2
Re-assembly Having fitted the barrel and movement assemblies into the frame, you may wish to do a trial fit of the motor into the frame to see if the winding pawl on the motor is engaging properly with the barrel. You will also get a better idea of how the motor engages with it's front pivot. Remember the pendulum is still free so work with EXTREME CARE. Remove the motor, set the two hand poising weights to 6 o'clock and re-fit the frame into the case. As soon as you have the frame back in the case stand the clock up, and fit the hands pointing to 12 o'clock. Unlock the pendulum and check to see that it is still in beat. If not, adjust it. Once the motor is in, you can neither see nor adjust this! Now wind the mainspring up 6 full turns and set the clock running and test it for several days before fitting the motor. In my clock the winding pawl on the motor would not engage with barrel ratchet wheel. It was too far away. The tip of the pawl should be 17mm from the motor pivot. The post the pawl is fitted to can be turned to adjust this. Re-fitting the drum is the reverse of the removal. You will need to unlock and lift the pendulum to clear the motor front pivot as you swing the motor in. Lock the pendulum. Refit the back strap, rotate the motor both ways and listen for sounds of the ratchet engaging. If it does not engage, use a probe or screwdriver to pull the ratchet spring loop away from the centre and allow it to fall back on to the barrel. Check again. Now rotate the drum back and forth to wind the clock fully before putting it on test. I usually get 400 or more degrees of rotation of the balance. Some useful details A punch to remove the centre arbour front jewel setting can be made 1.7mm dia by 8mm long. The mainspring is 170cm long, 7.25mm wide and 0.12mm thick. The centre arbour pivot (they get broken!) is 4.3mm long, 0.71mm tapering to 0.66mm dia. 1 degree temperature change should give 120 hours of power. Licence I distribute this document to be used freely by anyone. You may copy it and forward it on to others providing you make no profit from it. I retain the copyright. Frank Patten. Brighton & Hove's foremost clockmaker & Atmos specialist. Hove, UK. March 2004. Version 2.0 DISMANTLING AND RE-BUILDING THE REUTTER ATMOS Frank Patten M.B.H.I. Brighton & Hove's Foremost Clockmaker & Atmos Specialist 107 Western Road, Hove, East Sussex, UK

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Page 1: DISMANTLING AND RE-BUILDING THE REUTTER ATMOS · 2017. 1. 14. · Remove the 2 screws. Remove the movement frame & pendulum. The pendulum is surprisingly rugged but exercise EXTREME

Re-

asse

mbly

Hav

ing

fit

ted

th

e bar

rel

and m

ovem

ent

asse

mbli

es i

nto

th

e fr

ame,

yo

u m

ay w

ish

to

do

a t

rial

fit

of

the

moto

r in

to t

he

fram

e to

see

if

the

win

din

g p

awl

on t

he

moto

r is

engag

ing p

roper

ly w

ith

the

bar

rel.

You w

ill

also

get

a b

ette

r id

ea o

f ho

w t

he

moto

r en

gag

es w

ith

it's

fro

nt

piv

ot.

Rem

emb

er t

he

pen

du

lum

is

stil

l fr

ee s

o w

ork

wit

h E

XT

RE

ME

CA

RE

.

Rem

ove

the

mo

tor,

set

the

two h

and p

ois

ing

wei

ghts

to

6 o

'clo

ck a

nd r

e-fi

t th

e fr

ame

into

the

case

. A

s so

on

as

you

hav

e th

e fr

ame

bac

k i

n t

he c

ase

stan

d t

he

clo

ck u

p,

and

fit

th

e han

ds

poin

tin

g

to 1

2 o

'clo

ck.

Un

lock

the

pen

dulu

m a

nd c

hec

k t

o s

ee t

hat

it

is s

till

in

bea

t. I

f not,

ad

just

it.

On

ce t

he

moto

r is

in,

yo

u c

an n

eith

er s

ee n

or

adju

st t

his

! N

ow

win

d t

he

mai

nsp

ring u

p 6

full

turn

s an

d s

et t

he

clo

ck r

unnin

g a

nd t

est

it f

or

sever

al d

ays

bef

ore

fit

tin

g t

he

mo

tor.

In m

y c

lock

th

e w

indin

g p

awl

on

the m

oto

r w

ou

ld n

ot

eng

age w

ith

bar

rel

ratc

het

whee

l. I

t

was

too

far

aw

ay.

The t

ip o

f th

e p

awl

should

be 1

7m

m f

rom

the m

oto

r p

ivo

t. T

he p

ost

the p

awl

is

fitt

ed t

o c

an b

e tu

rned

to

adju

st t

his

.

Re-

fitt

ing

th

e d

rum

is t

he

rev

erse

of

the

rem

oval

. Y

ou

wil

l n

eed

to

unlo

ck a

nd

lif

t th

e

pen

du

lum

to c

lear

the

moto

r fr

ont

piv

ot

as y

ou

sw

ing

the

moto

r in

. L

ock

the

pen

dulu

m.

Ref

it t

he

bac

k s

trap

, ro

tate

the

moto

r b

oth

way

s a

nd

lis

ten

for s

oun

ds

of

the

rat

chet

engag

ing. If

it

does

no

t en

gag

e, u

se a

pro

be

or

scre

wdri

ver

to p

ull

the

ratc

het

spri

ng

lo

op a

way

fro

m

the

cen

tre a

nd

all

ow

it

to f

all

bac

k o

n t

o t

he

bar

rel.

Chec

k a

gai

n.

Now

rota

te t

he d

rum

bac

k a

nd

fort

h t

o w

ind

the

clock

full

y b

efore

putt

ing

it

on

tes

t. I

usu

ally

get

40

0 o

r m

ore

deg

rees

of

rota

tion

of

the

bal

ance

.

So

me u

sefu

l d

eta

ils

A p

unch

to r

emov

e th

e ce

ntr

e ar

bour

front

jew

el s

etti

ng c

an b

e m

ade

1.7

mm

dia

by 8

mm

long

.

Th

e m

ainsp

rin

g i

s 170

cm l

ong,

7.2

5m

m w

ide

and 0

.12

mm

thic

k.

The

centr

e ar

bo

ur

piv

ot

(they

get

bro

ken

!) i

s 4.3

mm

lon

g, 0.7

1m

m t

aper

ing

to 0

.66m

m d

ia.

1 d

egre

e te

mper

ature

ch

ange

shou

ld g

ive

120

hours

of

po

wer

.

Lic

en

ce

I dis

trib

ute

th

is d

ocu

men

t to

be

use

d f

reel

y b

y a

nyone.

You m

ay c

op

y i

t an

d f

orw

ard i

t on t

o o

ther

s pro

vid

ing

you m

ake

no p

rofi

t fr

om

it.

I re

tain

th

e co

pyri

gh

t.

Fra

nk

Pat

ten.

Bri

ghto

n &

Hov

e's

fore

most

clo

ckm

aker

& A

tmo

s sp

ecia

list

.

Ho

ve,

UK

.

Mar

ch 2

004.

Ver

sion

2.0

DIS

MA

NT

LIN

G A

ND

RE

-BU

IL

DIN

G

TH

E R

EU

TT

ER

AT

MO

S

Fra

nk

Pat

ten M

.B.H

.I.

Bri

gh

ton

& H

ove'

s F

ore

mo

st C

lock

mak

er

& A

tmo

s S

pec

iali

st

10

7 W

este

rn R

oad

,

Ho

ve,

Eas

t S

uss

ex,

UK

Page 2: DISMANTLING AND RE-BUILDING THE REUTTER ATMOS · 2017. 1. 14. · Remove the 2 screws. Remove the movement frame & pendulum. The pendulum is surprisingly rugged but exercise EXTREME

Th

is i

s R

eutt

er A

tmos

01

58

. M

odel

GM

1 a

ccord

ing

to

Jae

ger

le-

Co

ult

re.

Buil

t in

193

6 b

y L

e-C

ou

ltre

, pro

bab

ly f

rom

par

ts m

ade

by

Reu

tter

in

ab

ou

t 1930

. It

has

the

usu

al R

eutt

er m

ercu

rial

moto

r an

d

a L

e-C

oult

re m

ovem

ent.

The

cas

e i

s m

ou

lded

gla

ss b

y R

ene

Fonta

yne

an

d t

he

only

acc

ess t

o t

he

innar

ds i

s b

y r

emovin

g t

he

bac

k p

late

. W

hen

I c

ame t

o s

ervic

e t

his

clo

ck I

fou

nd

th

at I

co

uld

no

t re

mo

ve

the

mer

curi

al m

oto

r t

o r

each

the

movem

ent

and

no

wher

e c

ou

ld I

fin

d a

ny

inst

ruct

ions

on

ser

vic

ing

a R

eutt

er.

Hen

ce t

his

man

ual

. M

y t

han

ks

go

to

Rod

Fry

att

and

Joh

n H

ubby

bo

th o

f w

hose

ad

vic

e w

as i

nval

uab

le. F

rank

Pat

ten M

BH

I

H

ove,

Engla

nd.

Mar

ch 2

004

Th

e b

ack r

emoved

.

Th

rough

out

this

guid

e I

ass

um

e t

he

rea

der

is

ex

per

ience

d i

n

serv

icin

g A

tmo

s c

lock

s. I

wil

l ex

pla

in h

ow

to

dis

man

tle

and

rebuil

d t

his

clo

ck.

Ser

vic

ing

is

esse

nti

ally

the

sam

e a

s an

y o

ther

Atm

os.

If

yo

u a

re n

ot

exper

ience

d o

n t

he

Atm

os,

then

tak

e t

he

clock

to

so

meo

ne

who i

s, b

efore

you d

amag

e it

.

Bef

ore

yo

u d

o a

nyth

ing

els

e t

o a

Reu

tter

, m

ake s

ure

the m

oto

r is

free

on

it's

piv

ots

th

en l

et i

t st

and

for

a f

ew d

ays

wit

h t

he

moto

r

expose

d a

nd w

atch

to

see

if

the

moto

r ro

cks

in r

esponse

to

ch

anges

in t

emper

ature

. If

it

does

n't,

ther

e i

s l

ittl

e c

han

ce o

f get

tin

g t

he

moto

r re

pai

red.

Lo

ck t

he

pen

dulu

m.

Rem

ove

the

han

ds.

Lay

the

clock

on i

t's f

ace.

Rem

ov

e th

e bac

kst

rap. (4

scr

ews)

I fo

und

a b

ette

r m

etho

d o

f re

movin

g t

he d

rum

, h

ence

the

pic

ture

of

a dif

fere

nt

clock

.

Un

lock

the

pen

dulu

m.

Lif

t th

e dru

m 5

mm

, aw

ay f

rom

th

e

dia

l, t

o d

isen

gag

e t

he f

ront

piv

ot.

Move i

t 5m

m t

ow

ards

the

bal

ance

. R

ota

te t

he

dru

m r

igh

t si

de

do

wn a

nd

lef

t si

de

up

and r

emov

e.

Lo

ck t

he

pen

dulu

m.

Let

dow

n t

he

mai

nsp

ring

(co

ntr

ol

the b

arre

l &

rel

ease

the

ratc

het

)

Lo

ose

n t

he

2 l

arg

e m

ovem

ent

scre

ws.

Un

lock

the

pen

dulu

m.

Rem

ove

the

2 s

crew

s.

Rem

ove

the

movem

ent

fram

e &

pen

du

lum

.

Th

e

pen

dulu

m

is

surp

risi

ngly

ru

gged

but

ex

erci

se

EX

TR

EM

E C

AR

E.

Suppo

rt t

he

fram

e sa

fely

on

four

60m

m b

lock

s.

Rem

ove

the

movem

ent

(2 s

crew

s).

Rem

ove

the

bar

rel

bri

dge

(2 s

crew

s).

Rem

ove

the b

arre

l an

d s

erv

ice t

he c

lock

in

the s

ame w

ay

as a

ny o

ther

Atm

os.

Mak

e su

re y

ou

chec

k t

he

pois

e of

the

pal

lets

an

d f

ork

ass

embly

. M

ine

was

off

and

I h

ad t

o t

ake

it a

par

t ag

ain!

Pu

t th

e f

ram

e a

nd

pen

dulu

m b

ack

in

the

cas

e t

o s

tore

it

safe

ly.

If y

ou

lea

ve

the

pen

dulu

m u

nlo

cked

, you

can

let

it

sett

le a

nd t

hen

chec

k t

hat

it

is i

n b

eat.