Hello Peter, Thank you for the information which works as you well know! I moved one solid screw from the bottom to the top of the balance which turned the rate from gaining to losing!! So with more t

Thank you to all those who have responded to my request for help. I tried unscrewing all the large screws on the balance and it slowed the rate slightly but nowhere near enough to correct the timing e

Thank you Peter and Edward, The spring has 12 1/2 turns and I have got it to its fullest extent so I will try undoing the screws and see what effect that has. Thank you Phil Virus-free. www.avg.com Vi

Hello, I have at last got myself an Eureka clock (No not a Christmas present!) and am having trouble with the balance spring. The timed rate of the spring and balance is 1.45 sec approx. which ties in

I have made a new suspension to the dimensions kindly supplied earlier and used 12 BA screws as suggested. The only problem I had was the ribbon which was bit too thick so I had to thin the brass a li

I was going to use solder as it appears to be the right sort of diameter. The idea is that is clamps the ribbon and stops it moving so shouldn't be too critical? Phil

Thanks Peter but Eddy Odell has sent me the dimensions. Phil

Hello Eddy, Thank you very much that's brilliant, just what I wanted. It's as I thought the one at present is a homemade affair made out of what looks like beaten brass? The lead strip, I know, starts

Thank you Peter, I have seen the site but it doesn't give any dimensions and the suspension I'm taking out doesn't look original I was hoping to make my own jig but wanted to be certain of the dimensi

Hello, I am restoring a tall Bulle no. 1614 which sits under a glass dome and it needs the pendulum suspension replacing. Did all the pendulum chops have a groove in one of each pair? As the chop thic

Hi Johannes, Try "electric Clocks and how to make them" by F Hope Jones. Not only does it tell you how to make a Synchronome clock it tells you how to make various others as well. Good luck Phil

I feel the pointed end of the pendulum would need covering to stop it puncturing the bag! Phil