Expert: Kenneth Saunders - 1/5/2009

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QUESTION: My grandfather gave my grandmother an old 35 day centurion wall clock and sadly after 64 years of marriage my grandmother passed. My grandfather could not look at it anymore and though it quit working about 5 years ago he asked me to keep it. Recently he came by and saw it on the wall at my home and said he really missed the sound of it and how much she loved it. The clock inner workings appear to have just froze up. Any suggestion as what to do or if I could purchase another clockwork would help as I would like to give this back to him working on his birthday in march. thanks

ANSWER: need better description of what this is. Do not know what a 35 day centurion is. do you wind it with a key? how many places? does it strike the hour or chime on the quarter hours??

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QUESTION: you do wind it with a key. It has two spots to wind. I believe it strikes on the hour and makes one gong (sorry no better explanation)on the half hour. The only marking I can find is that it says centurion on the face and has a 35 day sticker on it. It also says made in Korea. I found similar pictures of it on Ebay. Hope this helps.

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replacing Korean mechanisms is problematic in that they did not standardize anything and lot of the companies are no longer in business. It can be repaired - did you wid both sides tightly? this unit has a long heavy spring and takes 30+ cranks to wind it- most folks do not fully wind them- advise what you found when you say froze up???