Restoration
Bulle Nº 186300
By kind permission of the owner.
The base is generally in good condition but is flat and tired. In this case the base was not French Polished originally, so I shall stain the wood, seal it and wax polish.
The clock has been apart in the past and some screws and nuts re-assembled in the wrong places. Note the magnet retaining screws have been mixed up with the contact pin assembly.
The assembly itself is missing the steel “T” piece which stops the fibre from being pierced and so shorting the pendulum.
The pendulum assembly which shows the brass rod is outside it’s insulating sleeve. This was wrongly reassembled at some time in the past.
The rear of the movement looks to be in quite good condition with the exception of the Contact spring which looks to be a very stretched replacement. The fork though shows signs of wear on the fibre and silver contacts.
- Make
- Bulle
- Serial number
- 186300
- Case
- Under dome, short
- Movement
- Two plate
- Notes
- Restoration notes, 2005
- Full notes
- PDF · 2.1 MB
The complete write-up, with all the photographs, is in the PDF. It can be read on screen, saved or printed.
From the restoration
