Turn the hour hand one revolution clockwise forward this will set the time back one hour.
Putting wall clock back in beat.
Consult a specialist before setting a chronometer.
Putting in beat by adjusting the crutch the aim is to adjust the angle of the crutch without disturbing the position of the escapement to which it is attached the steel bit at the top that stops the brass escape wheel turning.
The pendulum swing distance should be equal on both sides of the.
Move pendulum to the left or right until the escape wheel escapes from one pallet to the other.
Setting the beat of the pendulum clock if the beat is irregular like.
It s the first thing to try when a clock will not stay running.
Most antique clock backs have a few holes in them where previous owners screwed them to the wall to fix them in position.
Move the crutch to the left and right see figure 2.
After you have checked the above four and found them ok or fixed as necessary you adjust the beat as follows.
This can be done by either try leveling again from left to right by moving the clock very slightly from the bottom until you hear the most even tick tock.
By over swinging the pendulum most modern german mechanical clock movements can be put back into beat.
Stop pendulum and move it in the other direction until escape wheel escapes.
Most wall clocks and many french clocks can be put in beat easily if they are not too far out.
Jefferson golden hour clock and golden helm golden minute golden view and golden secret.
Release pendulum and see.
This can be screwed to the back of the clock or glued on.
Setting the beat of the pendulum clock if the beat is irregular like.
Tock tick tock tick an adjustment must be made or the clock will stop.
Move the crutch see figure 2 to the.
It is ok to try this even if the clock doesn t have auto beat built in.
Tock tick tock tick an adjustment must be made or the clock will stop.
Release pendulum and see if clock keeps.
It is best to not set the hands just record the chronometer s error each day.
You can do this or if you have a skirting board at floor level put a piece of wood between the back of the clock and the wall to take up the gap.