Repairs and guide prices
Every clock gets a written estimate before work starts. The figures below are what the job usually comes to; an unusual movement or a previous bad repair can move them either way.
Movements
- Full service, time-only movement
- from 140
- Full service, time and strike
- from 195
- Full service, three-train chiming movement
- from 280
- Longcase movement, eight-day
- from 320
- Re-bushing, per hole, with a service
- 12
- New mainspring, fitted
- from 45
- Suspension spring and pendulum set-up
- 35
Dials and cases
- Dial clean and re-silvering of chapter ring
- from 90
- Hands, made to pattern, pair
- from 60
- Case clean and wax, no refinishing
- from 55
- Glass, flat or convex, cut and fitted
- from 40
We keep original finishes wherever they survive. Stripping and re-polishing a case is a different trade and we send that work to a cabinet restorer two streets away.
How long it takes
A straightforward service is usually back in five to six weeks: one week waiting its turn, two on the bench, two on the test wall. Chiming and longcase work takes eight to ten. We would rather keep a clock an extra week than hand it back a minute a day fast.
Bringing a clock in
- Take the pendulum off and carry it separately, wrapped.
- Bring the key and any loose parts, even broken ones.
- Do not oil it first. Fresh oil on old dirt makes our job harder.
- For a longcase clock, write to us and we will come and take the movement, weights and pendulum; the case can stay where it is.