A recent job finished

I have been working on a carriage clock which was a fairly straight forward job as far as the main clock went, the usual re-polishing and bushing a couple of old bushes which were poorly done.

A new Maltese cross for the stop work on the going side barrel the old one was missing.

A mock up of the Maltese cross, not the final one used.

The part that required more expertise to fix was the platform, as you can see there is some rust working along the rate adjuster, there was also rust on the screws and washers for holding the platform onto the clock. Another problem I found on close inspection was the jewel at the top end of the escape wheel was loose, around 0.25 of a mm which was causing erratic running of the clock.

The jewels are the older style rub in jewel, the jewel was in good shape so it was a matter of resetting the old jewel

Platform before work
The platform before any work.
The loose jewel, you can see the conical raised area around the jewel, this had to be re-rubbed to set the jewel.
The tool used to “Rub in” the jewel
rubbing in tool
The tip of the tool showing the cupped end which goes over the jewel and conical brass holding the jewel in place.

The tool tip used to rub the jewel in place, the screw on the side adjusts the size of the cup to regulate where you are applying pressure around the outside of the jewel. Hopefully not on the jewel or you would have a larger job on your hands.

The parts of a platform escapement
The anatomy of a platform
Finished platform escapement
The finished platform
The finished platform in the clock and running.
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