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I have just overhauled a Regula 25 weight driven clock with a fairly stiff sliding wooden leaf on it's pendulum to regulate the time keeping. I...
What is the accepted accuracy (time keeping) of a Cuckoo clock which has a hit or miss sliding leaf on the pendulum for adjusting the rate?
You only have to open them up about 1mm. Look first from the top to see if there is wear. The clock I worked on would run but not...
I very much doubt if you could do any work on the movement while it is in the clock. Look ar Burkhard's post and follow his advice! There are also...
I have just finished overhauling one of those which is about 30 years old and I found that the reason why it required extra weight to run was...
I recently serviced an Uhrenfabrik Herr rectangular 400 day on which the front and rear glass just slid out the top of the frame. The movt was...
Copper is easily worked to a smaller diameter by tapping it into a smaller diameter hole in a pipe or whatever, or expanded by forcing a slightly...
Thanks for all your comments. I must admit that the wheel does not look worn to me, but I wanted comments from people who had experience with...
Sometimes I am amazed at the lengths manufacturers will go to to eliminate a problem that doesn't really exist! Clocks have been running quite...
Is this escape wheel worn at all? First time I have encountered this auto beat escape wheel, it is from a UW 03011B. Approx when did Urgos begin...
I've always been under the impression that they inflate the shipping price and pocket the difference. Shipping stuff over to South Africa can be...
Any tips on securing the chains on a GF movement when you have to remove the movt from the case at the clients home. I have an Urgos UW03011B...
Bangster's method can also be used to raise dents in wood (as long as the fibres aren't broken). I have raised dents in gun stocks that way and it...
To straighten warped wood it has to be wet and then bent slightly beyond the straight (to allow for the natural spring in the wood) and then held...
A frog is also the thing that is attached to a soldiers belt and which carries his bayonet!
Thanks very much!
Can anyone tell me why the Chapter Ring has that name? Thanks
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Thank you kurt, I am repairing the above clock for a friend but I actually own a Herr copy of the 1949 Schatz 400 day clock. I have read that Herr...
Hi everyone, can anyone tell me who might have made this clock as well as the apprximate year of manufacture. Thanks.[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
