Restoration - Antique Radium Clock

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ABOUT THE ALARM CLOCK
In this video I will be restoring a Vintage West German Alarm Clock. I bought this clock on eBay from a seller in Pennsylvania. I was looking for something unique to restore that would challenge me.
After doing some research on the internet I was able to find out that this Alarm Clock was manufactured by a company called "ad*lf Jerger K.G." who made travel clocks and alarm clocks since 1905 and went out of business in early 1995.
ABOUT THE RESTORATION
This was my second official restoration. The disassembly went along pretty smoothly, until I noticed that the clock wasn't made out of brass but brass coated steel. My original plan was to polish the brass parts but then I had to change it to plating it Gold. I also experimented with powder coating for the first time! Overall I'm really proud of the way this restoration turned out considering its initial state. I hope that you and all of the people who watched were entertained. If you're reading this right now I want to thank you and let you know that I appreciate you watching my content.
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0:00 Intro
0:42 Disassembly
3:50 Sand Blasting
5:00 Dent Repair and Polishing
8:28 Powder Coating
9:42 Gearbox Disassembly
10:23 Ultrasonic Cleaning
11:11 Gearbox Reassembly
12:27 Making a New Leg
18:17 Removing Radium
18:49 Gold Plating
20:47 Cutting the New Glass
21:19 Painting the Hands
22:10 Reassmbling the clock
25:08 Testing the Clock
25:36 Ending
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@TysyTube 2 года назад

You did a great job on this video ⏰ this tipe of clock was on the first thing i opened when i was a kid😂

@TysyTube 2 года назад

@@SatisfyingRestoration where are you located?

@lexpee 2 года назад

Here the same, my parents were not so happy when they saw that the alarm clock had been demolished. The al-arum clock that father needed to get up early.

@acesR 2 года назад

@@SatisfyingRestoration great job my friend, but you did this clock like a new( Some things don't need to be new. In my opinion, it was only necessary to edit the appearance a little.

@ThePratech 2 года назад

@@TysyTube i’m a huge fan of your channel too

@featherdabirb 2 года назад

whats a p p e

@JustAPersonWhoComments 2 года назад

One more time No annoying music, no talking, plenty of info, beautiful shots, masterful work.

@alanmalan3819 2 года назад

1:53 death!

@Settiis 2 года назад

And a clickbait

@orbiterL 2 года назад

100% agree

@ziskador 2 года назад

I was about to say the exact same thing

@andrewtiam7917 Год назад

@bruhtholemew 2 года назад

You should have tested it with a Geiger counter before and after. Would have been interesting to see the difference removing the radium made.

@blenderbachcgi 2 года назад

There's only one difference. Radium would glow since it's "decaying", like Uranium. The glow these things make is radioluminescence. It creates the glow by the bombardment of ionizing radiation. It doesn't stop glowing until the particular material doesn't fully decay. The new paint he used glows from Photoluminescence, which is the emission of light from a molecule or atom that has absorbed electromagnetic energy. So, basically, the paint takes the light that has been shined on it, stores it as energy, and then throws it back out as light. The closest to Radium glow in the dark paint, is LIT. I like the Radium and Uranium glow in the dark better, because it looks otherworldly and has a different feel, while today's safer glow in the dark techniques look kind of dull and boring. However, it's better than having Cancer. :)

@garethjohnstone8662 2 года назад

@@blenderbachcgi He was curious about the drop in radiation, not how radioluminescence works and the difference between that and photoluminescence, lol.

@johnsheppard5257 2 года назад

@@blenderbachcgi that did nothing to answer his comment lmao

@blenderbachcgi 2 года назад

@@garethjohnstone8662 I know, I just like giving people some fun facts. I think sharing knowledge and science facts is fun. :)

@blenderbachcgi 2 года назад

@@johnsheppard5257 I know, but at least he knows the difference between the two paints now. Still some 1337 knowledge to know. :)

@defrozendonut8715 Год назад

As a clockmaker I must say I have fixed many clocks and you sir did an excellent job at the restoration and fixing of this piece

@SatisfyingRestoration Год назад

thank you

@kanthvickram4490 Год назад

it is a masterpiece and collector's item now..can't put the price on it !!!!!!!

@imlassuom 8 месяцев назад

Springs should be removed and extended and mounted at the end no need to zip tie!!

@olavwilhelm6843 3 месяца назад

well i would not trust you with a repair then lol

@user-li3sl9bk4u 7 месяцев назад

От радиации даже таракан сдох. Хороша светомасса. Раньше на Ra-226 не экономили ))))) Надеюсь что этот мастер до сих пор жив.

@urgolf1974 2 года назад

I was scared, you would powdercoat the outside "candy red". I was really happy, when you didnt... Excellent job.

@timowagner1329 Год назад

Oh yes, in my eyes that ruins the whole thing

@zackdrake8735 Год назад

whats candy red?

@hoticeisnice1354 Год назад

@@zackdrake8735 paint color, bright, obnoxious, cartoon look, does not fit the antique look

@zackdrake8735 Год назад

@@hoticeisnice1354 cool

@l.schwendeman3319 Год назад

@@zackdrake8735 My father built a drag race car back in the 60's - 70's that was a candy apple red color. He won every race he ever entered it in. Definitely not a cartoon looking paint scheme.

@freedomfries6618 2 года назад

Dents came from some guy waking up and throwing it across the room.

@SatisfyingRestoration 2 года назад

😂😂😂

@ashleythecommenter7112 2 года назад

I would not be surprised at all 😂😂

@some1funny28 2 года назад

Is that called SnOOzE? 🤭💤

@backgroundcharacter9495 2 года назад

Guy soon after: why do I taste metal?

@Kyharra 2 года назад

I've almost yeeted my phone like that before :/

@mikes6961 Год назад

The glow of those clocks when I was a kid was comforting. Holding it to the lightbulb before bed made it glow bright enough to almost be a nightlight

@sunnyd6019 Год назад

Older items like this are just so much cooler than today's items. Great job

@stephanos6128 Год назад

and all the more dangerous. or just as dangerous maybe ive heard of smart phones exploding

@joannpelas5101 Год назад

So true. Except with radium numbers it's both cool and 'hot'!

@cj0915 5 месяцев назад

@@stephanos6128Samsung Galaxy Note 7: 😐

@Ash_on_mash 2 месяца назад

@@cj0915 😂😂😂

@footofjuniper8212 2 года назад

An insect inside the clock? Was it a...tick?

@SatisfyingRestoration 2 года назад

Perfect comment haha

@samuelfellows6923 2 года назад

😁, 🙃

@DJKC 2 года назад

Had the same thought. That should be it's name.

@kasugaifox8571 2 года назад

I think it was a lady bug. 🤔

@prasadsk3578 2 года назад

He or She was the Caretaker of the Clock.

@alexxbaudwhyn7572 2 года назад

My grandma worked in a factory painting radium dials along with many other women on the assembly line. She told us stories how most of the women would wet the tip of the brush on their tongue and lips to make a fine point before dipping into the radium paint then painting the dial details and then making a fine point again in their mouth with the brush just used to paint radium on the watch, clock dials and hands. Rinse repeat. For years for many of them, though I think she did that work for a couple years at most Needless to say, most of those women died of varied oral, throat and other cancers. My grandma said she never put the radium covered brush in her mouth,and perhaps wore gloves. She lived normally into her late 80s, outliving her coal miner husband who died of congestive heart failure partly related to black lung, coal dust issues.

@projektkobra2247 2 года назад

A story I know well....I saw one of those poor ladies in a camera store I worked in after high school. Her injury was quite horrid, and only the manager lady would deal wth her as we were little twerps and were grossed out. I never forgot that and felt bad about my behaviour ever since.

@semyprecious Год назад

I thought I'd have to speed through the mundane parts, but watching your work had me transfixed. Beautiful job! You're so talented.

@sirmaverickrock Год назад

Dude, the trick with the shrink wrap... Genius! I've always wondered how I could keep my specialty screws protected from scratches, you taught me how I put some heat shrink on my pliers as well as my flat screw drivers. Also, now I know how gold plating is done. Well done sir!

@user-of5zn8ku4r 2 года назад

Браво! Ювелирная работа на высочайшем уровне! Теперь эти прекрасные немецкие часы проживут ещё 100 лет! Мастеру моё восхищение!👍👍👍

@MrDacnick Год назад

Этот мастер- просто дурак... работая с предметом, классифицируемым как радиоактивные отходы средней активности- загадил всю мастерскую радиоактивной пылью от этих часов, да еще и сам надышался

@YuriySt-jh2nz 4 месяца назад

Прекрасная работа, теперь эти часы можно с почетом захоронить в хранилище радиоактивных отходов! Пока светомасса была новая, они были относительно безопасны. Теперь это маленькая радиоактивная "грязная бомба".

@jean-lucjla2987 2 месяца назад

L'espoir fait vivre, mais 100 ans avec les mêmes ressorts ....

@scottloessel6493 Год назад

I remember when I was a kid I wanted and old fashioned alarm clock like this for some reason. So my Grandma/Nana gave me one that looked kinda like this one for Christmas. The only thing was I didn’t know how loud theses things ticked! Kept me awake at night!

@JELLY_F1SHY 11 месяцев назад

Did the craftsman who made that alarm clock expect his watch to be revived by another craftsman 100 years later? That is so amazing.

@deerazor8280 7 месяцев назад

It's probably the same craftsman

@coldsalt6678 6 месяцев назад

The craftsman probably died of radiation poisoning

@jadneves 3 месяца назад

@@coldsalt6678 sim minha avó conviveu por décadas com um Véglia similar em seu criado cujos dados eram assim fosforescentes mas um incêndio em seu quintal aqueceu seu rosto que lhe despertou um câncer fatal.

@matthewcarter2683 2 года назад

personally I would have kept the radium. I feel that was something really special about it. Hazardous as it may be, it would have been fine in the clock i think. Not like you're eating the radium paint

@Martinmull1995 2 года назад

My thoughts exactly. This is not a restoration as to make it exactly like it would have been originally. I think taking the radium out kinda killed the whole vibe

@datbanan2717 2 года назад

i get liking the look of the radium, but radiation is seriously something not to fuck with, especially with long term exposure to it (if you are going to use that clock as a waking alarm you will be next to it for the entire time you sleep every day). it was a good idea to get rid of the paint

@leam1978 2 года назад

I agree about keeping the radium paint, but would be interested in actual measurements how radioactive it would be. I know it was hazardous to the laborers who built it, but to someone who owned it?

@zielonyfenix8193 Год назад

@@datbanan2717 Well, body of the clock will stop alpha and most of beta radiation, what remains of beta will be stopped by air in front of the clock . All that remains is gamma. We have no idea how strong was that clock, but radium watches are safe enough to carry for a few hours a day without dramatically rising your chance to get cancer. If someone uses it as a waking alarm then who knows, but it should be safe enough to place on a shelf just to check what hour it is.

@Guythatknowsitall88 Год назад

Agree. Not much of a restoration if you remove the main selling point. Its no longer a radium clock....its just another run of the mill antique knock off although well restored.

@GaryGrube1 Год назад

Just the fact that you could remember the gear placement is impressive! My Dad was a horologist. I was constantly impressed with him too. ❤

@fajarkurniawan9434 Год назад

When I disassamble something I always take a lot of photo from every angle So I can reassemble it afterwards 😅

@GaryGrube1 Год назад

@@fajarkurniawan9434 It's funny you said that. I've done that too!

@SodaPopinksi Год назад

Video means you don't have to remember.

@Kendzi26 4 месяца назад

From the point of view of contamination of the entire table, instrument and hands with radium phosphor, the person did a really "grandiose" job, nominated for the Darwin Prize

@Kendzi26 4 месяца назад

@@German-ot2yt так то да, а потом удивляются, а че у них рак легких или желудка. Лезть в такие старые часы, где светомассой заражено всё что можно, это реально премия Дарвина челу. Интересно пройтись по его рабочему месту радиометром. Айзон показывал, что бывает если курочить такие артефакты без подготовки. По итогу у него мало того, что стол весь заражён был, так даже в респираторе осела пыль которая 40-50мкр/ч показывала.

@rafiksan4162 Год назад

Выше всяких похвал. Золотые руки у мастера реставратора. Почёт ему и уважение.

@mozgotron12 Год назад

Я аплодирую Мастеру стоя! Профессионально реставрирует.

@dingo1666 2 года назад

Oooh, I had an [almost] identical one to wake me up for primary school in the 1970s [Germany]. Such a nice restoration.

@rus333. 2 года назад

Отличная работа! Привет из Беларуси! 🇧🇾

@zeexenon2240 8 месяцев назад

Dumpster diver, c. 1952, this boy collected these and studied them. If we had grown up together, we'd make great pals. A decade later, I worked with a watchmaker to open used goods safes, repair them, I welded the holes closed, ground them smooth, and repainted them for resale. You are a master.

@ShankhaShubhra Год назад

The gold plating process is cool af! Watching gold appear out of nowhere!

@georges1064 2 года назад

В 1970-х годах, будучи тогда учеником (лет12-13), я разбирал советский будильник. Помню, что практически на 90% он состоял из таких-же деталей. А может он был и 1 к 1.

@heartstrong5815 2 года назад

у меня есть такие. только без пескоструя, ультразвука, и золочения не так то просто их отреставрировать

@user-ou5tc4qc3f 2 года назад

Вы мастер настоящий красота у Вас золотые руки и память Дай вам Бог благополучия на всех путях Ваших Спасибо большое дали надежду для обновления старого и ещё КАК❤🎉🎉🎉

@legendkiller456 Год назад

This was your second ever official restoration? That's incredible good job!

@SatisfyingRestoration Год назад

Subscribe if you haven’t 🥺

@joedavis6029 Год назад

I love to watch craftsmen work. It's rather therapeutic to just hear the actual sounds of the process and I appreciate it more than be adequately expressed. My hearing is severely impeded. Thank you for this presentation style. Also...now I miss my radioactive clock's ticking while I sleep.

@eurosat7 2 года назад

When I was a child we had this exact model. It really got you up for sure. And I remember the glow still being present at 6 AM in winter.

@waldi2302 2 года назад

You did a wonderful restoration on this old Alarmclock. I have horrible memories on such a terror machine. It woke me all morning at 6 o clock when I had to go to scool and in my first yeaes when I learned my job as an electrician. Well done.

@badbaton4692 Год назад

Браво!!! Лучший канал посвященный реставрации! Качество видео стало просто великолепным

@donaldsinclair6440 Год назад

What

@ggrey5990 Год назад

@@donaldsinclair6440 is it too challenging to press the auto translate button?

@lyvwyr70 Год назад

A better restoration than many I have seen who just clean something, put it back together and call it restored.

@sinajakelic 2 года назад

I had this clock as a child (80s) and I did something very similar. In fact the whole disassembly. Not the restoration though 🤣 I just needed to see the insides so bad. So this video was a true flashback. Great stuff, as usual, top notch 💪

@dmk351 2 года назад

me too!! :D

@FreightmareFTW Год назад

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@victoriaslovey4713 Год назад

Your attention to detail blows my mind. I don't even know how I came across this video but I watched the entire thing in awwe. Amazing work.

@fruitl00ps28 Год назад

beautiful work! (also, it was nice to hear the sounds without any abrasive music) I love how much care was put in and the insides were polished as well

@user-if8kq3vn9y Год назад

輝くゴールドのボディーとブラックの文字盤がステキです。見えない内側を赤のキャンディーカラーで塗装したのは、いつかまた誰かが修理するとき驚いてもらうためでしょうか。粋ですね。

@hamanonaozumi3924 2 года назад

Wow now thats what i call a perfect timing, my alarm in my phone goes off at the exact moment your clock goes off, which makes it more satisfying video😄, i love your plating technique, never seen anyone did that other than submerging the parts👍

@SatisfyingRestoration 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it man, thanks for the positive feedback

@kathrynadkisson8964 2 года назад

What an amazing antique! Thank you for restoring it! You have received the Omnissiah’s blessing

@artumo912 Год назад

Супер, это практически волшебство. Старые часы стали новыми

@netherfreakultima4498 Год назад

Man, this guy is so resourceful and talented whe it comes to restoration ^^

@thestrangegreenman 2 года назад

I have to admit, I was hoping you'd touch up the radium paint with a fresh coat of phosphor so that it would glow again, but that bit of fancy doesn't detract from how amazing a restoration this was. It was a lot of fun to watch!

@tooleyheadbang4239 2 года назад

Can you advise on how I can go about re-coating the phosphor on my Westclox? The radium is still OK, but the phosphor must be burned-out, because there is not a glimmer of light, even in total darkness.

@markofashion1790 2 года назад

Great job love the bass you refinish. Amazing back to life. My grandpa had a similar alarm clock he was born in 1900 memories. I remember this story glow in the dark back to the 1920s Radium Girls were female factory workers who contracted radiation poisoning from painting watch dials with self-luminous paint. Factory in New Jersey from NYC. Thank you for sharing.

@Wislytig Год назад

Thank you for mentioning, I was wondering about the radium paint!

@murshid.k7339 Год назад

And do you think this watchmaker handled the radium in the right way?

@Abraxas1212 Год назад

If you didn't know, that amount of Radium is actually fairly safe to have around, and occasionally handle. And when it's contained as it was, it posed very very minimal danger. All of it combined would only release around 1.5-2x the normal background radiation. Just wanted to say!

@AlphaFox78 Год назад

Zero danger

@megaaggron9778 Год назад

Say that to the radium girls

@stickyfox Год назад

@@megaaggron9778 The women making those clock/watch dials were handling the material much more than "occasionally."

@draykeryan631 Год назад

Ten danger

@superplushtiman7ti075 Год назад

@@stickyfox yeah, they were working on hundreds if not thousands of these on a regular basis

@BIGWojo68 6 месяцев назад

Memory Unlocked My grandma had a clock exactly like this one! I thought it was the coolest thing ever!

@elmiry2010 2 года назад

Thank you for the high definition of the video

@ThePratech 2 года назад

This is the first time ever in my life, I have seen the process of gold plating. Was pretty cool

@MrFral-pp2hb Год назад

Будильник очень красивый получился, на вашу работу приятно смотреть!!!

@jamesfield5346 Год назад

You are absolutely 💯 % gifted with your craftsmanship and abilities. I am just starting restoration as a hobby. I only hope God grants me a fraction of your talents. Great work and thank you.

@midei 2 года назад

This is amazing. I’ve enjoyed every minute. You deserve hundreds of thousands of subscribers.

@user-wh4th7zr8o 2 года назад

Millions*

@JacobTechShit 2 года назад

Heh every minute… punny

@FreightmareFTW Год назад

@TCRTechLife 2 года назад

The beginning is just priceless 😂😂 but the after oh my it’s amazing gods bless people like this that take old things and make them like new against thank you for restoring amazing things from the past!

@judycardenas4681 Год назад

What great patience and skill. Must be very satisfying. Thank you for showing this video. I'm so grateful that the old ways of doing things still exists and you are willing show us what can be achieved.

@kaluga59 9 месяцев назад

Офигенно! Классная работа! Замечательный будильник!

@SkyOctopus1 2 года назад

Fascinating, thanks for that. I used to have one of those growing up and the alarm was so loud and terrifying it would switch you from fast asleep to bolt upright wondering if you'd just had a heart attack in zero seconds flat.

@shadowtheimpure 2 года назад

Replacing the brass plating with gold was a stroke of genius. Electroplating with brass is an absolute PITA.

@Desco-a-lenha-no-Lombo Год назад

Just a few people in the world do this. Simply ARTISTIC!!

@user-rz4ok4ed1f Месяц назад

Это лучшая реставрация, что я видел. Браво мастеру.👍👍👍

@MrMississippiMan 2 года назад

Dude why would you remove the radioactive paint? That would've been the best part

@robertstates 2 года назад

he wouldn't have been able to polish the hands properly.

@pazerfaust45 Год назад

Eres muy bueno en esto, le das la vida de nuevo a las pequeñas cosas convirtiendolas en obras hermosas, mis respetos para ti.

@GasGotti Год назад

Not sure I’ll ever fully understand the greatness of this video. I don’t even deserve to have access to this.

@Axalera-yq2gt 10 месяцев назад

Привет из Грузии! Молодец мастер таланта!

@user-wh4th7zr8o 2 года назад

2:35 R.I.P. bug brother 🐞

@SatisfyingRestoration 2 года назад

haha

@HENRY-om7bw 2 года назад

Волшебно ! Просто великое Чудо !

@user-nc4zu4ju4v Год назад

👍Классная работа.Купил недавно на блошином рынке небольшой будильник в деревянном корпусе "Г.Мозеръ и Ко".Знакомый часовой мастер сейчас пытается его вернуть к жизни.Там лопнула заводная пружина и ,возможно,ещё какие-нибудь есть неисправности.

@adamoneale4396 Год назад

On the one hand, I'm very impressed by how much time and effort this chap took to service and repair a cheaply made alarm clock that would usually go in the "not worth repair" box. On the other hand, I almost had a stroke seeing no bushing work done and at the amount of oil used. Seemed a very thick oil, too.

@alexanderalbach468 2 года назад

Ah, I love the trick with the pliers

@shuvoalamgir8939 2 года назад

Finally a new video. Keep up the great work

@SatisfyingRestoration 2 года назад

More to come! Thank You!

@transistor754 Год назад

Brilliant and high quality work. Taught me a lot. P.S. the numerals and the dots are Radium as well. Just as well you used gloves. The paint fades (so doesn't glow) but Some of the Radium in the paint will be active for 1600 years. Like you said don't breathe or ingest it in any way. Good job!

@Telephonebill51 Год назад

They don't use REAL radium anymore, idiot, it's insanely radioactive. They use cheap glow in the dark paint.

@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 9 месяцев назад

I was wondering why he didn't lume the numbers, but who really needs it when the hands glow?

@game84cube Год назад

Working on a clock would worry me because of the mechanisms within. I feel like I'd just end up getting new ones, but the fact that you repaired it from the inside out really impresses me

@Redneck_Hero 2 года назад

It's really cool to watch the electroplating as you rub it on. I've only ever seen the parts submerged in solution and electroplated that way

@ET-cj8jo Год назад

Excellent restoration. I have a ww2 radium military pocket watch (bought in the UK). When I bought it I had not known it was a radium watch. It no longer glows (the phosphor has degraded) but the radium still emits strongly, even through the steel back of the watch, and even through 2mm lead. I have measured the sievert level (using a laboratory instrument) and any close contact will give you a year's allowable level in just a few minutes. The watch is thus highly dangerous and I keep it inside a "cave" of 100mm lead blocks, along with a radium compass. When I can figure out how to dispose of them I will do so, but it so far seems very difficult and expensive in Japan where I live. I thus agree completely that the restorer of the clock carefully disposed of the radium. However, it would have been better if a radioactivity measuring device had been used to assess the clock's condition before and after radium removal, and also around the work surface (radium dust might have fallen out on disassembly), though I understand such devices are not readily available and are expensive. Note also that one commenter wrote that the radiation would only reach 10-15cm from the clock and thus is safe to leave the radium. From my experience I disagree, the radiation can reach much further and will readily penetrate the glass front. In addition leaving the radium means the owner could not enjoy glowing clock hands unless the radium is removed and mixed with a phosphorus glowing substance. That would be a very dangerous activity. Kudos to the restorer for the removal of radium and replacement with safer substances.

@murshid.k7339 Год назад

You are absolutely true, in these clicks the amount of radium will be higher than watches. This watchmaker should be very careful while dealing with these and since he is a watch maker he might be doing this many times. This is the second video that iam seeing mishandling of radium included watch within two days. Even a geiger muller counter will be able to see the radiation. These watchmakers should be careful and people who are watching this video and want to do the same should be also careful.

@bambangwicaksono2348 Год назад

I always respect when tear down any parts make no other damage. Salute!

@demonlordsitrithack2829 Год назад

every time I watch your videos, I want to fall asleep because of how relaxing it is.

@SatisfyingRestoration Год назад

Thank you 🙏

@enersens 2 года назад

Respekt für die Arbeit am Uhrwerk und die Detailgenauigkeit.

@logan317b 2 года назад

This was one of the best and most enjoyable restoration videos I've seen. You chose such a unique and bizarre item and restored it beautifully, it looks like it came right out of the factory all those years ago. You even milled out an exact copy of the missing leg, your dedication is mind-boggling. I know some people are upset you removed the real radium paint, but it's absolutely understandable to me that you'd want something 100% safe, and it still looks beautiful. Keep doing what you're doing this is truly incredible work.

@SatisfyingRestoration 2 года назад

Thank you for the wonderful comment

@ianhall4081 Год назад

Yeah I don't blame you for taking the radium out that's it's like Bad News and Cancers pretty prevalent enough

@user-pd5zo5ub5s Год назад

@@ianhall4081 The funniest thing about this fear of radium is that it is in the form of salts and in such quantities is safe already at a distance of 10-15 cm from it. If you do not walk with an object with radium salts tied to your body, there is no danger!

@possibleproblem479 Год назад

Yeah on that note though, id be careful with the paint that was sandblasted off and make sure its disposed of properly. It could do damage to ecosystems and possibly slightly poison the water table. I doubt in that small quanity it would be that dangerous. But imagine 10-15 radio illuminescent restorations later... When that stuff gets into your body it could seriously do some damage.

@user-qm8nw5mf7z Год назад

Это шедевр! Вы молодец!

@user-ne9ry9ul7m Год назад

Прикол в другом ...как будет удивлен часовщик открыв внутренности сего часового механизма они не скучно красные ,когда то их все же прийдеться чинить еще раз...

@samharper4289 11 месяцев назад

Wow! What an extremely awesome restoration! I work on old clocks and pocket watches as a hobby, but don't have the ability to refinish the cases as you did here. I especially thought the nickel and gold plating process fascinating! Wish I knew how to do that! Again, awesome job brother!! 👏

@drewbreezy5854 2 года назад

Love that. I need an alarm clock like this In my life. A classic look

@renanrodrig93 2 года назад

highly professional work 👏👏👏👏👏

@kimberlymorales4869 Год назад

You definitely have a true skill in this craftsmanship. This is a masterpiece. It would've been cool if the face plate was metal and coated the same color .

@LeCrenn Год назад

That was fantastic. I love old clocks, and especially enjoyed watching you cleaning and reassembling the movement. How great to see it working at the end. Thank you so much for doing this!

@SatisfyingRestoration Год назад

Thanks for enjoying 🙏

@MsALDARI Год назад

OSKUR DORMIENTE SE TANTO POSA....................................

@sebastianlinardi 2 года назад

Que hermosa restauración! Excelente trabajo! quedo muy lindo el reloj! Gracias por este nuevo vídeo.

@SatisfyingRestoration 2 года назад

Gracias 🙏

@RestorationAustralia 2 года назад

Looks new, well done.😊

@SatisfyingRestoration 2 года назад

Thanks mate! 🙏

@istvankis4089 9 месяцев назад

I've always loved fine mechanical work, but now I'm in the mood to restore a similar antique. Thanks for this great video.

@blazewolf9038 Год назад

They need a love icon option for youtube cause i love this

@zlcoolboy 2 года назад

Went from looking like something you would find in a dank basement to something you would find in your grandmother's guest bedroom. Really nice!

@martynewport 2 года назад

Wonderful restoration! I wish I could have this clock at home!!

@a.dryden4169 10 месяцев назад

Belíssimo trabalho de restauração! Parabéns! O processo de desmontagem foi muito cuidadoso e delicado (algo que sinto falta em muitos vídeos de outros canais). O tratamento dado a todas as partes foi incrível! Parabéns!

@Hyreia Год назад

I was a little disappointed with your modifications in regards to the radium until I saw your plans later on in the video. A very respectable and safe approach. Bravo!

@lindamesa5122 2 года назад

Great work better than new! Loved the tea pot you did too !!

@SatisfyingRestoration 2 года назад

😊 thank you

@oumrachid3071 2 года назад

C'est vraiment magnifique vous avez de la patience bravo 👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍

@daz51173 Год назад

what a master class, absolutely brilliant😀, cannot wait for more videos

@hpolastrini Год назад

What an amazing work! Perfection. This piece of art brought me good memories of my grandparents. They use to have those type of watches and how satisfied I was to experience again that magical sound when the tik-tok began. Congrats from Brazil.

@carsten.hamburg8771 2 года назад

That is no bug, that was the mechanic :)

@TheWinjin Год назад

Reminds me of a certain other channel in all the best ways. Sound quality and set design, the order, the colors - loved it. Please, carry on, it's going to be a pleasure to watch other restorations!

@scarborosasquatchstation1403 Год назад

Great restoration techniques on the Antique German Radium Alarm Clock..... Reminded one of the alarm clock similar in style the old man had for waking up early in the morn for work.... Sounded extra loud like a jackhammer was hitting the bells, now if you did not hear them bells a ringing... then your too sick to go to work.... Secondly the old man would then set the alarm for school in my room , ticking away till the explosion of sound starts emanating from them ringing bells....! Thanks for the memory 😎❤⏰

@dr.a.995 Год назад

Geez, another mesmerizing vid. And this one I know I could not do. “Radium” would be enough to keep me from really messing it up!

@user-rr5ju9lq1r 2 года назад

Я тоже восстановил несколько старых будильников, но до такого, что проделали Вы, мне далеко. Супер!

@dragonslyer74 2 года назад

At the age of 9 or 10 I had a alarmclock just just like this. Would love to watch it glow in the dark. Never would have guessed it could have killed me.