Brass clock needed

[VicS]

The movement in such clocks can be secured by a thread on the spindle through which the shafts for the hour and minute hands pass. The chrome ring visible under the hands may well be threaded. What I'd try is removing the hands, and then rotate the movement relative to the case. If there's a rubber washer between the two, it may be slow to start moving. That's how it was secured on my Suunto brass cased clock. I chickened out and got a clock repairer to replace the movement, as the variety of such things is enormous and identifying the right one is not for the faint-hearted - the method of securing them and the length of spindle all vary quite a lot. But it wasn't expensive - I think I paid about £20, as he had to replace the hands as well as the movement, as the existing hands wouldn't fit the replacement movement. But if you feel like DIY, movements are a few pounds each, and replacement hands (which you might need) a similar price.

How do you get at the hands ......... smash the glass ?

 

[SlowlyButSurely]

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Thanks for persisting! Here you go. The back plate is pressed in to the brass housing, and looks unlikely to come out without damage . Its a cheap clock so I am not too worried about replacement.

That looks very similar to ours, which failed after 32 years. The glass and backplate were glued into the case with what looked like superglue. The only way I could get the movement out was by bashing it out with a hammer and block of wood, hammering against the glass. To my amazement it came out without breaking the glass.

 

[Skysail]

Finally found exactly what I needed, from Fischer-barometer in Germany. Took a while to reach me in Canada, but fits perfectly and keeps time perfectly too! Thanks again all for your help.

 

[Praxinoscope]

Before you buy a new clock or even a full new movement, try getting a new 'quartz clock chip' they cost about 20p from RS components. I had a clock fail on me a couple of years ago, so took the cover off the mechanism and was amazed to find it consisted of just a few cogs, a wound coil and the clock chip. I had an old clock chip lying around so just held the contacts against the one in the clock and it started working, so got out the soldering iron took ou the old chip put the replacement in an Great worked perfectly, that was 2 years ago it is still keeping time.
Total repair cost £0.20 +a bit of time.