Telechron revere clock R-913 clock repaired.

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Well, I've been busy working on a 1941 Telechron revere clock, now for all of you young folks that is a clock you plug into the wall and not stick batteries in.

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I started our with two clocks, one a donor and worked from there.

Next I took everything apart and decided what was to be used.


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The case was not in good condition.

Some parts were damaged and that is what the donor was for. Telechron in 1941-1942 used steel and not brass for the war efforts. I'm using that movement since its not found like the brass movements.



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The case finished, everything was removed, cleaned and put back together.



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IMG_1617_kindlephoto-83816035.jpg This is a reconditioned rotor, it is a little gear driven reduction motor inside, and it's intricate, which I don't want to work on, so I sent it out to a specialist in rotors, it's complex and detailed plus parts are manufactured by hand. Like a watch movement encased in oil.

The coil, rotor assembly, it was replaced with a reconditioned one, since Telechron went out of business in the early 1970's.

In the end, the only thing new is the chord, I used the same technology that Telechron used to connect the wiring and the covers for the bare wires.

The whole project was a success, the Westminster chimes work excellent, the clock is on time, I've revived a 75ish year old clock to when it came out of the factory during WWII, and now I'm on to another project.