@ProMediaCom Well I suspect they are a modern item sold as antiques, possibly to get round quality control regulations. I bought mine as "1950s", and I have often seen them listed in recurring batches, sometimes with the days in English. The movements are excellent but the cases are sometimes quite poorly finished. The bezel of mine is a bit loose and the striking sometimes buzzes because of this.
You have at least a couple of clocks that have a calendar feature. The first one in the video is a wall clock and then a mantel clock. I have seen exactly the same type of calendar clock I think on eBay a while ago. What I'd like to know is does the wall clock - the first one in the video have a perpetual calendar - i.e. adjusting automatically for short months and even Leap Years?
I love the French perp cal clocks in particular. Accurate calendar as long as clock is wound.
@glisses7 Hi Glisses7, the French wall clock is made by FFR, Morbier. It has a paper-roll calendar mechanism which has every date over 365 days in a continuous strip. It runs from the 1st of March to the 28th of February. For some unknown reason the 29th of February is just a blank strip. The days of the week are on a plastic roller. Every year on the 1st of March I must rewind it all the way back. There is a switch on the side for this purpose. For more info visit tommysclocks.blogspot.com
@glisses7 The other calendar clock is Chinese, bearing the trade mark "555". It has no month feature, it shows days and dates only. The days of the week are displayed in Chinese. At the end of each short month I have to reach in under the movement to set it on to the 1st. I have had three of these clocks. The date changes at 2AM, which is a bit confusing.
Hi, I just picked up a clock identical to your chinese clock. Do you know anything about it? Year etc? Thanks for the video of your clocks :)
ProMediaCom 3 months ago
@ProMediaCom Well I suspect they are a modern item sold as antiques, possibly to get round quality control regulations. I bought mine as "1950s", and I have often seen them listed in recurring batches, sometimes with the days in English. The movements are excellent but the cases are sometimes quite poorly finished. The bezel of mine is a bit loose and the striking sometimes buzzes because of this.
TommyWylie 3 months ago
I have a Diehl Dilectron movement in front of me right now and I am struggling to figure out how the heck it works!
irkibby 3 months ago
Hello
You have at least a couple of clocks that have a calendar feature. The first one in the video is a wall clock and then a mantel clock. I have seen exactly the same type of calendar clock I think on eBay a while ago. What I'd like to know is does the wall clock - the first one in the video have a perpetual calendar - i.e. adjusting automatically for short months and even Leap Years?
I love the French perp cal clocks in particular. Accurate calendar as long as clock is wound.
glisses7 1 year ago
@glisses7 Hi Glisses7, the French wall clock is made by FFR, Morbier. It has a paper-roll calendar mechanism which has every date over 365 days in a continuous strip. It runs from the 1st of March to the 28th of February. For some unknown reason the 29th of February is just a blank strip. The days of the week are on a plastic roller. Every year on the 1st of March I must rewind it all the way back. There is a switch on the side for this purpose. For more info visit tommysclocks.blogspot.com
TommyWylie 1 year ago
@glisses7 The other calendar clock is Chinese, bearing the trade mark "555". It has no month feature, it shows days and dates only. The days of the week are displayed in Chinese. At the end of each short month I have to reach in under the movement to set it on to the 1st. I have had three of these clocks. The date changes at 2AM, which is a bit confusing.
TommyWylie 1 year ago
What does the six note chime sound like?
JustInn014 1 year ago
@JustInn014 A video is now uploaded.
TommyWylie 1 year ago