I repaired this Gilbert oak kitchen clock for a customer. Its model name is “Hawk.” The case is 22 1/4 inches tall and 13 7/8 inches tall. It’s an 8 day clock, meant to be wound once per week, but will actually run over 10 days on a winding. It strikes the hour and half-hour on a coil gong.
This type of clock was popular in the USA around 1900 to 1920. All of the Connecticut clock factories of the time made them. The Gilbert movement is more robust than those made by Sessions Clock Co.
Job 9111. The case was in pieces when the clock came into my shop. I assembled the case and overhauled the movement.
I polished four pivots (the mainwheels), burnished the other pivots, and installed 11 bushings. The original mainsprings measure 3/4 by 0.0175″ and had not caused excessive main wheel tooth wear (about 20% on the time main wheel and 5% wear on the strike main wheel). I straightened the strike second wheel arbor and rear time fourth wheel pivot.
The paper face is an old replacement.
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