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  • July 21, 2025 at 12:38 pm #72399
    JosephVolz
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      I worked on 2 triple chime moveme ts, a Hermle with barrels and a Kieninger. They both worked on the test stand for a week. I put the one in its grandfather case clock and I put the other one on its wall case. 

      What is occurring now is that both clocks stop around the 54/55 mark just before it goes into warn. The pendulums just stop tick rocking until I hand turn the minute hand past the hour and then it tick rocks again.

      I am stymied as theovent appears to be running fine. I let down thethe chime side on both and it still stops. They will run for a few hours, but then stop

      Can anyone give me a direction on where to look?

      Thank you

      Joe

       

       

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      July 21, 2025 at 1:19 pm #72400
      KeithDoster
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        Hi Joseph.  It sounds like something is preventing the cam on the minute arbor from lifting and unlocking the chime train.  You may want to sstart at that point and move forward from there.  Can you post pictures of the two movements?

        July 31, 2025 at 4:08 am #72426
        JosephVolz
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          I guess the other images are too large and have to learn to make them smaller. It stops just before warn and if I put slight pressure on the minute hand, it will tick tock when I start the pendulum. I stop and it stops. I then turn the minute hand past the 12 o clock mark and start the pendulum and it tick tocks on its own.

          I wonder if I should be removing things as a troubleshoot and see at what point it keeps going. I just dont pick up on anything amiss

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          July 31, 2025 at 4:10 am #72427
          JosephVolz
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            ** The Keininger movement: The gentleman came back from vacation and I removed the faceplate and it has know been running for over 24hrs. We will see if it continues.

            July 31, 2025 at 3:24 pm #72434
            KeithDoster
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              By “faceplate” I assume you are talking about the dial. So something on the back of the dial appears to be interfering with the movement of the minute hand.  I suggest re-installing the dial and see if it stops again.  That should narrow things down quite a lot for you.

              January 9, 2026 at 4:04 pm #73230
              JosephVolz
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                *Update* I improperly marked the movement on the board and was positioned wrong making the dial pinch. Slight movement rectified the issue. (still learning!)

                 

                January 10, 2026 at 2:14 pm #73231
                KeithDoster
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                  We’re all still learning, Joseph.  That’s kind of the beauty of it.

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