Winding holes in clock faces.
Pendulum wall clock has two winding holes.
Clocks with three winding arbours chime on the quarter hour making a musical tone.
This is a time and strike clock.
Windup clocks and keys clocks that require actual winding will have anywhere from one to three winding holes on the body of the clock often in the back facing.
If there are two holes one is for the time spring and one is for the hourly chime.
The hole on the left is used to power the strike train which make the clock strike at the top of the hour.
Do this every seven days to prevent the clock from stopping or losing time.
If your clock is cable driven you will wind all three weights with a crank key.
A clock that strikes on the hour has two winding holes one for keeping time and one for striking.
Depending upon the model of your clock there can be 1 2 or 3 winding key holes.
I have made an innumerable number of house calls over the last thirty two years because of this myth.
Generally speaking if the clock has a single hole that hole controls the main time spring.
Winding holes in clock faces are for different functions of the clock.
Wind the other one or two winding points the same way if your clock chimes on the hour or quarter hour.
The hole on the right is used to power the time train and make the clock keep time.
If a clock does not strike a gong on the hour it is technically called a timepiece.
It is not harmful to wind the clock more often.
You must lift the weight when winding a chain driven floor clock.
If your clock has two winding pegs the left one typically works the strike or chime while the right wind manages the clock s timekeeping.
If there is one hole it is a time only clock.
For clocks with hanging weights raise the weights using the crank.
I have set up thousands of clocks on outside walls and have never heard a complaint from a single customer that it has caused any kind of problem.
Insert the winding key into the holes located in the dial face.
Winding the arbor in this hole will give the clock power to keep time.
To prevent over winding your cables allow the entire pulley to be visible under the face of the clock.
Timepieces have only one winding hole in the face because they do nothing but tell time.