Watches and Clocks anyone?

Seems my interests are varied and probably IF you could find a common thread to tie them all together it would probably be that I love vintage things. At least that’s all I have been able to come up with.

After my Dad passed I inherited my Grandmother’s clock. The story goes that a traveling peddler had it and she took such a liking to it that she traded a hand made quilt for it. I turned 55 yesterday and until a few months ago I’d never heard it run.

I found out that a high school classmate works on clocks & watches as a hobby. (The same one who is set to help with my Ham Radio antenna.)

I’ve replaced quartz movements in clocks, (thanks Klockit.com), but never dared tinker with an antique.

Now I get a slight feeling of satisfaction when my antique clock, atomic clock, quartz wristwatch and self winding wristwatch (a Mido Multifort Powerwind) all keep perfect time.

I’ve got an antique wall clock with my friend now, but I have no information on it, other than Dad purchased it for my Mom in the 90s. I also found a Bulova Accutron 218 in a box of nuts & bolts on the gravel floor of my Dad’s shop building. I had it gone through and it runs, not 1 scratch to tell where it was found. It needs a new battery now, but that’s no big thing.

My antique is a Seth Thomas Adamantine circa 1905. Dad was a youngster when she traded for it, so I’m guessing it has been in the family since the mid 30s. The picture is the clock sitting on my 1940s Stewart-Warner tube type radio, with a Navajo weaving as a backdrop.

Very nice clock. I too enjoy clocks but my wife hates for them to make noise so the ones i do have dont run. :(
Its cool that you know a little background from the clock. And BTW, Happy Birthday to a youngster. :)

Clocks are a new thread. But if your interested in watches. We have a long interesting one. Can’t think of the name but watches are king there. We have some watch guys here

That’s a shame. I find it comforting to hear this one ticking away. The chime on this one isn’t that loud though. It chimes the half (a single strike on a bell) and then strikes on the hour.

I might change my mind if I get more than one running at the same time. I know it’ll drive me crazy until I get them in synch.

I have a few mechanical clocks, a wall clock pendulum type only around 20 years old and a Navy deck Clock from around 1942 and a recent Atmos clock which is the closest contraption ever to come close to a perpetual motion machine. I also have an electric nixie tube clock.

Last Christmas the wife bought me a wood clock kit. I posted pics back in Jan or Feb and it worked and kept time nice for what it was. One day I came home from work and found it not running so I checked the weight and reset it and got it running again. The next night I came home it was stopped again. I finally asked the wife if she notice when it stopped. She siad yep, when she stopped it. Its mounted pretty solid to the wall and the clicking of the wooden gears were vibrating thru the wall and louder than it should have been.

Another clock stopped. I think she just dont want to think about her getting older with time. Ha.
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This is my wall clock that is currently being gone through. I wish I knew something about it, but there was no manufacturer on the face. The face looks new to me and makes me think someone didn’t like the old looking face or it was just too far gone to be reused. Whoever had worked on it last had soldered the pendulum in place so I was unable to remove it for travel as suggested. That is being remedied, the chime strikes the wrong hour and about 15 min ahead of the hour (it might strike 4 at 1:45) and it is getting a good cleaning.

Those of you who’ve been following the Western thread bay have saw my post about my Crossfire Trail gunbelt made by Chisholm Trail, it and my other Cowboy Action Shooting paraphernalia are hanging on the mirror. The rifle scabbard wasn’t made by Chisholm, it’s a scabbard that came with a John Wayne commemorative Winchester. I don’t have the rifle, but my Winchester 94 AE fits in it just fine.


My apologies for the sideways pic, but this is the only one I have.

My grandparents live on an old family farm and they have some nice ones too,

all I have is a mean Casio G-Shock

I love mechanical clocks and watches, especially automatic wrist watches. To me they are true marvels of mechanical engineering.

And in the case of tall clocks, wall clocks, and mantle clocks, beautiful works of art.

And remember:

Even a broken clock is correct twice a day. Also -

Don't be that clumsy guy, inept at turning a phrase, who, wishing to convey to his wife that when gazing upon her visage, time for him, seemed to stand still...

He told her, "Honey, your face - could stop a clock..."

She didn't take it well...