To maintain a battery-powered quartz wall clock, make sure to replace the battery and reduce friction when needed. I have an early SEIKO battery powered quartz clock. I mean, what is the point in a wall clock, if not to tell you the time? Use a damp q-tip or cotton ball to gently wipe down the terminals, then dry them with a clean cloth or towel. In this video I get a regular Quartz Wall Clock and open it up in order to better understand how it works. Everyday it lost another 5 minutes. My clock has two issues: It runs slow and it displays improperly. I think I figured out how to fix the first problem from your answers above, but the second problem has me stumped. Wall clocks losing time can be one of the most frustrating things. I too have a battery operated clock and for 20 years it has run a little fast. The day after changing the battery the clock had lost 5 minutes. It has worked perfectly for 26 years requiring a single AA battery replacement once every 2 years or so. Either a battery has lost its charge, or battery acid has leaked, causing corrosion. How to Regulate Your Clock for Fast & Slow.

One turn of the nut will regulate time keeping approximately two minutes a day. I go through every part of the mechanism and attempt to explain how it works. Often, the internal mechanisms, such as the cogs, springs and other movements of the clock… I will move the minute hand to be on time, but it chimes when the minute hand points two minutes before the actual time. So you found the perfect clock for your living room and are so pleased with how the overall colour scheme and theme of …

Between the Spring and Autumn (when clocks are changed) it gains approximately 10 minutes. Anyway, I figure, better that it is moving too fast than too slow. I decided to see what kind of battery life I would get with a new Lithium AA cell. To regulate your clock, hold the pendulum disc and turn the rating nut located under the disk to the left to make the clock run slower and to the right to make the clock run faster. If your clock stops working, open the battery compartment on the back of the clock to remove the old battery. When battery operated clocks stop working, it's usually caused by one or more of the batteries.