With some electrical contact cleaner and a little sand paper, I got my '58 clock working again. But still, a quartz conversion for $119.95 from Clockworks looked mighty good, so at the Pomona Swap Meet I bought two '55-'56 Chevy clocks for $20 each and one for $5. Of course, the $5 one is the one I saw later and naturally, it was in the best shape. To me, these clocks are identical to my '58 clock in every way. All made by Westclox (yep, that's how they spelled it) with the same patent number on the case.
So I sent all four to Clockworks and asked them to go over my '58 (for $39.95 it couldn't hurt), make a quartz conversion out of one of the others, and somehow make one good clock from the remaining two. I got back three great looking clocks! The only extra, but not unexpected, cost was a lens for $16. I had already put a new lens on my original clock, but they managed to polish up one of the other existing lenses so I can't even tell which is which.
Anyway, I used them because of recommendations from others on this board and just wanted to pass along my thumbs up.
So I sent all four to Clockworks and asked them to go over my '58 (for $39.95 it couldn't hurt), make a quartz conversion out of one of the others, and somehow make one good clock from the remaining two. I got back three great looking clocks! The only extra, but not unexpected, cost was a lens for $16. I had already put a new lens on my original clock, but they managed to polish up one of the other existing lenses so I can't even tell which is which.
Anyway, I used them because of recommendations from others on this board and just wanted to pass along my thumbs up.
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