Don’t wind the clock too tightly or the spring may break. This is the way it is with children, as well; when they are starting to feel forced, let off on the pressure.
Based on St. Paisios the Athonite
In this photo a Vatopaidi monk adjusting the Church’s main clock.The clock was received in the Monastery in 1805 from Vienna, although the clock is believed to date much earlier from around 1700-1750.
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Don’t wind the clock too tightly or the spring may break. This is the way it is with children, as well; when they are starting to feel forced, let off on the pressure. Based on St. Paisios the Athonite In this photo a Vatopaidi monk adjusting the Church's main clock.The clock was received in the Monastery in 1805 from Vienna, althogh the clock is believed to date much earlier from around 1700-1750.
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In fact there are three mechanisms: the central mechanism is for telling the time, the one on the left strikes the large bell to indicate the hours and the one on the right strikes every quarter hour.
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Here are the anchor escapements, the main mechanism which drives the clock to show the hours.
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The clock from underside during the renovation showing the winding barrels of the going and the hour strike mechanism.
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The pendulum and the weights of the clock.
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The final assembly of the new Atomitan that strikes the hours with the hammer held in his right hand on the bell held in his left. The original was installed with the clock around 1806.
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The original Atomitan which dates from 1808. Pretty old I think...