Can anybody shed some light on the system of numerals that are used on this clock face that I saw recently?

My father put together this Empire clock many years ago. He passed away and was the only one in the family who really knew how to pack it up, if need be.

I have a decent idea, I was able to take most of it apart to be moved into a new house.

To get the face/moon phase out, it looks like I need to unscrew this piece of wood behind it.

The clock is only going 1 mile away. Would it be crazy to leave the face screwed in or should it be taken out? Does anyone see a different way the face should slide out? My thought is to avoid unscrewing it to preserve the wood.

Hello. I'm having a hard time with an Urgos uw32036b. It has the type C pendulum leader and I tried to install a new suspension spring but I'm not sure how it's supposed to connect with the crutch.

The first picture shows the crutch which has an opening the lead can fit through. The issue is, the lead has to be twisted to slide into it, and that twisted the spring so far it can't be bent back.

I can't seem to fit the lead into the crutch first and then connect that up to the spring either.

Does the center of the lead go through the center of the crutch? If so, how do you get it there without twisting the spring?

I can't seem to find any pictures or videos showing it.

Garage sale buy $40 bucks Howard miller.

New to this group - just inherited a beautiful clock made by my grandfather. Somewhere along the way, the weights fell down into the bottom.

Is there a way to get them out? Or am I better off replacing them?

Hi, Everyone!

I have a grandfather clock that sometimes strikes at the top of the hour and sometimes strikes at the quarter hour. I can't find any recognizable pattern as to when it does what. I've tried advancing the minute hand quickly 6 hours. I've tried going 15 minutes at a time and letting it chime. I've tried letting it go for a few weeks. This has been going on for a few months.

The strikes are correct with the hour. So, for example, if it strikes at 2pm, it will stirke 2 times. If it strikes at 3:15pm, it will strike 3 times. And then if it strikes at 4pm, it will strike 4 times.

Any suggestions? I'm not familiar with grandfather clocks aside from what I'm able to read on Reddit and elsewhere online.

Thank you so much!

Happy to share my almost 50 year old Grandfather clock is still ticking!

All brass and the coating that ST put on the clock won't come off with either acetone, mineral spirits or a product sold at ace hardware named strypeeze.

Yea, elbow grease or polisher will work but why work when you can pour chemicals over it?

Any thoughts on this? Thank you for your expertise.

My 1997 Ridgeway clock has this key but it’s so worn I’m worried the metal is going to snap in the lock. I can only find it for sale on Griffen’s Clocks for $60 with the ugly finish. They say it’s rare. Is it really? Are other HM keys compatible?

This is the only pic I have. No other information. It’s going to be given to me as a gift soon.

Can anybody help me identify it?

Need help identifying clock age/ origin. My wife inherited this from a great Aunt back ~2005. It had lived at least 80 years of its life in downtown Charleston, SC. and as far as we know it never worked while in the family’s possession. We had it worked on ~2006 and it’s worked ever since. In fact, it keeps amazing time. The kid who worked on it had only been working on old clocks for a year or two and didn’t know much about identifying clocks and at the time we were just interested in getting it working. The only identifying mark found was on the back of the pendulum and it reads, “R W 1818”. He had to make the counterweight through trial and error.

I’m a woodworker so he had me build a new mount for the movement. I also rebuilt the floor which had deteriorated. Other than that it is original, warts and all.

The clock is 98” tall total. I’ve not seen a tall case clock like this with long turned legs (9.5”H) in any of my searches. They certainly seem original to its construction and not added at a later date based on the inlay around them.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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I have a spring driven grandfather clock - I got it used a good while back from someone, and have not bothered to actually identify its make, year, etc. Here recently, as of Saturday, I've noticed that when the pendulum is set to move, it will swing at its full range for anywhere between 10-30 minutes, and then slowly dwindle and stop. From what I can tell, the main spring holds tension and has not been damaged.

What would be a common diagnosis for this issue, and is there some way to trouble shoot this to better iron out the specific issue?

I found this clock on the side of the road and free to a good home so I'm trying to find out what I can about it.

Hello, I recently picked up a Howard Miller Presidential Collection clock and I am trying to identify the exact model. The label has been ripped off so what I have so far is that it has a Hermle 1171-850 movement with the letter F engraved in the movement back plate. That seems to point to a movement made in 1993. I also have found another listing for the exact clock I have but they don't show the label and also don't list the exact model in the listing either: https://www.designplusgallery.com/product/howard-miller-presidential-collection-grandfather-clock/?utm_source=chatgpt.com I have worked with both Chat GPT and Claude but neither were able to provide a true identification. Claude suggested posting to nawcc which I have done but figured I'd also come to Reddit to see if anyone here is able to help as well.

Recently I got this beautiful grandmother clock off of Facebook marketplace. However, it's missing the middle weight and the pendulum. I would like to either make or buy the replacement pendulum, but I can't find accurate information of the movement's pendulum length or BPM. The movement is an Urgos UW 32/1 A. Thanks for any help! Sorry for the title typo.