The Clock Repair Shop

21/04/2024

Had a moment of weakness :-(

21/04/2024

A present for me, from me
Congreve rolling ball clock.

21/04/2024

Hello all I'm still here. A new year FFS started of with dad having a laparotomy for a bowel obstruction aged 87 years. 4 weeks in hospital unable to visit as we had covid again 4th time for me. 6 weeks at home to recover with us both supporting him. And the list goes on . Some things have been neglected BUT family first, ALWAYS . Rob

31/12/2023

Happy new year to you all, we won't be seeing it in as Tracey Jones is working tomorrow. Be sensible and be safe xx Rob and Tracey

24/12/2023

Good evening all, sorry for no posts of late but things have been a manic in one way or another :-( I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas. Bought myself a Christmas present.

30/09/2023

Smith's Astral bulkhead clock movement restoration, got all the quality of an Elliott but not signed.

30/09/2023

A bit of a major overhaul on this granddaughter movement.

30/09/2023

A nightmare of a restoration

30/09/2023

Thought I would give a go at silver dial restoration.

30/09/2023

Evening all, some additions to my family of clocks.

18/09/2023

Well back from my holiday and first day back in the workshop (what a struggle) :-( So lets begin the onslaught of messages. Rob

09/09/2023

A public clock I visited in Sigisoara Citadel Romania, the original clock was made from wood, but got destroyed in the great fire. A replacement clock was made in Germany. Note the four weights, time, strike, dancing figures and a weather indicator.

05/09/2023

Visited a castle in Pele's today nice castle but even nicer clock.

05/09/2023

Coffee in Bucharest cheapest 3 Lue 60 pence very nice from a vending machine. Bucharest train station from a coffee shop 30 Leu £6 total s**t both in a paper cup. FFS

02/09/2023

Good evening all on my travels to Bucuresti on route stopped at a clock and watch museum in Simachel. Was like a kid in a sweet shop. Did ask if there clocks were working and was there a job going 😂.

25/08/2023

Escapements - Electromechanical Escapements - Hipp

Hipp Clock

In the middle of the 19th century Matthias Hipp invented a switch for a clock which was impulsed electro-magnetically. The pendulum drove a ratchet wheel via a pawl on the pendulum rod and the ratchet wheel drove the rest of the clock train to indicate the time. The pendulum was not impulsed on every swing or even at a set interval of time. It was only impulsed when its arc of swing had decayed below a certain level. As well as the counting pawl, the pendulum carried a small vane, known as a Hipp's toggle, pivoted at the top, which was completely free to swing. It was placed so that it dragged across a triangular polished block with a vee-groove in the top of it. When the arc of swing of the pendulum was large enough, the vane crossed the groove and swung free on the other side. If the arc was too small the vane never left the far side of the groove, and when the pendulum swung back it pushed the block strongly downwards. The block carried a contact which completed the circuit to the electromagnet which impulsed the pendulum. The pendulum was only impulsed as it required it.

This type of clock was widely used as a master clock in large buildings to control numerous slave clocks. Most telephone exchanges used such a clock to control timed events such as were needed to control the set up and charging of telephone calls by issuing pulses of varying durations such as every second, six seconds and so on.

An interesting read, have one myself in the workshop

Synchronomes Gents, Gensigns, & CBH Master Clocks and Others

24/08/2023

Good afternoon all. Had an enquiry from a follower do I have a branch in the Philippines, if only that's apart from the one's in the USA. I'm global LOL.

23/08/2023