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Schatz Royal Mariner find.
http://www.nauticalclocks.ca/nautica...rs.php?item=48
Found a Schatz Royal Mariner brass striking deck clock at the thrift shop today, complete with winding key. Brass needs a good buffing and polishing, but there was an ominous heavy moving around loose in the back of it. I bought it that way for $9.95, as is. Took it home to my stepvan shop and removed the beautifully-made brass bezel with very heavy bezeled glass cover, then removed the movement. Aha! The large brass bell, which is about 5" across and flatened like a pipe cap to make it fit the case, had fallen off its post. Lucky for me, the nut and lockwasher were laying in the back of the case...NOT wedged into the movement. Wound it up and it took right off ticking VERY quietly. Remounted the bell and turned it as it's hole is slightly off-centered so you can adjust it to the TWO little hammers that give it that nautical ding-ding......ding-ding......ding-ding sequence. Beautiful metallic bell sound with lots of harmonics. On the half hour, the hammer that stikes second is caught by a little hook on the last ding-ding turning it into a single ding, adding the half to the hour strike for it. It's working perfectly and is hanging on my wall until its regulated, then I'm going to clean the brass case to a high shine and get the tiny dots of white paint off it, ruining its shipboard history...(c; As you can see from the price on the website, $10 was a real bargain with so little wrong with it....(c; God I love thriftshops who aren't clock dealers... Larry -- Well, I'm past the halfway point on the 4-to-8 watch. Under 2 hours to go and I can relax....at 8 bells...(c; |
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