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I just repaired this Schatz 1000 day clock made in February 1955. This is the round model, and this one is old enough to have a glass dome (the plastic dome model have an extra piece on the base to engage the dome’s locking lugs).

I polished most of the brass pieces, and installed a new old stock dial.

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Repair job 6070. The movement is Horolovar back plate no. 1010. It uses a .0024 inch thick Horolovar suspension spring. I polished the pivots. Polishing the barrel pivots on the barrel arbor makes these clocks run better.

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Schatz Midget 400 Day Clock Made in 1968This Schatz “Midget” 400 day clock was made in September, 1968 (date code 9 68 on the back of the movement). The midget is identified by “JUM/7″ in the circle on the back. The pendulum on these clocks goes faster than on the miniature models – it makes 12 half-oscillations per minute.

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Repair job 5906. Horolovar back plate no. 1013B. I polished the pivots, replaced the damaged barrel cap, and replaced the suspension spring with 0.0023 inch thick Horolovar spring. (The Horolovar repair guide calls for a 0.0022 inch spring, but that was too thin and the clock ran slow, so I used a 0.0023 inch thick spring. This midget movement makes 12 beats per minute, not 10 as stated in the Repair Guide.)

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This Schatz standard 400 day clock has an unusual design on the pillars (see photos). Instead of the common leaves pattern, there are a series of connected arcs and dots. The movement date is 6 52 (June 1952) and the dial is the attractive and less-common style with Roman numerals.

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Repair job 5926. Horolovar back plate no. 1281 with adjustable pallets. I cleaned the movement, polished the pivots, and installed a new 0.004 inch Horolovar suspension spring.

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Here’s another Schatz 400 day clock with Roman numeral dial. This one has an ivory painted case. The dial doesn’t have the Schatz name, so the clock was made around 1949. (There is no date on the movement either, as Schatz started putting the date code on their 400 day clock movement in 1952.

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Repair job 5852. Polished pivots, replaced suspension spring. Movement is Horolovar backplate no. 1278. It has the earlier type of motion work with a cock to hold the minute wheel, and the earlier feature of the dial secured by taper pins.

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I recently repaired this Schatz standard 400 day clock. The dial is brass with embossed numerals, painted ivory. The hands are thin stamped brass, to reduce their weight.

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Repair job 5833. Horolovar backplate no. 1279 with date of 9 52 (September 1952).

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I recently repaired this Schatz “Bermuda Coach” 400 day clock. It is an older version of the clock in my earlier post. This example has glass panels in the cover (instead of plastic), and the core of the base is steel (instead of Bakelite) with brass over it. The movement fastens from the top instead of having legs.

The “Bermuda Coach” is the same as the Schatz “London Coach“, but with a different cover.

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Repair job 5710. Horolovar back plate no. 1313. Movement date 11 54 (November 1954). I cleaned the movement, polished the pivots, and installed a 0.024 inch thick Horolovar suspension spring.

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I recently repaired this standard size 400 day clock that says “Gufa” on the dial and “Gutenbacher Uhrenfabrik” on the back. I hadn’t seen the name Gufa before, here is what the “Horolovar 400 Day Clock Repair Guide, 1991″, Appendix 62, page 217, says:

 ”(1208) This plate and 1014B were stamped with the same dies. Gutenbacher Uhrenfabrik was affiliated with Jahresuhren-Fabrik Aug. Schatz & Sohne. The first was known as Gufa, the latter as J.U. F. At the time (1952), exclusive U.S. distribution of the Schatz clocks was through the Electric Shaver Division of Remingon Rand. But by special agreement, Aug. Schatz could sell clocks under the Gufa umbrella to other U.S. customers at a lower price. One such sale was to Henry Coehler Co. (1214). Changes in the leveling screws and the pendulum locking mechanism made the clock sufficiently different from those being made by Jahresuhren-Fabrik for Remington Rand.”

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Repair job 5785. Uses 0.004 inch suspension spring just like the Schatz standard. Note that the pendulum balls are shaped differently, they have “ridges” on them. Horolovar back plate no. 1208. No movement date. Model “52″ in the circle. Unusually shaped movement plates.

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I really like these Schatz 400 day clocks with Roman numerals. I’ve shown this model before, but I like it so much that here is one I just repaired. The dial has the Schatz logo, and the movement has no date, so it was made ca. 1951 – 1952. I polished the base and pillars.

Repair job 5760. Horolovar back plate no. 1278. 0.004 inch thick Horolovar suspension spring.

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