Expert: Kenneth Saunders - 8/22/2009

Question
QUESTION:  Click spring Apparently replaced in 04/98. we got it at a garage sale for free. there is no key to wind with & man who had it said Spring was probably bad.chimes still work & gong still works . We live in Jackson ,Mi area. Where would you recommend having ity repaired & at what cost?  I would hate to just throw it away. I worked for ART VAN furniture for eight years & have a lot of respect for clocks. THANKS RAY P.

ANSWER: give me the stamped info off the back  brass plate of the mechanism

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QUESTION: Thanks for your prompt reply. Info on brass plate as folloews:Franz Hermle

TWO(2) CRYSTALS  UNADJUSTED  MADE IN WEST GERMANY 1050-020 Also a # 82 on plate. model# 6894251279.
thank you


Answer
Hermle German 1050-020 mechanism -made in 1982 --like here on Ebay:

http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=m38&_nkw=1050-020+hermle&_sacat=See-All-

the center winder spring is to run the ticking - you need to wind the middle to see if the little balance wheel in the back will run after being wound up or if the spring is broken, etc.


a standard 4mm or #8 Hermle key ( the standard German key for the last 40 years) you can pick up at any clock shop for a few bucks to try it(maybe while you just wind it while standing in the clock shop!). Probably just up to you if you want to spend $ on it beyond that- some options on Ebay above