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L.Fure · Feb 2, 2015

Some of you might find this interesting. This is what
I do my repair work on now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQd-0YXqmR0

Dave H (MI) · Feb 2, 2015

It is interesting, but it is 20 minutes long so gonna have to take a pass. Work dontcha know.

JD Seller · Feb 2, 2015

Kind of a neat video.

Here is a direct link.
Video of a mechanical watch working.

L.Fure · Feb 2, 2015

(quoted from post at 02:22:26 02/03/15) Kind of a neat video.

Here is a direct link.
Video of a mechanical watch working.

Thanks JD Seller for reposting the link for me. I wonder how many on this forum remember when a watch needed to be wound every morning? What I find interesting is that a lot of younger people use their cell phone for a timepiece. It's today's version of a pocket watch.

FBH44 · Feb 3, 2015

Oh it's more than that, young ones use the phone for literally everything; to ask what the weather is outside, the time/date/year/locale/address, where's the nearest Sonic, where's Suzie, what's 8 x 2, how many feet in a mile, and the phone just talks right back to them. And they like it, expect it.

Mike Aylward · Feb 3, 2015

An excellent video. A friend of mine and I are involved in maintaining the tower clock at our local courthouse. We have learned much about the workings of clocks since then. The clock was made in 1908 and restored in 2010. We took over the regular maintenance at that time. We take it as a challenge to keep it as accurate as we can. When we started taking care of it we had trouble getting it to keep the time as close as we wanted. We were getting it to within one minute per month and thought we should get it closer than that. The gentleman that restored the clock chuckled and said the clock was only guaranteed to be accurate within 3 minutes per month when it was brand new! Our goal is to keep it to within 30 seconds per month and more often than not keep it within that range. The main variable in this is the temperature. The clock is not in a climate controlled area so as the temperature varies the pendulum grows or shrinks in length which varies the time. We try to anticipate temperature swings and have done a decent job of doing so. My friend and I both like old iron and this is an entirely different challenge for us and we very much enjoy it.

The same principles involved in the running of the tower clock are apparent in the much smaller mechanical watch. The video was well worth watching. Thanks for posting. Mike

L.Fure · Feb 3, 2015

(quoted from post at 16:59:48 02/03/15) An excellent video. A friend of mine and I are involved in maintaining the tower clock at our local courthouse. We have learned much about the workings of clocks since then. The clock was made in 1908 and restored in 2010. We took over the regular maintenance at that time. We take it as a challenge to keep it as accurate as we can. When we started taking care of it we had trouble getting it to keep the time as close as we wanted. We were getting it to within one minute per month and thought we should get it closer than that. The gentleman that restored the clock chuckled and said the clock was only guaranteed to be accurate within 3 minutes per month when it was brand new! Our goal is to keep it to within 30 seconds per month and more often than not keep it within that range. The main variable in this is the temperature. The clock is not in a climate controlled area so as the temperature varies the pendulum grows or shrinks in length which varies the time. We try to anticipate temperature swings and have done a decent job of doing so. My friend and I both like old iron and this is an entirely different challenge for us and we very much enjoy it.

The same principles involved in the running of the tower clock are apparent in the much smaller mechanical watch. The video was well worth watching. Thanks for posting. Mike

Tower clocks have always fascinated me. There was a clock in a church tower on the top of main street in my home town. All business's ran on that clocks time. I can remember the bell chiming the time on the hour. The church has since ben torn down and a new church was built away from main street. I never did find out what happened to the clock. Do you know what brand of clock movement is used in the clock you maintain? Are you aware of an origination that has a forum for tower clocks? Check out nawcc.org. You might find it interesting.

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