Electric Clocks, Clock Repairing
James Harris
ATO Electric Transmitter Clock Service

I’ve finally bought myself my first clock - an ATO electric clock from the mid 20th century, with this beautiful hammered effect backboard and domed acrylic front. Very evocative of the domed plexiglass seen on watches of the period.

ATO Electric Transmitter Clock Service
Wristwatch Repair
James Harris
Zenith Chronograph Service: Calibre 146D

I recently worked on this Zenith 146D from the early 60s. Take a look at the end for the watch cased up.

Zenith Chronograph Service: Calibre 146D

Watch Servicing

Timing Washers - Large Adjustments to Watch Timekeeping

Timing Washers - Large Adjustments to Watch Timekeeping

Sometimes the timekeeping of a watch will be very wrong even after a service - several minutes a day. If a watch is gaining a large amount of time, there is a solution - ‘Timing Washers’. These are minuscule and precisely manufactured amounts of material, designed to be added in pairs to timing screws of particular sizes of balances to affect the rate a known amount (usually 1, 2 or 3 minutes per day).