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shipto:
Thanks for the tip craynerd havent had anything definate yet but will keep an eye on it.
I took the back plate off last night and it looks like the clock was origionally decorated with gold leaf, you can see bits where it has been folded around the edge of the plate. Tried to get a picture but my camera is useless at close ups.
So that is going to be another first for me, learning to apply gold leaf  :coffee:

this pic shows where the leaf has been worn off (I think)

bry1975:
Ship,

Speak to John Senior at :-   old(remove this)watchparts@btinternet.com

Bry



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Fergus OMore:
I've been through my pretty hefty French Dictionary and there is no indication of an ordinary word 'Peweil'

'Weil' is a well known surname and disease so I am guessing that this is the maker's name.

A bright bit of inspiration suggests the town of Besancon in the Jura which is in Franche Compte and I know that the town has a Clockmaking Museum from its huge  watch and clockmaking in the past.

And if you think that I am having a senior moment, I went to see the birthplace of non other than Vernier in Ornans which is just around the corner.

shipto:
Ok I have found out a bit more now I have stripped it down and from NAWWC (thanks craynerd).
The makers are DUVERDREY & BLOQUEL aparently fine french clock makers and the marks on this clock date it between 1902 and 1928.
The words I posted before are mostly wrong but it had so much grime on it I did my best. The picture I have included isnt from mine but is exactly the same. It isnt until you get into the workings that you find the makers name.

raynerd:
Nice one, it is looking better all ready. Make sure you take lots of pictures before you start to strip anything then you can see how things were before they were all in  a pile infront of you!!  :headbang:

Many years ago when I first got into clocks, I purchased some Horolene. It is quite expensive but once you have stripped the clock, if you make up a solution and dunk all your brass parts in it, they come out looking like new: http://www.hswalsh.com/Clock-Concentrate-500ml-.aspx?i=HF6017&c=634
If you google "horolene" you`ll find more details but to be honest, I`ve used it a couple of times on non-brass parts so it is useful stuff to have in. Just a suggestion as I expect as you dig further into the clock and begin to strip it, you`ll find lots of things are "gunked up" and will need cleaning.

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