I have a W115 quartz clock that's just collecting dust on the shelf. It's yours if you want another one to play with. "Ran when parked" :-)
On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 10:40 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Jim Mahaffey of the MBCA used to repair clocks. Not sure he is still in > the business. > > On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 11:15 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > > It is quartz > > > > > > You have to un-crimp the chromed front bezel to get the clock apart. Not > > Fun, > > not if you want to do it cleanly enough to get it back together again > > afterwards. > > > > The clock is not a ticker, like all modern quartz clocks. It uses an > > oscillator > > to drive an old-fashioned synchronous wall–clock (plug-in) mechanism. > More > > mechanical motion and wear, and more energy used. Works pretty good, > > though. > > > > -- Jim > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
