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I searched rather extensively for this, but couldn't find anything, so I'm creating a thread for it. If such a thread already exists, then my apologies in advance.
I create this thread for my fellow loungers to share photographs (and stories, if any exist) behind the *mechanical* vintage or antique clocks in their lives.
It's been a dream of mine for years to own a little brass carriage clock. I have wanted one for years. But the prices these things command is scary, and they often don't work, and servicing (and even repair) costs are prohibitively high. I didn't want a battery-operated one, I wanted a mechanical one, and a mechanical one that would work and keep proper time.
Unfortunately, every clock I ever saw was either unserviced or broken or FAR too expensive for me to own, that was until this morning, when I got my hands on that which I've been after for years!
A little brass, mechanical carriage clock, in perfect working order.
The clock is not very complicated (in fact, it has no complications at all). I wound it tight and adjusted the regulator - it has kept perfect time for nearly 12 hours now. It's sitting inside my display cabinet, ticking merrily away.
From what I understand, the clock was made in England in the 1980s, and boasts an 11-jewel movement, so it's something of decent quality, not some junky thing from China. The entire clock, including the movement is all brass. I polished the double-headed key until it sparkled, but I didn't want to do anything with the clock itself.
It winds and runs fully and perfectly. I believe it was serviced recently. No jamming or stoppages of any kind.
I hope that you'll also share your beautiful vintage or antique mechanical clocks here, and any stories that come with them
I create this thread for my fellow loungers to share photographs (and stories, if any exist) behind the *mechanical* vintage or antique clocks in their lives.
It's been a dream of mine for years to own a little brass carriage clock. I have wanted one for years. But the prices these things command is scary, and they often don't work, and servicing (and even repair) costs are prohibitively high. I didn't want a battery-operated one, I wanted a mechanical one, and a mechanical one that would work and keep proper time.
Unfortunately, every clock I ever saw was either unserviced or broken or FAR too expensive for me to own, that was until this morning, when I got my hands on that which I've been after for years!
A little brass, mechanical carriage clock, in perfect working order.
The clock is not very complicated (in fact, it has no complications at all). I wound it tight and adjusted the regulator - it has kept perfect time for nearly 12 hours now. It's sitting inside my display cabinet, ticking merrily away.
From what I understand, the clock was made in England in the 1980s, and boasts an 11-jewel movement, so it's something of decent quality, not some junky thing from China. The entire clock, including the movement is all brass. I polished the double-headed key until it sparkled, but I didn't want to do anything with the clock itself.
It winds and runs fully and perfectly. I believe it was serviced recently. No jamming or stoppages of any kind.
I hope that you'll also share your beautiful vintage or antique mechanical clocks here, and any stories that come with them
