Sunday, 7 February 2016

Jahresuhrenfabrik 1913.

  I found this clock at a fair unwanted due to it being dropped, resulting in the socle being damaged at the rear. An earlier attempt had been made to push the dent out with little success leaving smaller undulations in the brass. It could be said to just replace it with a good secondhand one but this one was a little bit special being as it was engraved and part of the clocks history, which would otherwise have been lost forever by replacing it.
  Setting to work i drilled a small hole in the pressed in steel insert, screwed in a self tapping screw and pulled the insert out so as i could now get to both sides of the brass to work on it by gently pulling the socle back into shape using steel dollys of the right form. Finishing  off with varying grades of wet and dry and finally a cutting compound. I was pleased with the end result with only a very tiny tell tale sign of what had been done if scrutinised.
 The rest of the the clock was a straight forward strip down and rebuild with a new mainspring and suspension. 




Information

  • Pendulum weight 370 grams.
  • Pendulum stamped with D.R.G.M.  403658
  • Enamelled dial of 65mm diameter.
  • Serial number 118545.

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