15-12-2011, 11:20 PM
This pair was recently bought on ebay for £0.99 as 'not working - spares or repair' and the intention was to use them for spares.
Unfortunately, like so many other folk on here, my daft side got the better of me and I decided to try and get them working again.
A good set of screwdrivers is all that is needed to create a pile of parts from a Metamec clock. The Nitromors+Brasso combination quickly removed the blackened lacquer and the brass was shining again with little effort.
The dark oak finished clock has a very early German 'Kundo' movement with a full size crystal; remember those? The movement worked fine again after a service and clean. The marble effect clock has a later German 'UTS' movement which had become gunged up with dust. A swift dismantle and clean got it working again.
The metalwork used in the earlier Metamec clocks is of extremely high quality and has a nice heavy feel to it. The number of alternative movements from different manufacturers during 1958-1975 is truly staggering, but interesting. All movements can be dismantled with little effort, but reassembly requires some skill as the parts tend to fall out all over the place when the two halves are separated.
Once both movements were working on the kitchen worktop er... bench, then they were reunited with the respective cases.
Both clocks have damaged perspex dial protectors and the dark one should have a second hand.
I now have added two more clocks to the growing collection and still need to look for the spares I needed plus a few more for these. Doh!:s
Some pictures are attached.
Unfortunately, like so many other folk on here, my daft side got the better of me and I decided to try and get them working again.
A good set of screwdrivers is all that is needed to create a pile of parts from a Metamec clock. The Nitromors+Brasso combination quickly removed the blackened lacquer and the brass was shining again with little effort.
The dark oak finished clock has a very early German 'Kundo' movement with a full size crystal; remember those? The movement worked fine again after a service and clean. The marble effect clock has a later German 'UTS' movement which had become gunged up with dust. A swift dismantle and clean got it working again.
The metalwork used in the earlier Metamec clocks is of extremely high quality and has a nice heavy feel to it. The number of alternative movements from different manufacturers during 1958-1975 is truly staggering, but interesting. All movements can be dismantled with little effort, but reassembly requires some skill as the parts tend to fall out all over the place when the two halves are separated.
Once both movements were working on the kitchen worktop er... bench, then they were reunited with the respective cases.
Both clocks have damaged perspex dial protectors and the dark one should have a second hand.
I now have added two more clocks to the growing collection and still need to look for the spares I needed plus a few more for these. Doh!:s
Some pictures are attached.
