DIY Servicing a Vintage Colonial Grandfather Clock With a Jauch Movement 

Heaviest on the 1/4 chimes (usually the RIGHT).

Thank you for the kind comment Bram...

I love it when something turns out to be easy...!

yeah - i love it. stick it back to the big man

Thank you Dave!

I’m glad you enjoyed...good luck!

@@JimmiePorterAtStuartArts Great video few questions 1. Grandfather clock stopped working many years ago. 2. Chimes not working. 3. When start clock works for 2 or 3 minutes then stops. May someone please help me

@@johnc8112 proballby a dirty movement.

Thanks for the help, I oiled it and oil it until I got it to work.

@@johnc8112 I recommend getting it a service at a watchmaker if it's a clock you value and want to keep running for years. giving it oil is gonna make it build up and eventually the dust will make a thick grease that stops the wheels.

Good luck!

Thanks Paul! Be well my friend...

It’s a great tool bit sadly it stopped working just a few days after I made this video. I haven’t tried to fix it yet - I hope it is something simple...!

If you’d send me a photo or two of the movement I’d be happy to help you identify it and maybe find some help. Send to bigdad56@bellsouth.net.

@@JimmiePorterAtStuartArts Will do and Thank You!

A purist would want the correct weight, however the movement does not care what the weight is made of… it just needs enough pounds to operate it… some trial and error should sort that out…

There may be a date stamped right on the brass plate of the movement itself. Look for writing in the lower right of the back plate. Depending on who made the movement (it won’t be “Colonial” - more likely Hermle) the year may be there or a letter code for the year. Date tables for the various makers are readily available on line. One of the easiest things to check before you get started is to check that the clock is “in beat”. It’s an easy adjustment that be out of whack after a move. You can do this!

No manual for this clock…and I don’t believe it has the night silencing feature…,good luck…!

The drum likely isn’t in the right position. You should be able to loosen one of the drive gears and reposition the drum. It’s trial and error. Just move the drum ahead a bit and re-engage the gear teeth. As you advance the minute hand through the quarter hours you can tell if it’s ahead or behind. I can usually get it synced in a few tries. Once it is synced, just tighten the gear set screw. Good luck!

Hello again. I got the problem fixed last year thanks to your helpful advice. I have another question I'd like to ask you. I have a Jauch clock with Westminster/Ave Maria de Lourdes chimes. Even though the Westminster chime is in sequence, the Ave Maria chime isn't. Does that mean my clock has the same problem with the drum like my Colonial grandfather clock did?

There are a few possibilities...if you are lucky the pivots may just be dry and need a few dabs of clock oil....I’d try that first. It’s also likely your movement needs cleaning as the grease applied to the gears by the manufacturer gets dirty and gummy...

I use hot water with ammonia, dishwashing soap and acetone added. I’ve heard of many variations that also work well. One gent I know just uses hot water. Good luck!

Agree...I’m just getting to the point where I can do full overhauls. So i will probably revisit and do a full tear down at some point

@@JimmiePorterAtStuartArts Awesome! It may seem intimidating, but it really isn't that hard. I've seen on your other videos that you did other full overhauls of more basic movements. If you can do that, you can do this one too. The 15min train is similar than the hour train in that you just need to make sure that the sprocket isn't resting. Only tricky part is getting it in the correct starting position, but that you can find easily by the sprockets that go directly after each other to get the 1 2 3 4 of the first part of the Westminster chime to line up with the 15min slot in the cam. But that you can do. I've been servicing cuckoo clocks and basic hour/half hour chiming clocks for a while, and did my first grandfather mechanism last week. It didn't technically need a deep clean, but I wanted to learn and get the experience. Good luck!

I am usually able to get them going with a good solvent wash as I did in this video. Good luck!

They drive the quarter hour chime (right) and the top of the hour strike (left). If there is a problem on the right side neither the chime nor the strike will work, but the clock may continue to tick and keep time. There could be a maintenance issue, but you may also have silenced the movement. Most grandfather clocks have a lever that you can silence the chime/strike with. Check that out first before spending money on repairs. Good luck.

Sorry to hear about your loss…we’re from Florida and have been there with hurricane damage. I can tell you that most colonials I have seen are 1960s or 1970s. They may have originally sold in the $800 to $2500 range depending on features. The value today for such clocks is unfortunately much less probably a few hundred. If you will send me some photos of the clock and in particular photos of the movement back plate showing the stamped writing I can tell you much more. My email is bigdad56@bellsouth.net. Good luck!

it is not an emperor. dial says colonial. although emperors also used jauch movements and have a similar hour chime.

I would do it in a minute but we are away for a few weeks. Please check back!

​@@JimmiePorterAtStuartArts updates?

Is your clock in beat?

@@JimmiePorterAtStuartArts I’m not sure. What happens is I let the pendulum go back and forth and it sounds like it’s in beat but after a couple minutes always stops.

Have you had the spring barrels apart? A big cause is that the grease dries and adds friction...

H.R.W Productions thanks for that info...I shall remember pinch waist !

@@JimmiePorterAtStuartArts and the clock is from 1968 too

Bummer! Coincidentally the one in this video quit about a month after I filmed this. There are a couple things I’ve read about that may be repairable...need to open it up...

I need to get one but man they are expensive…