Waterbury Needing a Little TLC

Here we have a nice Waterbury shelf clock that has had a rough life.  But with all its highs and lows  the clock is very repairable.  Here is the clock with the front face off:

Notice it is an alarm clock with the little alarm movement on the lower left side.  The alarm mechanism was tested, cleaned, and oiled.  Then tested again.  Works perfectly.  Here is a closer picture of the alarm mechanism before removal and cleaning:

The clock had a horrid repair life.  The repairmen did some creative repairs.  For example every hole was punched/pricked to close the hole.  Not all of them needed this treatment.  pricking is not a standard repair anyway but a repair person pricked them all.  The click springs were repaired previously.  The repair had a ton of excess solder and a homemade click spring.  They did work well however.  It was decided since they worked well and created un-reversible damage to the wheel to leave these along.

The time mainspring wheel was loose.  It was just about ready to give way and damage more of the clock.  It was caught just in the neck of time.  Here are two pictures of the loose wheel from the arbor:

There was just enough brass on the shoulder (1st pic) of the click wheel to wrap over the steel disc (2nd pic) to secure the wheel.  Once this was penned down the wheel was solid. 

Another problem was the pendulum indicator on the pendulum was missing.  A new hand was made.  Here are 3 pictures.  The first showing that the hand was made from an old mainspring.  This steel was perfect for the hand because it was strong yet thin.  This picture shows the mainspring used and a template attached to the cut off spring used to help in filling the correct hand size.

 Another picture.  This one shows the hand partially cut out.

And the finished product:

The next picture shows the clock in pieces.  Cleaned and ready for assembly.  The clock is cleaned only when all the repairs have been completed.  Looks pretty shinny!

The clock was run on the test stand for a couple days, the only adjustment needed was to sequence the strike mechanism.  It was t hen placed in the case with alarm and chime rod.  All is well

The case wood was oiled and glass cleaned while the movement was being worked on and tested.  Everything is ready for re-assembly.  Both the alarm bell and the chime rod were removed and cleaned.

Finished Product

The hands were replaced and modified to fit the clock along with a new pendulum adjustment hand.