Hello All,
I am a new member here on the forum. Lots of great info and videos. My dad was the clock repair person when he was alive. I have a number of clocks he built for the kids and grand kids to try and maintain and have finally decided to jump in head first. He built a number of small wood cases maybe grandmother clocks with Hermle 451-053 movements and Ridgeway moon dial. They are powered by a single AA battery and have the time train mainspring barrel removed. A couple of em have stopped working and I tried disassembling the electric motor assembly but cannot make them run again. I took a shot at a replacement movement with an ebay purchase of a Hermle 350-060 at a good price and it has arrived. The Ridgway moon dial seems to fit the new S. La Rose 350-060 movement. The moon dial gear drive does not engage anything on the new movement - but it doesn't seem to interfere with anything either. I was most worried about the main spring winding arbor and hour/min hand spacings for the moon dial penetration and didn't even think about the moon dial mounting feet and the movt front plate. Got real lucky I guess cause it seems to if it well. I will have to use a different chime rod setup to accommodate the new movement but thats part of the fun in doing this - I think. I have posted some images and have a couple of newbie type questions for the membership please.
1.) The original movt has the bottom two plate spacers that are drilled/tapped to accept mounting screws. Do you suspect these were custom made or are they available commercially as i need two for the new movement. I guess I can check to see if they interchange (old/new movt) while keeping the same plate spacing.
2.) The hands that came with the eBay movt do not seem to fit the hour tube or minute arbor very well at all. The hour tube is about 4.49mm diameter and the minute arbor about 2.1mm square. Where is my best source of Hermle movt hands - dad had a couple boxes full but my luck none fit. Thanks to all in advance, sorry for the post.
Thanks