Clock Repair & Restoration

We offer repair and restoration services for electrical automobile clocks from the 1930’s through the 1960’s.  Since clock designs have changed over time, repair services are based on the age and era of the clock.  Our service and repair will get your clock up and running again with service including cleaning (ultra-sonic) and lubrication (French Mobius) of the movement, and cleaning/repair of the points.

The main problem that classic electrical clocks have all had – and it’s a bad problem – is that the points tend to wear out after only a few years from constantly arcing and sparking.  What we do when we service your clock is something that they really couldn’t do 60+ years ago – we add an arc-suppressing “snubber” circuit to the points to dramatically reduce points wear.  We do this with all the clocks we service.

What we don’t do is the so-called “quartz conversions”.  We used to do these conversions, but I was just not satisfied with the quality of the plastic conversion sets that come from somewhere in China.  We find that the original American movements will long outlast the plastic conversions when done right.  And we do it right.

Most inoperative automobile clocks can be repaired unless they have suffered physical damage or been damaged internally be someone who didn’t quite know what they were doing.  If major replacement parts are required, we will usually try to find a donor clock that we can use for parts.   For many of the clocks we service, we can even provide new clock faces if required (like the 1936 Ford shown here).