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Expert: Martin Meyer - 12/12/2007


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I inherited my grandfathers clock.  I want to rebush it and polish the pivots, they are pretty grungy.  I safely unwound the mainsprings but did not realize there was still latent enrgy in them.  I thoroughly marked everything (so I thought)but when I took the top plate off everything exploded!  There were levers and gears all over the bench.  Is there a resource I can turn to for diagrams of how the chime, strike and bell trains go back in?

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Hi Joe,
    Sessions had a number of different movements but, if this is a quarter-hour chime clock, there is good chance that the movement is covered in detail in Steven Conover's "Chime Clock Repair". This book also will give you detailed instructions on the correct reassembly and indexing of the complicated quarter-hour chime mechanism.

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Martin Meyer

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Can answer repair and service questions for most types of clocks, antique and modern, mechanical and battery. NO watches, appraisals, identification, history, dating, or questions about cuckoo clocks. Website for Modern and Antique Clock Repair: Clockmasteronline.com

Experience

24 Years as owner and repairman of clock repair business, 28 years in the field. Factory Independent Service Center for Howard Miller, Ridgeway and (formerly) Sligh Clocks. Specializing in Fine Antique Longcase (grandfather) clocks. Clock repair Website: (Please remove "Not" from the address - this is a spam protection): www.NotClockmasteronline.com

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AWCI (American Watchmakers and Clockmakers Institute) and NAWCC (National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors)

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Am also an Expert in the "AllExperts-Antiques-Antique Clocks" Category.

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Trained by a former Rolex Asia watchmaker, and by a Master Watchmaker/Clockmaker.

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