During the month the clock winds down and on the 31st day it stops completely.
Waltham 31 day chime wall clock instructions.
1 make sure clock is fully wound.
Attach the hand nut finger tight.
Clock chimes at 1 10 but should chime at 1 15.
A 31 day clock operates by gears and springs located inside the clock.
Hello purchased a waltham 31 day chime clock wall tempus fugit at an estate sale today.
If necessary shim one or two corners with cardboard for a shelf or mantel clock or move bottom of clock to left or right for a wall clock.
On this day you must rewind the clock to get it working again.
Remove the minute hand.
3 make sure minute hand is not caught on hour hand.
However the time chime are out of sync and chime sound is very tinny.
Reattach the hand so it points to 1 15.
2 for pendulum clocks make sure clock is ticking evenly.
This is how most clocks operated before the lifesaving invention of batteries.
Setup pendulum wall clock.
When clock chimes at 1 10 stop the pendulum and record the time of 1 10.
Found a very limited script of instructions online was not running when we picked it up and seems to run and chime.
Carefully remove the small nut.
Grip the bushing by its sides and turn the hand forward 5 minutes.