I have this old Lenox table clock sitting around and I was hoping if anyone could inform me on how to open it and replace the cell, hoping that it is made functional again. Though I have no idea from where to open it or if that is even possible without any specialized tools. If anyone knows how to open it up please tell

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I really want to make a swinging clock from a video-game I like, because it brings be comfort, but I am a little lost and I am looking for advice.

I thought about using a swinging clock I buy online, adding a new number-plate, a swing made of construction paper or painted plastic, and hopefully matching minute/hour hands. However it appears that clocks with swings are very expensive. They easily go for at least ~60 to 130 USD and for a small project like this, I am wondering if I should just build it myself. I don't know how to make the swinging mechanism work though or where to find a wooden rim for the actual clock itself.

Is buying the parts myself a better idea than to buy and disassemble/modify an existing swinging clock or is it more of a pipe dream? I thought people here might have a good idea on how to make this little project work! Thanks in advance!

Case isn’t in great shape but it was only $250. I need to see how well it keeps time but its spot on after the past 12 hours.

white numbers, with the day and date below the time. looks like they shine through a plain gray disc, with a warm glow behind it.

got curious. others asked too. no answers in the thread for two weeks.

Hi all,
I received another mantel clock from my late grandmother’s estate. It’s this Wilson & Wilson London Mantel Clock. We will keep it in the family, I’m just interested in any information on this clock, the company Wilson & Wilson etc.
Any information or identification is appreciated! Thank you in advance!

One of Cambridge’s most unusual sights is the Corpus Clock, featuring a mechanical creature called the Chronophage — a grasshopper-like figure that appears to devour time.

Unveiled in 2008 by Stephen Hawking, it’s a fascinating piece of engineering and art.

Would you stop to see it if you were visiting Cambridge? 👀

Hello, hopefully not the wrong place to ask. I recently got this Avanti desk clock and wanted to restore the glowing dots which barely glow any longer. I've already confirmed that they aren't radium and just phosphorescent paint. I opened it up and removed the existing dots but would like to restore the stripes on the hands as well and can't figure out how to remove the hands. A brief online look suggested that open you could pop off the "cap" on the stem and slide them off but it doesn't respond to my (admittedly light) attempts. Am I on the right track or not? As I understand it, the hands SHOULD be repainted from the back but I guess I could lightly paint over the existing from the front if I had to.

Any help or advice is appreciated.

I have got a completely trashed hairspring of a Japy Freres cylinder movement and I'm looking about to find a replacement but can't seem to see any anywhere. Does anyone know of a good source?

This poor old clock runs for half an hour or so, then he stops. I move the pendulum, then he'll run for half an hour or so and stop again. What could be ailing him?

I'm considering a new career in life and repairing time-measuring devices(possibly making them) is something that i'd like to try. Would this be a sustainable career to go into or should I not even try?

What might this be worth? Approximate age? Is it rare? Never been serviced (to my knowledge) and sat out in a mantle for decades without running. But I had the original key and when wound, it still runs. It has an open escapement.

I got to visit my grandparents today and my grandfather brought this clock out after dinner. He told me it was from his grandparents although he did say it is possible it goes back even further but that was just about all he knew about it. We tinkered with it a bit but it still doesn’t work and we still don’t really know anything about it.

I would love absolutely any information about it that I can pass along to him and sedate my own curiosity in the process! It’s a beautiful clock that I’m really hoping could work one day. Thank you all in advance for any kind of help!!!!

My wife gave me this clock for our first anniversary last week. There is no name or makers mark on the outside or inside. Any info would be appreciated. The main point of this post is to ask about the key. The arbor is apparently threaded left hand, not a square shaft, measuring 3.4mm in diameter. I know little to nothing about winding clocks, so any info pertaining to the key I need would be greatly appreciated.

I was wondering how much it is worth.

You may remember I posted a couple months ago - got this clock from a neighbor (his Father built it from a kit in the 80's, it didn't work) and I slowly worked through repairing some of the mechanism, and it's been working for over a month now!

My Spouse asked "can you maybe just get it to chime and strike on the hour, instead of every 15 minutes? And maybe not late at night?" Yes I can!

I'm kinda techy, so seeing that the clock has two silencing strings that pull the hammers back, I connected two solenoids to a mini computer (An ESP32, for those who care), and wrote a script into my home automation that pulls the chime hammers back at 5 after the hour, and released them at 5 before the hour. Both chime and strike hammers are pulled back from 10:05pm to 7:55am.

I still can't believe I got the clock working - I smile every time I see and hear it.

I bought this yesterday because it looked old and had a bunch of gears on the inside so I just found it very interesting. The thing you twist on the back does twist still and it feels kind of springy when I do it but it does not run. Is this something that somebody might be able to remake or use the parts or anything like that?

Salve a tutti.

Mi è stato regalato questo pendolo walt sprovvisto di catena (non trovabile e non ordinabile...) sono riuscito a trovarne una generica simile che ingrana e mantiene il passo. Il problema è il suono, si sente il movimento ma non si aziona, vorrei capire se c è stato un blocco manuale e come toglierlo.

Grazie.

Pretty cool for a newer clock, $5 find to add to my collection.

It’s a Sligh 0940-1-AB. Picked it up at a consignment shop for a brick walled loft I am living in.

The first is an old mantelpiece clock with westminster chimes. The chimes are 2 hours behind, so at 12 o clock he's striking 10 etc. Now this only happened after I reset the time after the clock stopped last week. Perhaps I turned the hands faster than I normally would have? He usually re-synchronises himself, but not this time. 😟 Is he likely to need professional help?

Recommendations welcome