Emperor Clock Model 300 Series. Running too fast. if I lower the s***w on the bottom of the

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1. Guest4123
   

   If your clock have a movement made by the Urgos movement maker (look for U or UW followed by numbers) you have a serious problem.
   
   The Urgos movement with an automatic beat setting feature use an escape wheel with very fine teeth that provide the push to the pendulum.  These teeth wear to a smaller diameter which allows the escapement to release more than one tooth for each "tic" allowing the clock to gain time.
   
   If your pendulum DISC, not just the adjustment s***w is all the way down,
   and the pendulum swing has become very small - the escape wheel is worn beyond repair.
   
   Urgos is out of business, though the Hermle Co. in Germany makes a replacement for most of the Urgos movements that will fit the dial, pendulum, etc.
   
   A repair is pointless, because the escape wheel, short of having one made, is unavailable.
   
   If it does not have the automatic beat setting feature, the movement is repairable, but would be rare to exhibit the sympton described.

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2. Guest9495
   

   If your clock have a movement made by the Urgos movement maker (look for U or UW followed by numbers) you have a serious problem.
   
   The Urgos movement with an automatic beat setting feature use an escape wheel with very fine teeth that provide the push to the pendulum.  These teeth wear to a smaller diameter which allows the escapement to release more than one tooth for each "tic" allowing the clock to gain time.
   
   If your pendulum DISC, not just the adjustment s***w is all the way down,
   and the pendulum swing has become very small - the escape wheel is worn beyond repair.
   
   Urgos is out of business, though the Hermle Co. in Germany makes a replacement for most of the Urgos movements that will fit the dial, pendulum, etc.
   
   A repair is pointless, because the escape wheel, short of having one made, is unavailable.
   
   If it does not have the automatic beat setting feature, the movement is repairable, but would be rare to exhibit the sympton described.

   Report (0) (0)  |   12 years, 8 month(s) ago  

3. Guest1457
   

   As a last resort I chucked the Urgos wheel in my lathe (to hold it). Set up a cutting disk and slightly deepened the space between the worn teeth effectivly making them long enough to get the escape adjustments. It worked.

   Report (0) (0)  |   12 years, 8 month(s) ago