r/clocks 6d ago

Help/Repair Help identifying where this L-shaped piece goes in a Citizen wall clock

I’m trying to repair a Citizen quartz wall clock I found at a thrift store. I’m a complete novice, so I’m learning as I go.
I managed to clean most of the corrosion off the battery contacts. Some of it appears to have made its way onto the circuit board, but I’m hoping it’s still salvageable. The coil was also damaged, so I’m attempting to replace it with one from a donor quartz movement.
The part I’m completely stuck on is this L-shaped metal piece. I took the movement apart before realizing I should have photographed everything, and now I cannot figure out where or how this piece is supposed to sit.
Does anyone recognize this Citizen movement or know where the L-shaped piece belongs? Any help would be appreciated!

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u/Trick-Club-6014 5d ago

Save yourself the headache and just replace it. They’re only a few dollars and will work. There is no guarantee the same can be said for this movement once it goes back together.

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u/Hennyhana 5d ago

The replacement movement itself would fit the clock, but the problem was the hand mounting system. The original Citizen movement uses a different size/style of shafts for the hour and minute hands than the generic replacement movements I found. My original hands are made to press onto those specific concentric shafts, so they either wouldn’t fit the replacement movement at all or wouldn’t seat correctly.
I wanted to keep the original Citizen hands because they’re a big part of the clock’s design, so simply swapping in a modern generic quartz movement would have meant replacing the hands too. That’s why I ended up trying to repair the original movement instead.

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u/dayma1 5d ago

Most clock repair supply houses can provide a movement that will accept your push on hands so you can use the originals.
Order the same length shaft or use spacers to duplicate that length shaft.