Ep 101 | Bargain French Mantle Clock | Restore with Modern Movement | French Farmhouse Life |
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Anna found a really cheap non-working clock at a brocante for €5! We love the style but fixing the broken clockwork movement was simply not worth it.
So we polish some love into it and fit a modern cheap electric movement.
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Hi lovely couple! Good to see you Anna. Your bright 🌞 smile is always a mood booster. Peter! I wish I had known how to replace my clock with new parts. I gave my clock away. Beautiful job.
Hi guys, you both made a beautiful job of the clock, it’s worth more than five euros now! It looks gorgeous, much love xxxxxxxxxxxx😘❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Beautiful restoration and saving something that might have been thrown away. Lovely.
Oh how wonderful! You brought it back to life. What a team the two of you make, just like clockwork.🕰
What a bargain and a beautiful transformation. Well done!
It's really quite beautiful. Well done you two.
Mesmerised, literally, for 15 minutes!
Clever chaps both of you wonderful clock 👍👍😊
Wow……loved watching the restoration and with that replacement movement…..perfect..Bravo
Nice job! Like to see the two of you doing these kind of things together.
Horology made simple. Peter and Miss Anna it looks brilliant and very enjoyable to watch you give the clock a new lease of life. Best wishes
You have both done a fantastic job on the clock ⏰️ a great find xx
Love what you have done to the clock x
What an amazing transformation, a great little find with rewarding results.
That was fascinating to watch. Thank you both so much and what a beautiful clock to finish with, well done
Many thanks for sharing. Such a lovely project to do. 💜👏
That turned out fabulous. Can't believe that was only 5 Euro. Great find. You two work very well together which is wonderful to see.
How lovely! So nice to see it back to work and helping you "pass the time".
A little bit of love and attention works wonders. Well done it looks a million dollars and for just 5e. Xx
What a lovely project! Great fun to watch.
Wow! a new career/cottage business. great job
A great find, and beautiful restoration. Nice work.
Hi I have been watching you both for a long time , I love your way of life and peeking into the way you live is so uplifting , I live on my own and I binge watch on these cold rainy days . I live in Manchester England. That says it all . Anna I don really send messages I just what , but this morning I just needed to say Anna you are beautiful individual ,kind caring and funny that smile light up any room , hard working and just a joy . Don’t stop being you ,enjoy life to the full and look after yourself .life goes very quick I know I am 72yrs and it’s gone so fast . And not to forget Peter love him to bits what a man . Sending love positive fines lots of hugs sue xxx
You two did a beautiful job renovating the clock! Job well done
Beautiful job!
You are both so talented, now you have a beautiful clock
An amazing time piece to be admired. Congratulations a job well done 👏 x x
Great work folks👋
Would be wonderful to see this clock fully restored and have the chime and pendulum working. Great idea to replace with a modern mechanism for now. X
Beautiful! Meticulous work as always.
I have 6 of those clocks with original movement all working in my collection with different coloured marble
Brilliant restoration is this your new vocation 🤗😂😂🌹🌹🌹
Love Sue ❤❤❤🇬🇧❤❤❤
Wow that's gorgeous! And only 5 euro's. Amazing! Well done...
Beautiful work guys!! Next project clock please take us back in time to the late 30s! 😆 lol
You are bringing memories back for me! My husband began his 40 some year odyssey rescuing old clocks and restoring them. He loved bringing them back to life! It began with a colleague throwing out a Kroeber wooden case clock from the late 1800’s . He was able to repair the works and I did the case. Thank you for sharing!
Such a talented couple you 2 are😊🇨🇦
Love old clocks
Nice to see you two collaborating on a project like this. It turned out lovely. Thanks for allowing us to watch. 😘
This new life of yours, to my eyes, suits you both so.
That must have felt good, bringing your clock back to life together
thanks
Afternoon Peter & Anna, that was magical! Nice for the two to work together, Anna seemed to tackle the very fine details and everything just clicked together like clock work! The clock turned out so lovely, it will make a lovely conversation piece for quite a while. It is great to get the mechanism working with some modern instruments. You have a very steady hand for the fine work. It looks great. Well done. Kind regards.
Beautifully done Peter and Anna🥰
Thanks, a wonderful video and what a lovely clock. Thank you for taking the time to show us. ❣️
Great job. Another sleeping beauty brought back to life.
Bargain for €5.
Love that you two were working together to bring back a beautiful clock back to life Peter and Anna. Yet again Peter everything was explained what you were doing in much detail . Loved watching as normal.😘😘
Don't be offended, but at first I thought I'm not interested to see what you do with the clock, but I couldn't stop watching, so surprised myself. Fantastic work !! ❤
Time, patience and love.... answer to everything. And a way of life for you it seems.💕 Beautiful to witness.
Good morning from Canada just sitting down for coffee,as always wonderful to see you both ❤❤❤
Loved what you have done with your clock great job
What patience you both have!
As always Peter and Anna wonderful.👍
Well done it looks lovely and has a new life 👍
Beautiful!
What a find and what a restore. If my clocks ever decide to stop running after getting them fixed at the clock shop I may go this route. It’s not cheep getting these babies fixed. I love the sound of the ticktock’s and chiming. I tend to make each of my clocks 5 mins apart in time so I hear them chiming all day. 😅 Thank you as always for sharing your life with us.
Wow now u both are clock whispers . That looks great, GDAY from a very snowy Ottawa
This one all most slipped past me! Love Love Love! this video! I love that you both worked on this together, I love the restoration and the bargain of the century! I love upcycling and restoration it brings such joy and gratification!. Well Done! So impressed, love your work and thankyou so much for sharing.. Jane from Down Under xo ☑🏆
And you can fix the clocks too! Of course you do 👍😁I'm just i awe 👌👌👌Beautiful work of art 👌
Stunning work. Thank you. What a lovely addition to your mantel.
The two of you are so enjoyable, and I have enjoyed watching you rebuild many items, large and small. I knew you would make the clock a beautiful piece as it once was…congratulations 👏🏻❤️
Great job both. Great to see pieces being bought back and used again.
Looks amazing, what a bit of loving care does.
That was so interesting, Peter & Miss Anna! Fabulous restoration!
Rikki Biermann, Pretoria, South Africa 🇿🇦
That was absolutely wonderful work you two did on that almost forgotten clock, ready to go to the waste. So happy that could restore it. Just beautiful. Such patience and skill to bring it back to life. Well done guys.
That is beautiful. You've made me thankful that I never threw away my old carriage clock. Im going to buy a new clock movement.
What a great job you've both done, it looks FABULOUS ❤
Love that you were able to save and repurpose this lovely little clock for next to nothing wonderful.
How wonderful, such a beautiful clock, such attention to detail, and your artwork, so pretty. Well done to you both in bringing the clock back to life xx love to Miss Anna and the menagerie xx💖
Hello from Alberta Canada the clock is lovely well done ❤❤
Thank you both for what could have been boring into interesting. Such a fiddly thing to do but got there in the end. I enjoy your vlogs as so different to all the other French Chateau posts. Hope it warms up for us all soon. From a chilly UK 🇬🇧🇬🇧🍷
What a great idea, you'd never know it was battery operated now. Well done you two. Xxx
Lovingly given the clock life again - thanks for sharing from Australia.
It was great to see Anna in the workshop, even with the cold temps:)
That clock turned out beautiful! Thank you for taking your time and sharing with. 🇺🇸
I was horrified at first thinking how could you remove the clock workings but on reflection I see that saving part of the clock is indeed a worthwhile endeavour it's really looking fabulous well done you both 👌👍🏻👏👏
Clock is amazing
Very nicely done
What a lovely and somewhat different project to do together. I loved this vlog. Let's hope there are many many more. 🥰🥰🥰
Wonderful job restoring the clock. I enjoy watching projects like that as well - bringing items back to life.
That was fascinating! I was mesmerized from beginning to end. Your quiet competence is perfect for this work. The clock is beautiful!
I truly love watching your vlogs Peter and Anna. What a beautiful clock, imagine the history behind it (that would be interesting), and who had previously loved it. The finished result is spectacular..
Your clock turned out so beautiful, what a find. My great uncle was a watch/clock repairman back in the 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and I can remember visiting him so many times and he would be sitting at his work bench with his eye piece in repairing watches. He repaired so many beautiful mantel clocks too. Brought back memories. Thank you Peter and Anna.
(Moira Ashton) Great work, the clock is sooo pretty now, you worked wonders on it, 1🥰😍🤩😘💗💗💗💗💗xxxx
Amazing transformation. The clock is now magnificent .Well done. Very nice bargain for decor. I enjoyed watching you both working together on this clock. Blessings.
Always a joy watching you both. Clock is beautiful
Beautiful clock thanks for sharing
Again, you guys did a beautiful job! Just wow! Much love from Oklahoma USA Jackie 🇺🇸💖
No better way to enjoy my morning coffee. Love watching you both giving life back to an old and worn out item. 🍻🇨🇦
I always look forward to your vlog. Lots of love from New Jersey😎
Beautiful.
That clock is a beautiful 5 euro bargain! I love the metal colour you chose for the spray Well done you two!
Beautiful 😊
Very Very Well Done! Beautiful transformation!
Love watching projects like this , you are both so patient and meticulous . What a finished result.A true bargain !
It’s beautiful
Awesome 👍
Good job Anna and Peter 👍
Absolutely beautiful❤
Beautiful job. Very nice
Looking at a brief glance of that movement, it is in good condition and would not take much to repair / clean. The cog Anna referred to as stuck is supposed to be, it's a ratchet that is part of the system to fine adjust the clock by raising and lowering the pendulum. Lot of videos on YT how to repair. Just always let the main spring and chime spring down slowly before you disassemble it or you run the risk of cutting your hands and worse damaging the clock. Safety third. 😂💅
looks perfect for you house! too
I woke up 15 minutes ago and you have another video ! I will watch later this evening. I know you worked your magic to fix the ⏰️ clock! Till this evening, then!