Contents
Introduction. 6
About the Author 8
What is a Clock?. 9
What is Time?. 9
First things First 10
Wall Clock. 10
Mantel or Shelf Clock. 10
Setting the Beat of the Pendulum Clock. 11
Leveling. 14
If it Still Stops. 14
Removing the Hands. 16
Time Regulation. 20
Replacing a Lost Key. 21
Taking Clock Care to the Next Level 23
Clock ‘Fun’damentals. 25
Escapement 32
Anchor Escapement 32
Recoil Escapement 32
Deadbeat Escapement 33
Balance Wheel Escapements. 37
Club-Tooth Lever Escapement 37
Pin-Pallet Lever Escapement 37
Ratchet-Tooth Escapement 38
Diagnosis. 39
Tools. 43
Taking the Movement Apart 56
The Diagram.. 62
Cleaning the Parts. 69
Pegging. 73
Making Repairs. 75
Pivot Polishing. 76
Straightening Bent Pivots & Arbors. 85
Replacing a Broken or Worn-Out Pivot 87
Bushing. 94
Preacher 99
Depthing Tool 100
Using the Bushing Machine. 103
Correcting a Bent Tooth. 108
Repairing a Broken Tooth. 109
Repair a Broken Escape Wheel Tooth. 115
Lantern Pinion Repair 116
Repairing Bent Escape Wheel Teeth. 119
Correcting a Worn Saddle Pivot 121
Making a Wire Spring. 122
Making a Click Spring. 123
Making a wheel-mounted click spring. 126
Making a Rack Spring. 127
Making New Wheels. 130
Cutting Teeth. 130
Cutting Teeth by Hand. 130
The Wheel-Cutting Engine. 130
Making the Arbors. 132
Having a Replacement Wheel Made. 132
Porcelain Dials. 133
Broken Mainspring Arbor Hook. 135
Bulging Mainspring Barrel Repair 136
Motion Work. 137
Click Work. 139
Stop Works. 141
Making a Replacement Screw.. 142
Bluing Screws. 144
Fusee. 146
Mainsprings. 147
Broken Spring End. 156
Winding Drum.. 160
Reassembly. 162
Striking. 165
Striking Setup. 165
Count Wheel Striking. 165
Rack & Snail Striking. 169
Chiming Clocks. 172
Automatic Synchronization. 176
Chiming Melody Sequences. 180
ReplReplacing the Hammer Leather 181
French Clock Striking. 184
Kitchen Clock Alarm.. 185
Lubricating the Movement 188
Test Run. 191
After Servicing Troubleshooting. 193
Put the Movement back in the Case. 198
Install the Hands. 199
Repairing Hands. 200
Length of a Pendulum.. 202
Compensating Pendulum.. 207
Missing Suspension Spring. 209
Missing Weights. 211
Maintaining Power 213
The Time Zone [the clock shop] 214
Electronic Timing. 215
Refinishing the Clock Case. 218
Veneering. 221
Anniversary Clocks. 223
Repair Procedure. 223
Replacing the Suspension Spring. 232
The Fork. 240
Setting the clock ‘In-Beat’ 243
Atmos Clocks. 247
Servicing the 519, 526 and 528. 248
Service Sequence. 248
Cuckoo Clocks. 283
The Music Movement 314
Bellows. 331
Cuckoo Clock Movement ID.. 345
Longcase Clocks. 356
Striking and Chiming. 363
Types of Dials. 366
The Moon Dial 368
Setting up a Grandfather Clock. 371
Moving a Grandfather clock. 372
Normal Maintenance. 374
Turret Clocks. 376
Broken Teeth in Wheels. 386
Lubrication. 389
Cleaning. 389
Alarm Clocks. 390
Electric Clocks. 397
Watches. 402
The Lathe. 405
Micro Drilling. 408
Clock Marts. 410
Troubleshooting. 411
Lessons Learned. 413
Conclusion. 414
Clock and Watch Associations. 415
Clock Supply Houses. 415
Horological Tool Suppliers. 416
Glossary of Clock Terms. 417
My suggested definition of time. 423