![]() What part of the country are you in? Maybe there's a chapter of NAWCC nearby. If you have the opportunity to take it to someone, that might be the best option. The clocks can't be over wound.as I said, there's some kind of misadjustment and it is just free wheeling or fluttering. If it flutters, then the power from the main spring over powers the locking feature and the anchor goes back and forth rapidly until it finally locks. The movement is suppose to lock when the pendulum moves one direction, then unlock and relock when moving the other direction. That may actually indicate that the movement does work! What you're describing is called 's not harmful but not something you want to happen. However, you do mention that when you move the minute hand that the time advances rapidly. Likely all of the old oil has congealed and nothing turns anymore. If it only runs for just a minute or so, either something is rubbing on the pendulum, or the top part of the movement, specifically the escape wheel doesn't turn. This is a tricky operation if you don't know what you're doing. There's a small lever on the backside of the front plate that is used to release the ratchet wheel.but only when you have the chuck firmly on the winding arbor so you can manually/slowly let the power down. It is a good idea to not use a winding key to let the power 's too easy for the key to get away and real damage to fingers and to the movement can happen.they make let down chucks for this which can be purchased at a place like Timesavers. You must be careful to only disassemble the clock when you have let the power down on the clock. Having the lock lever up certainly protects the suspension spring when moving it around, but generally one would just let the lever down.but back up if you were to move it to another location. Does that make sense?Ĭleaning and some TLC from a clock fixer upper is probably the answer, but it sure would be nice to wave my hands over it and it would magically work. It's almost like it is over wound and needs to release tension. It moves like this every time I touch this hand. Now if I touch the minute hand it moves very quickly on its own for '5 to 20 minutes' on the dial, then stops. ![]() ![]() My Mother found the key at her house, so I tried winding it with hopes that that is what it needed, but it only turned 1 1/2 times before it was fully wound. The pendulum moves freely in it's circle both directions with a little nudge, but stops within 30 sec to a minute. It's been on my book shelf for 35+ years under it's glass dome. The clock parts are very clean as far as I can tell, but I have not taken off the back plate. I have the pendulum lock lever up because in my mind it will protect the pendulum. ![]()
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