![]() ![]() You worked on it that the stop lever was bent a little. If it is not centered in the slot, it may be that when The count wheel after a regular strike at two o'clock It would be better if we had a picture straight on Really close to the leading edge of the slot in Means, all but the 12-1 slot are single strikes.īack to the picture, the stop lever seems to be The count wheel only counts the hour strikes. I missunderstoad the sequence for the cuckoo/quail. It can't be anything from the count wheel to Like I said, the count wheel isn't getting out of ![]() Likely be that the pinion is skipping gears on The ratchet and star wheel could also be slipping Wheel is not well engaged with the pinion The picture does show that the gear on the count Or the chain ratchet and star wheel are slipping Wheel ( which looks like it is possible from the picture ) If the pinion on the chainwheel is pinned to theĪrbor of the chain wheel, there are only twoĮither the pinion is skipping gears on the count The flutes, gong and quail are all started from He states that the countwheel does not get I've just been trying to pin down symptoms.Īfter the count wheel, and slippage would cause I have had these springs fall out, as they are only pressed in through a small hole in the front plate.īTW, a weight that is too heavy will cause the same problem. All of them have tension springs, a straight piece of spring wire that runs from the front plate to the count hook assembly. I have three c-q clocks and four spare movements. On two accasions at 10, I actually watched the count hook bounce out of the slot in the count wheel. The quail has been calling with no problem also. This clock, as yours, ran for years with no problem striking. It got worse the more often I either adjusted the tension wire or took the movement apart. Sometimes the clock would run fine for 2-3 days, but it would eventually strike a greater number than the hands indicated. After 24 hours it could be ahead any number. The c-q that I had a problem with would occasionally and at random jump ahead at least one hour. I would think that in a case like that, the strike would be behind and not ahead. The small pinion that drives the count wheel, now that could be worn or damaged and it slipping could stop the count wheel from advancing. The second pictures shows the second gear at about 6 pm, and the escape wheel, though not shown is still about two pm.I fail to see any possible connection between a ratchet click and the number of strikes. ![]() Question, is which gear is suspect? First picture shows a mark on the escape wheel at the two o'clock position and the adjacent gear at about 12 noon or maybe 12:03. The escape wheel I think so far stops at the same spot but not the next gear to it. So, I've got two pictures showing that, but the magic marker is a little hard to see in the photos. And now it stops the same as before, sometimes hours and sometimes in just a few minutes.Ĭonsequently, I marked the escape wheel and the (next one to it)Īnd, I have discovered that most times it stops at the same spot!!! Making progress!!īut, I have found it also stops at one other spot less frequently. I took the movement out of the case and mounted on the stand for observation. It still stops sporadically, sometimes hours later and sometimes minutes later. I took the hands off completely as Harold suggested, and that has made no difference at all. Right now I need to update you all on the status. Thanks Chris, I'll concentrate on your last later on. Once you have your minute hand on properly, you should have a little (+/-1mm) of play between the minute hand assembly and the hour hand cannon. The way you have it in your last pic, with the back/forth play, 'could' cause the rack tail to miss the snail if the hour cannon is too far forward. Don't worry about having a washer if your minute hand has a square hole. I still stick by my original post about what order to put the hands and nuts on. After looking at one of my stock movements today I remembered that the issue wasn't with the nut being too tight, it was because someone had enlarged the minute hand hole which caused it to fit too deeply and rub against the hour cannon, thus putting a drag on the time train and stopping it. I remembered having a problem with an 8 day Herr a while ago and for some reason remembered it was because the final hand nut was on too tight. I should have double checked my memory before posting yesterday. ![]()
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