Wall clock

[m151]

My wall clock was running and keeping good time. Don't know what kind it only says Korea on the face. It all of a sudden started losing time. I tried to shorten pendulum, that didn't help. I checked beat and it was off. I adjusted beat by moving bottom of clock and now it is in beat and running on time again but it is visible not level. Why?

 

[JTD]

My wall clock was running and keeping good time. Don't know what kind it only says Korea on the face. It all of a sudden started losing time. I tried to shorten pendulum, that didn't help. I checked beat and it was off. I adjusted beat by moving bottom of clock and now it is in beat and running on time again but it is visible not level. Why?

If you level the clock and adjust the crutch, (slightly towards the side which at the moment is higher) you will get it back into beat when level.

JTD

 

[shutterbug]

It's not likely that the beat is your whole problem though. Let us know after you get it adjusted.

 

[m151]

Since it running and keeping time right now I'm not gona mess with it. The unlevel is visible if you know it. If someone just casually looked at the clock they probably wouldn't notice. Thanks for RE:'s

 

[JayKosta]

I think that some clocks have a 'self adjusting beat mechanism' - could that be the situation with this clock?
The 'self adjusting' is 'supposed to' work correctly, but I imagine that it could malfunction and 'self adjust' to being out of beat. Or if the clock was disturbed (tilted) while running, that might have activated the 'self adjusting'.

 

[JTD]

I think that some clocks have a 'self adjusting beat mechanism' - could that be the situation with this clock?
The 'self adjusting' is 'supposed to' work correctly, but I imagine that it could malfunction and 'self adjust' to being out of beat. Or if the clock was disturbed (tilted) while running, that might have activated the 'self adjusting'.

I don't know of any Korean clocks with a self-adjusting mechanism, but I may b wrong.

JTD