Great info....I will put it to use !.....Cheers !

Found this informative. Got a grandfather clock from an auction. Working well. Should I oil it even if it’s from the 70s and I do not know it’s service history? Some clock shops say oil it, some just let it run. I would think oiling makes common sense. Thanks for any help.

What oil is best to use... excellent vid by the way and beautiful clocks..

Wondering if you have videos of how self correcting time works

I have a HAMILTON WESTMINSTER CHIME 8 Day Mantel Clock. The 3 winding posts in the front do not wind. How can I fix it? Thank you

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What happen to my simplex clock,it's making bussing sound & then cannot work anymore,help please!!! My clock is electric operated & simplex 14".help please

what is reason of fly (0:58) at the clock ? It is working/ turning while "ding-dong" - is it doing slow turning ?

Cool

Great tip! I have a clock in my homeland which haven't be run over twenty years and it must be very dusty. I will find someone to clean the clock if I bring it back. But my clock in made in China. I hope it still can run.

That clock face & movement shown at 02:34, you date _that_ circa 1810-1850? It's mechanism seems awfully refined to be from that time period...

what kind of oil?

Old timer told me he never used oil... his secret was 1 drop of dish detergent and 1 drop of distilled water , he claimed the oil at the time was too thick and would gum up the movements...

hi there, i have been given a smith & enfield mantle clock by the the father inlaw, to be honest i know zero per cent about clocks, it works for a couple of mins the grinds to a holt? ive watched your video and a few others, ive taken the mechnism out and the bushings all seem tight with no play, although its dry and i see/feel no oil/fluid etc, and ive put it back together and thats how it stands help please. would be a shame to chuck it out as it makes a lovely deep sound when it chimes????

I don't know about this info. We have a several clocks from the 60s we made and they didn't need new mechanisms or boring out and they weren't oiled every 2 yrs. I question this from what I have seen with my eyes with my clocks

The pivots of the gears that bind.If you have to ask this..BRING IT TO A PROFESSIONAL..

Anyone catch how often you oil the clock? I didn’t 🤣

I don’t believe that my Aunt in South Carolina hasn’t oiled her clock in 25 years now

Lots of telling about oiling, but you didn’t demonstrate how to oil the pivots

You know by observing which pivot is wiggling back and forth in an oval-shaped hole. When they wear, the steel pivot grinds the brass hole into an oval. You can figure out where the pivot is supposed to be by observing which way the wheel turns, and realizing that the pivot causing the wear will always wear 90 degrees concentric to the line of center from the last wheel.

So I don't need to bother oiling my clocks then...

Very good but you sound so condescending, people who own clocks aren't specialists. They are your customers, don't talk down to them, you may not notice but remember if everyone oiled their mechanism, you might not have a job. Just saying.

You just need to be conscientious and meticulous. And yes I service my own vehicles even into major repairs and have rebuilt engines as well. And have had no problems after I get my car done, unlike the mechanics, even at the dealerships. Again conscientious and meticulous

A waste of time!!!!!!!! It takes practically nothing to oil mechanism properly. And avoid damage.

a dying breed!!

What a waste of time, not a word about actually how to oil but 8:29 of bs on why you should oil.

Oiling every two years is too much. I've had them in the shop that had been oiled regularly and they were worn in the same places, just like the ones that were left alone. Oiling every 5 years is more reasonable. The movements made in the last 50 years are going to be crap anyway. Most clock makers are lazy and and the current trend is to just switch them out with new movements if they are available. I've caught certified clockmakers spouting garbage that they heard from other clockmakers without any real research or experience on the subject. John Harrison was not a "Certified Clockmaker" and he solved the Longitude problem and many of his clocks are genius and still working over 200 years later. The only people who spout off that you have to be "certified" are the ones who are certified. Most of my repairs are correcting what the last clock maker "fixed". There are many fly-by-night clock repairmen out there, but certification is a huge expense and can be circumvented by reading everything one can get their hands on about clock repair. I learned under two certified horologists and neither could answer my questions after a month of me reading on my own.

His arrogance in talking down to us makes me realize why we were able to gain our independence from them in 1776. I consider myself to be a professional (as does the IRS) but the majority of my horological education came from years of studying under 2 gentlemen, one of who's other job was VP of LTV Aerospace building rockets for NASA. I will have to ask him if he ever graduated from the BHI school of horology because the Brits have such an advanced aerospace program. (Tongue firmly in cheek, and oiling mechanical clocks every 4/5 years is sufficient unless you are trying to run up a bill for work not needed?)

so in depth he doesn't tell you what oil is recommended ...

EVERY FUCKING 2 YEARS GOD DAMMIT !!! GOT IT ? EVERY 2 GDAMM YEARS

Spend more time showing were to oil the dam thing and less time on bushings that ya fixed.just saying

you ain't got a clue what you are talking about, from Graham.

Very unimpressive video. These all things we already know. Video is not according to its caption.