I've had one of these nice clocks on board for years now:

http://www.bey-berk.com/sq508/

The quartz electric works wouldn't keep going for more than a day before it
stopped. New battery didn't do the trick. Cleaning contacts didn't do the
trick. Making sure hands were free to move didn't do the trick.

So I contacted the manufacturer at the above link and asked for a quote to fix
it. Total cost NINETY dollars which included parts, labor and shipping.

So, being a tightwad, I searched for clock works on the Internet and found the
same one for 13 dollars. An outfit called clockworks dot com. It even came
with two new hands for free as they said older hands might not fit the newer
movement. So I ordered it last week thinking, "Can't hardly lose."

It arrived today and I installed it. The original hour hand fit just fine but
the original minute hand didn't as it has an round friction contact instead of
an oval contact as required by the new movement. So I used the original hour
hand, the new minute hand and the original second hand. It took about five
minutes to assemble the new movement to the clock face. I installed the AA
battery and it fired right up and is ticking along just fine now.

Total cost including shipping $19.99. Hoo Rah!!!

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Sir Gregory

On Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:35:26 -0500, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·"
åke wrote:


I've had one of these nice clocks on board for years now:

http://www.bey-berk.com/sq508/

The quartz electric works wouldn't keep going for more than a day before it
stopped. New battery didn't do the trick. Cleaning contacts didn't do the
trick. Making sure hands were free to move didn't do the trick.

So I contacted the manufacturer at the above link and asked for a quote to fix
it. Total cost NINETY dollars which included parts, labor and shipping.

So, being a tightwad, I searched for clock works on the Internet and found the
same one for 13 dollars. An outfit called clockworks dot com. It even came
with two new hands for free as they said older hands might not fit the newer
movement. So I ordered it last week thinking, "Can't hardly lose."

It arrived today and I installed it. The original hour hand fit just fine but
the original minute hand didn't as it has an round friction contact instead of
an oval contact as required by the new movement. So I used the original hour
hand, the new minute hand and the original second hand. It took about five
minutes to assemble the new movement to the clock face. I installed the AA
battery and it fired right up and is ticking along just fine now.

Total cost including shipping $19.99. Hoo Rah!!!

Apparently our shipping costs here are lower then yours. I recently
fixed my wife's "kitchen clock". Total costs was $1.10 for
transportation (subway both way) plus $3.26 for the clock works with
hands :-)

(I had to walk a couple of block each way but I'm not cheap so I
didn't charge for the shoe wear.)
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Cheers,
Bruce

"Bruce" wrote in message
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On Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:35:26 -0500, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·"
åke wrote:


I've had one of these nice clocks on board for years now:

http://www.bey-berk.com/sq508/

The quartz electric works wouldn't keep going for more than a day before it
stopped. New battery didn't do the trick. Cleaning contacts didn't do the
trick. Making sure hands were free to move didn't do the trick.

So I contacted the manufacturer at the above link and asked for a quote to
fix
it. Total cost NINETY dollars which included parts, labor and shipping.

So, being a tightwad, I searched for clock works on the Internet and found
the
same one for 13 dollars. An outfit called clockworks dot com. It even came
with two new hands for free as they said older hands might not fit the newer
movement. So I ordered it last week thinking, "Can't hardly lose."

It arrived today and I installed it. The original hour hand fit just fine
but
the original minute hand didn't as it has an round friction contact instead
of
an oval contact as required by the new movement. So I used the original hour
hand, the new minute hand and the original second hand. It took about five
minutes to assemble the new movement to the clock face. I installed the AA
battery and it fired right up and is ticking along just fine now.

Total cost including shipping $19.99. Hoo Rah!!!

Apparently our shipping costs here are lower then yours. I recently
fixed my wife's "kitchen clock". Total costs was $1.10 for
transportation (subway both way) plus $3.26 for the clock works with
hands :-)

(I had to walk a couple of block each way but I'm not cheap so I
didn't charge for the shoe wear.)



Sounds like my kinda place . . .

I have a very nice chiming ship's clock which electronics for the chime have gone bonkers (it's 23 bells, time to get up). Trying to find someone who works on that sort of thing was nearly impossible, but I did, and they had no suggestions, unfortunately.

Therefore I have this lovely brass ship's quartz clock which keeps perfect time, but no chimes (well, bells, technically) :/

L8R, y'all

Skip, in Very Cold Vero Beach

On Sat, 22 Dec 2012 04:59:28 -0800 (PST), Flying Pig
wrote:

Skip, in Very Cold Vero Beach

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Are you launched?

"Flying Pig" wrote in message
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I have a very nice chiming ship's clock which electronics for the chime have
gone bonkers (it's 23 bells, time to get up). Trying to find someone who
works on that sort of thing was nearly impossible, but I did, and they had no
suggestions, unfortunately.

Therefore I have this lovely brass ship's quartz clock which keeps perfect
time, but no chimes (well, bells, technically) :/

L8R, y'all

Skip, in Very Cold Vero Beach



You should be able to find those chiming works on the Internet. As handy as
you are you should have little trouble replacing the failed works.

I have no idea the brand of your ship's bell movement but you should be able
to find it on the Internet.

http://www.mooreclocks.com/hermle-qu...ment-sku-2117/

Whew! It appears they aren't cheap.

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Sir Gregory

On Saturday, December 22, 2012 1:47:31 PM UTC-5, Sir Gregory Hall, Esq· wrote:
"Flying Pig" wrote in message

...

I have a very nice chiming ship's clock which electronics for the chime have

gone bonkers (it's 23 bells, time to get up). Trying to find someone who

works on that sort of thing was nearly impossible, but I did, and they had no

suggestions, unfortunately.



Therefore I have this lovely brass ship's quartz clock which keeps perfect

time, but no chimes (well, bells, technically) :/



L8R, y'all



Skip, in Very Cold Vero Beach







You should be able to find those chiming works on the Internet. As handy as

you are you should have little trouble replacing the failed works.



I have no idea the brand of your ship's bell movement but you should be able

to find it on the Internet.



http://www.mooreclocks.com/hermle-qu...ment-sku-2117/



Whew! It appears they aren't cheap.



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Sir Gregory

Heh. And therein lies the reason I haven't...