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I have got my hands on a Vulcain Wall World clock, which is to be hung up in the workshop. However, there are some challenges. More second hand are missing, so i have

to find someone who can fit?  I think the easiest thing is to change them all.  Since the watch is from the USA it is 110v so I also have to convert from 230v to 110v!  An alternative is to switch all drives to Quartz.  What would you do?

 

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Show us an image of the back.

Converting from 110 to 220 is a transformer...pretty simple.

No, do not convert to quartz.  By staying with the current movements, all of the second hands can be synchronized.

Lastly.  This is a whole lot of trouble to go through and there are better ways to spend your time.  Just send the clock to me and work on more important projects 😉

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28 minutes ago, LittleWatchShop said:

Show us an image of the back.

Converting from 110 to 220 is a transformer...pretty simple.

No, do not convert to quartz.  By staying with the current movements, all of the second hands can be synchronized.

Lastly.  This is a whole lot of trouble to go through and there are better ways to spend your time.  Just send the clock to me and work on more important projects 😉

I am uploading some pictures of the back, but right now the clock is on its way from the USA to Denmark. Yes, the easiest is probably to find 5 new second hands or possibly just 4. The volt reduction is as you write quite simple and I do not think such a watch has much power consumption? 

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I'm not sure what kind of movement the clocks are using. But if they use AC synchronous motors, then it will not be as simple as using a step down transformer because the mains voltage in Denmark is 230V 50Hz. American voltage is 110V 60Hz.

That's the reason why I can't buy AC clocks from the US. But I was told that there is a step down power supply with a frequency converter. I'll try to find the name of the company that sells it.

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You could purchase a US UPS battery backup (APC makes a purse sine wave version).  Power it from a transformer that drops 220 to 110.  Maybe APC makes one with 220 input...dunno.

A lot of money to make it go.

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Perhaps something like this will do. Instead of the shown power supply a supply for Alarm can do it and then a 12VDC bly battery can be added. But still a lot of money.

 

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Can't wait to see how this turns out.  I was looking at a vintage clock motor on ebay this morning.  It was rated at 3W, so if this is close to these clocks, you might need 15W to power the whole thing.

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