Chime Rods on tripple chime movement wall clock

My movement is a hermle 1051-030
I contacted Howard miller, and they told me to contact black forest imports. and they have don't have stock.
The rods in the both of my blocks are removable, and wou ...

Forum: General   Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 3:21 am   Subject: Cuckoo clock Plan

probably made from plywood, or relatively inexpensive wood, as they were most always painted brown. they were also very inexpensive.

Forum: Mechanical Movements   Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 7:02 pm   Subject: Re: how to clean Howard Diller wall clock?

how to clean Howard Diller wall clock, can use WD40?

WD-40 is the worse thing to use on a clock, since it will eventually gum up the clock, and will cost you twice as much for the clockman to clean ...

Forum: Mechanical Movements   Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 6:58 pm   Subject: Ingraham 8 day Mantle Clock Movement

I was the winning bidder on a sister clock on eBay.
Almost identical, except for darker stain and slightly different top and sides.
Now I have OEM parts that I hope are good for getting mine back in ...

Forum: General   Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 4:17 pm   Subject: Matthew Norman

Here is the corporate website
http://www.swiza.ch/CMS/default.asp?ID=71

Forum: Mechanical Movements   Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 6:22 pm   Subject: Another first time clock owner-George Marsh Ogee

I would bend back the verge wire to where it was originally. Sounds like you have a real early clock, it may be worth the $75 to get it checked out, or you could just leave it on the shelf.

As Chri ...

Forum: General   Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 11:23 pm   Subject: Painting new lead cupids for New Haven mirror-side

you could do imitation gold leaf available at the craft stores.

http://www.dickblick.com/products/imitation-gold-leaf/

another option is the rub and buff gold leaf paint

http://www.bigceramic ...

Forum: Mechanical Movements   Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 4:49 am   Subject: Ingraham 8 day Mantle Clock Movement

looking at the clock again, it almost looks handmade, i.e. dial looks too big for the case.

Forum: Mechanical Movements   Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 3:54 am   Subject: Ingraham 8 day Mantle Clock Movement

You will most likely have to look on Ebay to find an original. Merrits sells reproduction ones, but you will have to give them measurements to see if they will fit.

Here is one below.

http://ww ...