http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clocksgroup/ clocks Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:28:43 GMT alenz2002 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clocksgroup/message/9603 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clocksgroup/message/9603 I have a Chelsea Boston Shipstrike model 4324 that is missing the upper Incabloc spring but is otherwise complete. The movement is Hermle 132-071 The platform Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:25:47 GMT Cliff Coggin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clocksgroup/message/9602 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clocksgroup/message/9602 I can't imagine there is anybody in this country willing to legally fire gild. The costs involved in handling and recovering mercury in a manner that complies Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:02:06 GMT Ray Bates http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clocksgroup/message/9601 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clocksgroup/message/9601 Tony, Whoever it was who did do it is no doubt dead by now, and at an early age. I understand it is a pretty deadly process using mercury and cyanide; the Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:01:56 GMT Ray Bates http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clocksgroup/message/9600 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clocksgroup/message/9600 Tony, First catch your dragon! Ray Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:52:58 GMT Anthony Gray http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clocksgroup/message/9599 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clocksgroup/message/9599 Ray said: It might well benefit by the application of gold tinted lacquer, just to take the edge off the polish. It's available from the UK suppliers, and also Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:08:18 GMT Anthony Gray http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clocksgroup/message/9598 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clocksgroup/message/9598 Ray, If there is someone in London who does fire gilding they certainly don't admit to it. I've heard rumours about people who do it but never actually Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:36:17 GMT Cliff Coggin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clocksgroup/message/9597 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clocksgroup/message/9597 Jo. It's a classic French round movement with rack striking and Brocot adjustment, of the type I have worked on many times. There's not a snowball's chance in Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:20:12 GMT John Hubby http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clocksgroup/message/9596 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clocksgroup/message/9596 Doug, thanks for the identification. Tony, could you post photos of your clock on the site or send to me via email? I am documenting Germania clocks in Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:26:00 GMT Ray Bates http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clocksgroup/message/9595 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clocksgroup/message/9595 Cliff and Tony, Many clocks of this type have had the gilding polished off years ago, and some have been gold lacquered to simulate gilding. Yours, judging by Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:20:25 GMT Joseph Martines http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clocksgroup/message/9594 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clocksgroup/message/9594 Is it possible that this clock is German?? Or is the movement definitely marked as being French?? ... -- Joseph E. Martines Cleveland Heights, Ohio - Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:57:08 GMT Cliff Coggin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clocksgroup/message/9593 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clocksgroup/message/9593 Tony. If there was originally any gilding, I saw no sign of it. I got the impression from the coarse file marks on some of the outer surfaces and the green Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:56:15 GMT walter jonckheere http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clocksgroup/message/9592 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clocksgroup/message/9592 Mark, I still think a longdrink glass could be used, it is strong & the larger bottom will have no influence on the mercury jar, for your pendulum. Walter, Be Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:39:10 GMT Ian Coote http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clocksgroup/message/9591 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clocksgroup/message/9591 Group members in the UK are invited to a private auction run by the Ipswich and District Branch of the BHI on 24th November 2009. Included are a Cowells CW90 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:41:54 GMT Peter Jordan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clocksgroup/message/9590 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clocksgroup/message/9590 A pint of mercury a nominal amount? I would think you'd have a job to lift that much! Peter Jordan Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:38:29 GMT Peter Jordan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clocksgroup/message/9589 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clocksgroup/message/9589 When I was still working I had to get a glass cylinder made for a laboratory barometer. I got it done by Soham Scientific. Their website is at: