I have a Waterbury grandfather clock built in early 1900. It stopped and I had it repaired. The horologist returned after 99 days to install the works into the cabinet. I asked about the cleaning and oiling, and he said that you NEVER oil a clock!
I had an older friend, long deceased who was a watchmaker, and we would chat about the differences in our trades (I am a machinist) on wristwatches and pocketwatches he dis assembled cleaned and assembled with a tad bit of extremely light oil.
The question of the day is... Why don't large clocks require oil especially with those very heavy weights, whereas a small timepiece requires oil?
I stopped the clock, never to use it again. Am I being BAMBOOZLED?
I had an older friend, long deceased who was a watchmaker, and we would chat about the differences in our trades (I am a machinist) on wristwatches and pocketwatches he dis assembled cleaned and assembled with a tad bit of extremely light oil.
The question of the day is... Why don't large clocks require oil especially with those very heavy weights, whereas a small timepiece requires oil?
I stopped the clock, never to use it again. Am I being BAMBOOZLED?