Glass clocks

[paul 44]

Hi folks

Another quickie...can anyone suggest a decent blank clock suppler (20cm diameter without numbers) with a decent mechanism at a good price, I don't mine paying a little more than usual for the blank as long as i get a good mech and finish.

I have been using a supplier and getting a few complaints with regards to the mechanism, hands not moving or second hand just flopping to the number 6, not good when I have just sent 2 to the USA and one hasn't worked, also another from the UK, 3 clocks and 2 dodgy mechs!

I am paying around the £5.00 mark for a clock and mech...any similar priced at better quality that anyone can recommend would be helpful?


ps....has anyone ever used these guys, if so, whats your thoughts? https://sublitrade.com/


Thanks
Paul

[UK Printed Mugs]

We had similar issues. Keep buying glass and mechanisms from current supplier but buy new hands from clockparts.co.uk BUT opt for end caps rather than using second hand.

[UK Printed Mugs]

Ps After 3-4 years chap since you joined DSF you really should pay a tenner a year and help support this platform. And save yourself money from suppliers with DSF discounts as additional benefit. Just saying.

[webtrekker]

I'd second what Ollie has said (including paying premium membership!). Provided your current clocks are cheap enough, I would buy entire movements, with hands from clockparts.co.uk. You'll get reliable movements with a great choice of hands in many different styles, sizes, materials and colours to match your clocks. Clock movements are really cheap when bought in reasonable quantities.

Also, once you put a second hand, or end cap, on a clock, removing it again can pull out the centre spindle, so make sure you don't need to do this.

[paul 44]

HI guys, yes i will be paying the tenner so no worries there. I've had a few issues with these clocks, they print fine but the mechs seem crap, hands falling down or not moving etc.

I'll check out that site and price up the mechs

[Lucifax]

I had 100 glass clocks from Sublitrade last year to make up an order to the minumum amount. None of the mechs would fit as the spindles were too short. When I contacted them, Chris' solution was to suggest I leave off the brass washer . This just meant that the locking nut sat unevenly over the hole and looked gash. In the end I bought 100 mechs from clockparts to replace them. Someone else I spoke to had Mechs included that had no means of hanging the clocks.

With regard to the mechs we had from clockparts, we did find about 10% of them didn't work. Stopped doing clocks alltogether once we sold that stock. Too much of a ballache to be honest, by the time we'd checked it was working, fitted the mech and cobbled something together to protect the hands from getting bent in transit.

[Justin]

We always buy from clockparts but have had issues this year with the hands touching and a few faulty mechanisms coming back. Will probably carry on using them as we found using different hands helped. Using the cap rather than a second hand is a good idea.

[GoonerGary]

I've got 100 of these clockparts mechanisms waiting to be used for the last 3 years. What other hands are available for them? I thought these parts weren't very interchangeable?