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Philco 551 clock question
Ron Ramirez
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04-09-2015, 08:08 AM
(04-08-2015, 04:44 PM)Eliot Ness Wrote:  Those hands look good Icon_thumbup

+1. Yes indeed, those hour and minute hands look like the originals. Good job! Icon_thumbup

You know, between this thread and my experience with the GE kitchen clock I converted to battery with the sweep second hand mechanism...

I have two Philco grandfather clock radios. One is a very rare 52. The other has an 89 chassis, and I have not yet determined if the 89 was added in-house, or after the fact. In any event...it may be sacrilege, but I think I am going to install silent (sweep second hand) quartz mechanisms in both. The conversion is reversible, and a heck of a lot cheaper than finding two original spin start motors, then having them restored by someone.
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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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