This. Could. Work.

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She'll fit.

  

I've learned that many problems with movements will only be revealed with very close inspection. Thus a couple of repairs needed:

  

Otherwise she appears to be in good shape. The bezel and glass look good too.

Now there are a few things missing:

Hands
A pendulum
A back mounting plate
Mounting screws to connect the movement to the face
A striking gong and a mount

I can't actually run much less test the clock without a pendulum. I also knew that the pendulum had to be a very short one. There's not a lot of clearance in that case.

The clock won't mount in the case without a back mounting plate.

The face and bezel connect with two brackets to the back plate. The movement is screwed down to the face plate. That's how the whole thing sits in the case.

  

Think finding the right movement was hard? Try finding just the Back Bezel Pate of an Antique Ansonia Round Movement.

Found a French one with the right dimensions and you can see the pendulum I found too. Many hours of searching and researching.

  

Actually it took a couple tries on the pendulum.

Now I could mount the unit in the case.

  

And test the movement on the stand.


A bit of cleaning (not a full disassembly) and some oiling and the new pendulum and she's ticking fine! Fussy about orientation but hey, she's 130 years old.

The face needed quite a bit of cleaning but was remarkably intact and had virtually no cracks.

  

The gong was a remarkably simple replacement. eBay to the rescue!



And there it is mounted in the case.

  

What's left? Oh yes the hands.

Oh the hands... Now this was a complicated effort.


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