https://brassgearclocks.com/Bench notes from a one-man clock repair room in Lyon: worn pivot holes, mainsprings, pendulums put in beat, and movements that took four attempts.enhttps://brassgearclocks.com/journal/four-attempts-at-an-eight-day-movement/https://brassgearclocks.com/journal/four-attempts-at-an-eight-day-movement/A weight-driven wall regulator that stopped every few days, and the four separate goes it took to find the fault, including a case clean that nearly cost it its original finish.Tue, 27 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://brassgearclocks.com/journal/pendulum-in-beat-not-by-guess/https://brassgearclocks.com/journal/pendulum-in-beat-not-by-guess/Setting a clock in beat properly, regulating it with the rating nut over a fortnight, and why a movement that keeps perfect time on my board loses four minutes a week on a customer wall.Tue, 11 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMThttps://brassgearclocks.com/journal/letting-down-a-mainspring/https://brassgearclocks.com/journal/letting-down-a-mainspring/How I release the power in a going barrel, the order I do it in, the afternoon a let-down key slipped, and why I no longer open barrels on the open bench.Mon, 26 Feb 2024 12:00:00 GMThttps://brassgearclocks.com/journal/bushing-a-worn-pivot-hole/https://brassgearclocks.com/journal/bushing-a-worn-pivot-hole/Oval pivot holes in an eight-day mantel movement: how I measure the wear before touching anything, and the two bushes I pressed in crooked and had to drill out again.Tue, 17 Oct 2023 12:00:00 GMT