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Chris Anthony
10-14-2000, 02:28 AM
In my last post I told of the clock gaining too much time. I miked the spring, and it was .0032. Put a new one in at .0035 and it's losing 2 hours a day. I suppose this could be corrected by shortening the spring, but by how much? This is a standard Schatz movement. Thanks for any input.
Chris Anthony
10-14-2000, 02:28 AM
In my last post I told of the clock gaining too much time. I miked the spring, and it was .0032. Put a new one in at .0035 and it's losing 2 hours a day. I suppose this could be corrected by shortening the spring, but by how much? This is a standard Schatz movement. Thanks for any input.
fixoclock
10-15-2000, 12:59 AM
Hi Chris,
The Repair Guide states that a 0.102mm ( 0.004 in ) wire is correct for the standard Schatz. This is true even for the very early JahresuhrenFabrik clocks right up to the Model 49. I suggest that you obtain a genuine 0.102mm wire and try again.
Lindsay Bramall.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Chris Anthony:
In my last post I told of the clock gaining too much time. I miked the spring, and it was .0032. Put a new one in at .0035 and it's losing 2 hours a day. I suppose this could be corrected by shortening the spring, but by how much? This is a standard Schatz movement. Thanks for any input.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
oldticker
02-14-2008, 10:19 AM
you should make the spring hang about an eighth of an inch from the bottom to about a quarter without it looking odd.
shutterbug
02-14-2008, 08:51 PM
In my last post I told of the clock gaining too much time. I miked the spring, and it was .0032. Put a new one in at .0035 and it's losing 2 hours a day. I suppose this could be corrected by shortening the spring, but by how much? This is a standard Schatz movement. Thanks for any input.

You put on a thicker spring and it's losing time now? It should be just the opposite - gaining even worse. If this is actually the case, I'm pretty sure you have a problem that is not spring related :)

Oh .... looking back at the original post I see you were losing time, not gaining :)

Yes, get the Horolovar .0040 and it should work.