One day I was rumbling around in a second hand store, where I came across this amazing piece of work. It was love at the first sight. The sound of it ticking was just to perfect so I bought it right away. First thing I place it in the bedroom, but it seems that my S.O. doesn't deal good with the ticking sound so I moved it in the living room, on my desk.
So there it was sitting on my desk and I was rewinding it every morning. It was going like a clock. We were good friends untill one day, by mistake I know it over and falls on the floor. Next day, when I wanted to rewind it I noticed it´s dead. Well...Shit! But no problem in the same time because somewhere deep inside me I wanted to open it up and see what type of mechanism did the manufacturer used and also study it a little bit..
So there it was sitting on my desk and I was rewinding it every morning. It was going like a clock. We were good friends untill one day, by mistake I know it over and falls on the floor. Next day, when I wanted to rewind it I noticed it´s dead. Well...Shit! But no problem in the same time because somewhere deep inside me I wanted to open it up and see what type of mechanism did the manufacturer used and also study it a little bit..
I didn't took me muck to notice that the hairspring wheel was out of it´s axis, in the down side. It seems that it has just a sharp shaft in the end, probably to minimize the friction. Rubbins... NOPE! Due to the strong shock that the clock got, falling off the desk the shaft went out of it´s place, preventing the wheel to spin. I didn't want to open the entire mechanism as first I wanted to try an easy way to fix it. So I just gave it a small push and it popped right in it´s place and started to spin again. Boom. Mad skills bro.
The biggest problem in this type of clocks is calibrating them so they don't run either to fast or too slow. And you do that by moving left or right an adjustment button that shortens or lengthens the total lenght of the hairspring (the pic from the middle) thus giving a faster or slower response. The shorter the hairspring is in total length, the faster the response will be at the wheel.
Normally, they would expect that you insert a slim object through the back of the case and with that you move the adjustment lever on the left or right to fine-tune the timing beast. DON'T DO IT! You´ll end up in a lot of frustration because no matter how much you try, you don't have much control over the lever and it will run either too fast or too slow. Probably that's why it was for sale and that´s why it was so cheap.
The best method is to remove the back case, by removing the back buttons, and leave it like that until you managed to adjust it right. To adjust it you firmly grab the lever, don't push or pull, just firmly squeeze it so in this way you have exact control on how much you´re turning it. Watch it for 24 h, then adjust it again. I recommend you to go in very small steps and take your time for this. I spent about 5 days until it went perfect and I was using it for 2 weeks and didn't had a single minute error.
The biggest problem in this type of clocks is calibrating them so they don't run either to fast or too slow. And you do that by moving left or right an adjustment button that shortens or lengthens the total lenght of the hairspring (the pic from the middle) thus giving a faster or slower response. The shorter the hairspring is in total length, the faster the response will be at the wheel.
Normally, they would expect that you insert a slim object through the back of the case and with that you move the adjustment lever on the left or right to fine-tune the timing beast. DON'T DO IT! You´ll end up in a lot of frustration because no matter how much you try, you don't have much control over the lever and it will run either too fast or too slow. Probably that's why it was for sale and that´s why it was so cheap.
The best method is to remove the back case, by removing the back buttons, and leave it like that until you managed to adjust it right. To adjust it you firmly grab the lever, don't push or pull, just firmly squeeze it so in this way you have exact control on how much you´re turning it. Watch it for 24 h, then adjust it again. I recommend you to go in very small steps and take your time for this. I spent about 5 days until it went perfect and I was using it for 2 weeks and didn't had a single minute error.