It is not broken only out of beat.
Wall clock stops after a few minute.
I bought a new one figured this one was done for and the same way works when laying on the table but stops when hanging on the wall.
This section is for weight driven clocks westminster or other 15 minute melodies not chiming the hour on the hour.
If the clock is chiming prematurely only about 5 minutes or so before it is supposed to chime on most clocks you can just take off the minute hand and turn the bushing that is in the center of the hand one way or another so it is exactly on the hour when it bongs its melodies.
However the pendulum does swing in a diagonal back to front motion rather than just side to side.
Pendulum clocks stop for a variety of reasons but can usually be restarted.
But the clock has some problem.
I have listened to the tick tock and it sounds even to me like a metronome.
I have read up a bit on this.
After i win it and move and release the pendulum i hear a good tick toc and the clock works fine for around 30 minutes and stops.
The clock only runs for a few minutes and then it stops.
This can actually a good sign.
If this is causing the cuckoo clock to stop try pushing the hour hand toward the clock face to snap it back in to proper position doing so will keep the hands from binding and free up the movement.
I have a kienzle mantle clock 1950 s.
The movement is not actually running on it s own power.
This only takes a few minutes to readjust and all pendulum clock owners should learn how as this will happen eventually.
How to set the beat of the pendulum clock.
When a clock pendulum swings to and fro you can truly watch time fly.
For wall clocks always remove your pendulum before taking the clock off the wall.
For example set the clock to 5 minutes before 12 to see if the pendulum stops a minute or so after the cuckoo clock hands meet.
Tick is erratic and stops after a few minutes pendulum appears to be properly hung read more.
Ok we have finally reached the point of this post.
To carry th eclock after i bought it we unscrewed the weights and have screwed it back now.
My wall clock s pendulum stops working after just a couple of minutes.
Ago from hsn as part of a set clock lamp picture frame.
The act of putting the pendulum in motion causes the clock to run until it eventually slows to a stop.
The movement of the pendulum and the clock s ticking make a pleasant counterpoint to the pace of modern life until the pendulum stops swinging.
Only ticks with case on an angle 1 inch or more raised on one edge.
I had a aa battery operated clock hanging on the wall it worked for about a year i have changed batteries several times and it will quit after a few minutes but when laying down on the table runs fine.
