Unker's Clock Restoration Work & Collection

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Unker's Clock Restoration Work & Collection

Postby kepiting1sg » Wed May 23, 2012 11:59 pm

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Above on the right is one of the world smallest 400 day Torsion clock.
It's know as Kienzle Midget Hemispherical Pendulum JUF(jaresuhrenfabrik aka year clock factory) Collection Clock #197 dated 1911.
This clock is 1 century old and currently running as good as day one when it came out of the factory in Germany
When the clock came to me, Unker dismantled the clock and gear train, ultrasonic cleaned up the clock, polished & lacquered the brass parts.
Assembled the clock, oil the pivots, put on the suspension spring, wind up the clock and adjust the pendulum to beat.
A typical restoration of a single clock will usually takes me anything from 2 weeks to a month depending on my time.
I've clock that came to me and still sitting on my racks for years and I;ve not touch them
This clock is about 101 years old and has been in my collection 5 years ago
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These kind of clocks are usually call 400 day torsion clock or Anniversary Clock.
One wind of the single train clock mechanism runs 400 days.
These clocks in the past were given out as gifts at wedding or birthday or anniversary.
So they are wind up at each anniversary of the year.


More to come! :1grin:
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Re: Unker's Clock Restoration Work & Collection

Postby kepiting1sg » Thu May 24, 2012 12:10 am

A small part of my clock collection which Unker have pain stakingly restored them over the years.
It was the time when Unker suffered 3 mild strokes and found & learn a new hobby 7 years ago! :bigrin:

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Re: Unker's Clock Restoration Work & Collection

Postby SUPERVIRUS » Thu May 24, 2012 12:11 am

Quick question...how much is this clock worth now? :wink: can buy a car or not?
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Re: Unker's Clock Restoration Work & Collection

Postby AP68 » Thu May 24, 2012 12:20 am

Wow unker got so many nice cocks . Oops !!! :mseal: I mean nice clocks . Kekeke..... :1grin: Nice collections unker :thumbup: . Ya . Curious to know too . How much does one 400 days clock worth now ?
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Re: Unker's Clock Restoration Work & Collection

Postby blackknight » Thu May 24, 2012 12:24 am

kepiting1sg wrote:A small part of my clock collection which Unker have pain stakingly restored them over the years.
It was the time when Unker suffered 3 mild strokes and found & learn a new hobby 7 years ago! :bigrin:

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Oh my God! enough to buy a clock tower! :congrats:
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Re: Unker's Clock Restoration Work & Collection

Postby kepiting1sg » Thu May 24, 2012 12:34 am

SUPERVIRUS wrote:Quick question...how much is this clock worth now? :wink: can buy a car or not?


Most cost much lesser to buy a new rollie lah.....hehehe! :1grin:
Those cheapo ones on mass production in the late 50s cost less than USD100 and they are still 100% mechanical clocks.
Those torsion clocks that are wall mounted usually can be seen in museums and very rare in private collections can runs to >USD100,000s depending on thier rarity.
These clocks are made in Germany and the 1st mass production came around the early 1880s with 5000 serial pieces called the Patent Dial.
Unker is fortunate to own 2 of these 5000 pcs and the prices still cannot buy a new GMT Master IIc SS :1grin:
Unker has only a small humble collection of a 200+ clocks with more than 3/4 of them are cheapo types which I used to practise my restoration skills.....hehehe!
Suprisingly imho the biggest collector of these clocks in the world is located in Singapore and the collections (a few thousand pieces) can easily buy a few bungalows in land scare Singapore.
Another ex-school principal in Singapore has collected many such rare pieces including the wall mounted ones and have exhibited some of his collections at a watch exhibition in Singapore a few years ago
The fun part is restoring the clocks and seeing them run again!
Most of us are members or ex-members (stop paying dues) of the NAWACC (National Association Watch & Clock Collector) & Also Chapter 168 of the Association

http://www.nawcc.org/
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Re: Unker's Clock Restoration Work & Collection

Postby kepiting1sg » Thu May 24, 2012 12:41 am

Another 400 day clock of French origins - Grivolas Pendule 400 Jours

We used to call them Grivolas and they come in many "forms"

This one below is housed on onyx base with a French pendulum

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Re: Unker's Clock Restoration Work & Collection

Postby kepiting1sg » Thu May 24, 2012 1:03 am

Another part of the collection!

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Re: Unker's Clock Restoration Work & Collection

Postby NW3939 » Thu May 24, 2012 6:25 am

:goodpost: :goodpost: :goodpost: Wow ! what a marvelous collections :thumbsup:
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Re: Unker's Clock Restoration Work & Collection

Postby DT6886 » Thu May 24, 2012 9:36 am

Unker... :pray: :pray: :pray: ...Power Collection of "Cocks"!!!

Really interesting hobby! :thumbsup:
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