I could really use some help from the deep brain trust here... I thought I was getting to the point that I could pretty easily find and rectify most problems on the torsion clocks I'm familiar with... 49s especially... but this one is driving nuts. Before the questions.. I have completely disassembled the movement, cleaned it carefully, oiled and exercised the mainspring, pegged all of the pivot holes, reassembled and judiciously placed a tiny drop of good oil at the pivot points, left out the anchor, and verified that the movement turns freely with only two clicks on the mainspring. HOWEVER... that is only true without the hands on it.
Here's a picture of the backplate, just to identify the clock for sure...
This is the first JUF/Schatz 49 I've come across (after renovating at least ten so far.. maybe more) that had this configuration on the front plate, with a keeper bracket over the hour wheel instead of a screw down through the center and the wheel placed to the right of the center wheel arbor; this one is above it vertically...
Here's another view... The arrow indicates where the concave pressure washer is right now.. more on that below...
On all the other 49s I've done, that concave pressure washer was placed directly on the center wheel shaft in front of the front plate prior to adding the cannon pinion, minute wheel, and hour wheel, and that's where it was in this clock, too. In Appendix 18, #109 Terwilliger shows that washer placed directly on top of the minute hand, behind the hand nut for Reiner and Herr clocks, so I thought I'd try that, too. Neither works..
Here's what's happening... the minute I tighten the hand nut enough to engage the minute hand/wheel at all (or the concave washer, if placed behind the hand nut)... even the VERY slightest amount.. the movement stops. The center arbor WAS bent a bit, but I've successfully straightened it and it shows no wobble now. The minute wheel (the one that rides on the cannon pinion.. I hope I have the terminology correct) seems "wavy".. not flat, with sort of warps around it, but to my eye it's pretty slight.
Here's an exploded pic... the two yellow arrows from the concave washer show the location where it was found on this clock and all of the other 49s I've experienced and where Terwilliger describes its location on Reiner and Herr movements (marked with the "?" in this pic). Also, an indication for the wheel that isn't perfectly flat.
Here's an edge closeup of that wheel...
...and one of the cannon pinion. I don't recall that slightly recessed band in the middle of the hollow shaft on other clocks I've renovated, but I could have missed it. Is it indicative of anything?
OK... that's all I've got. Ideas? Thanks!
Here's a picture of the backplate, just to identify the clock for sure...

This is the first JUF/Schatz 49 I've come across (after renovating at least ten so far.. maybe more) that had this configuration on the front plate, with a keeper bracket over the hour wheel instead of a screw down through the center and the wheel placed to the right of the center wheel arbor; this one is above it vertically...

Here's another view... The arrow indicates where the concave pressure washer is right now.. more on that below...

On all the other 49s I've done, that concave pressure washer was placed directly on the center wheel shaft in front of the front plate prior to adding the cannon pinion, minute wheel, and hour wheel, and that's where it was in this clock, too. In Appendix 18, #109 Terwilliger shows that washer placed directly on top of the minute hand, behind the hand nut for Reiner and Herr clocks, so I thought I'd try that, too. Neither works..
Here's what's happening... the minute I tighten the hand nut enough to engage the minute hand/wheel at all (or the concave washer, if placed behind the hand nut)... even the VERY slightest amount.. the movement stops. The center arbor WAS bent a bit, but I've successfully straightened it and it shows no wobble now. The minute wheel (the one that rides on the cannon pinion.. I hope I have the terminology correct) seems "wavy".. not flat, with sort of warps around it, but to my eye it's pretty slight.
Here's an exploded pic... the two yellow arrows from the concave washer show the location where it was found on this clock and all of the other 49s I've experienced and where Terwilliger describes its location on Reiner and Herr movements (marked with the "?" in this pic). Also, an indication for the wheel that isn't perfectly flat.

Here's an edge closeup of that wheel...

...and one of the cannon pinion. I don't recall that slightly recessed band in the middle of the hollow shaft on other clocks I've renovated, but I could have missed it. Is it indicative of anything?

OK... that's all I've got. Ideas? Thanks!
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