Hi i was wondering if any one might be able to help? a few years ago i acquired a Murday Reasons clock with the large balance wheel, it's never run properly,when it impulsed it managed 3 or 4 at best,clearly there is something wrong?and this was with transformer at 5 6 volts it put into the hands of so called expert who did virtually nothing,i sent the coils to professorial coil winder tho tested the coils he said that the winding had broken down probably through age,they were rewound in modern copper wire,the sapphire bearing had suffer damage over the years,this was professorially replace by company that specialises in this type work,the movement is quite good and shows no wear,at the bridge there is an adjustable screw a locking nut this showed considerable wear and has been re bushed, the contacts are in good condition,on the face of it there is little wrong,this now only leaves the balance spring,i suspect that it might be a modern reproduction,which is to strong for it,Electrical Time Keeping,it says the amplitude varies considerable and is dependant on the state of the battery but it give 7 to 30 swings,as mentioned mine is 3 or 4 swings at best ,i also believe it should run on 3 volts ,it would be nice to see it run once judging by the wear in bridge locking screw nut it had run for long while,any information especially about the balance spring would be gratefully received




