Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Restoring a Sessions Mission Wall Clock - Early 1900's

This was my grandfathers clock and hung in his wall for many many years. As a small child,   I remember him winding the clock every Sunday and the sound of the BONG on the hour and a softer at the bottom.

It also was in my moms kitchen after that but could not stay running for over a few minutes.  It has been silent for over 30 years.

Since I have inherited it, I though I would try to restore it and get it running again.

After trying to clean it with alcohol, bending the verge wires to see if I could align the tick-tocks - I came to the conclusion I needed to do a total rebuild.

Here is a video showing how I rebuilt the clock and get it running again.


Here are the links to the parts I purchased:

The video doesn't cover everything I tried - just what worked.  Below are all the pictures and more from the video.