Forum: Mechanical Movements   Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 5:00 pm   Subject: Frankenstein ship's bell

I agree with other posters that it is most interesting to look at used Ship's bell clocks available on ebay.

There was a beautiful Mariner's model there being sold by a woman whose own grandfather ...

Forum: Mechanical Movements   Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 4:58 pm   Subject: Frankenstein ship's bell

Thank you for comments.

I must be nuts, here is what I did:

My original shipstrike was 15 years old, a gift from my wife, so I am attached to it.

I sent the clock to Chelsea and asked if they ...

Forum: Mechanical Movements   Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 5:34 pm   Subject: chelsea shipstrike

My chelsea shipstrike clock just got sent back to the factory.

It is about 15 years old and I previously let the movement be replaced by a Dallas area clock repair place.
The repair lasted about 2 ...