Thanks David for explaining the workings. I have a very similar clock built circa 1730 and so has been great to understand what goes on under the hood !
Hello David, thought I'd comment a show my support, i've just found your channel and of course subbed, I'm new to the fascinating world of Horology and wish I'd found it many many years ago. I've learned so much from the "UA-cam Horology Community" and to find another fellow UA-camr capturing they're knowledge allows old clocks to be restored and admired for many more years, thank you.
Thanks so much for subscribing. I have many interesting clocks to work on and will be showing them here soon. Next up is a French mantle clock with a mercury filled pendulum, so I am looking forward to working on that one!
I enjoy your videos very much, please keep up the great work you do. I have a thirty hour chain driven clock and it was made by Peter Keetley, Tuxford. It has a swans neck pediment and the case is oak. The dial is brass with brass spandrels and it has a rocking ship in the lunette also it has a date wheel. I have solved a number of problems with it which is very gratifying. I have not been able to find anything about Peter Keetley searching online. Take care David and keep up the great work! Greg
Thank you for showing us the spring-clip on the hour hand! I have a very similar movement whose hour hand does not want to come off; I suspect I now know why. Incidentally, my movement is almost identical to yours, with the same rather unusual count-wheel having a toothed flange which is larger than the wheel itself and is mounted outside it; I understand that more usually the toothed ring is smaller than the wheel and is hidden behind it. In mine, too, the bell-arm is screwed to the inside face of the back-plate.
Yes the hour hand took a bit of pulling off, just remember to take your time, and if necessary a small drop of penetrating oil just helps free it up. That's what I am finding so fascinating about these old clocks - the different mechanical approaches taken combined with the artistic flair. Clock makers often see so much more than the collectors do!
Hi there, First off, thanks so much for your video! It’s awesome to see that people are still keeping these ticking along (pun intended). I recently rescued a grandfather clock off the side of the road-honestly, it’s like we were meant to find each other. I think it’s the same movement as in your video, but here’s where the plot thickens: I’m missing the pendulum crutch, the pendulum itself, *the* weight, and (because why not?) the small gear that moves the countwheel. Could you help me out with a few details? Specifically, the measurements of the pendulum and crutch, how the pendulum sits on the hook, and the diameter of that small gear. Oh, and one last thing-how heavy is the weight? You know, like... the weight of the weight? 😄 Thanks so much for your help!
Hi Mark you could well be right, although the fixings do look original. The clock collector I bought it from thought the case wasn't original but that the key holes were often put in to make the clock more expensive, or perhaps for a possible future movement upgrade. I guess we will never know!
@@davidhaggarty I have an example whose dial, dating from about 1720, has dummy holes like yours. Admittedly the present thirty-hour movement in my clock is not original, but the holes in the dial are only about 3.5mm wide, much too small to accept any clock key, and so I am confident that the original movement was also of the thirty-hour type. - I suspect that your clock may have begun life with only one hand, since the dial has no minute track outside the chapter-ring. Certainly the hands are later than the dial, and the minute hand is too long. I believe such two-hand conversions are not uncommon.
@@olivermundy4220 I had to take a closer look at the clock face and you are quite right (and very observant!). I too could believe now it was a single hour handed clock originally mounted behind the face, and I can see now that the minute hand is too long. Maybe the dial face is from an earlier clock. Fortunately I still love how the clocks looks and am very happy with it. I will be looking at clock dial history a lot closer in the future, thanks for your interesting observations.
@@davidhaggarty Thank you! If the dial did not belong to the movement I would expect to see redundant holes in the front plate where the original dial feet would have passed through. Are there any such holes? My own movement has three.
@@olivermundy4220 there are no redundant holes, just screw holes for holding the spandrels and inner chapter ring taper pin fitting. I did not silver the chapter ring as it didn't appear that it was silvered originally. There is silver in the engravings but I think that could be old brasso. I don't know if they were silvered?, But I quite like it as a brass finish.
Hello Colin I'm not sure what your experience level is but first I suggest you subscribe to the UA-cam channel How to repair pendulum clocks. Matthew.Reid is a great teacher and his videos will tell you what you need to start as a beginner. He wrote a great book too. youtube.com/@howtorepairpendulumclocks?si=gB0vwGaxrKEJV8Te Let me know how you get on!
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Thanks David for explaining the workings. I have a very similar clock built circa 1730 and so has been great to understand what goes on under the hood !
Thanks Mark and I'd love to see a photo of your clock too!
David, please let me have your email address and I will try and send you a picture.
emaildavidforinfo@gmail.com
Hello David, thought I'd comment a show my support, i've just found your channel and of course subbed, I'm new to the fascinating world of Horology and wish I'd found it many many years ago. I've learned so much from the "UA-cam Horology Community" and to find another fellow UA-camr capturing they're knowledge allows old clocks to be restored and admired for many more years, thank you.
Thanks so much for subscribing. I have many interesting clocks to work on and will be showing them here soon. Next up is a French mantle clock with a mercury filled pendulum, so I am looking forward to working on that one!
@@davidhaggarty Looking forward to it 👍
I enjoy your videos very much, please keep up the great work you do. I have a thirty hour chain driven clock and it was made by Peter Keetley, Tuxford. It has a swans neck pediment and the case is oak. The dial is brass with brass spandrels and it has a rocking ship in the lunette also it has a date wheel. I have solved a number of problems with it which is very gratifying. I have not been able to find anything about Peter Keetley searching online. Take care David and keep up the great work!
Greg
Sounds like a lovely clock, I'd like to see a picture of it if you have time. Like you, I can't find any history on the clockmaker.
Hi David, what is your email, I will send pictures of the hood and the dial. Later on tomorrow I will send some full length pictures.@@davidhaggarty
Thank you for showing us the spring-clip on the hour hand! I have a very similar movement whose hour hand does not want to come off; I suspect I now know why. Incidentally, my movement is almost identical to yours, with the same rather unusual count-wheel having a toothed flange which is larger than the wheel itself and is mounted outside it; I understand that more usually the toothed ring is smaller than the wheel and is hidden behind it. In mine, too, the bell-arm is screwed to the inside face of the back-plate.
Yes the hour hand took a bit of pulling off, just remember to take your time, and if necessary a small drop of penetrating oil just helps free it up.
That's what I am finding so fascinating about these old clocks - the different mechanical approaches taken combined with the artistic flair. Clock makers often see so much more than the collectors do!
Hi there,
First off, thanks so much for your video! It’s awesome to see that people are still keeping these ticking along (pun intended). I recently rescued a grandfather clock off the side of the road-honestly, it’s like we were meant to find each other. I think it’s the same movement as in your video, but here’s where the plot thickens: I’m missing the pendulum crutch, the pendulum itself, *the* weight, and (because why not?) the small gear that moves the countwheel.
Could you help me out with a few details? Specifically, the measurements of the pendulum and crutch, how the pendulum sits on the hook, and the diameter of that small gear. Oh, and one last thing-how heavy is the weight? You know, like... the weight of the weight? 😄
Thanks so much for your help!
Hello there
Really busy work wise at the moment but I will see what I can do in the next few weeks when I can get more time.
Thanks for watching!
David, I have been thinking about the two key holes in the face of your clock and wondered if the face is from another clock ?
Hi Mark you could well be right, although the fixings do look original. The clock collector I bought it from thought the case wasn't original but that the key holes were often put in to make the clock more expensive, or perhaps for a possible future movement upgrade. I guess we will never know!
@@davidhaggarty I have an example whose dial, dating from about 1720, has dummy holes like yours. Admittedly the present thirty-hour movement in my clock is not original, but the holes in the dial are only about 3.5mm wide, much too small to accept any clock key, and so I am confident that the original movement was also of the thirty-hour type. - I suspect that your clock may have begun life with only one hand, since the dial has no minute track outside the chapter-ring. Certainly the hands are later than the dial, and the minute hand is too long. I believe such two-hand conversions are not uncommon.
@@olivermundy4220 I had to take a closer look at the clock face and you are quite right (and very observant!). I too could believe now it was a single hour handed clock originally mounted behind the face, and I can see now that the minute hand is too long. Maybe the dial face is from an earlier clock.
Fortunately I still love how the clocks looks and am very happy with it. I will be looking at clock dial history a lot closer in the future, thanks for your interesting observations.
@@davidhaggarty Thank you! If the dial did not belong to the movement I would expect to see redundant holes in the front plate where the original dial feet would have passed through. Are there any such holes? My own movement has three.
@@olivermundy4220 there are no redundant holes, just screw holes for holding the spandrels and inner chapter ring taper pin fitting. I did not silver the chapter ring as it didn't appear that it was silvered originally. There is silver in the engravings but I think that could be old brasso. I don't know if they were silvered?, But I quite like it as a brass finish.
Hi I have two misbehaving 30hr movements any chance you could teach me
Hello Colin
I'm not sure what your experience level is but first I suggest you subscribe to the UA-cam channel How to repair pendulum clocks. Matthew.Reid is a great teacher and his videos will tell you what you need to start as a beginner. He wrote a great book too.
youtube.com/@howtorepairpendulumclocks?si=gB0vwGaxrKEJV8Te
Let me know how you get on!
I will travel for some knowledge