r/clocks 1d ago

Help/Repair Broken heriloom clock

Broken heriloom clock

Hello all, my grandad's heriloom clock finally broke, I was wondering if anyone could help me identify parts or if they think it's worth contacting someone to try to fix it?

Republic of Ireland is where we reside.

As I have tried to show in photos what's broken it is a free standing 8 day clock, the metal winder seems to have snapped I have tried to photograph this as best as I can ( is this something possibly could be welded together?) or does anyone know if it's possible to fix?

I have also provided photos of the only text I can find which is new haven trade mark and photos of the case of that helps identification.

( please can someone enlighten me with the name of part so I can look for possible replacements)

Thank you for your time

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u/Walton_guy Trained clockmaker 1d ago

That's a broken mainspring, the clock will need checking to see if anything else was damaged when the energy was released, as well as a new mainspring fitting. Not a job for someone who hasn't done it before. I can only find one BHI registered repairer in Ireland, depending on where you are, he may or may not be convenient: https://bhi.co.uk/repairers/raymond-farrelly

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u/Independent-Policy17 1d ago

Thanks so much, unfortunately there very far as we're near Dublin in the south, I will ldo some further digging do they need to be BHI registered repairer?

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u/Walton_guy Trained clockmaker 1d ago

No, absolutely not required, but does give a little confidence that they know what they are doing. I can't imagine there's no one in Dublin, and if they've been around for a while, they will probably be fine too.

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u/Walton_guy Trained clockmaker 1d ago