Categories
Clock Repair Projects

A little extra time – 1930’s Colonial Grandfather Repair

The Minnesota Clocks & Watches household is coming up on the end of the second week of semi-quarantine, just in time for Governor Walz’s “shelter in place” order to extend […]

Categories
Clock Repair Projects

Mission-style Tall Case Clock – A Repair Adventure

I recently purchased a collection of clocks from the estate of a longtime collector and have begun to go through them. Some will likely stay in my personal collection, but […]

Categories
Blog Clocks

Seth Thomas WWII Ship Clock Model 5195

I picked up a non-running World-War II-era Seth Thomas ship’s clock, model 5195. This is a time-only clock in a brass case intended to be mounted on the bulkhead of […]

Categories
Clock Repair Projects

Lockwood Almquist 90-day

A Repair Adventure I recently picked this clock up at an estate sale.  It is a dual spring time-only movement, and the signature feature is that it runs for 90 […]

Categories
Clock Repair Articles

Timing a Clock With The TimeTrax 185

Clocks are most useful when they keep accurate time. While very few mechanical clocks are as accurate as modern quartz movements and certainly will never match the absolute accuracy of your […]