Ian stockley & updated  February 2010

 

The British Watch

& Clock Makers

Guild

Collective Mark

Breguet Clock 1881

 

 

I phoned an expert dealer to get an idea of its value, as a resolute I am now the owner of a very large and heavy safe that the clock spent most of its time in.

From the very start this clock was a challenge its striking worked well when the repeat was used (button on top of case) but it was not working every time  the hands passed a  striking positions (every 15 minuets)

The first thing is to remove the case.

Fault finding is much easer when you can see, I traced the fault to a damaged part, so I made a new one. Striped cleaned oiled and put the clock back together, then I spent 5 days finding and repairing all the small faults on the strike work until it all  worked, that is: Timekeeping, hour striking, minuet striking,and the alarm

Testing is a challenge as you need to keep a close eye on it as it’s up to something every 15 minuets.

Now I’m looking forward to my next encounter with this clock in the fullness of time.