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Originally Posted by Speedbird-1
I'd place that clock, right next to the large, beautiful photo' of you, that I have in my den.
 
PS. Just out of interest Paul, could you tell us something about your restoration procedures/techniques ? |
Thanks Steve, I would like to claim it is come complicated in-depth procedure, but in truth, Telechron (the only clock model I work on) is exceptionally easy. Back around the turn of the century, companies were looking to convert clocks to be powered by that new-fangled invention, electricity. The issue was, it was very difficult to regulate time from an AC source (alternating current). As a matter of fact, the first electric clocks used batteries as their power source, which obviously, was not very practical. Around 1910, a man named Henry Warren founded the Telechron clock company in Ashland MA. His solution was incredibly ingenious and simple. To regulate the time, he used a component called a “Rotor.” It was really a counter, sized and positioned so when Alternate Current had completed 60HZ, or 60 switches of positive and negative electrons, the rotor moved the second hand 1/60th of the dial. Simple and ingenious. Replacing a rotor is a very easy procedure, and to work on them usually just involves cleaning the components and re-soldering connections. Easy Peasy