Used to release the power in a wound up mainspring.
Old regulator wall clock mainspring.
This clock has a 12 inch dial and a 34 to 36 5 inch wood case.
If someone were to take a spring driven clock apart without letting down the mainsprings bad things may happen.
A clock mainspring is made of spring steel and is about the width of a ruler but not quite as thick.
29 75mm tooth plate diameter.
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The most likely problem that ellicits that customer comment is that the lubrication on the mainspring has failed due to age.
Clocks antique gilbert clocks.
Dealing with clock mainsprings is very dangerous.
This regulator clock company is known for its number 2 which they made from 1860 to 1950.
Antique regulator wall clock carved oak large face wm l gilbert admiral 8 day.
On smaller loop end mainsprings the loop end can be open.
Antique french regulator clock in brass and glass case.
The other end hooks onto either the inside of a drum or on the corner post of the clock movement.
The only way to truly overwind a clock spring is to turn it so tightly that the spring actually breaks.
They are on average 7 to 8 feet long.
Used on kern 400 day midget clocks.
This allows the mainspring to be attached to a fixed point such as a barrel hook.
As a lubricant ages it s viscosity slowly rises it gets thicker.
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38 antique large waterbury regulator 8 day striking wall clock.
It does the same job as the let down with all the chucks.
Classic antique mini pendulum wall clock wood simulated vintage bronze texture non ticking silent sweep quartz movement width 11 4 length 18 5 retro rustic country style.
16 tooth ratchet wheel x 11 35mm diameter.
Gilbert was one of the foremost clockmakers of 19th century connecticut a state that gave the world eli terry seth thomas chauncey and noble jerome joseph ives and elias ingraham gilbert s first company was founded in 1828 in partnership with his brother in law george marsh.
One of this company s regulator clocks is the number 6 which has an extremely long pendulum.