V Kretschmer – Prague Turret Clock

01/12/201511/12/2015 adminCzech Republic

I have now finished the restoration of the Kretschmer Turret clock of 1885. It has a very unusual 5 legged gravity escapement with a spring remontoire. Share this:

A New stand for the Cooke Turret Clock

03/11/201511/12/2015 adminEnglish Turret clocks

New stand made for the Cooke Turret Clock from engineered hardwood Idigbo. Substantial and strong but it needs to be for the weight of this clock Share this:

John Moore Clerkenwell 1858

19/10/201511/12/2015 adminEnglish Turret clocks

The John Moore, Clerkenwell 1858 Turret clock now reassembled and back on it’s stand. Share this:

Cooke Turret Clock – Suspension spring top nut and washer.

12/09/201514/09/2015 adminEnglish Turret clocks

This week I have been working on the Thomas Cooke & Sons of York turret clock again and one of the jobs on the list was making a new top nut and washer for the suspension spring, the originals having been lost a some point in the past. Having a nut at the top of the suspension spring as well as at the bottom of the rod under the bob is a great idea and certainly makes adjusting the timekeeping […]

Ungerer of Strasbourg, France

30/08/201514/09/2015 adminFrench Turret clocks

I spent a day recently cleaning up and getting working this Ungerer of Strasbourg striking work which is driven by an electric motor and controlled by a master clock. The motor is a beautiful old ERA 110 volt one, motors don’t look like this any more. Share this:

A Bar, Gwatt Thun, Switzerland

30/08/201514/09/2015 adminSwiss Turret Clocks

I have been rebuilding a “A Bar, Gwatt Thun, Switzerland Turret clock recently. It has electric winding and lots of roller chains and sprockets. I have just got to rejoin all the chains now and get it working. I would be interested if anyone knows anything about their company logo. Is it a Bear or what? So now you are all wondering where Gwatt Thun is. As you can see on this map it is just South East of Bern. […]

Cooke Turret Clock Broken Bolt

29/08/201514/09/2015 adminEnglish Turret clocks

Continuing work on the Thomas Cooke & Sons of York turret clock today resulted in removing the end piece of a broken bolt from one of the wheels. The left one is what it should have looked like. Having extracted the broken piece I then needed to make a new bolt. This in itself would not have been a difficult job but for some reason Cooke’s decided to use a 3BA thread on a bolt of 4BA diameter. So […]

Hörz of Ulm, Germany

24/08/201514/09/2015 adminGerman Turret Clocks

I recently completed the reassembly of the case for a 3 train Hörz of Ulm, Germany and put the movement back in. The escapement of this clock is called a rolling anchor and was a proprietary design of Horz, patented in 1862. Philip Hörz GmbH still exist today both maintaining and manufacturing turret clocks although they do not manufacture mechanical turret clocks any longer. http://www.philipp-hoerz.de/de/home/index.php Share this:

Cooke Turret clock ratchet repair

20/08/201514/09/2015 adminEnglish Turret clocks

Over the last few weeks I have been working on our Thomas Cooke & Sons of York Turret clock and during the cleaning noticed this wonderful previous dovetail repair to the ratchet. Whoever did this repair certainly make a good job of it. Share this:

What is a turret clock?

26/07/2015 adminUncategorized

I thought it would be useful to start off by defining what a turret clock is. From Wikipedia the definition of a turret clock is:- A turret clock or a public clock is a clock that is larger than a domestic clock and has a mechanism designed to drive a visual time indicator such as dials and or bells as a public amenity. Turret clocks specifically had mechanisms mounted high in a building often a purpose built tower such as […]