Articles

Minnesota Clocks & Watches Articles


Clock-related

Owning And Caring for an Antique Clock

Evaluating a Clock for Purchase

Making an Antique Clock Useful – Timekeeping Adjustment

Timing a Clock with the Timetrax 185

Clock Beat Rates

Building a Clock Movement Test Stand

Adjusting a Seth Thomas Office Calendar No 2 Mix Brothers Calendar Movement

Handling Mercury In Clocks

Repair Trick – Reducing Quartz Pendulum Overswing

Using a Multi-meter in Electric Clock Repair

Gledhill-Brook Time Clock punch card PDF


Watch-related

Owning And Caring for an Antique Watch

Pocket Watch Time Adjustment – Regulator Styles And Use

Watch Sizes – Lignes, Lancashire? Oh my!

Tissot Seastar 1000 Silicium Review

Hamilton 36-size Chronometer Watch

Minnesota’s Wolf Creek Watch Co – Interview with Founder Michael Johansen

The Dan Patch Watch – A Minnesota Memory

Minnesota Clocks & Watches Blog Posts


Miscellaneous

Road Trip: Scottsdale, AZ

Road Trip: Clocks of Milwaukee

Special treats at the May, 2022 NAWCC meeting

Visiting Minneapolis’ J Fiorentino Cuckoo Clock Museum

Visiting Merritt’s Antiques and Clock Supply in Pennsylvania

Visiting the NAWCC Museum in Columbia, PA

Introduction to Pocket Watch Repair Class – NAWCC School of Horology

Emotional Attachment – A Personal Story

Reflections on Uncertain Times

Horological Sexism


Repair Projects

Seth Thomas WWII Ship Clock Model 5195

Lockwood Almquist 90-day

Lockwood Almquist 90-day Revisited

Mission-style Tall Case Clock – A Repair Adventure

A Little Extra Time – 1930’s Colonial Grandfather Clock Repair

Building a Clock Movement Test Stand

Fabricating a Clickspring

Micro Welding

Dial Silvering

Herschede Clock Plate Refinishing

Antique Master Clock Restoration – Project Preview