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A heartfelt thank you, for your detailed how to, I had one of these mechanisms get acid in it and after that it stopped working, I decided to take a chance and open it and give it a clean, after I opened it the whole thing fell into pieces on my desk. I was mystified as to how to put it back together. I managed to reassemble it, with the help of your video after cleaning the contacts. Again thank you very much for your explanation and the how to. Regards.
Very helpful, 5:07 shows the 2 prongs that connected to yhe battery, from there to the quartz circuit on his left hand which have 2 tin coated squares correspond to those pins, in my case the pad was scratched off but a quick retin the pads fixed the "dead" mechanism, also the prongs on the box needs to be push down instead of upwards (from my experience, not in the video) to ensure a good connection
This video was made 9 years ago... but oh my THANK YOU DEAR FELLOW, thank you SO MUCH, I watched so many tutorials but you happened to be the only one who saved me and teached me to repair such t68 mechsnism! And to repair it I had to watch WHOLE video, trying to assemble it wrong way all along ahaha... but finally! It's an amazing feeling! I was really in a despair but - finally! It's a miracle! Thank you and bless you!
Man thank you so much. My mom’s analog clock fell apart when changing the battery and I got everything else but couldn’t figure out those 2 bottom pieces. This was extremely helpful!
The reason I'm watching this is to glean information about battery orientation when the battery compartment is not marked plus or minus. I have such a clock from IKEA with a clock mechanism just like in this video. I removed the old battery, then forgot about the clock for a few weeks. So some time later I wanted to reinstate the clock and got a new AA battery ready to insert. Usually this a matter of a second or two, but there was a problem. I could not see a + marking anywhere! I got a torch. I got a magnifying glass. No + symbol evident. Eventually I just put the battery in and hoped for the best. It didn't work. So I inserted the battery the other way around and the clock started working. But how can a manufacturer produce a clock mechanism without marking the + end? Weird. I have now put my own + marking on the case.
my kid popped apart a moment I have and need, no parts fell out because I caught it before he could open it fully but things got knocked loos and there's a little sliver clip I don't know how to find the location of. all the gears are in place but the clip must do something to help the second hand engage because it's not moving at all
Finally, an explanation I can get behind. As much as clockmakers and watchmakers hate quarts movents, it's hard not to acknowledge how elegant these simple mechanisms really are. I especially love that these things can run continuously for twenty years or more without any maintenance, and longer if it is, and still keep relatively accurate time for less than a few dollars.
Thank you. Very informative. Another point to note, is the battery contacts. Make sure they actually make good contact with with the circuit board. Mine were not. Bent the contact and away it went.
My old citizen clock was dead. I found its solenoid coil was open. I made coil and clock working. The problem it's battery draining very fast .lasting only 4 month.may be my coil is not sufficient. Please give me what is the normal coil resistance..thanks
fantastic video.....chilled out, a really good walk through on how these work. Simple as......but omg how clever are the people who invent and MAKE these things!!
Very cool... You Sir Are An Amazing Person... The Detail In This Video Is So In Depth And Very Easy To Follow.. Thank You For Taking The Time To Explain How The Clock Mechanism Works !!! 🙋👍💯
Thank you very much for your demonstration and explanation! The video is really helpful for it gives ideas about the function of small electronic circuit board in which quartz crystal resonator in a form of small tuning fork is connected and how the circuit board receives power from battery and causes the tuning fork to vibrate and then how the circuit converts the vibration into one second electric pulse and drives the peizo electric motor and drives the motion work of the clock (12 : 1 reduction gear train that drives the clock hands). So that people will no more get tempted to throw the old unfunctioning clocks into garbage or by the side of road but they get idea to repair and use the clock again.
