Vienna Regulator Weight Hooks
Replacement Vienna Regulator Weight Hooks
One of the frustrations of restoring Vienna Regulators and German Vienna-style Regulators is trying to find replacement hooks for the weights. For years I have been using hooks that had to be filed down to match the originals that came on weights – the first picture in this gallery shows what I had been using – these are readily available on the web. The problem is the center hole in the hook is not centered, and the threads have been stamped onto a square shaft. Which results in threads that don’t work. Good news is the readily available hooks with poor threads don’t cost much. Bad news? They are a waste of even the little they cost.
Which meant I had to spend time filing the hook to get the hole centered and the overall shape right, and then had to thread the screw portion since the “threads” that were there didn’t work.
I finally decided to have hooks made that would be appropriate for the clocks I sell. The hook in the middle of the first picture is the result. I made it to match the most common weight-hook that I see on week-duration Vienna Regulators that I have come across – which means a weight that is under 4 pounds, likely under 3 pound.
I had these hooks made with a 3 mm screw – which is slightly larger than most of the originals you will find on Viennese weights. I found, when replacing hooks recently in three weights, that the original holes were the right size for threading with a 3 mm tap.
These are the hooks I will use if needed when restoring a mechanism that is bought from me.
Read MoreOne of the frustrations of restoring Vienna Regulators and German Vienna-style Regulators is trying to find replacement hooks for the weights. For years I have been using hooks that had to be filed down to match the originals that came on weights – the first picture in this gallery shows what I had been using – these are readily available on the web. The problem is the center hole in the hook is not centered, and the threads have been stamped onto a square shaft. Which results in threads that don’t work. Good news is the readily available hooks with poor threads don’t cost much. Bad news? They are a waste of even the little they cost.
Which meant I had to spend time filing the hook to get the hole centered and the overall shape right, and then had to thread the screw portion since the “threads” that were there didn’t work.
I finally decided to have hooks made that would be appropriate for the clocks I sell. The hook in the middle of the first picture is the result. I made it to match the most common weight-hook that I see on week-duration Vienna Regulators that I have come across – which means a weight that is under 4 pounds, likely under 3 pound.
I had these hooks made with a 3 mm screw – which is slightly larger than most of the originals you will find on Viennese weights. I found, when replacing hooks recently in three weights, that the original holes were the right size for threading with a 3 mm tap.
These are the hooks I will use if needed when restoring a mechanism that is bought from me.
