John Wilding MBEFBHI begins work converting the pigeon racing timing machine into a domestic timekeeper. As soon as I had the movement out of the case, the quality was immediately apparent, a few turns of the key and the balance sprang into action. After a few checks, I was disappointed to find that the motion work was 24-hour instead of the usual 12-hour type in domestic clocks. In addition there was no friction arrangement for setting the hands. Apart from making a new set of motion work with hands and dial there was little more to do on the actual movement. I decided to suspend the movement by its two lower pillars. A suitable dome was found to be readily available from Meadow & Passmore but no base; however this was easily turned up on my Myford lathe faceplate.
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