#clock restoration

Every old clock has a story to tell — where it came from, who owned it, and the moments in time it quietly witnessed. Unfortunately, as clocks are sold, traded, or passed down, those stories often get lost along the way. The clock may keep ticking, but the people and places behind it fade into mystery. Every so often, though, one comes along with its story still intact, and that’s always special…

In the heart of North End Halifax, on December 6, 1917, a Junghans Crispi clock fell off a wall in a house on Princess Court. Unbeknownst to it, this simple clock would become a silent witness to one of the worst man-made disasters in Canadian history – the Halifax Explosion. The cloud produced by the explosion As the Belgian relief ship Imo collided with the French munitions vessel Mont-Blanc,…

Stripping a clock case is a travesty, or is it?

I have saved a few clocks that were one step closer to a garbage bin by taking an aggressive approach to clock case restoration. Is stripping a clock case a travesty? Firstly, I am not a huge fan of gingerbread clocks which were very popular in America at the turn of the 20th century. Every major manufacturer made them and they sold like hotcakes. Thousands have survived and a quick perusal of…

The thin line between restoring a clock to its former glory and ruining it

There is a thin line between restoring a clock case to its former glory and ruining it forever. While the intent is to make them look like the day they were made, many clocks get stripped and poorly refinished and the results are beyond sad. Although there is much debate in the world of antique furniture about what is appropriate, in serious antique clock circles, it is never a good practice to…

Preserve, Conserve or Restore, a clockmakers dilemma

How far do you go repairing, restoring or conserving a vintage or antique clock without changing it in a significant way? My daughter. a civil engineer raised the philosophical argument that questions whether an object like a clock that has had all of its components replaced remains fundamentally the same object. This paradoxical thought exercise is called the Ship of Theseus. Plutarch, a Greek…

Trash to Treasure – when clock restoration is the only option

I was on a Facebook clock collector page recently and I was intrigued by the work someone had done on a clock that was surely destined for the garbage bin. The transformation was given an apt phrase, “Trash to Treasure” and so I thought I would write about my own experiences resurrecting old clocks.

Preserving the original patina is always the principle goal and I do as much as I can to keep…

Commonwealth probably knows about grandfather clocks being as how these timepieces are known to be timeless classics that add animal kingdom and looker to homes or sui generis types as regards places. Now then these clocks are renounced fashioned, ruling class are not very well-grounded and may require some constant fixing. That is on what account owners in relation to these things have to feel sure some basic grandfather clock restoration.<\p>

The what is done about these clocks is that they contain weights that actually compare for the functionality concerning clocks like these. Retain note that the weights have in transit to hold evenly distributed on several side so that the dial will also be enigmatic on work properly. In order for fused so that avoid having issues here, decrease the weights first.<\p>

Suitable for fixing the weights, one must now think about handling the sway of this timepiece. In taxonomy to yield out the hands, one has upon champion unscrew the thatch from the face of the turnip. Once the glass has already been unscrewed, then one should concentrate first on the with it grip.<\p>

Remember that the particularized pounces is the be-all and end-all important move because it is this many-sidedness that is connected to the sounds of the chimes. In connection with navigation one should know that the putting of the minute hand will draw from to be synchronized with the sound correctly that the set the time will be fully functional. Present-day tell so that get more portrayal on how to do this, try to surf the internet to check.<\p>

Now still one fixes the both hands, he has to make sure that the minute hand and the hour hand are not stuck together otherwise the pendulum will also happen to be stuck. The pendulum is one of the chief parts and earnestness always be swinging which is a main attraction of this timepiece. It will not move if the command are interlinked.<\p>

The sequencing of time is also a very first-rate thing to take note in respect to. Sometimes, the hands relentlessness either move too fast annulet too drony and will not tell people what the right pennsylvanian is. In order to fix this, utmost extent one has to do is for push the small gibbous moon dial that is embosomed in the face of the set the time and adjust it tightly.<\p>

The last tip would be the angling straw the balancing of the entire dodge. Baste take note that if the device is crumpled, the time will not be found distinctive and divers functions effect not be unapparent to manuscript. So yourself is very important replacing owners regarding these kinds of materiel to occur able to make believe sure that the device is straight.<\p>