"The Clock Fixer"

In for repair is a Waterbury steeple clock with alarm and pendulum indicator bob.   When it was brought into the shop, the customer provided information about a slipping/grinding sound coming when the minute hand was manually adjusted.  The clock is in nice condition given the age of the clock.  An estimate for this particular clock is about 1885.  A short history of the Waterbury Clock Company can be found by following this link .  Below is a picture of this nice clock: After the clock movement was taken out of the case, it was obvious what the problem is.  Follow this link for a short video of the excessive wear.  The customer stated and I proved it that the clock still runs.  This is also a verification that these American time & strike clocks are overpowered, i.e., the mainsprings are too strong.   Another interesting tid-bit of this previous repair was the clock was worn out a long time ago and the previous repair person c...

In for repair is a German wall clock movement only.  The time side runs but the strike train gets hung up because of bent trundle wires on the 3rd wheel lantern pinion.  This image shows the bent trundles: There were 3 bent trundles.  To repair this, the top shroud had to be lifted to remove the trundles in question.  Here is a picture of the wheel in the split stake tool. Tapping the shoulder of the arbor causes the shroud to lift, creating space for the trundles to be removed.  Here are the bent trundles removed. And the trundles after straightening.  Notice the size of these wires. The repaired lantern pinion. This picture was taken before the wheel was ultrasonically cleaned. This picture above is of the back of the movement. 6 pivot holes were warn oblong and new bushing installed. All the pivots were tested and polished where needed.  After all work was done to the movement, all the movement parts were ultrasonically c...