Restoration
Restoration of monumental clocks.
We bring the tower clocks of churches, monasteries, town halls and historic monuments back into service. The movement, the dials, the hands and the bell drive pass through our workshop in Oradea, then return to the tower.
From the tower and the workshop.
Photographs from restoration jobs.
The tower, piece by piece.
A restoration rarely starts from nothing: usually part of the installation still works and the rest has to be rebuilt.
Tower clocks
The clock running again: the movement, the drive to the dials and the motion of the hands. The same job can also cover the drive of the bells in the tower.
Historic movements
The movement is dismantled and brought to the workshop, where it is cleaned, checked part by part and returned to working order.
Dials and hands
The dial, the numerals, the graphics and the hands are remade in our own workshop, to the existing pattern and to the size of the tower.
Control and synchronisation
A restored clock can be tied to a GPS-synchronised control clock: the summer/winter changeover happens automatically, and after a power cut the installation restarts by itself.
From the first climb up the tower to the maintenance contract.
Survey
We climb the tower, assess the movement, the dials and the existing drive, and then you receive a written quotation.
Dismantling
We take down the movement, the dials and the hands and bring them to the workshop; whatever stays in place is protected.
Restoration in the workshop
In our Oradea workshop the parts are cleaned, repaired or remade to pattern, and the movement is adjusted and tested before it goes back up.
Reinstallation
We refit the movement, the dials and the hands, commission the installation and hand it over synchronised.
Maintenance
After commissioning we provide service and maintenance contracts with periodic checks.
The same tower at the start and at the end of the work.
Photographs from one job: the state we found on the first climb up the tower, and the installation back in service.
The institutions that look after a tower.
Town halls and local administration
The clock in the town-hall tower or on a public building, put back to work for the town.
Churches and monasteries
The tower clock together with the bells: one installation can keep both the time and the ringing schedule.
Historic monuments
Listed buildings, where the work has to fit the building's restoration project and the permits issued for it.
Is your tower clock standing still?
Send us a few photographs of the movement and the dial, with the name of the locality and the building — we will tell you what can be done and how long it would take.