Introduction & Jahresuhrenfabrik Circa 1898 Torsion Clock

 On this blog I will be showing images of some of my clocks with descriptions such as make, age, faults found and general information on the repairs.

 There will be a selection of my pre WW1 Torsion clocks I have collected over the past 15 years here. I have been fascinated by these clocks for many years before I started collecting them. 

 All of the clocks shown here were non- working, ie broken wheels, mainsprings and parts missing. Some had been badly repaired previously rendering them useless as a working timepiece.

 So the challenge for myself was to bring these beautiful well made works of yesteryear back to life to be enjoyed once more.

 All mainsprings and torsion springs were replaced as a matter of course with new Horolovar units, all other parts needed were either sourced from suppliers or were made by myself to as original design and materials as possible.

Hope you enjoy the clocks and thanks for looking....

 Jahresuhrenfabrik circa 1898

This was a complete clock when I acquired it but was in a very poor condition. The mainspring had broken and loosened the spring hook in the barrel, bending a couple of teeth on the first wheel. To this the escape wheel teeth were not all the same length rendering it inoperable. 

Known Information

• Manufactured circa 1898
• Only markings are the number 51 on both inner movement plates, inside the mainspring barrel and motion works.
• No click spring hole.
• Pendulum diameter 90mm
• Pendulum weight 400 grams. 

  Thank you for reading, the next post will be on a Wilheim Wurth clock.