Featured Bentima clock

I picked this up for £3. I saw it as a bit of a restoration project. It's in need of a new piece of glass for the face and a good polish. I thought the curly piece of metal in the back was a broken spring until I realised that it's the chime. I wound it up the other night before I went to bed and set the time. I got up in the morning and it had stopped at 2am. Also the chimes are out of sync. It strikes 9 at 4 o clock, 10 at 5 o clock etc. Anyway I took some photos this morning and went to work. I came home this afternoon and its up and running. Correct time. Weird..

Question, how do I synch the chimes with the time please? I considered taking the hands off and moving them.

 

That's a nice clock...an' will reward your restoration efforts. Thanks for sharing!

 

I think I've decided to keep it already. I love the subtle clunk, whirr and bong when it hits the hour. A certain nostalgic whiff about it.

 

Thanks Dave. I just span the hour hand round and It seems to have synched it. The chime seems to be synched with the minute hand and triggers when It hits the hour and half past. Interesting to know that she have a function to adjust It though. It was running a bit slow so I turned the pendulum adjuster a couple of full turns. It is now really fast so will have to fiddle for a while.

 

I have cut a piece of glass for the front panel as it was missing. Looks great other than the door won't shut now. It collides with the centre column of the hands. On closer inspection the column seems to protrude out a bit further than it it should. Maybe that or the original glass was slightly domed. That would be beyond my capabilities.