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Visiting the NAWCC Museum in Columbia, PA

I am in Columbia, PA this weekend taking the Introduction to Pocket Watch Repair course. I arrived a day early to check out some clock and watch-related things in the […]

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Visiting Merritt’s Antiques and Clock Supply in Pennsylvania

I am in Pennsylvania attending the NAWCC Introduction to Pocket Watch Repair class. I arrived a day early to visit the NAWCC Clock and Watch Museum as well as see […]

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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 […]

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Clock Beat Rates – BPH

Rate calculation The rate of a clock is determined by two things – the length of the pendulum and the total gear ratio of the time train of the clock. […]

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Making an Antique Clock Useful – Timekeeping Adjustment

Clocks are most useful when they keep accurate time. While very few mechanical clocks are as accurate as modern quartz movements and no mechanical clock will ever match the absolute accuracy […]