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Where do you go to learn to repair clocks? There are a few clock repair schools throughout the world that provide courses that teach this type of work. Since there are so few schools, it is difficult to find one in reasonable commuting distance. Unless you want to make an investment in relocation, or extensive travel, this is a very expensive option. The cost for each clock repair course can be $1000 to $1500 each. If you are a hobbyist or collector, this may not be a cost effective way to learn. What happens after you go home? Are you going to retain the information from the course in order to recall how to address any situation or problem? What if a problem occurs months or years later? Will you be able to recall how to proceed? 

Thanks to the internet, you can learn online clock repair from an online school. There have been some attempts to have some online videos, but they are incomplete or unorganized in any meaningful way to learn antique clock repair. There is only one online school that provides and extensive volume of courses covering many clock repair topics with a large online library. Courses are in video format which can be replayed over and over. No need to struggle recalling a procedure learned a year ago. Once enrolled into the online school, you have lifetime access, free course updates and any now materials. The online library allows you to view the books online or download them to your computer. 

A picture is worth a thousand words, but a repair demonstration through video is worth a million! The Research Institute of America has found that in 33 minutes after completion of a classroom course, students retain only 58 percent of the material taught in the class. By the second day, 33 percent is recalled, and three weeks after the course, only 15 percent of the knowledge delivered is retained. Other studies further support these findings, in which it was reported that 87 percent of the learning from any given classroom workshop is lost within 30 days if not followed up. A video lesson can be stopped, rewound, and watched again until the student grasps the content.

More about clocks written about 100+ years ago:
The cases of American clocks are generally considered of the cheapest possible construction. They are made in a few patters of veneered molding. The wheels and movement plates are stamped into shape. The pinions used are known as lantern pinions are mostly all machine made. 
Chime clocks, in addition to striking the hour play changes on a certain number of bells or chime rods. Those clocks which play a tune every three or four hours are not chime clocks, but musical clocks. Chime clocks are usually made either as a bracket, mantel and skeleton or long case (grandfather) clocks. They have an extra train of wheels, working independently of the time and strike trains, which are wound separately. Generally they have 3 trains and winding holes. These clocks are also known as quarter chiming clocks as they announce the time every 15 minutes or quarter hour. When only two bells or rods are used in the chime, these are termed as bim-bam clocks. 

English dial clocks are the ordinary English office clocks, which hang on the wall and may have been seen in most railway stations, shops and offices. These are largely used on most English clocks. There are many imitations that are manufactured in the U.S.A. and Germany.
       

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