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This is a two train Westminster chime ? the pendulum rod will hang to the very bottom of the movement plates which places the pendulum bob just below the movement , the suspension spring and rod would be 5 1/8 inches. Photos would help. https://mb.nawcc.org/images/attach/taming_the_sessions_2-train_4th_edition.pdf

It was another rainy day today, so I took the opportunity to grab the shiniest thing in the horological "to do" pile. This is a 1980s Timex 392 K Cell - Analog/Digital Alarm Chronograph. The watch looked pretty reasonable when it arrived. Not an expensive item at £2.19, but there was an obvious reason for the low price tag. The LCD display was not working. From experience, this can be due to a number of causes. In some watches, the analog movement runs from a different battery from the digital one, so one can be running fine while the other is acting up due to a flat battery. However the seller's picture suggested that there was probably a corrosion issue on the PCB. Now most sensible people would run a mile when they saw this, but given the low price and the fact that the watch is probably repairable, I thought I'd take the chance. As I mentioned elsewhere, the issue actually turned out to be a swollen zebra strip connector, which I carefully pared down to fit, and now the watch works perfectly. I didn't take any pictures, but like most modern watches, there is not much to see. I removed six screws, removed the zebra strip, carefully trimmed about 1/10mm from it, and refitted it. Here it is cleaned up and on the wrist. The watch has had little wear, and both it and the Timex band scrubbed up very nicely. It looks like new. One more member of the 404 club, and one less piece of landfill.

I have had mine ten years

Once again Old Hippy is on the money, when re-assembling the movement check each wheel on its own as old Hippy stated, there is nothing to interfear with your inspection . Once checked and you are happy with the results re assemble the watch. But when checking screw the bridge down as it would normaly be in the watch

Thank you ! :), it works. I aligned the jumper, and when I rotated the calender wheel manually it suddenly snapped in. Now the date has is nice "snap" once it changes the date :).

I almost forgott, when testing the dial next time make sure you get it correctly in position, when I took a quick look at your initial picture of the problem one can see it is not in place but riding ontop of the date jumper. The dial has to go all the way down to the wider part of the hour wheel. when it is at place , you can look through the inspection slots in the dial if the jumper is in place otherwise you can gently push it backwards and get it in place.

You could check each wheel individually. That way you will not have anything obstructing your view. I always screwed the plates down to test.

Very nice. I have a Kohinoor of a similar design on its way to me. I've got a fair few HMTs now, so I will need to do a quick feature on them when I get a chance. As some of you might have noticed I have a little bit of a soft spot for them.

A nice little HMT Rajat automatic today.

There aren't very many parts in the 1215. The date indicator driving wheel is the one responsible to change date with the help of the little pin on it. On the date indicator you have an date star that will rotate it around. The date jumper will keep the date indicator in place. In the picture you provided the little arm is bent slightly to high up try to adjust it a bit lower. The little pin on the end of the arm is what keeps the date indicator into place by locking the date star. If the date star isn´t correctly in place or the date jumper is missaligned then the dateis off like in your picture. I provide pictures of the parts so you can follow what I write.

Nothing scientific: severity of blistering in fingers when trying to wind the mainspring through ratchet wheel screw. Can even feel it by winding through the crown. You would expect higher beat movements to have higher torque anyway.

Allya need is love... and perhaps a little lubrication... and maybe another 15 or so jewels. This late '70s wonder joined my current favorite in the 404 club on my wrist this evening. As well as a good clean and some light lubrication it required a little gentle hairspring massage to flatten out a rather obviously bit of conical contortion. Despite having more fingerprints in it when it arrived than jewels (at least three of the former and only two of the latter), its Hong Kong heart is now ticking along quite nicely.

Very nice, and more features on that circular slide rule than on my phone.

Thanks for asking! I'm still waiting for an opportunity to reassemble it. Work, family, and a ton musts are my priorities for the time being, but I'll report back once I'm done!

Got another Waltham Vangaurd movement coming. When will the madness end. Gold settings and diamond end stones sooo hard to resist. Have a few nice cases looking for movements... Still need to find a side wider for my hunter case though....Ron