The February meeting of Sydney Chapter 168 members was another success.  A very interesting 400-day striker was studied as well as anomalies with some unmarked mystery clocks.  Enjoy the pictures.

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Kevin bought this clock at auction because it had a disc pendulum	Looks like plate 1618	We concluded his clock was a JUF pre WWI, however the pendulum was probably wrong since it had a serial number punched in the base but the movement has no number	Comparing different pendulums, one with guide slots for the adjusting weights
Another clock for diagnosis has back plate 1163, saddle number 15 and pendulum 33	Where do we get this information - Horolovar repair Guide 10th Edition of course!	We deduced it to be from the Kienzle Clock Factories pre WWI	Doug Thompson shows how he puts clocks in beat
Now this clock presents some interesting questions, particularly the originality of the clock case to the movement.	Nobody had ever seen a striker in such a case before - is it an original?	Attractive disc pendulum.  The pillars are 1/2 inch shorter than a normal striker and don't appear to have been altered	The count wheel rotates once every 24 hours to conserve power, therefore has double the usual notches
Hard to see but the anchor fork is very long	Very slender fan	The striking hammer is only half round possibly to cut down power needed to lift	Attractive pendulum
Inside finial	Large dial	Movement detail	Frontplate detail
Behind the dial	Underneath of disc pendulum	Nice piece!  Probably Jahresuhrenfabrik.	After much discussion it was felt that there was a good chance it was all genuine.
The complete clock

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