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Any suggestions on getting a Wakmann 8 day windup clock repaired. Website, email or phone number would be very helpful.
If you wind it up, it will run a few seconds then stop and so on. Probably needs a good cleaning and adjustment.
I know I can buy a new digital clock but I like the wind up mechanism and style of a mechanical clock.

Thanks,
Pasha
 
I took mine to an old fashioned clock repair shop. He was able to rebuild a spring. I don't know how many of those kind of shops are still out there. I could never find any aviation type shops that would work on it.
 
You need the services of a horologist.
 
Your local Jeweler should be able to advise you who in your area repairs watches clocks etc.
 
Ask these guys, it's like the POA for all things time

http://forums.watchuseek.com/forum.php#/forumsite/20758




Tom-D said:
Your local Jeweler should be able to advise you who in your area repairs watches clocks etc.
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Sadly many of them are hard pressed to change a Quartz battery, let alone service a manual, God forbid automatic, movement.

I'd ask on that forum, finding folks to service real time pieces is like trying to find hens teeth.
 
James331 said:
Sadly many of them are hard pressed to change a Quartz battery, let alone service a manual, God forbid automatic, movement.
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For years we had Gearld's jewelers here in town that repaired the 8 day clocks I took to them, about 6-8 months ago I took one in, I was told that G/pa was retired and no longer worked in the shop. I asked what he was doing now, His grandson told me he was at home not doing much. I handed him the clock and told him to take this to G/pa, and tell him I needed him, a week later I got a call to come get my clock, ----- there was no charge..
Sadly we lost G/pa Gearld about a month ago.
 
It's really a dying art.
 
I'm just wishing all of my clocks and not just some of them had WWV/WWV-B receivers in them and that they weren't the cheap chipset that can't read the DST flag in the tones. I hate setting clocks. So many excellent RF-based time sources these days, the days of setting clocks manually should have been over with long ago.
 
From a thread about 12 days ago:

timwinters said:
Years ago, I sent my 8 day wind-up to Jacobs Instument Repair in Wichita..."the clock doc" as I call him. They overhauled it and after 12 years it still only loses about 3 minutes/week.

I think it was about $175...sure I could've bought a digital for that money but I love the nostalgia of the Wakmann...and, yes, they were made by Brietling.

Every other clock/watch/timer known to mankind is inferior to the 8 day wind-up. The 8 day gives you important information that no other timepiece does. And that is, if you hop into your airplane and it's not running, then it's been too ****ing long since you last flew! :)

(This post blatantly cut and pasted from a thread from about two years ago when this question was asked)
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Thanks everyone. I have several leads to explore.
 
I have a friend (yeah, hard to believe) in Arvada who is a clock/watch repairman ... artist, actually ... if interested, I can inquire about his willingness to look at your clock.
 
All assistance is appreciated.
 
mapasha said:
Any suggestions on getting a Wakmann 8 day windup clock repaired. Website, email or phone number would be very helpful.
If you wind it up, it will run a few seconds then stop and so on. Probably needs a good cleaning and adjustment.
I know I can buy a new digital clock but I like the wind up mechanism and style of a mechanical clock.

Thanks,
Pasha
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I found it easier and less expensive to buy a used functioning clock on eBay, it looks almost like the one that came out of my 1959 Cessna and it works, like many, I like the old school winding mechanism. Seems that some on eBay specialize in selling refurbished aviation clocks.
 
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