If you don t hear a ticking sound the clock s hands are probably stuck.
Vienna wall clock keeps stopping.
On a vienna regulator or longcase clock or other weight driven clock it s best to let it run until it stops before moving it.
Move the pendulum back and forth with your fingers.
Free the hands to restart the clock.
The clock tilts forward at top due to hook on wall have packed a bit of folded tissue under bottom edge to sit it more perpendicular to the wall.
It started about two years ago and each time i would change the battery and it would start again but hours days or weeks later it would just stop.
Then detach the weights while you lift the clock.
If it is too high in the front it may be touching the chime rods again causing it to stop.
Discussion in clock repair started by honeybee jun 16 2010.
Rather trivial but i have a wall clock which keep stopping after differing periods of time.
Video tutorial showing how to install an antique vienna regulator wall clock.
It wasn t that expensive but holds sentimental value so i don t want to replace it.
If i add extra weight.
Pendulum arm about 20 long.
When setting the time stop at every chime spot hours hours sometimes hours and allow the clock to fully chime.
Hi i have aquired a large vienna clock with an 8ins dial i have cleaned the clock but it keeps stopping after a couple of hours for no apparent reason it came with standard sized weights but unsure if they are origanal.
There are exceptions to this rule but usually setting the hands backwards will damage the clock.
If you can t wait tape up the lines to stop them unravelling.
In the usa they are called vienna regulators but in the uk among other places they are usually called vienna wall clocks.
Put it back on the wall and the pendulum stops after a few minutes it just swings slower and slower until it stops.
Gently move the hands with a finger to see if they are touching the dial the glass or each other.
If it not one of these issues it might be time to get a good clock tech to take a look.
I love and collect vienna regulators.
But don t worry it s not terminal and can be cured.
It is a general rule to never move the hands backwards when setting the time on a vienna regulator.
Vienna clock keeps stopping.
A clock that is out of beat is likely to stop because the pendulum is not receiving the optimum impulses to keep it swinging.
Gently slid arm off the small mechanism with a flat spring.
If it s badly out of beat it will stop within a few minutes.
Clock was working fine took it off wall and removed pendulum to paint the wall.
That way the lines won t get tangled up.
Video tutorial showing how to install an antique vienna regulator wall clock.