Mackey's Antiques

some of the tuff repair jobs you can do are from hurricanes and tornado's and floods we repaired some clocks that were just about destroyed in hurricane Ivan, hurricane Katrina and hurricane Rita and hurricane charley and brought them all back to life. There is a big difference between getting your clock to run and getting your clock repaired, when... you just get a clock to run it could need bushings, pivots polished, and much more and you may get it to run for a few days or a few weeks but it will stop running with out doing the repairs that the clock needs. you should never let anyone work on your antique clock but a good qualified clock repair person that understands the care and upkeep on a priceless antique clocks it will cost you a less in the long run. we repair all types of mechanical pendulum clocks antique or modern except the 400 day clocks or clocks that have movements like a watch and electric clocks. we repair weight driven, spring driven, Ithaca calendar clocks, Seth Thomas, Eli Terry, Jerome, Ansonia, Waterbury, Ingraham, New Haven, Herchede, Gilbert, Welch, just to mention a very few types and makers of clocks that we repair. Our clock repair special is for most clocks that are time & strike or time only. the clocks with round or small pivot movements and the Westminster chime clocks will cost more and if the clock has had a previous repairs that was all cobbled up or if there is rust that needs cleaned up this will cost extra. we completely dismantle & ultrasonic clean all clock movements, whey do we dismantle the clock movement to clean it, if you do not dismantle the movement you can not get all the dirt and grime that is between the pivots and the hole were the pivot come out of the plate and you can not tell the condition of the pivot with out dismantle the movement. it would be like taking a bath with out taking off your clothes. on spring driven clocks we stretch the mainspring out to clean and inspect the main springs for cracks and rust and pits. if the mainsprings has lots of rust or ...Read More