The information below is a guide to the various movement and brand types currently available on the market, if you’re unsure which replacement you require please contact us at hello@dansclockshop.com for advice.
Quartz battery movements are available in various operational types and will run with or without a second hand, an end pin can also be used instead of a second hand. Please see the list below for the main types.
If a second hand is used this will move around the clock face in a step motion, the loudness of the tick can vary depending on the position of the clock. The movement will still make a ticking sound if a second hand is not attached.
If a second hand is used this will move around the clock face in a sweep motion, although the movement is quieter than the ticking version it is not silent.
Movements have been completely re-engineered to make them much quieter than the standard non ticking movements.
A high powered Alkaline battery is advised to be used with all movements.
Most movements either have a threaded or all plastic shaft (also known as clip fit) and are available in the following types.
For a standard 12-hour clock dial and will drive hands up to 130mm long.
For a 24-hour clock dial, the hour hand will move at half the speed of a standard 12-hour movement, will drive hands up to 130mm long.
Hands will rotate in reverse or backwards around the clock face, will drive hands up to 130mm long. Movements are commonly known as barber shop movements.
More powerful than standard movements and will drive hands up to 450mm long. Second hands are not advised with high torque movements as the power needed to turn the second hand drains the power of the battery quickly.
Short plastic shaft movements which run with 4 small hands and have an on-off switch. Please click here for available stock
As well as keeping time this movement uses a pendulum, a swinging weight which can be attached to the arm at the base of the movement. The attached pendulum is for decoration and does not affect the time keeping of the movement.
Similar to a pendulum movement the pendulum drive can be combined with a square 56mm x 56mm movement to make a complete unit.
The 400-day clock movement is characterised by the fitting of a torsion pendulum. Instead of swinging from side to side, as in conventional clocks, the torsion pendulum rotates on the end of a long thin suspension pin.
Used in carriage clocks and will only drive small hands up to 40mm long.
Radio controlled movement will adjust automatically to the correct time, they have an antenna that picks up radio signals and a circuit that decodes them. The circuit uses the radio signals to figure out the correct time and adjusts the time displayed by the clock accordingly. Unlike an ordinary clock or watch, an RCC always knows what time it is—you never have to tell it! Movements are not available in a high torque version.
Movements run on one hand and are suitable for indicator clocks. Tide clocks or "indicators" show how much time before high or low tide. The lunar day, or time it takes the moon to reappear at the same place in the sky, is 24 hours and 50 minutes. Most locations have two tides each day. Because of this, your clock rotates every 12 hours and 25 minutes or twice daily.
Like tide movements these movements run on 4 hands and will also show the time as well as a hand to indicate tide changes.
Day & Time Clock Movements run on 4 hands and are specially designed 12-hour movements with a 168-hour gearing to synchronise with the 7 days of the week which shows on a separate hand.
Clock Inserts or Clock Fit-ups are pre-assembled clock parts sold with the hands, dial, lens, and bezel already made and ready to fit into a pre-drilled hole in your clock case.
The indicator movements run on one hand which rotates one full cycle every 29.5 days. This mimics the Moon's orbit around Earth – around 29 and 1/2 days.
Like all quartz movements this one has an hour, minute and second hand. What makes this model unique is the fourth hand, which is a 31-day calendar hand. Every night, just after midnight, this fourth hand will move to the next day of the month.
Movements have 3.6mm & 5.5mm hand holes and available in threaded and all plastic shafts in various lengths, brand examples are:
Movements have 3.1mm & 5.00mm hand holes and available in threaded and all plastic shafts in various lengths, brand examples are:
Seiko movements are available in standard 12-hour, high torque, pendulum, and alarm. 2 shaft types are available.
EF Euroshaft – Minute hand is secured with an end nut and the minute hand shaft is metal, hour hand shaft is plastic.
Hand fittings - Hour hand 5.0mm, minute hand 2.8mm x 3.8mm.
NEF Non-Euro plastic shaft – Minute hand is press fit and minute hand shaft is plastic, hour hand shaft is also plastic.
Hand fittings - Hour hand 5.0mm, minute hand 3.5mm.
These German movements are available in 2 shaft types:
EF Euroshaft – Minute hand is secured with an end nut and the minute hand shaft is metal. Hand fittings - Hour hand 5.0mm, minute hand 3.5mm x 2.8mm.
A second hand can be used with an open-ended fitting nut, a closed end nut is also available if a second hand is not used.
NEF Non-Euro plastic shaft – Minute hand is press fit and minute hand shaft is plastic. Hand fittings - Hour hand 5.0mm, minute hand 3.5mm
A second hand can be used with this movement, if a second hand is not required an end cap can be used instead.
All of the above movement are no longer manufactured and although we have limited stock of some brands most movements are no longer available, UTS movements are a good match for many of these movements, but we advise contacting us with a photo of your old movement once it has been removed from the clock and a suitable replacement will be advised.
We hope the guide helps and if you require any assistance please contact us at hello@dansclockshop.com
