Clock Repairs & Musical box Restoration Merseyside

13/10/2026

Clock Repairs Merseyside We Repaired 3 very nice carrage clocks this month, they were of particular decent quality, one was a Charles Frodsham repeating striking clock with a double fusee movement but i will do a separate post on this next week.
No case refinishing was needed so service and restoration to the movements set up regulation and have been on test for a week or so, now ready to go home.
Antique Clock, Musical Boxes & Pocket watch Repairs in Liverpool & Merseyside.

Tel 0151 291 4868
Whatsapp 07473 442197
Website : https://clockrepairsmerseyside.co.uk

08/10/2026

For so many years now i have been asked do you do pocket watch repairs, i have always declined although pocket watches where actually where my passion for everything Horilogical began , and now as im getting older i prefere to stay in my workshops so i have decided to dust of my old watchmaking tools and take a few jobs on, pocket watches like most Antique clocks are sometimes impossible to get parts for but, fortunately over the years i have ammased a lot of movements & parts but im sure i wont have all that i need.
So i will be considering a few pocket watch restorations, there will be a small inspection fee involved as free estimates on pocket watches could lead to misdiagnosis if not done thoroughly. all estimates i give will include a full service of the movement i wont be getting involved in small part repairs.
So apart from that inspection fee my pocket watch restoration buisiness will run along side my clock and musical box restorations, the pocket watches pictured are a few of my own as i have always collected pocket watches, the oldest watch movement is the single movement on its own made by William Talton of Liverpool 1730, he worked from a shop on church street in the Liverpool city centre, its not the prettiest watch have but the thought that it was made completly by hand over 250 years ago can set your mind wondering into days long gone.

Antique Clock Musical Boxes & Pocket Watch Repairs in Liverpool & Merseyside.

0151 291 4868
https://clockrepairsmerseyside.co.uk

08/10/2026

Antique Clocks, musical Boxes & Pocket Watch Repairs in Liverpool & Merseyside.

Tel 0151 291 4868
WhatsApp 07473442197
https://clockrepairsmerseyside.co.uk

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07/10/2026

For so many years now i have been asked do you do pocket watch repairs, i have always declined although pocket watches where actually where my passion for everything Horilogical began , and now as im getting older i prefere to stay in my workshops so i have decided to dust of my old watchmaking tools and take a few jobs on, pocket watches like most Antique clocks are sometimes impossible to get parts for but, fortunately over the years i have ammased a lot of movements & parts but im sure i wont have all that i need.
So i will be considering a few pocket watch restorations, there will be a small inspection fee involved as free estimates on pocket watches could lead to misdiagnosis if not done thoroughly. all estimates i give will include a full service of the movement i wont be getting involved in small part repairs.
So apart from that inspection fee my pocket watch restoration buisiness will run along side my clock and musical box restorations

20/06/2026

I have decided with the music box restoration of my own to go a different way, as the box is realey beat up, stain and shellac are not going to give me the look i want.
So my thoughts are as its in affect a musical instrument i thought a nice piano black, but then i thought there is a bump on the box lid and a gloss black will highlight any imperfection so lets go with a nice high build matt black, then ill finish it of with a very very light wax not enough of a shine to highlight imperfection and i can control the shine much better with a wax, this will go very well with the movement with its chrome fittings, and some nice simple brass inlay nothing fancy, the box has now had 3 coats of primer and will be flattened of then 4 coats of black flattened of 3 times the last with a very fine wet and dry then a canuba wax, this is a generated image, its missing a key plate i will make out of a piece of brass stock, this will be a truly one off, i would have liked to go with a beautiful dark mahogany with several coats of shellac but the old box would let the whole thing down.

18/06/2026

I have made a start on the Antique 10 Aires musical box, this box is pretty much a basket case and looks to have had a hard life, I have no idea of it’s maker at the moment but maybe this will become more obvious when I start the work on the movement.
Because the movement looks like it’s not in its original box and the box is not the usual high quality box im not going to worry about preservation of its originality and a sympathetic restoration won’t improve the musical box in any way so complete restoration is the only way to go and as the box is one of my own I can pretty much do what works.

17/06/2026

I am having some important work and upgrades on my website so the email messaging is not working properly at the moment however phone numbers are all working fine but please be patient as sometimes it can be engaged, however you can still send me emails to [email protected] and i have now added WhatsApp 07473 442197 please feel free to send messages directly i will respond however i caint respond to messages on Facebook as we don't monitor Facebook all of the time.
On another note my workshops have been improved and upgraded to restore and repair Antique music boxes and Musical clocks, unfortunately i don't repair all types of music boxes so sending pictures is important my website: https://clockrepairsmerseyside.co.uk Tel: 0151 291 4868 WhatsApp 07473 442197

13/06/2026

Another musical box purchased for my own collection, this box has seen better days and I’m thinking it’s a real Frankenstein but I’m sure with a bit of hard work and attention to detail I can breath new life into this old musical box.

12/06/2026

These are the pictures of the cleaned movement parts, the comb has a lot of pitting and the pin barrel was completely covered in oil, so unfortunately it has left some marks, the cast iron frame also has suffered so this will be cleaned properly and given a coat of paint ,trying to clean it will not do anything for it, the case will be given a sympathetic clean and polish.
The glass door at the top is completely missing so I will use some hardwood I have I will cut it down into the correct size pieces make a new door and get a sheet of glass thin maybe 2 to 3 mm the glaze it after giving it a black colour to match little piece of leather to lift open the door and then identify the maker and put together a tune sheet and I think that just about covers this job, the number on the music box is 86547.