Ship's clock innards

[Neil]

I have the usual standard pair of matching barometer & ships clock on the bulkhead but the clock wasn't working when I bought the boat. I noticed that you can pay a considerable sum for a pukkah clock and therefore bought a reduced-price (€5) clock from Lidl and removed the innards. A five minute job with a dremel tool to get the old hands to fit and Bob's your uncle...

It's a bit of a bummer to think that whatever the outside, and how much you pay for it, the innards are almost exactly the same mass produced unit from China.

 

[sarabande]

from an earlier thread///


Clock movements from Axminster

http://www.axminster.co.uk/quartz-clock-movements/

 

[Neil]

Yes, that's the one! Though with postage and conversion to Euro, the Lidl clock was still cheaper!

Don't remember that thread, sorry if I re-invented the wheel

 

[Norman_E]

When my clock failed it also had a cracked glass. I found that 100mm quartz clock mechanisms complete with face, hands and curved "glass" were available from a specialist clock supplies company. One fitted neatly inside the brass case of my clock.