SUBMERGE MOVEMENTS HOW TO

Apart from this most of the mechanics on the top plate are self contained and come away with the plate. You will need to remove the central spindle components before taking of the top plate.

Add to this the contiual build up of dust in the oiled spindle holes (to form a resistant gunge) and the clock simply wont work properly.

This one was actually stopped when it came to me as the black oxides on the metal had become so thick that the interfered with the mechanics on the moving parts such as cog faces and spindle axles. The two shots above demostrate very well how dirty a clock needs to be before you take it apart. This is excellent for balancing and holding the movement firmly but without being too firm as you need to move the whole thing around quite a lot with your hands. Note the that movement sits on a towelling rag all the way through. In this case I removed it from a viennese regulator I had in for a full service. This assumes you have taken the movement out of the clock already. Not the simplest of movements but not the most difficult either. It has a one tone chime and strikes the hour and the half hour. The following slides show an 8 day movement.

There are a few tricks but basicly its dissasembly, cleaning and then re-assembly in reverse order. Providing you are reasonably competent from a mechanical skills perspecitve cleaning a clock is well within your capability.

SUBMERGE MOVEMENTS HOW TO

Read that if you want to know how to perform the mechanics, this post just shows the progression of taking the movement apart and some cleaning tips. This is not really a guide on a blow by blow basis its really more of an expansion of a previous post ( )

Submerge movements