Abandoned 1933 Nazi German clock, complete restoration.

This clock was hidden in an attic since WW2 before I bought and restored it. Hear it chime the Nazi anthem 'Volk Ans Gewehr' for the first time in over 70 years!

[@slowneutron6163]

This thing should've had been blown up, not restored. Shame on you.

[@pepengjelek8599]

Mad 😂

[@williambbondiv454]

Why blow it up??

[@jamespassas9441]

Nonsense, why destroy such a lovely thing?

[@jimc9596]

Someone is having trouble living in the now.

[@cupucio3693]

⁠​⁠@@williambbondiv454 because hit**

[@Ekatjam]

My great grandparents owned a clock and watch store in Chemnitz before and during the war. The store was completely destroyed in the March 1945 bombing of the city. Today the large bust of Karl Marx sits 20 meters to the left of where the store once stood. We were fortunate to have several clocks that were at home and today one of them hangs on my wall still working perfectly.

[@luka3377]

It's the first time I see a clock like this... I've seen mantel clocks made by FMS with this chime, but never a wall clock! This type of clock is probably next to nonexistent... It's very good that this one survived! By the way, you've got an amazing collection of rare clocks! I'm glad that I discovered your channel and seen some new types of clocks (those with Tessiner and Volks gong, the 2 weight Grand Sonnerie clock, and also I thought that I'd never see a second GB wall clock with Whittington chime!). Keep up the good work :)

[@uhrennarrLR]

Thank you so much, I certainly will!

[@delenk]

This clock is wery comun in Brasil. Its fros Junghans oder from Junghans oder facktory after 1930 : Gustav Bäcker, In Freiburg In Schlesien ( today Poland) . The most comun ist with three springs von Junghans. The sound is Westminter! But in this clock here the boy change two of the sound bars.

[@TommyWylie]

It takes bravery to dismantle and reassemble such a complex clock. I have a Mauthe clock with this same chime and I would dread having to do this task!

[@Ritopher]

Eine gute und gründliche Arbeit. Das Endergebnis ist großartig. Das Lied verkörpert das damals vorherrschende Gefühl der Wiederbelebung und trug aufgrund seiner bewegenden Melodie dazu bei, es während des gesamten Krieges aufrechtzuerhalten. Ich frage mich, ob der Besitzer ein Volksstrum-Mitglied war. Danke fur das Teilen.

[@alfredzietmann7373]

German, Not Nazi Clock.

[@kansasclocksandsirens]

It was made to capitalize off of the rising nationalism in Germany during World War II

[@steffengulicher9498]

Ob die Uhr auch ein Parteibuch hat?

[@rainer2810]

​@@steffengulicher9498Die gleiche Uhr hing jahrelang im Kaminzimmer in meinem Elternhaus. Meine Oma hat sie zur Hochzeit im Jahr 1932 bekommen. Sie hat immer gut gelaufen, ab und zu hat der örtliche Uhrmacher das Werk geölt. Meine Schwägerin hat sie bei der letzten Renovierung leider abgehängt. Jetzt steht sie im Keller ,eigentlich schade für diese schöne Wanduhr.

[@steffengulicher9498]

@@rainer2810 so ist es in unserer heutigen schnelllebigen Zeit. Hol sie von deiner Schwägerin. Bei mir hängt eine alte Uhr meiner Urgroßeltern von 1898 . Colles Teil

[@nai1919]

You're so cool, because there are very few or none. To take the mechanism of this clock out and show it.

[@saisamayseva8712]

Good work.Nice machinery.The cleaning method was something different.All the best.Keep it up.

[@juliamiller2299]

My grandparents had a clock like this. I restored it to working order many years ago. I'm not sure if it's still running at this point. Yes it was from Germany, but since it was exported to Canada, it just had a regular chime without the Nazi chime.

[@Battleb0rn]

You're a brave man letting that mainspring down with just the key. I've had badly bruised fingernails doing it that way. Great job with this. I would love to have a clock like this in my collection, nazi chime and all.

[@Cobesclocks]

That’s a ballsy man right there

[@jamespassas9441]

What a good idea to use a rubber tumbler drum to polish the parts! They look beautiful!

[@uhrennarrLR]

Thank you! These clockmakers tumblers are great because you can exactly control how clean the parts will become. From just removing the dirt but leaving the patina to as shiny as new.

[@jamespassas9441]

@@uhrennarrLR Yeah, I've had many discussions about such things! I like shiny & new-looking, others like dull with patina...

[@1959Berre]

I have a similar clock that has been in our family for at least six generations. It has 3 main springs. It chimes every 15 minutes and it counts on the hour with a Westminster melody. I would never dare to take it apart, but it needs a service.

[@delenk]

This one have only two springs, but make the same work! Is not so common! I have a Junghans with three springs to! It have 100 years! and works perfekt!

[@jamespassas9441]

What a beautiful clock! My grandfather had a similar one.

[@Naturallystated]

I never thought to use a rock tumbler to clean the parts! I would be afraid things would be bent and pivots broken.

[@uhrennarrLR]

Don't worry, that's a clockmaker's tumbler, made by Lortone. The granulate is ceramic and won't wear down metals.

[@uhren_und_technik302]

Wow, tolle Uhr. Sehr selten, da ich diese Melodie nicht kenne. Ich wünsche viel Erfolg bei der Reparatur.

[@zegarmistrz2675]

Schöne Arbeit 🙂🙂👍👍

[@miguelbazaes1409]

Nice work

[@Sidek0]

Is this clock available for purchase? I love the Volk ans Gewehr bell chimes.

[@uhrennarrLR]

Sorry currently not, but I'm always looking for any examples.

[@leightri]

I have an identical clock - but I do not think it is German. It is stunning how accurate the clock time is. I have a question - my clock has a metal brack on the inside of the back of the case, and I have no idea of it's function. It is like a saw-tooth level with the bottom of the clockface. Do you know what it's function is?

[@uhrennarrLR]

Both sides can be turned inwards to clasp and secure the chiming rods during transport.

[@leightri]

OMG - just checked and they do fold together over the rods. I have moved the clock so many times as I moved house and never realised that. Thank you so much.@@uhrennarrLR

[@pedromendes9201]

He did a lot of wrong when he hit the drum lid directly with the hammer! . There you hit it with a small piece of wood to avoid leaving hammer marks on the drum. You are setting the WRONG example!

[@uhrennarrLR]

In my experience, a small hammer doesn't leave marks on the sturdy main spring barrels of these quite modern German clocks. On french and most older clocks I use a rubber hammer or wood underlay. But you're right, I should have used one of those here as well to not set the wrong example for those who might not know the difference.

[@appel9214]

Dear sir, first, let me congrat you with your quite new channel. I like it, and looking at the thumbnails, I imediatly recognized my clock, as shown in this vid. Mine seems to be a slightly cheeper version, as it doesn't play German songs but only has a two tone chime. Mine has an interestng issue that I would like to ask you about. Just before getting into details, I 'd like to ask you: Are you at all interested in this type of conversation? If so, do you have an email that you are willing to post here? Could send you some pics. Maybe a bit difficult but I just don't want to post my mail for everyone to see on Tube. Would be nice hearing from you.. Regards V.

[@uhrennarrLR]

Hi, the same clock was built with BimBam-chime, which was the standard, while the special chimes were only offered in 1933 and 34. I don't mind helping out, go ahead and contact me at [e-mail]. This goes for anyone reading this.

[@ricktimmons458]

very blurry video and not close enough to make out what you are doing. I do appreciate you work. I just want to see more.

[@uhrennarrLR]

Thank you, I'm still new to this and will improve my videos in the future.

[@theray2009]

Is it by any chance FMS (Mauthe)?

[@uhrennarrLR]

Yes, it's a Mauthe clock with Volksgong. See my vid about Nazi Chimes by Mauthe and Kienzle on my channel for more information.

[@edgeyt1]

You need an ultrasonic cleaner in your life.

[@uhrennarrLR]

Oh I have one, I just prefer the tumbler because I can more easily control the grade of polishing of the brass parts.

[@norberthartmann5075]

sehr gute arbeit mit minimalen hilfsmitteln... ja, solche uhren / uhrwerke müssen leben..... hoffe das handwerk stirbt nicht so schnell aus! doch leider ist es anders :-( :-(

[@Drakstar8]

Why nazy? Its a german clock. I dont see any svastica on it...

[@HJ-Archive1933]

Because it chimes Volk ans Gewehr, the anthem of the Nazi party.

[@borjarezola6302]

How possibly can a clock be nazi?

[@uhrennarrLR]

By chiming the Nazi anthem Volk ans Gewehr.

[@magomat6756]

What's have it to do with nazi's. Is a 1933 german clock.

[@uhrennarrLR]

Have you read the description? This clock chimes "Volk ans Gewehr", the main fighting song of the Nazi Party. While I agree that the term NAZI is used way too loosely nowadays, it actually does fit in this case.

[@MMitchellMarmel]

I would retune it for a different song. Maybe "The Star Spangled Banner" or "Give Peace A Chance?"

[@maria13corvette]

Study the history of the star spangled banner. like give peace a chance