Kieninger & Antique Clock Movements - Servicing and Repairs

To ensure a very long life and consistent functioning, Kieninger recommend that their movements are lubricated every five years, and dismantled and cleaned every ten years.

Oakside stock a vast array of replacement parts for Kieninger movements and also stock replacement movements.

Even in the best environment the air is full of microscopic airborne particles, and it is these particles that find their way into the mechanism of clock movements; blending into the lubricating oil, causing it to thicken and increasing the friction of bearings etc.

Adding fresh lubrication may be enough to flush out the old lubricating oil and absorbed debris, but there are pivots etc that are not accessible without dismantling the movement.

Eventually debris will build up on wheel and pinion teeth, which is why it is necessary to totally dismantle clock movements so that all of the internal parts can be thoroughly cleaned. Following which the movement will be reassembled with fresh oil and grease applied to all bearings and sliding surfaces etc.

After servicing we run the movement for seven days to ensure that it is operating normally. However, please be aware that servicing does not return a movement to new condition, and this especially true if a movement has been running for many years without regular periodic servicing by a specialist!

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE CANNOT ASSIST WITH REPAIRS OR PROVIDE INFORMATION REGARDING CLOCKS BRANDED Kieninger & Orbergfell !

Please contact Frank at Oakside with details of either the clock model number, or the movement type and approximate age, and we will advise you of our prices for movement servicing and repair.