Smiths Enfield and Garrard Clock

[mrtuggles]

Hi i acquired a couple of clocks today from a local car boot sale, the Garrard is very dirty, but is fully working and keeping excellent time.The Smiths Enfield had a problem, which i put down to being a broken spring so i decided to take apart and do a rebuild on further investigation the main spring is intact and its a small spring on the side of the ratchet thats broken(see Pic as not sure what it is called)would like some info regarding how to replace this,get part, make one etc - I'm new to clocks so please help.

[Kevin W.]

Nice find Mr T , i believe you mean the click spring is broke.Not a difficult repair.I would examine the train for damage though.It may have happned when this spring broke.

[tonyboy]

Hell o. Nice finds. You can get a spare click spring from Clock Spares uk.
HERE
HTH
Tony

[mrtuggles]

Hi thanks for the info regarding the click spring, I'm going over to collect one - as Attleborough is only a 20 min run from me.

[mrtuggles]

More Pics of the Garrard, minus its face - marked beyond my repair, anyone have a spare one they are willing to sell?

On the chiming bits at the back it can be selected to strike only,is this a regular thing for a Garrard or an unusual feature ?? the clock is running lovely and keeping good time.Need to thing hard about this latest arrival - mechanism is good, case dirty and face is marked badly.Restore or destroy

Shame to scrap a good 1931 clock, it is an ugly beast.

[tonyboy]

Mrt i had a garrard once,and had to replace the face because i was stupid and put it in the ultrasonic cleaner and ruined it completley, Here's mine what i had replaced.
Tony

[Spaceman Spiff]

Hi, mrtuggles.

FYI, your Smiths Enfield appears to be the Mayfield model, dating from ca. 1955-56. It can be found on page 181 of Smiths Domestic Clocks by Barrie Smith (2nd edition, 2008).

Nice clocks!

[mrtuggles]

Hi thanks for that info regarding the Smiths Enfield, rebuild has started - thanks to Tonyboy with regards the click spring this has been purchased and fitted.Hope to post some pics of rebuild soon.

[Alwyn]

Hi mrtuggles,

Can I come in here? I have been repairing an Enfield which appears to be identical to your clock. I have just rebushed the front & back pivot holes for first wheel and the star wheel in the strike train. Have completely cleaned, and re-oiled the whole clock, including the two springs. The clock is running perfectly BUT I have a problem with the strike mechanism. It has two star wheels lifting three hammers and one star wheel appears to be assembled backwards, and the strike sounds wrong. Can you post a photograph of the front plate and the side of the clock with the strike mechanism? Many Thanks Alwyn

[harold bain]

Alwyn, you probably have the timing wrong, where the wrong hammer is lifted first. It will sound bong-bing, instead of bing-bong.

[Alwyn]

Hi Harold,

Thank you for your comment. I have tried timing the strike both with the single hammer first or the two hammers first - it does sound better one of the ways. What I can't understand is why one of the stars is clockwise but the other counter-clockwise. As both stars are on the same arbour this doesn't make sense! The star nearest appears to be running backwards. I had to re-bush front and back of the first wheel arbour and front and back of the star wheel arbour which had been re-bushed before. If the star IS mounted backwards this would surely contribute to the excessive wear of the pivots.

Alwyn