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A Seth Thomas time/strike movement from the early 1900's badly tarnished, some corrosion to the brass plates and gears,
rusted pinion leafs and arbors, broken mainsprings and to the point of being seized. A good cleaning and polishing of all
the movement parts and new mainsprings, we have a ST that will serve for many more years of reliable service.
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We have two gear arbors from an 1900 Ingraham spring driven 8 day movement. Gear T2 (time train 2nd. gear) and S2
(strike train 2nd. gear) that have badly worn pivots. If the pivot is slightly scored, the pivot can be polished out and new
bushings installed to accommodate the smaller pivot diameter. In this case, you can see the badly worn pivot surface, new
pivots will have to be installed.
Here we have an 1927 Sessions spring driven 8 day movement in need of some TLC. After many years of non use, you can
see the amount of dust and dirt that has collected. Notice the bent T3 gear on the upper left and the broken mainsprings (highlighted
with red circles), missing suspension spring and pendulum bob. The second photo shows the same movement after it was disassembled,
cleaned and need repairs completed. The T3 gear was straightened and trued, gear teeth formed and polished, the mainsprings
were repaired by creating new loop ends and the missing parts have been added. The movement now runs as good as it did the
day it was created in 1927.
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Many times I receive a movement I call a "shoebox" movement. A movement that has been disassembled prior to my shop receiving
it. For whatever reasons, it's always a challenge to build these movements, many times parts and pieces are not present, constructing
a movement to serve as it once did and not remain in a box, is always a welcome challenge.
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