This is my first restoration for 2005. I have several more awaiting the same treatment.
This clock is a Hamburg American T/S with a poreclain dial and beveled glass. I wonder if it
would be considered "Mission" style?
Pictured is what I stared with.

Joe

This is the finished project.

Joe,
Very nice clock. What does the engine look like?

What is or is not deco will, I think, vary with each person you ask. I think the case style would fit very well into the deco style, but the flourishes on the dial and added to the case are not in the spirit of mission style.

Nice job Joe, how long did it take to do the restoration job?
What did you do to finish the case?
nice, i am looking some day for a porcelain dial clock.

Joseph,

This is indeed a very nice looking clock.
Great refinishing job!

Thanks for the kind words. I really enjoy getting these old clocks up and running. This is the first time I have used shellac as the finish. I find it easy to use and like the results.
Tom, I didn't photograph the movement on this one but I have two more in the pipeline that have identicle movements. I will do a photo shoot on one of them. All 3 have 14 day, countwheel, movements with the springs in barrels.

Joe

HI, My HAC Has same dial and movement, It also has label inside back door giving Model number. What does Label in yours say about it, if anything. Or could it be a re-case. Regards , Ged.

With door Open,

Showing Label and Model #

Hi Ged,
The project clock was missing the label but I do have another that does have the label. I am undeceided as to what I want to do with it. The finish needs help but I feel a complete refinish would destroy the "character" of the piece. I was weighing posting pictures and soliciting comments and suggestions. Your questions helped me deceide. Here is the next project clock.

Joe

This is the most distressed area.

The works minus the gong. (Its missing)

The label.

I have several clocks but very few labels. I find that finding a nice clock, complete with a label, makes the find very special.

I am soliciting suggestions as to how to proceed with this restoration. I want to improve the appearence without destroying the character. Jump in guys and help me out!!

Joe

Were these made for export, or why were they called American if they were made in Germany?

Joe, nice "patina" on that last clock. I think they call that "shabby chic" like it is (not too shabby IMO). Some people would pay a fortune to make a new clock look like that. I don't think your clock in the first picture could be considered Mission, or Craftsman style. I am pretty sure Mission and Craftsman furniture was only made in the US. They had very little decoration.

Andy

Andy,
Mission style furniture including clocks were made in other countries.

Here is a German mission style hanging clock.

Joe, the last two pictures won't unload at this end, First pic' of clock came through okay, IMO don't try and make it look like new, I wonder if anyone has a catalogue giving these model#s and pics of clocks. I hazard a guess that it's maybe only case styles as the dial on yours and my one look the same. Shame the Gong was missing, what on earth would make someone take it out and seperate it from the clock?. Regards, Ged.

Sorry Joe, The Last two pictures came through just fine, took ages to download, thats me being impatient, Glad to see a different model # to mine,Now who's got a catalogue?. Ged.

Ged,
Thanks for the reply. I may be able to locate the gong. I think maybe my brother in law may have it. These clocks came from a collection my father in law put together before he died in 1981. He had taken some clocks apart before he fell ill and we are still trying to get them back together.
"Duck" on the green board, who lives in germany, told me that at one time HAU (HAC) had as many as 800 different styles. This included wall, mantle and ,I suppose, tall clocks. I currently have four. Three are mantle clocks and one is a wall clock. I think it was a cottage industry with each cottage turning out something different.

Joe