Greg's Clock

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Well its an auto beat for sure. The autobeat is a great invention however nearly all of the end owners of these movements were never instructed as to how this particular movement should be started. if you have been starting it by simply giving the pendulum a push as is correct in any common non autobeat clock the auto feature can not do what its supposed to causing it to run in a condition known as out of beat. That translates to it requiring it to need more power to run. As it ages and wear sets in power through the train decreases and causes it stop. The seatboard in a common configuration is a horizontal board that would sit on two short riser blocks ar each end on top of your bulkhead. The movement on top and the plate that has the slots to hold the cable ends screwed to the bottom of it or if your movement has the retainer plates for the cable ends between the plates at the bottom of the movement the seatboard would just have cutouts for the cables to pass thru. urgos used both methods. Before i forget to tell you, Inspect the cable pulleys. Urgos are famous for wear to the hub thru which the axle passes causing the wheel to lean over and rub against the inside of the pulley frame eventually causing power loss stopping the clock. Have some errands to do tomorrow. Will check with you in the evening. Goodnight.