If this is an incorrect post folks then please disregard. I am working on what must be a home brew radio. No information whatsoever but a very nice radio non the less.Chassis appx 1932 ish. The radio has mounted within the cabinet a Hammond calendar electric clock, The clock does not work.
The internal 'coil' is open circuit. Looks just like a choke?? The clock has no synchronous motor - just this 'co;i' with no apparent connection to the mechanism. If I did not know better first guess would be that the clock is a slave but this cant be surely since a label on tha back states ' twist to start. 50c 115 volt. It's a mystery.

Frank. Doncaster England.

:If this is an incorrect post folks then please disregard. I am working on what must be a home brew radio. No information whatsoever but a very nice radio non the less.Chassis appx 1932 ish. The radio has mounted within the cabinet a Hammond calendar electric clock, The clock does not work.
:The internal 'coil' is open circuit. Looks just like a choke?? The clock has no synchronous motor - just this 'co;i' with no apparent connection to the mechanism. If I did not know better first guess would be that the clock is a slave but this cant be surely since a label on tha back states ' twist to start. 50c 115 volt. It's a mystery.
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:Frank. Doncaster England.
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Frank: I have an early 30's Hammond electric clock with calendar, so I think it may be similar to mine. The field coil should be next to a sealed motor with a single gear coming out of the side. The coil causes a magnetic field to spin a gear inside. Is there a round, open area near your coil? Perhaps someone took it out when it failed to work. These motors can usually be revived by drilling a small hole and putting about a teaspoon of oil inside, then sealing the hole. I use epoxy glue, but some folks solder it up. The field coil in mine also was open and had to be replaced. I was lucky to find an old clock repair shop that had a coil that worked. You might be able to find someone who could rewind it, but I imagine it would be expensive. At any rate, the Hammond is my favorite clock in my collection and was worth it to me to repair it. Mark from Kalamazoo

::If this is an incorrect post folks then please disregard. I am working on what must be a home brew radio. No information whatsoever but a very nice radio non the less.Chassis appx 1932 ish. The radio has mounted within the cabinet a Hammond calendar electric clock, The clock does not work.
::The internal 'coil' is open circuit. Looks just like a choke?? The clock has no synchronous motor - just this 'co;i' with no apparent connection to the mechanism. If I did not know better first guess would be that the clock is a slave but this cant be surely since a label on tha back states ' twist to start. 50c 115 volt. It's a mystery.
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::Frank. Doncaster England.
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:Frank: I have an early 30's Hammond electric clock with calendar, so I think it may be similar to mine. The field coil should be next to a sealed motor with a single gear coming out of the side. The coil causes a magnetic field to spin a gear inside. Is there a round, open area near your coil? Perhaps someone took it out when it failed to work. These motors can usually be revived by drilling a small hole and putting about a teaspoon of oil inside, then sealing the hole. I use epoxy glue, but some folks solder it up. The field coil in mine also was open and had to be replaced. I was lucky to find an old clock repair shop that had a coil that worked. You might be able to find someone who could rewind it, but I imagine it would be expensive. At any rate, the Hammond is my favorite clock in my collection and was worth it to me to repair it. Mark from Kalamazoo
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Mark

Many thanks for the info. This is the strangest motor i have ever seen. A remote field coil! Whatever next? I should be able to make something of the clock now - hopefully. The radio section has all the hallmarks of a Philco Chassis Somehting like a Model 80. It is all contained in a scrolled birchwood cabinet with fretwored birds and leaves.I picked up the radio in MA during a trip in May

Thanks again

Frank Doncaster England.