anyone know about clocks?

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It has two places to wind it up because one is for the time ("clockspring") and the other is for the chimes.
 
Looks like the round this attach's to the long hook...Perhaps the extra pieces are wall mounts of sorts? And the round thing is just to make it look good.? Just a guess from looking at them, as I know nothing about clocks new or old...
 
When setting the clock, let the chimes finish completely after they're triggered before moving it more. For example, if it plays 1/4 of the song at 15 mintues, half at 30 minutes, 3/4 at 45 minutes etc, then don't move the hand past 30 if it's still playing the song from 15 minutes. It can sometimes throw it off.
 
You could take it to a Grandfather clock store and they might be able to help you more.
 
rallysman;2059160; said:
When setting the clock, let the chimes finish completely after they're triggered before moving it more. For example, if it plays 1/4 of the song at 15 mintues, half at 30 minutes, 3/4 at 45 minutes etc, then don't move the hand past 30 if it's still playing the song from 15 minutes. It can sometimes throw it off.
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guess this is why my grandparents never messed with it? :grinno:
Knowdafish;2060271; said:
You could take it to a Grandfather clock store and they might be able to help you more.
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they still have those? :D
i figured it was worth a shot to ask here :)
 
bigspizz;2058846; said:
Looks like the round this attach's to the long hook...Perhaps the extra pieces are wall mounts of sorts? And the round thing is just to make it look good.? Just a guess from looking at them, as I know nothing about clocks new or old...
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I am an idiot....By "this"...I meant.."thing"....oops...
 
I am envious. That is a really nice clock.

The round thing is the pendulum weight. The funny looking rod (the long one) in the seventh picture is the pendulum. There should be a flat rectangular piece of brass with a rectangular hole up in the clock. It should be loose in there and will flop back and forth as you tip the clock side to side. The pendulum rod hooks onto that piece of rectangular brass. First you will need to assemble the pendulum weight to the rod. The rectangular piece of brass should fit in the center of the weight. There is that weird piece of wire curving around and ending at the center. The end of that wire holds the rectangular piece in firm. The thumb screw on the end of the pendulum weight is the fine adjustment in case the clock is running fast or slow.

The large key is for winding the clock. The left wind hole is to wind the clock (keeping time), the right hole is to wind up the chimes. If the chimes proves bothersome (too noisy at night), just don’t wind them any more.

The small key is likely for something else. Don’t throw it away. It will belong to something at your grandparent’s house. The extra piece of wire is a mystery. I would have to see the clock to determine if it belongs to it. It reminds me of a bellows rod (cuckoo clock).
 
very nice clock. chompers explained everything I would know about it and more.

hopefully you can get that bad boy chiming every 1/4 hour!
 
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