Trademark help

[Stuart2]

HI guys,

This has just turned up for a complete overhaul, does anybody have any idea on maker. All i can tell you is that it is a 3 x 2 striking on 5 gongs.

[watchweasol]

Hi  Probably German in origin (franz Hermle) it doesn't look to have the quality of a french clock. To be sure one of the members will know likely WLS.

[Stuart2]

2 minutes ago, watchweasol said:

Hi  Probably German in origin (franz Hermle) it doesn't look to have the quality of a french clock. To be sure one of the members will know likely WLS.

Thanks watchweasol appreciate your help

[wls1971]

Its a German Peerless  by Mathias Bauerle dating from the 1920's , what do you mean by 3x2. I have a almost identical movement that uses two springs to give a full Westminster chime  and strike on the hour it uses a differential gear similar to Gillett and Johnston patent to split the drive between chime and strike, see this earlier post:

After much reasearch I pinned the manufacturer down to Mathias Bauerle, and obtained a copy of the original patent for the two train full Westminster.

A brief history of the company can be found here, they also made mechanical adding machines sold under the Peerless brand.

https://history-computer.com/mathias-bauerle/

[Stuart2]

1 hour ago, wls1971 said:

Its a German Peerless  by Mathias Bauerle dating from the 1920's , what do you mean by 3x2. I have a almost identical movement that uses two springs to give a full Westminster chime  and strike on the hour it uses a differential gear similar to Gillett and Johnston patent to split the drive between chime and strike, see this earlier post:

After much reasearch I pinned the manufacturer down to Mathias Bauerle, and obtained a copy of the original patent for the two train full Westminster.

A brief history of the company can be found here, they also made mechanical adding machines sold under the Peerless brand.

https://history-computer.com/mathias-bauerle/

Hi wis,

Thanks so much, i call them 3 x 2 as they do 3 functions from 2 springs. Appreciate both the links that you posted. I can't wait to get stuck in its nice to have something different to play with.

[Tmuir]

The soft solder on the mainspring barrel cover worries me a bit, it's the calling card of a 'bodger' having worked on the clock in the past, that and all the chewed up screwheads

[watchweasol]

Hi I have got to agree with Tmuir that the soft solder is a worry, just beware of any other "small" bodges.

[Stuart2]

Well i finally got round to this movement and apart from that barrel everything else is fine, i am going to need to make a new barrel and cap, there were smashed teeth where someone had hit the barrel with a hammer on the barrel hook and obviously missed. And the cap was soldered because it didn't fit. 

[watchweasol]

Hi thats a bugger some butcher been at work, all makes work for others that sort of rough treatment.  good luck