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Antique Clocks - Regulator School House wall Clock by Ridgeway
Expert: Kenneth Saunders - 9/7/2008
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QUESTION: I purchased this oak case wall clock and after hanging it was able to get the pendulum running and it keeps great time but there is no strike, or chime. There is 3 holes in the face for winding. What is the function of each spring and is there any way I can get the chime/strike to work? The two springs to the left seem to be wound as tight as they can be wound.
ANSWER: middle one keeps the pendulum ticking- right is the chime and left is the strike spring. If the right chime spring is not wound then the clock will not make any sounds at all.
Might be a shutoff lever in a slot in the dial near the number 3 or 9?
Might look in the back door if there is one to see if the shipping lever is holding down the hammers?
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QUESTION: I purchased this clock on a garage sale. No shutoff lever at 3 or 9. Doesn't appear to be a shipping lever holding down the hammers. It has 5 hammers. There seems to be a support holding 3 of the hammers above horizontal chime rods. Other information on the movement: 81, Franz Hermle, no jewels, unadjusted, made in West Germany,341-020,45 cm, over a line and 101.88. The chime rod holder (cast Iron) has stamped on the end facing the back, 37B. Anything that you can tell me about this clock would be greatly appreciated. I don't know much about clocks but thoroughly enjoy the 'company' and sound of the strike and chime as well as the time it tells! Thank you.
Answer
Hermle still makes the 341-020 with the 45cm length pendulum that beats 101.88 ticks each minute. Yours was made in 1981.
The support for the 3 hammers is to lift and drop them as a chord for the hour strike--are in fact these currently in the "lifted" position above the other two hammers?? If so the hour strike might just be jammed- you did finally wind all three springs?
28 years puts it in need of a pro rebuild normally.The chime gearing is probably worn or the mechanism so crudded that it will not operate.
Best deal is to buy a new Hermle movement and drop it in. Should last 20 years with no problems.
like here:
http://www.merritts.com/store4/public/productlist.aspx?SearchText=p1022m&submit1...
You need a standard 4mm key- size all German movements have used for the last 50 years.
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