There was some talk on an internet mailing list about clocks, so I
decided to take my clock home and try to find out what was broken. Like
most automotive clocks from this era, they stopped working after a few
years. As I pried the case apart, I couldn't readily see what was wrong.
The decision I need to make is whether to fix the mechanics of the old
clock, or replace the mechanism with a modern quartz movement. Some of
you are hoping that I perish the thought of replacing the Veglia guts with
modern internals, but after reading an article written recently about replacing
the old movements in automotive clocks, I can see their point. Once the
old movements are fixed they will eventually stop working again because
of their faulty design. Dirt, vibration, and wide temperature changes all
work against mechanical movements, all of which are abundant in an automobile.
Admittedly, the tick-tick-tick of the quartz movement will give away the
internal swap, compared to the smooth sweep of the old movements, but having
a broken clock may be just as bad! Any opinions?
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