Gilbert 1940ish Wall Clock

 In for repair is a Gilbert time & strike wall clock.  The age is from the 1940's.  It was purchased in 2005.  Overhauled in January 2024.

The case and face is vintage 1940's with cut glass and a very nice full gong sound.

The image below is an example of a very  dirty clock. 

 This image was taken before any work performed.  

Upon further examination, there were 12 pivot holes that needed rebuilding.  This image shows the plates and what pivot holes needed bushings.  Inspected all the pivot holes and found very few that needed polishing.  Given the significant wear in the pivot holes, I suspected more pivots needed attention.

The canon pinion had globs of old oil between it and the minute arbor.  Definately needed cleaning.  Follow this link to see a short video of the significant wear in the pivot holes.

This next image is all the wheels seperated by train.  Strike on the left, time on the right and the motionworks in the middle.  Just like how they are positioned between the plates.

The movement was so dirty, it had to be ultrasonically cleaned a second time.  After the first cleaning in the ultrasonic cleaner, the wheels had to be manually scrubed with a brass brush to remove the grime.  After the first cleaning, the movement was sticky.  Back in the cleaner again.  This time with new cleaning solution.  The movement came out very nice.  Before reassembly all the pivot holes were cleaned again with pegwood.  A little more grime was removed.  

Ready to go back together.

After the clock movement was reassembled it was run outside the case and most of the adjustments were done at this time.  The strike lever had to be adjusted.  When the count wheel lever hit the deep slot in the count wheel the strike did not stop.  I had to re-adjust the 3rd wheel so as the pin was stopped by the stop lever at teh appropriate time.  The beat will be adjusted once the movement is placed in the case and before the face is attached.  

The image below shows the movement hanging on the wall with pendulum attached. Click the image to display a short video of the running of the movement.

Finished clock.

Click the picture to hear the hour strike

and finally a picture with the door open