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Philco 551 clock question

Ron Ramirez
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03-31-2015, 07:36 AM

Nothing wrong with that.

May I suggest one of the "silent" quartz movements with a sweep second hand? I find that constant "TICK - TICK - TICK" plus the accompanying jerky movement of the second hand on many battery-operated quartz movements to be quite annoying.

I installed one in a 1950s GE kitchen clock, the motor of which burned up. I carefully drilled the mounting holes of each of the original hands so they would fit the China-made movement, and put it all back together. Now, you can't tell anything was ever done to it; only the lack of an electric cord.

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Philco 551 clock question - by grege - 03-30-2015, 03:09 PM

RE: Philco 551 clock question - by codefox1 - 03-30-2015, 03:28 PM

RE: Philco 551 clock question - by grege - 03-30-2015, 03:37 PM

RE: Philco 551 clock question - by klondike98 - 03-30-2015, 03:39 PM

RE: Philco 551 clock question - by Eliot Ness - 03-30-2015, 03:45 PM

RE: Philco 551 clock question - by grege - 03-30-2015, 04:14 PM

RE: Philco 551 clock question - by jerryhawthorne - 03-30-2015, 04:11 PM

RE: Philco 551 clock question - by klondike98 - 03-30-2015, 04:39 PM

RE: Philco 551 clock question - by jerryhawthorne - 03-30-2015, 04:56 PM

RE: Philco 551 clock question - by grege - 03-30-2015, 04:57 PM

RE: Philco 551 clock question - by Eliot Ness - 03-30-2015, 05:14 PM

RE: Philco 551 clock question - by jerryhawthorne - 03-30-2015, 05:33 PM

RE: Philco 551 clock question - by grege - 03-30-2015, 06:01 PM

RE: Philco 551 clock question - by jerryhawthorne - 03-30-2015, 06:55 PM

RE: Philco 551 clock question - by Ron Ramirez - 03-30-2015, 07:03 PM

RE: Philco 551 clock question - by grege - 03-30-2015, 10:40 PM

RE: Philco 551 clock question - by Ron Ramirez - 03-31-2015, 07:36 AM

RE: Philco 551 clock question - by grege - 03-31-2015, 09:07 AM

RE: Philco 551 clock question - by klondike98 - 03-31-2015, 09:10 AM

RE: Philco 551 clock question - by Ron Ramirez - 03-31-2015, 09:13 AM

RE: Philco 551 clock question - by Eliot Ness - 03-31-2015, 02:06 PM

RE: Philco 551 clock question - by grege - 04-08-2015, 04:30 PM

RE: Philco 551 clock question - by Eliot Ness - 04-08-2015, 04:44 PM

RE: Philco 551 clock question - by grege - 04-09-2015, 07:33 AM

RE: Philco 551 clock question - by Ron Ramirez - 04-09-2015, 08:08 AM

RE: Philco 551 clock question - by grege - 04-09-2015, 09:18 AM

RE: Philco 551 clock question - by Ron Ramirez - 04-09-2015, 10:10 AM

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