Two lovely pieces beautifully finished. Thank you too for taking the time to film the birds. They are a real bonus. Bella lives on in your videos, great see her again. 😍

Tom, that was two lovely pieces of skill. Pleasure watching you. Regards

Thanks Tom

I like the clock you have done a wonderful job restoring the clock case. I watch other refinishers and even if they say they have learned from their fathers they do not come close to the level of work that you do. I enjoy watching your repeats ..... I enjoy the short videos of wild life at the start and end of your videos. Thanks for the work that you do on all of your projects. :)

Nicely done!

Thank You Tom!

Excellent restoration on both time keepers 🧡🤎❤️💛

Great job as always! Thankyou XXX

I really appreciate your videos. Thank you so much.

It looks brand new! Lovely clock

Beautiful job my friend!!! Awesome seeing Ella...

Especially liked the desk clock. Sweet.

Another great video, thanks Tom!

Great video. Love the carriage clock.

Awesome restorations! Besutiful clocks.

I’m totally overwhelmed! Just wow! I never knew there were so many types of finishes and then sanded and then another finish 😮 but I’m really fascinated and wanting to learn more and more🤭 Thank you so much

What a beautiful (Seth Thomas?) clock. Well worth the effort you put into it, Tom.

Yay! New from Tom! I hit like before I even watched. Lol! I knew it was going to be great!

Tom that was some really excellent work there the finishes on the pieces were fantastic well done.

That tidied those clocks up!👍👍

I always learn something from you. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

They look marvelous.

Thomas: both clocks turned out very nice. That Art Deco clock will be smart looking on a desk. Carol from California

They both look pretty good to me too, Tom. By matching what was there, and cleaning up the dints, they shows their age, but come up shining.

Thanks it was peace I needed.

Nicely done! I enjoyed seeing that refinishing only part of the piece can work.

Mr Tom, these carriage clocks were popular gifts to employees on work anniversary dates, 20-30 years. I've seen so many in my hobby clock repair work. Glad you worked on one so I have a reference in the future. So glad you turned me on to toner sprays...life savers. Thank you.

Mr. Johnson - patient genius, with skills honed over many years - I could watch these videos all day long and not be bored whilst knowing that I could never achieve these results but still wanting to try. Thank you for sharing your work.

You say that it takes lots of practice and you are right. But there is something to be said about your innate eye for color and texture, which some of us do not have unfortunately. Thank you for these didactic videos. They inspire people to keep trying with the talent they've got.

nice to see you again and your work is very enjoyable to watch

I learn so much about patience and staining! Thank you 😊

Oh goodness, gracious your are a fountain of knowledge, wish I had a fraction of it. Thank you for sharing your encyclopedic experiences

This is a beautiful job. I like it❤

Nicely done. Just the right amount of restoration work to both these clocks to make them tick again without making them look brand new. I love how you know just what you need to do to get a piece working again, it’s magical! Loved seeing Ella again ❤

Thanks for sharing your insight about partial refinishing. I have a 50s era bookcase that needs to be refinished but only the shelf surfaces are scarred up. I’m going to try refinishing only those areas. Thanks.

Tom you've done it again

Love your work and I love your videos 🤩❤️

My father was given exactly that clock at the end of his long career with AT&T. My brother has it now. You did a lovely job, and it was so sweet to see dear Ella again.

Excellent work, thanks for teaching us!!

The art deco one was definitely my favorite.

Excellent work once again Tom. Very interesting to see your technique of partial refinishing and toning. 👏👏👍

Thank you fir the "timely" tutorials, I have a similar project in mind.

Thanks for the tutorials they will improve my attempts to refinish my projects.

Why oh WHY did I NOT buy stock in 3M before craftsman such as yourself discovered "Painter's Tape"? Judging by this video alone, I would be a wealthy man! What a lovely treat - revisiting these special restorations..............and of course the glimpses of Bella make them all the more special. Thank You!

It’s like stepping back in time to the 1930s to see that clock so beautifully refinished. I loved how both clock cases came out. I love your nature shots, only wish they were a bit longer.😊

Thanks for the video, once again I have learned a great deal from you and some how to from watching the video. You have great content in your videos, stay the course, enjoyed it immensely.

This is great Tom. I recently picked up a nice solid maple library stand from a neighbor’s tree lawn on garbage day. Much of the finish is good except for a few very rough areas. This video comes at the right time for me.

Hey Tom I have fallen behind in watching your videos. Sure enjoyed seeing you preserve these clocks. Take care😊

Hallo Thomas, es waren wieder zwei wunderschöne Arbeiten. Es ist eine Freude dir bei der Arbeit zusehen zu können. Es ist nur schade das ich kein Englisch kann. Deine Erklärungen zu verstehen wäre ein Highlight. Danke fürs Zeigen viele Grüße Christel ☺👍👏👏

This information was very helpful. I have water rings to remove from a very similar looking commercial finish. Thanks for the Bella flashback, I like to remember my old dogs as well.

beautiful work. Lovely to see Ella again.

Lovely work as always Tom. I've learnt so much about colour and toning from you through these videos. Thank you.

You sir are a color matching master. It is truly a joy to watch you work!

Somehow all my youtube subscriptions got deleted as few weeks ago. I was lost, Still finding "my" spots. I enjoy your videos, Thank you.

As always just the perfect amount of work to retain the history and soul of the pieces. Enjoyed the magic pen and brush work Tom, beautiful job, they both look pretty good now. 👍

The old Telechron probably has more depth to the finish now than it did when new. Good to see it still going!

I’ve said before … your workshop is a peaceful zone for me. I’m going back to watch any videos I missed. I need as much time in the Zone as I can get 💕

Nice Clock !! I have a small collection Telechrone clocks that I have restored !

Amazing results!

I especially love the Art Deco clock. What a great era for design! The finish is beautiful. 🤗

Always good to learn from a master of his craft 😊

nice job tom good video

handsome clock - gorgeous

Hi Tom, Telechron made that model "Pharoah" clock from 1934-1942. People may not realize but those clocks are more accurate than the later quartz clocks that put the nail in the coffin for many of those companies. Sadly, the oil in those clocks does gum up over time and needs to be refreshed but they are still great looking clocks, with tons of character. I remember your original video when you refinished it and you did a masterful job. Thank you for sharing your methods so others may learn from you!! 😁

Awesome.

The clock may not be an antique now, but with this kind of care, it will be a cherished one in about 100 years! Maybe someone later will remove the clock and fix the bolt situation for the handle;) Anyway the clock reminds me of the kind of stuff my parents had (they were married in 1931) Even then, when I was growing up (in the late 40's and 50's) they had a yellowish tone to them. I wonder if this was the style then? I remember a lot of electric clocks and things they had used Bakelite in them, which tended to be yellowish I think. Always nice to see a post from you!

Fantastic as usual, Tom. Enjoy your work very much.

The Patient Hands of Thomas Johnson will restore your fond memories.

Great way to start a day!

Both clocks looked amazing when you finished. I also have a carriage clock, which I just now learned from you! Thank you for showing and telling your craftsmanship!

I love how you treat all objects with the same loving attention, whatever their commercial value might be. Thank you Tom.

Thank you Tom, glad to see you took your "time' with these. Hope you're well, see you on the next one

Both clocks were interesting. My favorite was the art deco clock. Great treatment of the battle scars and the repair on the back. Thanks for sharing. I don’t remember you using the black rubbing compound before… I was saying to myself, NOoo but of course you were right on target because it added just enough depth to the finish to make it sing.

Superb.

Thank you! I always reference a lot of your segments to help with my repairs I come across. 🥰🐝

Both clocks look beautiful. Excellent work.

Excellent work - and illustrates the time and expertise needed to produce really good results.

Hi Thomas, Mark from The Wirral UK , my Late was a cabinet maker apprenticed in the 1930's it was a 7/8 yrs apprenticeship back then. This carriage clock you're doing looks like a model of clock which went out of production in the 1930's / 1940's because people wanted smaller mantle clocks like the one made by Gruen and Hamilton as well as the Swiss and British manufacturers at the time.

Another excellent instructional video. Also you have great taste in Whiskey sir! 🙂

Quedó, perfecto e ideal.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

You’te experience and eye for color is amazing! Lovely to see the clock come back to life, I can imagine the owners will be thrilled!

Nice dowel holder! 🙂

That laphroaig is a very nice scotch. I saw that you use the box as a dowel storage. I like your videos very much.

Great tutorial

If I were a restaurateur I would like to learn from you! Thank you for your always very interesting master classes.

Beautiful clocks! I especially liked the art deco one and could quite happily live with it in my home. Lovely restoration as always Tom. I hope you're doing okay. Kate 😊

Outstanding as always Tom.

Another excellent video. My father once told me that his definition of a good day was one where you went to bed a bit smarter than when you woke up. Thank you for making my day. I may now attack the water damage to the top of our old piano.

Tom always illustrates amazing skill and results. These videos are real pleasure to watch.

excellent

I always learn something about restoration from you. You are truly a master in resortation.

Mistrz Thomas jak zwykle w dobrej formie. Nagrodą za godziny pracy zawsze jest efekt końcowy. Dobra robota. Pozdrawiam

I find it so interesting the way you pause between Gorham and Maine. Hahaha

Great job Tom, as usual.

Three years living with Howards Feed and Wax: I used to wax our furniture when it looked like it needed it. Three years ago, I started a discipline. Every July, I wax every piece of wood in the house, whether or not it looked like it needed it. Wow the difference. We have antique Sears Catalog level oak and pine furniture up to Ethan Allan stuff. The furniture developed a deep luster I did not think possible with an inexpensive wax. I'm experimenting with Odie's Oil Wax for outdoor oak and pine pieces. Looks good after six months. Rewaxing is so much easier to apply than oil/varnish exterior pieces that I hope the Odies works out. I don't mind rewaxing. If I had to reoil/varnish everything, I probably wouldn't.

I’m very taken with the 30s clock. Your work on that was very pleasing. I hope you know what a role model you are to so many people around the world. I’m in Bangkok!

El segundo reloj, increíble 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Better than original! Fabulous.

Very nice work indeed. Seems we share the same whiskey-taste. Slainte!

Beautiful work on both of these clocks! I'm partial to the style and look of the 1936 clock, which has some of that Deco flair to it, but I actually prefer the color and tone on the first clock. I think you did an excellent job matching the tonal value of the color on that first one, which had a kind of blonde look to the stain to me, but it was clearly a brown with less red in it. Even on-camera it was obvious that you were getting closer and closer with each go at mixing the stain. The repairs on that first clock required a lot of finessing, and you virtually erased the damage completely on that one. It just looks like it had some age to it, but otherwise felt like a new clock. No sense of water damage whatsoever. The second one looked great also. Plugging that hole in the back and redrilling a new hole really helped the overall appearance of things. Once again, you did a great job color matching, and repairing the damage with sanding and color matching. Did those cracks/creases disappear at the top of the pyramid? It looked like the majority of them smoothed out in the sanding to me. Just excellent work, Tom! You're just amazing!