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Clock Movements

A clock movement is considered the inner workings of a clock or time piece.This is the main engine that runs the clock and keeps time going. Clock movements have two main categories- battery and mechanical.

A battery operated movement, sometimes referred to as a quartz or quartex clock movement keeps time with electricity from batteries. These are generally cheap to replace and hard to fix. Clockworks offers some of the highest quality replacement battery movements for your projects here.

Mechanical clock movements are more complex and scientific. Mechanical movements run off weights, cables, gravity and springs. Identifying your mechanical clock movement is the first step in replacing or repairing your clock. You can get help identifying your movement here

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Last Chime Hammer Stuck UP Correction

Last Chime Hammer Stuck UP Correction means the last note of the Westminster chime song won’t come down until the start of the next chime. Please perform this fix right after the clock chimes. The last hammer will be stuck in the up position when it should have gone down. The chime side is on the right when facing the… View Product

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Jauch Floor Clock Pendulums

Jauch floor clock pendulums are not made anymore. We can create one out of a Hermle pendulum by cutting it to size, cutting off the top hook, and installing one to fit the Jauch unit. However, we are somewhat hesitant to offer custom pendulums for a Jauch unit. They went out of business so we can automatically say the movement… View Product

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Side Strike Chime Block Installation

The following are the installation instructions for the chime block on a side strike Westminster German clock movement. Of course, this style clock kit can take two styles of chime blocks. One is a side strike style and the other is a bottom / side strike style. Simply mount the chime block to the clock case with wood screws. Alternately,… View Product

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Hermle 451 and 1151 Front-Plate-Post-Issue

Hermle 451 and 1151 Front-Plate-Post-Issue, is that on rare occasions, the 451/1151 high bridge units have a post on the front plate of the movement that you have to remove. This is evident when attempting to put the dial on the clock. The post may hit the components on the back of the dial causing the clock to act up… View Product

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Mechanical Chime Sequence ReSetting Instructions

The Westminster mechanical clock does not sound like Westminster when it plays? This would require these Mechanical Chime Sequence Resetting Instructions There is a cam with humps that graduate on the top right of the front plate of the movement. There are 4 lower portions with a small hump and the next one is bigger and so on. The smallest… View Product

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Grandfather Clock Chimes-Forever Correction

The following is the Grandfather Clock Chimes-Forever Correction for when the clock sometimes misses the stopping point. Ultimately, this is the cause for the continuous chiming. It is also the cause of chiming more than one quarter at a time. There is a cam with graduated humps on the top right of the front plate of the Movement. There are… View Product

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Grandfather Clock Moon Gear Installation

Grandfather Clock Moon Gear Installation is as follows. The moon phase function is only run by one gear. The gear is known as a Moon Gear. It sits behind the dial on the same tube as the hour hand. It is easy to remove by loosening the set screw so it will slide off. The moon gear gets put on… View Product

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Grandfather Clock Strike Quantity Correction

This article will address the German Grandfather Clock Strike Quantity Correction issue. This is where the clock will not strike the correct number of hours. This includes if it is striking any hour for two hours in a row. Also if it is striking more than 12 hours at a time, or even striking forever. The correction does not require… View Product

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451/1151 High-Bridge Suspension-Post-Length Issue

On rare occasions 451/1151 high bridge units have the suspension post longer on the new movement than the old one. Although, both units may be High Bridge. This is what we mean by the 451/1151 High-Bridge Suspension-Post-Length Issue. This may cause issues with the pendulum interfering with the chime block. This is usually no issue at all and the clock… View Product

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Westminster Spring-Driven Clock-Kit Installation

This concludes the Westminster Spring-Driven Clock-Kit Installation Instructions

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Quartz Clock Movement Accessories

The following are accessories that fit the quartz clock movements that Clockworks offers. There are many different types of quartz movements on the market, hence we specifically state these items are for the movements that we sell. Of course Clockworks encourages organizations to offer clock building as a fun project. Therefore, each product is available with bulk pricing for schools… View Product

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Clock Dials and Numerals Info

Clockworks offers a variety of shapes and colors of clock dials and numerals. Of course the dials come in round, square, moon top and more. Many of the round dials have a choice of white, ivory or gold. Create a new dial out of any type of material and then use the numerals to finalize the look. Most of the… View Product

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