Hi @river rat

Very nice mantel clock !

This is my wife's kitchen clock....



She told me to find a nice simple clock , nothing military or else.....

She loved it for YEARS......

Then I 97 I took an overseas assignment traveling throughout Europe and based in Paris. My wife was back in the states at this time and she came to visit for 10 days during August ... ( slow for everything in Europe). I had some business to deal with in London... So we took a day did some tours.... We wound up on a Tour of Churchill's War Bunker in London...

I normally do not follow the tour guide as I like to read all the signs... etc about history of display etc.... All of a sudden I hear my wife say " I have same clock in my kitchen , that is above Churchill's desk ..." then the tour guide " no mum, you must be mistaken , This is a high grade RAF timekeeper with a 8 day Elliot Fusse movement .... " ... I then come over take a look , and go " Yes she is correct we have the same clock ." I then get a slap to the head !! Saying " I told you no military clocks ! "

SO I got busted years later there are no statue of limitations ...


Great Clock @river rat !!


Good Hunting

Bill Sohne

 

Hi river rat

Great clock . I am currently getting mine back to running ..... I got my clock the other day . Seller said it's not running but is complete . He also said there was as bag of little parts , wood screws and a three legged spring ! See photo


The seller did not mention the hands just spin around the center pinion ! The "spring" above I think is called a dial , or hand spring/washer...

To install that spring I have to remove hands , dial, two bridges and two wheels ....


You can see marks where the spring was ...

Then I placed spring on center pinion

Back of the dial


I also took pics of different views of the movement before I began .. here the are



I then placed it back in the case ...


But to get it running I had to shim the right side with a padded envelope . So I let it run over night and lost 5 mins in 12 hours . But the bigger issue is the case while in transit took a lot of bumps and the screws holding the movement worked themselves out and enlongaged the holes! Augh between thst and crunch needed to be adjusted ... I expoxied some bamboo dowels aka chop sticks into the holes and will carve it down and then reassemble maybe today ...


Here is how I left the clock and case last night running in beat on some cigar boxes ...



Will let you know how it ends up !

Good hunting


Bill Sohne

 

Hi @river rat

Just went to the office to check it since last night !

Last night photo


And today




Still with in a min of the clock behind it !

Now to trim the chip sticks and remount it in the case !

Good hunting


Bill

 

Hi guys

Ok just had some help from my friend who is a woodworker ...

He cut and chiseled the bamboo flush !




Now I have to bring it back to my office to remount the movement !


Bill

 

Hi guys


Ok here we go ...

Chop stick plugs planed down to surface .



Now how the heck do I remount it ...

You missed the part where I inserted the movement and used another chop stick to hold the back plate level !!!

Should have taken a pic of that !

I aligned it best I can then put the clock on it side to retap and screw in the screw.( yea I know I should predrill ! ) next time



Not perfect but close enough for government work !! Hahahaha

Now I have to time it for real ..... and make adjustments .. that is the boring stuff ....
Not sure if I should take it home today .....
Good hunting

Bill

 

"You are a better man than I, Gunga Din."
-Rudyard Kipling

gatorcpa

 

hello RR

GREAT CLOCK!

I am having some issues with mine. Stops after about a day and gave to wind It up again and stops again after about the same time.

gota take it out of the case and check it out .

let me know when it arrives !
Best
Bill