Oak and oak veneer case 22 7/16 inches tall and 14 7/8 inches wide.

The movement is an earlier version of the no. 89 movement. It is marked “8 1/4″ on the front plate. It uses 11/16 inch wide loop end mainsprings (later examples use 3/4 inch wide springs. It can run reliably on thin, weak mainsprings, but was given quite strong springs originally. The original time mainspring was 0.0195 inch thick, the original strike spring was 0.0185 inch thick. The time mainspring was broken when the clock came in for repair. I replaced both mainsprings with thinner springs (time spring 0.0163 inch thick, strike spring 0.0168 inch thick). The mainsprings are part no. CML 175.3) from Mile Hi Clock Supplies.

This movement has a strip deadbeat escapement. The pendulum takes an excellent swing with this mainspring, and an even thinner time mainspring could be used (if it were available)! The video below shows the escapement motion when run down for 8 days, and fully wound:

The movie below shows the complete clock, the movement, and the clock striking the hour and half-hour:

See more photos.

Repair job 5179.

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This type of clock is ofter called a “store regulator” by collectors. This one’s model name is “Crane”. It has an 8 day time and strike movement. The case is 37 inches tall and 16 1/8 inches wide. The dial minute track is 11 inches in diameter.

The movement has steel plates that are brass plated, with brass bushings.

When the clock came in for repair, it had the original strike mainspring of 3/4 by 0.0135 inch (and roughly 96 inches long). It was broken. The time mainspring was an old replacement that was too strong: 3/4 by 0.0175 inch thick. It was causing wear to the time mainwheel teeth.

I replaced both mainsprings with new springs that are loop end, 3/4 inch wide, 0.0145 inch thick, and 96 inches long. The springs are from Empire Clock Inc., part number 280-19-009.

The escapement is an American “strip” deadbeat escapement. There is actually some recoil, some due to the design, and some due to wear on the faces of the escape wheel teeth. Here is a video of the escapement motion:

Here are some photos:

See Picasa web album.

Repair job 5139.

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I recently repaired this Schatz standard 400 day clock dated 10 52 (October 1952).  It has several unusual styling features:

• The three finials are ball-shaped instead of spires,
• The base cup is scalloped instead of smooth,
• The 4 pendulum balls each have 4 ridges on top,
• The back plate and front plate have a cutout on each edge (like Horolovar plate no. 1014B),
• The arrangement of the back plate logos are different: The date is below the “No(0) Jewels Unadjusted” and the circle with 49 Jahresuhrenfabrik Germany is above,
• The base has an extra vertical area at the bottom (usually the curve comes all the way to the bottom).

Repair job 5317.

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