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Are there any reliable automotive clock rebuilders on the West Coast? I’m not interested in quartz conversions.

From what I have read, the Borg are not accurate because the 6 volt electrical systems could not provide a reliable electrical source.
The quartz clocks work great.

This is 12v and just needs cleaning and general inspection. I’ve not tested it but it may even work as it is.

My brother used to take the clocks out of customers cars that were not working and just clean the points, soak them in the degreaser tank overnight, push the winder arm back as far as possible and put them back in with great results. No oil as that would just gum up after attracting dust and bung up the mechanism.
Doubt any of that would hurt.
Bob J.

Thank you and yes, I’ve done that too in the past. Right now I want to have one professionally serviced as I have neither the time, the tools nor place to work on it myself.

I can disassemble, clean up, and reassemble one in under an hour if you want to ship it to Pittsburgh.

I respectfully disagree on the lubrication issue. These clocks generally fail because of lack of lubrication. I find a lot of black dust (bronze) when cleaning the spindles. So I use 00 grease on the critical parts, and oil on the slow moving, non critical parts.