Clock rebuild #2 complete and delivered, #3 started
The second “learner” clock I worked on was completed early in December and has been delivered to its new home. I am pretty happy with the results:
Case after restoration:
Why am I buying non-functional clocks?
Folks following my twitters, which appear conveniently on the left side of my web page, will possibly have noted that I mentioned buying some “broken” clocks.
I’ve won two of the “broken clock” ebay auctions I’ve bid on: I may live to regret this…
I’ve actually won five out of five auctions, achieving my objective of establishing a collection of various abused antique timepieces. Why would any sane person want broken clocks? Your first mistake is use of the word “sane” in reference to me. But I’ll try my best to explain what is going on here, since there is some logic to what I’m doing.