Reply To: Westminster Chimes ( aka photos )

[Bob Tascione]

Hi Les,
From what I can see in the pictures the pallet assembly looks pretty good. The movement looks like it can use a good cleaning and oiling.
If you still have the pallet and crutch assembly off of the movement you might try putting a little power into the time train mainspring (just a couple of turns).
If the escape wheel spins freely then your pallet depth may have need adjusting. It may have gotten pushed down a bit too deep into the escape wheel. That happens quite often
If you can try that and let us know if it spins freely then we can go from there. You probably don’t want to put too much power into the movement as you don’t want the escape wheel to spin too fast with dirt in the pivot holes. Just enough to see if everything is free.
Would like to see the clock when you get it back together.
Have fun as always Les!
Bob