Hi all, I’m just getting into clock repair and picked up this spring-driven Vienna-regulator-style wall clock as a learning project. I’d love help identifying the maker and age, and some advice on a winding issue.
Years ago I was pet sitting for a man who had this clock in his house. It either had a stag, moose on top. I took this picture to try and find it later. I told him if he ever wanted to sell it to let me know. I tried google searching but came up with nothing. Thanks!
Just wondering if anyone has ever seen a case like this one? My father passed this spring. We're slowly clearing out the house as mom moved to an apartment. He build two grandfather clocks, the first of which is now in my living room. The other is a fairly standard Emperor 120 with a moon dial movement. I always liked this clock due to its simplicity and clean lines. I've been trying to find another example of the case (I know the movement is Hermle, from Emperor Clock company, around the late 1960s or early 1970s). jThere's a good chance it was built from magazine or "mail a self-address stamped envelope" plans using stock moldings and cabinet plywood. There's some discoloration on the face due to 60 years of daylight savings time but otherwise it is in very good condition. Seems to be gaining about a minute a day but I can probably work that out with adjustments. To set the hands you have to lift up on the entire top and prop it up, it is hinged on the rear.
Hey everyone, I recently inherited this Ridgeway grandfather clock (Model 9877, Movement CDII/J7, set up in 4/99) from my mom.
The clock is sitting perfectly level, and the chime trains are running and sounding completely fine when you advance the the time. However, the time refuses to advance when the pendulum swings, and eventually stops.
I noticed middle winder arbor is completely frozen up - someone wound it up all the way up. To the top - farther up than the chime weights.
I climbed up and removed the left side cover (if standing facing the clock) I can see that the middle brass cable has overlapped on the middle drum and seems to be wedged tightly against the framework or adjacent parts. Which I guess why it’s not keeping time.
I’m pretty handy with non clock things, but I’m also being careful is this clock means a lot to me.
Has anyone dealt with a jammed, overlapping cable like this on a Kieninger-style movement (I think that’s what this is from research). What is the safest way to un-wedge and realign the cable when it's locked up this tight?
Any advice would be hugely appreciated
Tom