"The Clock Fixer"

 In for repair is a Sessions mantel clock. The clock came to me because the mainspring on the strike side gave way and the mainspring's power released damaging one wheel and a finger of the customer.  Here is it's story to recovery. The click spring was totally missing.  there was nothing pressing against the click on the click wheel to function properly.  Hence, the exploding main spring.  Collateral damage was one pivot on the 2nd wheel was bent.  That was not all that needed attention. 1)  The movement was very dirty. 2)  There were 11 pivot holes that were worn that needed rebuilding. 3)  The damaged pivot needed straightening. 4)  The mainsprings were coated with hardened oil that made accumulated on the springs.   5)  The case had some minor damage. 6)  One of the grommets on one of the keyholes were missing. Getting the clock movement out of the case was a little interesting.  The expanded spring was pushi...

In for repair is an 8-day cuckoo clock with a born date about 1970.  The clock was basically in good condition but needed a ton of TLC.  Nothing super major and very repairable.  All the pieces and parts were present. Everything that is wrong with the clock can be repaired to almost it's original condition.   Let's go over some of the issues: From an initial assessment, the case was dry, the chains were a little rusty and many links were stretched, the clock hands and nuts were brown and tarnished.  Looking a little deeper under the hood, the movement very dirty and the oil that was still present has hardened around the pivots and throughout the movement.  The bellow tops were damaged and were glued shut. Here is an image of the clock from the back door.  There is a lot going on under the hood.  It is hard to see how dirty the movement is from this image.  In these smaller cases there is a lot going on inside.    Let's take a c...