Re: Clock stopped working after 3 weeks

Posted by Fish'n Jim On 2023/9/14 14:37:05

I prefer the right twice per day original clocks. Much more economical.

I sent one '50s era off(12V) and had it "fixed" for an astronomical sum ~$400 because I had to take the whole dash cluster out anyway and ship to same place to get the odometer repaired. {cf:A battery atomic clock, last more than ten years, is about $15 and never looses a second, plus tells the weather!} Clock ran fast requiring resetting and worked about 6 months. Plus sitting in the garage, it ran the battery down below start in two weeks, so I had to add the batt shut off next and of course reset the clock each time.
The best option, I've seen is to have them converted to a modern quartz movement. The old stuff just was never right to begin with(my opinion). It's just that silly purist unsightly digital "step" move vs the factory analog.
One of those marketing ploys, people ask for a clock, you give them a costly not- so-functional one. They were pretty much all coming from one or two of the more inexpensive companies, no Patyk's or Rolo's, and of course, they sell more if they don't exactly work right. The post war American way...
I suspect more people will be driving/repairing* Packards after the autoworkers strike when they announce the new pricing. Glad I bought during the epidemic...preferred brand of the Taliban but w/o 50 auto option.
* - including me. Incentive to get moving.