Thank you for purchasing this ROYAL MARINER barometer Properly cared for this barometer will provide years of service. Once the barometer is mounted in the chosen location, we recommend that you adjust it. This will optimize accuracy for your location, and ensure that your readings are comparable to those from the. Royal Mariner Retrofit an FHS Hermle Retrofit clock movement complete with dial, keys, and hands. This movement is meant to replace the Royal Schatz Mariner. The Royal Mariner Retrofit has a dial diamter of 142 mm with a minute track measuring 120 mm in diameter. The movement diameter measures 90 mm and the bell measures 100 mm in diameter. A rather tired c1970's Schatz Royal Mariner with the ships bell striking movement: & a 4 jewel pin lever platform escapement: Unfortunately the escape wheel has a broken pivot. Despite extensive searches for replacements, I haven't turned anything up yet, so repair may be my only option.
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1) Unpack the clock
Take clock and key carefully out of carton.
2) Transportation securing device
Open the back of the clock (either remove the round plastic cover or open the sliding door). Carefully remove therubber band holding the hammer. Close the back of the clock.
Open the font of the clock and remove tissue paper from the hands.
Schatz Royal Mariner Ship Clock
3) Winding the clock
Please wind your clock fully every 7 days for optimum performance (the clock will actually run about 8 - 9 days onone winding). To wind the clock use the enclosed key. Turn key clockwise until it stops. The right winder is for thetime, and the left one is for the striking.
4) Setting the clock
The minute hand (long hand) may be moved clockwise or counterclockwise to set the clock to the correct time. Neverturn the hour (short) hand, it moves automatically.
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6) Regulating the clock
This clock will keep time to within about 2 - 4 minutes per week. If it is off more than that:
First, make sure both winders are being fully wound every 7 days.
To regulate the clock: Use the lever with the + and - symbols on the upper right side of the dial. Move it to + tospeed it up, and towards - to slow it down. make only a very small adjustment each time, and then set the clock andtest it for several days.
7) Silencing the bells
The striking may be turned off by moving the lever on the upper left side of the dial to the 'no bell'position.
8) The ship's bell code
Ship's bell strike is based on 'watches' onboard ship of 4 hours each. A new watch starts at noon, 4 p.m.,8 p.m., midnight, 4 a.m. and 8 a.m. The end of a 'watch' and start of a new watch is marked by the bellbeing struck 8 times. A half hour later, the bell is struck once, with an additional strike each half hour until theend of the watch. Then the cycle starts again. The bells are struck in pairs, that is, the first two bells are struckclose together followed by a pause, then the next two, etc. The table below shows the pattern of the bells.
Time | Number of Bells Struck | Pattern of Bells | ||
4:00 | 8:00 | 12:00 | 8 Bells | xx xx xx xx |
4:30 | 8:30 | 12:30 | 1 Bell | x |
5:00 | 9:00 | 1:00 | 2 Bells | xx |
5:30 | 9:30 | 1:30 | 3 Bells | xx x |
6:00 | 10:00 | 2:00 | 4 Bells | xx xx |
6:30 | 10:30 | 2:30 | 5 Bells | xx xx x |
7:00 | 11:00 | 3:00 | 6 Bells | xx xx xx |
7:30 | 11:30 | 3:30 | 7 Bells | xx xx xx x |
8:00 | 12:00 | 4:00 | 8 Bells | xx xx xx xx |