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Maker John Wood of Stroud, b1750, Mar. 1769, working 1769-93.
Hoverhaul of movement, re-silver dail, mend hands and re-blue them.
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Back plate, showing counting wheel.
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Reinstating calender wheels.
The arbour holding the calender hand was there and the hand, also the 25 tooth wheel on the hour wheel told that a 50 tooth wheel was needed, with a pin to run a 31 tooth calender wheel.
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Hands soldered where broken and clean up ready for bluing.
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Dail with old silvering and marks etc removed, cleaned and with the new silvering started.
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Movement finished and running.
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Dial and hands finished and back on the movement.
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Close up of dial and hands.
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Set up and running.
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The veneer around the door glued back on .
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Some work was needed to the hood.
The top of the hood had at some time been replaced with a darker, more red maghogony wood.
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The hood finished with the top lighten to match the rest of the case.
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The veneer around the door was coming off and there was some small pieces missing.
Starting to remove the loose veneer.