I have used the now common USB sockets that give 5V DC and at about 2A. The circuit will only draw what it needs. A Synchronome will draw about a third of an Amp and that is only when the contacts are

A question I have is that since Master clocks gave a pulse every 30 seconds how was this slave controlled? Simon

This item just appeared on Ebay. It says fully restored. When I look at the hands I see a small dome on the minute hand. The seller says it has a new movement. Am I correct in suspecting that a quartz

Very impressed. Did you use Openscad for this? Simon

I have never needed one. They are a push fit. The hour spindle is conical. Hold the base of the hand and give it a slight twist either to the left or the right while pulling slightly is sufficient to

Would it not be simpler to dump the mechanism into a cylinder and suck the air out? That was what Shorrt did. No atmospheric changes to worry about then. Simon

This is just beautiful. The development of the pendulum clock was driven by clockmakers relentlessly trying to stop the pendulum doing too much work so that the pendulum would just do the timekeeping.

Yes. Can I add my own thanks for moving Synchronome to here. I have often not posted in the Yahoo group because it was awful. Hopefully, this group will gain traction and form a useful repository for