Here’s a clock with a movement almost identical to the one in my previous post. This clock appears older, judging from the fancier case style. The case is 35 1/2 inches tall and 14 9/16 inches wide. The enamel dial has a 4 15/16 diameter minute track, and the minute hand is 2 9/6 inches long.
The movement has serial number 101683; and has “43″ on the front and “683″ on the back. Again, this movement has fine pivots and pinions, like a French clock or a Lenzkirch.
Repair job 5450.
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This pretty time and strike wall clock was made by Schlenker & Kienzle in Germany. The movement and the gong base have the Schlenker & Kienzle logo, as illustrated in ”Clock & Watch Trademarks of European Origin”, Karl Kochman, S. Larose, Inc. Greensboro, NC 1984. p. 69. The clock strikes the hour and half hour on a single gong rod.
The movement’s serial number is 189251. The movement has fine pivots and pinions like a Lenzkirch or a French clock.
The case is 25 3/4 inches tall and 11 5/8 inches wide. The metal dial has a 6 inch minute track.
Repair job 5547.
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I did some minor adjustments to this Sessions wall clock. I haven’t seen this particular model before. It is shaped like the wall clock commonly called a “store regulator” but is smaller, and the case is dark oak, possibly indicating that it was made in the 1920s or 1930s. It has the standard type of Sessions 8-day time and strike spring-driven movement.
The case is 23 3/4 inches tall and 12 inches wide. The paper dial has a 4 7/8 inch minute track, and the minute hand is 2 15/32 inches long.
Repair job 5670.
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This German time and strike wall clock has a movement labeled “Halblang”. It has very fine fine pivots and pinions, and is similar to those made by Lenzkirch. It is spring driven and strikes the hours on a coil gong.
The case is 23 1/4 inches tall (without the top) and 13 1/16 inches wide. The enamel dial’s minute track is 5 inches diameter, and the minute hand is 2 9/16 inches long.
Repair job 5442.
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This wooden case time only wall clock is labeled “Plymouth” on the dial but was made by Seth Thomas. The time-only pendulum movement appears to use some parts from their no. 124 chiming clock movement. The case is 14 5/8 inches tall and 9 5/8 inches wide. The minute hand is 2 3/8 inches long, and the minute track on the dial is 3 3/4 inches diameter.
The pendulum weighs 3.2 ounces, and is 6 1/2 inches long overall. The pendulum cylinder (bob) is brass, 1 15/16 inches long and 5/8 inches diameter.
Repair job 5668.
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This time-only long drop octagon clock by Ansonia Clock Co., has an oak case 31 3/8 inches tall and 17 1/4 inches wide. The minute hand is 5 9/16 inches long and the paper dial’s minute track is 11 inches outside diameter.
The movement is 8-day time only, and it is interesting that the pendulum is hung from the case backboard a couple of inches above the movement.
The original mainspring is 3/4 inches wide and 0.016 inch thick.
Repair job 5667. Pivots polished, 6 bushings installed.
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I just repaired this Ansonia “Queen Elizabeth” mahogany wall clock. The top piece to the case is not shown in the photo, but the catalog illustration below shows the complete clock. The overall height with the top is 37 inches, and the width is 13 5/8 inches. The dial in this example has a replacement paper face, and the minute hand is not original (but similar to the original).
The movement is the 5-pillar Ansonia 8 day time and strike, with plate dimensions 5 7/8 by 3 5/8 inches. Repairs included polishing the pivots and replacing improper bushings (3 Rathbun and 2 screw-in) with KWM-sized American system bushings. I replaced the strike click rivet.
I retained the original strike mainspring, which measured 3/4 x 0.0175 – 0.0185 inch. The original time spring was very thick (0.019 inch) and causing mainwheel tooth wear, so I replaced it with a 3/4 x 0.016 x 120 inch mainspring, part no. 280-19-003 from Colonial Clock Shop.
Repair job 5634.
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This German chiming wall clock was made about the 1950s or 1960s. There is no maker’s name on the dial or the movement. The back of the movement is labeled:
Western Germany
35
The trapezoidal case is 19 3/4 inches tall and 12 5/8 inches wide. The dial’s minute track is 6 3/4 inches.
Repair job 5557. I polished the pivots and installed 6 bushings. The chime mainspring broke as I was winding it in the mainspring winder. I’m glad it broke then, instead of while in the clock (which may have damaged some gear teeth). The chime mainspring is unusually long (about 70 inches) and is 25.9 mm wide and 0.015 inch thick. I couldn’t locate a replacement in my parts catalogs, so I repaired the inner end of the spring (it had broken about 5 inches from the inner end). The break was caused by the barrel arbor hook being too long, causing stress on the spring when fully wound. I shortened all 3 arbor hooks to reduce the chances of future mainspring breakage.
The amount of hammer lift is adjustable by rotating the lower right movement pillar. When first set up, the strike stalled after 7 days. The hammers lifted 7/8 inch during chiming and 1 inch duriing striking. I reduced the lift to 9/16 inch for chiming and 11/16 inch for striking.
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