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Chapter V

The Morez clock

This chapter is divided into four parts: 1st - Before

["to dismantle the clock;","2nd-Dismantling the clock;"]
3º-Reparacion: 4º-Estudio y montaje.
1st - Before disassembling the clock.
Before touching the clock, let us observe it on its part
if the needles rub against each other, on the glass or on
the pendulum in the box; if we don't see one of these it
the first thing we do before moving the clock is
extract the pendulum, and for that, it is raised slightly with
the end of releasing the hook that hangs over the piece of the
suspension; next, we remove the weights and take out
the watch from the box. Once the watch is in our hands,
we check if the oil in the centers is in good condition
conditions, that is to say, if it is clear; but if the color of
this is brown or a dark color and often black,
the stopping of the clock can be considered as a last resort
oil conditions: we proceed to its cleaning and
repair. Sometimes it happens that while cleaning it
exteriormente, se ha movido la caja y queda torcido o
the pendulum stumbles somewhere; before it strikes
this work, leveling the clock, checking if the centers
The clock is in the proper lubrication condition;
if they were not, we need to proceed with their cleaning;
it's also worth checking if the suspension and the strings
they are in good condition.
2nd - Disassemble the clock
To let go, the first thing we do is take out the
needles, which is made in the following way: The first
the piece that is extracted is the screw placed in the thread
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normal on the minute axis below this

we have a little piece, and finally the minute hand
with a square in the center. Once. out. this, for
extract the hours, we must make a quarter turn to
a cap that is what traps the hour wheel
about the cannon in frame. After this operation,
removed the sphere: for this, we extract with a
unscrew the two screws on each side of it
hold the sphere by the top; by the part
the inferior sphere has some small protrusions that

Once the screws are removed, the sphere is separated until

what free the game of hours, and with a little
upward movement, we have the sphere in
our hand. An important thing in the arrangement of
The wall clock, is to remove the suspension as soon as possible.
possible; so we take it off in this watch too; for that,
just release the two screws that hold the
suspension at its top in the so-called 'support'
for the suspension." Before removing the wheel from
hours, it is convenient to set it up easily, mark the
wheel in relation to the pinion of its game, that is, to mark
a tooth of the pinion and its entry into the wheel; Once
marked, we raise the arm or drop hook over the
snail, and in this way we can extract it
freely.

Fig-2
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Fig-1

We perform the same marking operation with the

minute gear that meshes with the wheel of the
hours game (see Fig-1); next, we extract the
wheel of the hour game, which in this type of clock, in
at its bottom, it carries the needle pressure spring;
for this we remove the pin that holds it to the shaft,
putting one tip of the pliers on that shaft and the other on
the thin part of the pin. This type of watch, in its
the back part has a metal dust cover,
held with two screws; removing this, the clock remains
completely in sight. The wheels, mounted on two
elongated plates attached to the cage are extracted
loosening the screws from the top; from the part
the lower part of the pins enter into two holes or drill holes
placed in the cage; it should be noted that at the part
the upper plate has a nail that serves as a guide
about some small tubes placed in the cage; we removed the
screw of the plate on the back, that is, the side
opposite to the sphere, and we stretch it outward; from this
way, we have all the wheels in our hands and
escape of the clock movement. These plates are very
easy to distinguish, because the one on the side of the sphere has
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a hole to allow the anchor arm to pass. In the

the central arm of the cage is mounted with a plate, the
minute wheel and on this, with an intermediate tube,
the hour wheel. To extract this piece, it is enough to
loosen the screw of the plate; the wheel removed, like
it can be seen, it has some channels through which it enters
trigger lever. Next, the nomenclature
of wheels of this type, indicating their functions.
Game of hours
1st-Great wheel- Composed of its axle, drum and set of
cleat; on the axis it has a square where it fits the
winder handle.

place the needle pressure spring and the wheel of the

game the hours.
3rd-Third wheel-What is the one that activates the wheel of
escape.
4th - The Anchor - With its arm and lever in which it
suspend the pendulum
Ringtone game
1st-Great wheel-With its drum, ratchet and other parts
the same as the movement one, and to avoid confusing it
with her it must be marked with two lines, and the one from
movement with one.
2nd-Second wheel-Is the one that activates the bell with its
star (see fig-2).
3rd-Third wheel-With preparation pin and claw,
What makes the saw rise.
4th - The fan or blower - With its blades and springs of
pressure of them, which is the part that regulates the
movement of the ringing.
After this, and subject to the previous plate of the
bell, the mountain is there with its arm that falls over it
hour wheel snail; it is not for its cleaning

superior of the bell, there are the axes that hold a

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lever game, which are the ones that operate and combine
the movements of the chime. One of these pieces is the
he puts his arm in the timing wheel, and the other is the
what combines with the first and the one that has the nail of
retention of the mountain range.

Fig-3 Fig-4

Fig-5 Fig-6

How does the ringing work in these watches.

The 2nd wheel has a star on its back or
ratchet-shaped wheel and it is the one that
it makes the hammer of the chime move when it runs
filming; the piece on the top like
the first axis on the plates, at one end of it, has
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a lever or nail that holds the saw, every time it

The finger of the 3rd wheel lifts a tooth of this. The arm
from the second lever. It has two openings on the wheel:
one is for the hours and the other for the halves; in !as
hours, the lever makes a much larger movement and leaves
free to the mountain that falls to the snail, and in this way,
the clock strikes as many hours as the fall allows;
when it strikes one, it only drops one tooth, that is, it rings at the
top of the snail and rings a bell
only; at the bottom of the snail enter twelve
teeth on the lever's nail, and each chime, and
each chime, the 3rd wheel lifts one. When giving the
media, no suelta la sierra y da solo una campanada.
Release the ringtone. To release the ringtone, you do the following
I miss it, but removing it before the movement.
axis where the martyr is attached; this one is extracted.
removing first the screw that holds the hammer:
then, next, we remove the spring from the nail that
activate the star, which in turn the spring traps
this, and thus stretching the piece up it comes out of the
pivot and the upper center goes out, casting this axis for
down. Before proceeding to release the plates, check if
they are marked; the 2nd wheel must be marked with
relationship or the 3rd wheel; if they weren't, mark them.
same as we do with the hour game. The 3rd wheel
it carries the nail that lifts the saw and this in turn is the
extension of a wing of the pinion of said wheel; so
we just need to mark the wheel where it fits
nail extension. Some of these watches come
From the factory already marked, for its easy assembly and on
All carry these signs, the great relays.
complication, as we will see later, this has
for the purpose of fine-tuning the ringtone and it will spare us the
having to let it go several times to achieve the
result in the assembly of all sound, that is,
when the clock finishes ringing the last bell, the
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nail in relation to the star that activates it, must

to become completely loose and the same when giving it the
preparation for the ringing, it should not under any circumstances
move the hammer.
A very common defect in the chime, if not taken into account.
consider this adjustment system is, that after
finish ringing the last bell, the hammer remains at
halfway and then you must let it go
new, until the hammer is loose.
Clock repair
Let's temporarily set up the movement system and
let's study the clock for its repair, if it had one. Like this
we look at the ratchet with its spring, to see if it works
normally; we check if the pins fit loosely
in its corresponding center, carrying out this
operation aided by the tip of a clamp,
shaking the wheel, in case it has play; if it does,
take it into account for its repair, that is,
close the centers, aided by a pointer; of course,
that this operation must be done with the plates outside
of the clock. In fig-3, you can see some closed centers.
with different types of pointers used for this
committed. Once the center is closed enough to
that the pivot doesn't enter the center, we proceed to pass
the reamer to the corresponding size. The
wear of centers, in most cases, is
because the iOS pivots are scratched and before
adjust the center, it is advisable to polish them with a file
special, which is nothing more than a steel rod
rectangular that like a tooth step, has nothing more than
the scratches produced by a coarse sandpaper, in
crosswise to the file (see fig-4). We can
find in this watch, the same as in another
anyone with the center striped,
(usually due to the clock running fast
(time without oil), it has a broken pivot: for
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replace it with another one, the procedure is as follows:

Repair of broken pivots

The best thing in these cases is to replace the entire pinion,
buying a raw pinion of the same size, and
adjust it; but since this operation is
an indispensable lathe, let's see below a
way to fix pivots, which you can do without
large utensils. It is about drilling in the same
center (see fig-5), inserting a piece into the drill
in the form of a pin, and make the pivot in it. This piece
It is advisable to make it out of the hardest material possible; yes
it could not be worked with, proceeding to
de-temper it, polish it, re-temper it and polish it
nuevamente.
Study of the Morez escape
The escape of the Morez clock, we said, is of
retracement and it is called that because in each oscillation of the
pendulum, the escape wheel retracts with each step
tooth. The duration of these clocks is unlimited and
when they stop, we find them worn out, very dirty
or because many times they have made it work
adding weight to the weights (these should have a thousand
one thousand three hundred grams). There are relaxations of these that
they have been without touching them for twenty or twenty-five years, and of course

they are already dry with that time, the pivots

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stripes and the elongated centers.

The escape wheel and the anchor

but there is also a wheel, in which the number of teeth

It is 30 and from one end of the anchor to the other, 7 enter.
teeth and a half, forming an angle in this way,
in relation to the escape wheel, of 90 degrees, see fig-6.
There is another system, the current system of 32
teeth; they enter from tip to tip of the anchor, 8 teeth and
there is a gap for the clearance or entry of the anchor in the wheel
of escape, half a tooth, that is, the anchor has 90
degrees, minus half a tooth. It is very common
let's meet on these clocks with the anchor mouths
worn at the site where the escape wheel rubs against
the wheel. If the groove formed is not very strong,
we polish this with an oil stone; but if the
wear is deep and it is not possible to make it do
contact at another point the anchor, moving from place
this, we need to proceed to make a complete anchor and
to that end we operate in the following way:

Fig-8
Fig-7

Make an anchor mouth for the clock

The first thing we do is extract the anchor from the axis.
proceeding in the manner we indicate in fig-7;
it is generally under pressure, and is extracted without great
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difficulties. Once the anchor is in our hands, the

to step on a steel block of the same thickness
than the previous one; we stuck a paper on the material that
we have to make the piece and by using tracing paper,
we give a few knocks to the piece of the anchor, on the
prepared material will be drawn on the paper
stuck and in that case, we have no choice but to cut with
a hair saw, being careful to cut it a little
better, in order to file and polish it.
Regarding the suspension in these watches, it should be
strongly attached to its suspension support and if not
if it were, this one closes, until it captures without
slack; we can also observe wear in the
lever, which connects the rod that goes down from the anchor and the one from
sustaining the pendulum, but we did not close it, as
when we talk about the plates, because it is very easy to
fabrication.
The union of the movement, properly speaking, with the
ringer, we have it on the game wheel of hours and
this must be captured with the spring, so that
I pulled the needles widely, but let it put.
at the hour.
What is this spring for and what purpose does it serve in everything?

the purpose of this dock is to drag the needles, but

we release when we want to set the clock; this way it
move the entire game of hours, staying still, or better
said, continuing to march normally (sometimes a
a bit forced), the movement of the clock; these springs
of hands, each clock system has its form, that is,
that has it in a different place: but the majority of the
Sometimes, the needle pressure spring is placed.
about the center wheel. The shape of the springs of
needle pressure is also very varied, but in the
most cases, as in all watches
little ones, this pressure on the axle is on the wheel or
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minute cannon, as you can see in fig-8.

Repair of the ringtone
What we say about the movement, regarding arrangements,
repairs of centers, pivots, etc. we can
apply to this mechanism. This part of the clock ends
in a piece called Venteron that you can see in the
fig-9. The spring placed in the center, traps
slightly the quotes, so that when the ringing is
Stop, don't do it abruptly.

Fig-9

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