38 antique large waterbury regulator 8 day striking wall clock.
Old regulator wall clock mainspring.
Dealing with clock mainsprings is very dangerous.
This clock has a 12 inch dial and a 34 to 36 5 inch wood case.
Classic antique mini pendulum wall clock wood simulated vintage bronze texture non ticking silent sweep quartz movement width 11 4 length 18 5 retro rustic country style.
This regulator clock company is known for its number 2 which they made from 1860 to 1950.
If someone were to take a spring driven clock apart without letting down the mainsprings bad things may happen.
The most likely problem that ellicits that customer comment is that the lubrication on the mainspring has failed due to age.
A clock mainspring is made of spring steel and is about the width of a ruler but not quite as thick.
Used to release the power in a wound up mainspring.
This allows the mainspring to be attached to a fixed point such as a barrel hook.
The loop end has either an oval or round closed end to allow a post or other fixed movement stem to be used as the anchor of the mainspring.
29 75mm tooth plate diameter.
On smaller loop end mainsprings the loop end can be open.
Gilbert was one of the foremost clockmakers of 19th century connecticut a state that gave the world eli terry seth thomas chauncey and noble jerome joseph ives and elias ingraham gilbert s first company was founded in 1828 in partnership with his brother in law george marsh.
The only way to truly overwind a clock spring is to turn it so tightly that the spring actually breaks.
16 tooth ratchet wheel x 11 35mm diameter.
Antique french regulator clock in brass and glass case.
One end of the mainspring hooks on a winding arbor the thing your key goes onto when you wind it.
One of this company s regulator clocks is the number 6 which has an extremely long pendulum.
The other end hooks onto either the inside of a drum or on the corner post of the clock movement.
Box 5510 grants pass or 97527 open m f 9am 5pm pacific time toll free.
As a lubricant ages it s viscosity slowly rises it gets thicker.
They are on average 7 to 8 feet long.
Clocks antique gilbert clocks.
Used on kern 400 day midget clocks.
It does the same job as the let down with all the chucks.