I have antique clocks and some are not chiming the correct hour – how do you get them to chime correctly?
Jan 31st, 2010 by admin
First, never, never turn the hands anti clockwise to adjust the time. Start by turning the minute hand forward to the 12 until the clock strikes the hour, take it very slowly for the last 5 minute interval leading up to the 12, make a mental note on how many times the chimes strike. Now you need to move the hour hand to coincide with the chimes, ie if the chimes struck 5 then move the hour hand to 5. The clock should now say 5 o’clock. To test now move the minute hand forward 55 minutes to 5 to 6. This will let the clock set its mechanism up to strike 6 o’clock. Let the clock run to 6 o’clock and see that the chimes match the time. You must also pause at each half hour interval and let the clock strike the half hour or you can put the chimes out of sinc and you will find the clock striking the hour at the half hour interval. If this does not work then it starts to get a bit technical….Ian
You need to to this step by step and be patient ,put the hands on the hour and let it chime for as many times that the hands shows , it takes a while but that’s the way that I adjust mine .
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The hands may have shifted. If you are handy and patient you can loosen the hands and re-set them to the correct hour.
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First, never, never turn the hands anti clockwise to adjust the time. Start by turning the minute hand forward to the 12 until the clock strikes the hour, take it very slowly for the last 5 minute interval leading up to the 12, make a mental note on how many times the chimes strike. Now you need to move the hour hand to coincide with the chimes, ie if the chimes struck 5 then move the hour hand to 5. The clock should now say 5 o’clock. To test now move the minute hand forward 55 minutes to 5 to 6. This will let the clock set its mechanism up to strike 6 o’clock. Let the clock run to 6 o’clock and see that the chimes match the time. You must also pause at each half hour interval and let the clock strike the half hour or you can put the chimes out of sinc and you will find the clock striking the hour at the half hour interval. If this does not work then it starts to get a bit technical….Ian
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