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Wednesday May 14, 2008
Fixing Old Clocks
I gave my husband, John Plocher, a 1915 Gilbert Observatory Regulator Western Pacific Railroad advertising wall clock for his birthday last month; it has inspired him to fix two of our other clocks. The first is a family clock which John's parents gave us for our wedding. It was made by Junghans and was bought in Holzhauzen, Germany, originally a wedding gift on 16 July 1930 from his Great-Grandparents Johannes and Anna Plocher to their son Karl and his new wife Adelia Martin Plocher (John's Grandparents). The second clock has an arts and crafts style cabinet that John's youngest brother Marty made then gave us for Christmas some years ago.
The Western Pacific advertiser clock is working well so long as it is wound weekly. The regulator stops occasionally but keeps good time. The German clock has a pleasant chime but refuses to keep time or sound when it should. John is still tinkering with it. Marty's clock keeps good time but the regulator sometimes stops. (Since it uses a battery, the regulator is just for show.) We think John has it fixed now.
John's new clock
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1930 German Clock
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Inside German Clock
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Marty's Clock
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John at work
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Posted at 10:46PM May 14, 2008 by katysblog in News & Reviews | Comments[1]
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Posted by clocks on May 17, 2008 at 04:47 AM PDT #