A click failed on a mauthe wall clock and caught me as the spring unwound.
Old regulator wall clock mainspring.
Lots of people collect clocks pocket watches and wristwatches but far fewer folks are in the habit of opening up their precious timepieces and making their own repairs if you are such a person you know the importance of having a good selection of antique tools and parts on hand from case openers and mainspring winders to extra dials and movements.
Over winding a clock is a common myth.
Taking care of your mechanical clock mechanical clocks do need to be handled with care and can be sensitive but you shouldn t have to be fearful of winding your clock.
In actual fact it s time for a cleaning overhaul to remove old lubricant and accumulated dirt and replace it with fresh lubricant specially designed for clocks.
Those built between vienna austria before the 1760 and 1835 are called laterndluhr clocks.
16 tooth ratchet wheel x 11 35mm diameter.
29 75mm tooth plate diameter.
Antique sessions schoolhouse time wall regulator clock 8 day store 2.
On smaller loop end mainsprings the loop end can be open.
Merritt s antique clock shop offers fine american and european wall clocks shelf clocks and grandfather clocks at reasonable prices.
Eventually a lubricant no longer acts like a lubricant and gets tacky.
A clock which appears to be over wound seizes because of a buildup of old oil and dirt in the mainspring coil which causes the coil to stick.
Types of antique regulator clocks.
Original antique hamburg american junghans 8 day chiming regulator wall clock.
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There is a special tool required to change clock mainsprings called a mainspring let down key set read more this tool eliminates the possibility of the repairman getting injured and is described in the clock help pages.
Used on kern 400 day midget clocks.
When you look at these clocks they look like three boxes stacked on top of each other.
If you re having mainspring issues it s also a good indicator that we should clean and inspect the rest of the clock at the same time.
In merritt s clock shop you can always find a wonderful selection of antique clocks by seth thomas ingraham new haven gilbert waterbury and ansonia clock companies along with unusual woodworks and spring driven clocks by earlier american clock.
This allows the mainspring to be attached to a fixed point such as a barrel hook.
Dealing with clock mainsprings is very dangerous.
Regulator clocks can be divided into three broad categories.
Smal old wall clock regulator with 1 weight dial diameter 5 1 inches.