Expert: Kenneth Saunders - 7/2/2007

Question
I have a Franz Hermle mantle clock: L 2 jewels, #340-020A.
Somehow---maybe I turned the hour hand back when resetting time---I have the chimes out of sync with the hour---i.e. chiming 10 times at 3 o'clock, etc. How may I fix this condition before my head goes boingy? Thankyou.

Answer
To get the hour striking the right # just move the hour hand to the # that the clock is striking (if moving it loosens the hour hand and moves it away from the dial- just push it back towards the dial with your finger nail- it is just friction fit on the tapered handshaft and nothing turns inside the movement when you move it - unlike the minute hand which is pinned or nutted to the shaft and trips things internally as it goes around.