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Gets to where an oil change at your quick oil change place is going to hit you for over thirty bucks. Your clock repair person is probably going to put in far more hours completely going through your clock than a mechanic will doing a complete brake job on your car. How many clock repair people do you think make over fifty thousand a year?
Hermle made a great many different ones. To find someone to service your clock in your area, go to the top of the page and look for the 'Finding a NAWCC Chapter near you'. Click on that and you will be able to find your nearest chapter. You could contact them and they will surely be able to suggest someone who could help you.
The Chelsea clocks have 8-day movements that would actually run much longer on a wind if you let them. 12 days are not unusual. Winding once a week is fully adequate. I suspect that your second hand is loose on the arbor and maybe the collar touches the minute canon when the seconds hand slows down.
My early research suggests (and your post back it up that many dials are restorable. for a reasonably intelligent clock man. At the very least it's a good idea to know what can and cannot be done. Still more research needed such as identification of dial type such as painted, paper or enamel and possible repair / renovation techniques.
Jun 14, 2024. #5. I watch the local Craigslist and estate sales for grandfather clocks, and there are occasionally some that are similar to yours (but yours is interesting because of the massive appearance of the case. Right now there are 2 similar aged grandfather clocks with an 'ask price' of $400, and they have been there for a while.
I have an approximate 1800's Veinna Austrian Serpentine Regulator clock. Has worked great past 20 years. One of the bushings dropped out while winding. I took the movement off and clipped it back in place. In doing so I messed something up. Clock now will not run. I have no experience in...
Hold it over something that will not get damaged by hot solder. Heat until solder is wet. Move the whole thing towards something that cannot move, slap it against the table, most of the solder will fly off. Resolder with good stuff, 63/37 has a narrow plastic range so it transitions from liquid to solid rapidly.
Thoroughly wash the wire with soap and water to remove all traces of the acid flux. Brighten the slot in the click with fine sandpaper. Place the tinned end of the wire in the slot and stake it in place. Use a soldering iron or gun to bring the click to soldering temperature and solder with rosin core radio solder.
If cleaning and oiling make the thing work, it will be a short term fix till the wear/friction cycle takes over and makes the clock movement unreliable again. Modern clock movements (made in the last 50 or so years) have a life span. That is 25-30 years depending on operating conditions.
Unless you plan to acquire additional clocks and maintain them yourself, I'm thinking that your best option is to search for a competent repair person in your area. If you want to learn clock repair, I would suggest that you set this one aside and acquire an American 30-hr. OG clock to practice on before tackling the regulator.