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My profession is mechanical clock repair. If you have a clock that needs service, please call me at (512) 836-8434 in the afternoon or evening (US Central Time) before you bring or mail your clock. No battery-operated clocks nor cuckoos (please see below). My business is listed in the local Austin Southwestern Bell Yellow Pages under Clock Repair as Abbey Clock Clinic:
6101 Cary Dr., Austin, Texas 78757 (near 2222 & Shoal Creek). I am available by appointment only. (Map of location)
Select This Link if you are looking for a part for your clock.
Select This Link if you are planning to buy a clock and are looking for buying tips.
You can now download my book, "Clock and Watch Escapement Mechanics," to read off line as a free EBOOK.
For repeat visitors, please bookmark my websites,
http://www.abbeyclock.com/ Main Website
http://mvheadrick.free.fr/
http://members.lycos.co.uk/headrick/
These websites all have the same content. If one server has too much traffic, you could visit another server.
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You should also visit my Herschede website with over 200 pages from several vintage Herschede, Revere, and Telechron catalogs. They include both mechanical and electric clocks. Made in U.S.A. | |
If you collect watches and clocks, visit my website about watches, with photos and information about Rolex, Omega, Bulova Accutron, Rado, Elgin, Hamilton, Waltham, and others. It also includes two pages about how a chronograph and a minute repeater work.
http://www.abbeyclock.com/photos/watchesa.html
http://mvheadrick.free.fr/photos/watchesa.html
http://membres.lycos.fr/pocketwatches/
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The watch website has information about what to look out for as a watch collector, and a large photo gallery of watch mechanisms. If you have any difficulties with the main website, you could try one of the others, which all have the same content. |
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If you enjoy travelling, be sure to visit my Santo Domingo Photo Gallery, about the first Spanish city in America, before you travel. My family lived in Santo Domingo for 27 years. | 
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If you enjoyed my website and can spare one dollar for charity (such as AmeriCares or the Red Cross), please read this page: Hurricane Relief. If every visitor to my website would donate one dollar, over $40,000 would be raised in just one year!
This Links Page consists of two parts. The first part is a list of other reputable watchmakers and clockmakers in the Austin, TX area. If they are not here, I am not recommending them!
Nino Gonzales (512) 442-8689. Nino was trained by a German clockmaker and has over 30 years of experience in clock repair. He repairs mechanical clocks only. No battery-operated clocks, please. His specialty is cuckoo clocks:
unser hochstempfohlener Doktor Kuckucksuhrmeister!
We form a small group here, and we all work out of our shops at home. I help them in any way I can. They help me in any way they can. Between us, we'll get the job done right!
Here are links to other relevant websites: several of the foreign sites have very interesting and useful links pages. The foreign sites will be of interest to horo-surfers! These are links about clocks and horology (for watch links, please see the link at the bottom of this page). You could use Altavista to translate foreign websites into English: just enter the website's URL address into the box and choose how you wish to translate. Consider bookmarking the Altavista page for future translating!
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BHI: The British Horological Institute. The 1st stop for Hints and Tips. Review this abundant resource of information. One of the best horological websites on the net! Also see their Links Page. |
NAWCC: The National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, Columbia, PA. |
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AWI: The American Watchmaker's Institute, Harrison, OH. |
Fendley's: Richard Cox offers excellent gear cutting and escape wheel cutting for clocks. Fendley's is at 1530 Etain Rd, Irving, Texas 75060. If you need to have a new gear cut, you may reach Richard at (972) 986-7698 or send an email to richard@fendley-cox.com.
Fixoclox: Bill Marker specialises in Chelsea clocks and other military timepieces, though he repairs all types of clocks. Located in Long Island, New York.
CAWCG: The Austin area Watchmakers' Guild has meetings every month, and offers repair classes for anyone interested in learning about watch and clock repair in central Texas.
Howard Miller: If you want to buy a new clock in the United States, visit their website. Be sure to read my Clock Buying Tips before you buy any clock.
ClockWatch: A website with excellent escapement animations and other information.
Bob Terwilliger: repairs clocks in Coconut Grove, Florida 33133. Visit his Heroes of Horology page, with more than 150 pictures of prominent horologists in history.
Watchman's Clocks: this website offers a nice presentation of the history of clocks for security guards, manufactured by Detex Corporation, one of very few manufacturing facilities of clocks in the United States. Detex is here in central Texas!
Historical Clock & Watch Research: offers information from their libriary.
WatchUseek: has a large page with all kinds of Watch Links for those seeking information.
Price-Less Ads: has a very large list of websites for those looking for antiques, jewelry, clocks, watches, and more.
Barrie Smith's Virtual Clock Museum: British horology page. The title says it all. An excellent website, well worth a visit.
Ian Coote's: British horology page. He has lot of good information to share. Also see his Links Page. Ian made the background image on this page.
Timesavers: for clock parts, tools and supplies. Some watch tools too.
Martin Rideout: British horology page about electric timepieces.
Chris Heal's: British horology page.
Locke's: British horology website.
Michael Stern: German horology website.
Mike Murray's Horology Site: Many kinds of information for the horologist.
Clocks + Time: By Gordon Uber.
Time: A nice general interest website (about the history of timekeepers).
Herschede Hall Clock Co.: Read a brief history of the Herschede Hall Clock Co. Also view a serial numbers chart for clocks made by Herschede, including mechanical and electric clocks sold under the Herschede, Revere, and GE brands.
Calendars: This page explains some history about calendars: Gregorian, Julian, Chinese, Hebrew, Islamic, Indian. This is all, of course, related to the history of horology.
Longitude: A very nice Australian website about the history of Longitude.
The National Maritime Museum: in London (UK). Has a lot of historical information about important timekeepers.
Epicycloidal Curve: this is a very impressive page!
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