Travel Clock Crystal

[diveboy]

I brought anothe project, cause  the other 50 work in progress projects are all done...

 

 

This is an Elgin 8 day travel clock, I've got a few of these with round faces but not a rectangle one, I plan on restoring this one to something similar to one of my previous attempts

 

I'm waiting on it to arrive but where the heck would I find a crystal (yeh mostly I won't) so where would I find something big enough to have sized down ?

Thanks in advance for your time and knowledge, I really do appreciate the level of experince that is openly shared on this forum.

 

 

 

[vinn3]

nice travel  alarm collection.   good luck finding a parts clock.  vinn

[oldhippy]

 I used to get this sort of thing cut by a company that specialised in cutting glass for clocks.

Here are two I have found on the net for you to try. If no luck look for others.

http://www.horologica.co.uk/C_services/glass.html

http://www.davewestclocks.co.uk/bevelled_glass1.htm

 

 

[Alastair]

You could give Charles of watch-glass-cutting a try...

http://www.watchglasscutting.co.uk/web/contact-us/

I visited him yesterday about a mineral-glass watch-crystal that he's sorting out for me. Nice knowledgeable feller with all the gear, and not stupidly expensive like some makers.

Worth a try..

 

[oldhippy]

11 hours ago, Alastair said:

You could give Charles of watch-glass-cutting a try...

http://www.watchglasscutting.co.uk/web/contact-us/

I visited him yesterday about a mineral-glass watch-crystal that he's sorting out for me. Nice knowledgeable feller with all the gear, and not stupidly expensive like some makers.

Worth a try..

 

I looked at that web site it looks very good for watch glasses but no mention of clock glasses.

[Alastair]

Was thinking that as its not that large by the look, and has what appears a flat square crystal, that Charles could prob do it...

If he can do Triangular and Hexagonal (Special job for custom one-off watch-cases) sure that a simple one like above would be possible...

[diveboy]

thanks guys, its given me the right direction to hunt, I'll try and find somewhere in australia first to save on shipping costs and if I can't, I'll hit one of the ones you have posted.