Today we’re highlighting a single repair done as part of a service. I think it’s an interesting job that involves a sleeve with 0.15mm walls.
ATO Electric Transmitter Clock Service
James McCabe Bracket Clock Service
I’ve recently been working on this lovely bracket clock by James McCabe. It was brought to me because of a problem with the striking mechanism - when wound the clock would strike continuously until it ran out of power. There are a number of things that could cause this but it was agreed that the clock would also be serviced while it was in the workshop, as it was evident that there was a lot of very dark oil and wear which could be seen simply by looking at the backplate.
Smiths Mystery Clock Repair: Hour Wheel Manufacture
Generally in clocks if you need a new part, it needs to be made. It’s much rarer in a clock, however, that those parts are barely larger than those in a watch. I was given a Smiths mystery clock which had a damaged hour wheel and had sat on the shelf in another workshop without any work being done for some time. Time to bring this interesting object back to life!
Whittnaur Electric Watch Battery Spacer (Landeron 4750)
Recently a good friend, Neil, was visiting the workshop and wearing a very cool watch. A vintage electric Whittnaur with a very early movement. So early this uses mechanical contacts to control an electromagnet rather than the more common transistor. A great piece of history but also an amazing looking watch, check out the dial and hands at the bottom of this post.
Wristwatch Movement Ring
I recently had an enquiry from a customer who was worried a watch they had bought was waterlogged and rusty inside - not an uncommon problem, unfortunately! Fortunately this was not the case, and the movement and dial were both in good condition - the problem instead was the movement ring was incorrect and too small to support the movement, and so the last ‘repairer’ (or watchbreaker) had glued the movement into the case and this was visible through the glass. Digging this out to release the movement was a laborious task and new movement ring would need to be made to hold everything in place correctly. As you’ll see this is not just a simple ring shape!