Towering at almost two feet tall, this hunk of rusty metal began life as an advertising display and clock, shown off in bars and liquor stores in the years following the repeal of American Prohibition laws.
Heavily rusted inside and out, with a clock that was also rusted to a standstill and suffering from a broken mainspring, old Mr. Boston had probably given up all hope of ticking with life again, much less receiving a new set of clothes that garnered the looks of admiration that he was used to getting.
Watch as his old skin is abraded away, new fillers are added, his timepiece is miraculously brought back to life, and his flask home is made beautiful again.
Featured in this video: bead blasting and rust removal, ultrasonic cleaning, metal filler, powder coating, sign painting, mechanical clock repair and restoration.
This is a 100% authentic restoration.
Key Moments:
00:00 Original rusted part
00:41 Removing rusted clock
01:34 Ultrasonic cleaning of clock
02:19 Broken clock mainspring
02:50 Clock disassembly
03:19 Paint stripper
04:28 Bead blasting metal
05:14 Metal filler, filing, sanding
06:35 Powder coating
09:31 Polishing clock pivots
10:29 New clock mainspring
11:46 Building a new pallet fork and balance wheel hairspring
13:45 Clock working again
13:57 Sign painting
15:04 Finishing clock bezel
15:16 Adding felt to bottom
15:35 Final reassembly
17:02 Before and after views