General electric wall clock

[panchoskywalker]

Hello, I just bought this clock for about US$12.

My goal is to remove the mechanism on the back and turn it into battery modern high torque quartz.

 

 

[watchweasol]

Hi from what I can see of the clock it should br straightforward. The case needs a good clean up and polish. Dial center needs a bit of work as well.

[panchoskywalker]

43 minutes ago, watchweasol said:

Hi from what I can see of the clock it should br straightforward. The case needs a good clean up and polish. Dial center needs a bit of work as well.

Can't imagine how to fix that dial center, any idea?

[panchoskywalker]

I disassembled it and cleaned it, here's some picture before the cleaning.

I didn't touch the dial yet, looking for idea as I am afraid the paint in the center will just go away if I clean it with water.

Should I scan it and reprint it on some sort of vinyl? Looking for ideas!

 

 

Edited December 2, 2023 by panchoskywalker

[HectorLooi]

You will never be able to do a touchup paint job that isn't glaringly obvious. 

Either leave it alone or paint a circle of an entirely different color for contrast. Maybe a textured paint even.

Or you could stick on a colored sticker.

[panchoskywalker]

26 minutes ago, HectorLooi said:

You will never be able to do a touchup paint job that isn't glaringly obvious. 

Either leave it alone or paint a circle of an entirely different color for contrast. Maybe a textured paint even.

Or you could stick on a colored sticker.

Yes, that's what I was thinking, I will scan it just in case but I will leave it like this by now.

[watchweasol]

Hi As it’s an inexpensive clock dial it’s a blank canvas, you could incorporate the center into a design feature but be aware at some point the subsurface is poor and it’s going to get worse. So what ever you choose to do the center will have to be scraped off and treated befor embarking on any designs etc.

[panchoskywalker]

So I painted the hands black and glued them on the new movement hands. I had to add a piece of metal on the second hand thing to make it fatter because the original hand has wider hole. Now it is hanging on the wall which is a good thing because that dome crystal on my desk was making me nervous.

About the dial, if I reprint it on paper it would loose the vintage white as paper is pure white so the possible solution is to paint the dial plate with spray paint of the right white and print the dial design on transparent mat vinyl. I have never applied vinyl so I don't how hard it is to avoid wrinkles. Anyway, I will leave it like this by now but I might do that in the future.

Thank you.

 

 

 

[oldhippy]

You could have a look and see if there is a paper dial that will go over the original one.

[panchoskywalker]

25 minutes ago, oldhippy said:

You could have a look and see if there is a paper dial that will go over the original one.

I want to keep the same brand/design so what I could do is to find a paper with a similar tone and print over the scanned picture. That's also a possibility. 

[watchweasol]

Hi. It’s up to you but I would leave it as it is if it’s just the paint work and the metal backing is ok . If the metal has suffered it will at some point need scraping back a nd recovering.    
 

[CYCLOPS]

try a thin metal disk or some other material to cover the dial damage, the movement nut will hold it in place,I have seen things like that for hanging ceiling lights too...