North Coast Imports, Inc.

Once again, North Coast Imports is proud to offer helpful hints for the proper care of your mechanical clock. We are the only clock distributor to offer such in-depth information (for free!) on the proper care and maintenance of your cherished timepiece. Be sure to watch this page for a growing list of instructions and articles on the care and use of your clock. Today we are excited to offer the first in a series of video episodes describing proper care. Here we are talking about the best way to keep your clock in beat. This episode focuses on the automatic beat adjustment found on most pendulum clocks except for many cuckoo clocks. Forget about how straight the clock looks on the wall. Use your ears. You should be listening for an even "TICK TOCK" ( listen ) sound. If you hear an uneven "tick TOCK" or "TOCK tick" ( listen ) sound, carefully tilt the clock one direction or the other. You can carefully move the pendulum leader (past its normal swing) to the...

Clock movements are really very simple, when you compare them to electronics. Brass clock movements are generally not influenced by all but the most extreme static electricity, temperature fluctuations, humidity changes, or magnetic fields. Once all of a clock movement's wheels have turned 1 revolution, there is no reason why they shouldn't keep making those revolutions for at least 2 years time without service unless some physical change has come to them. Unless it has been moved or jostled there is no reason to expect that any modern mechanical clock should develop any new problem after a week's worth of good running. If your clock stopped working properly "out of the clear blue sky," take a moment to double check the following: 1. "Is the clock hanging straight?" Forget about how straight the clock looks on the wall. Use your ears. You should be listening for an even TICK TOCK ( listen ) sound. If you hear an uneven tick TOCK or TOCK tick ( listen ) s...