Waterbury Crystal Regulator Clock Repair 1 of 2 with Mainspring Removal Without a Spring Winder

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This antique Waterbury clock was not running when I purchased it. It had not been serviced in so many years that the oil had turned to varnish. Even after removing the escapement wheel, nothing moved. As I took parts off for cleaning, I finally got the time and strike sides to move so that I could study the action of the gears and levers before I broke it down completely. In this video I discuss the clock movement action and cleaning process. This round movement is in several Waterbury models.

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6 июл 2024

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@munnerlyn3 29 дней назад

The escapement is known as a Brocot Escapement or what most people call an open escapement. Clocks can be a pain in the butt however you made it look easy enough. I guess that you taking the time to do the drawings help you remember the system which is great where I can remember certain things and other things I can so that is why I take pictures. Plus my drawings suck. LOL. You are very talented Cheryl. Soldering and all. I suck at soldering. Before taking the caps off you should get into the habit of marking the caps so you get the right cap with the right barrel (some people scratch a "t" and the other with a "s". Also you might scratch on top of the cap and the side of the barrel. Once in a great while you might find one that is slightly distorted from possibly a spring breaking and not doing that you might have trouble putting the cap back on. It is good that you arent afraid to tackle the springs without a spring winder. I do it all the time. 400 day clocks you need to be careful or 31 days clocks. I love peanut butter myself. There is a comedian that would get onto you about buying Skippy. He supports Jif as he used to work for them. Great first video. Love it. Thanks for the shout out. God bless you and yours.

@cheryladair732 29 дней назад

I think the open escapement with the rubies and the wild hands on the white porcelain sold me on this clock. Also the brass and glass, and a mercury pendulum. It just caught my eye. Luckily it made it through shipping. Two reasons for the drawings. Yes it helps my memory. I can't remember someone's name until I see it written down. Pecil and paper seems to be a direct route to my short term memory. Also I took 4 years of art in high school. I won some awards and enjoyed it. It has helped me as much as math class! I did not mark these barrels and caps because I keep them with the gears that go on that train, so I don't mix them. The antique American clockmakers sometimes used springs that didn't pass for the time side, on the strike side. So it's a good idea to keep them on the side they came on.

@justmike57 29 дней назад

I love the idea that you show people to look over the movement and see just how it works and maybe why the clock strikes. Wow, I wonder how long that clock just set around, not running. I normally heat my cleaner to 35. It just seems like the perfect temp for me. Thanks for the shout-out and great job so far.

@cheryladair732 29 дней назад

Two weeks of studying and trying to get that cuckoo quail movement right taught me the value of knowing how it works before you adjust anything. I'm betting this clock sat for 50 year. That oil was varnish or shellac, holding everything tight. I picked 40 C for this movement because of that. That's only 104 F. I'm pretty sure the water coming from the water heater is 120 F. At 5 minutes the lantern pinions were not as clean as I would like. Still playing around with the time and temp options to see what happens.

@user-rq9po2zv4k 20 дней назад

Яка краса 😊❤

@cheryladair732 16 дней назад

Thanks for watching!

@Cobesclocks 29 дней назад

Hello I’ve got a GM Angem cuckoo clock movement from the 60s? Or so with a count wheel I have the time train figured out but there is a Cam that looks like a pac man I have never seen before do you have a email you could guide me through the process of putting the 4 parts back into the correct places?

@cheryladair732 29 дней назад

@@Cobesclocks yes it's ltlmama3@centurylink.net

@Cobesclocks 28 дней назад

@@cheryladair732when I sent you the email it said back “Address not found Your message wasn't delivered to Itlmama3@centurylink.net because the address couldn't be found, or is unable to receive mail. “

@WG_OKC День назад

I just bought a Waterbury Riviera and neither of the the springs will wind. By that i mean i can't even turn the key. It's like they are seized up.

@cheryladair732 День назад

They may be fully wound already

@WG_OKC День назад

@@cheryladair732 Thank you for the reply. So, if both springs are fully wound do I just put in the pendulum and get it moving. Sorry, I just bought this at a antique shop and trying to figure it out.

@cheryladair732 День назад

@@WG_OKC that's what I always do. See how it runs, if it runs, etc. Did you try turning the key each direction? Every clock is different

@WG_OKC День назад

@@cheryladair732 Well, the key that came with the clock slips on the shaft, so I'm not sure it's the right key. I have tried turning both spings with a needle nose plyer and neither will trun. However, when I lift on of the arms in the back the spring on the right will rotate and the gong will sound. I can swing the pendulum and it will click away for about 20 seconds and then stop.

@cheryladair732 День назад

So you need a key that fits or it will round off your winding arbors. Watch some RU-vid videos about getting a clock in beat and make sure it's level.