Meccano Magazine

Nov & Dec 1923 

142 & 172 

Weight driven pendulum type Grandfather Clock, later published as SML.14. 

Aug 1927 

Weight driven pendulum type Grandfather Clock. No building instructions 

Nov 1928 

932 

Meccano electric timekeeping apparatus. Article giving details of wiring for e1cctric slave and master clocks  

Jun 1929  

471  

Spring driven pendulum type mantel clock using Meccano clockwork motor. No building instructions. 

Aug & Sep 1930 

630 & 710  

A 10 foot high clock with pendulum and motive power from ten Meccano clockwork motors, but it could be weight driven.  

Apr 1931 

313 

Mantel type electric slave clock, also in BPM.1932. No building instructions. 

Feb 1932 

128 

The Meccano Grandfather Clock. Weight driven pendulum type, also issued as SML.14a. 

Sep 1932 

701 

Escapement. A similar arrangement to E L Woods, substituting Ratchets and Pawls. 

Mar 1933 

170 

Alexandre Rham's Astronomical clock. Extremely complicated. 

Dec 1933  

988  

Mantel type electric clock with pendulum using impulses, Bulle mechanism.  

Feb 1935  

110  

8-pole synchronous motor.  

Apr 1935  

240  

"Pulsynetic" slave clock mechanism. Electric clock with waiting train mechanism for use with large turret clocks exposed to the weather where great power is required to move the hands against high wind resistance. The train waits ha1f a minute between impulses. 

Sep 1935  

536  

Master clock with striking and chiming movements. Electrically driven, long case.  

Nov 1935  

662 

Mantel type electric clock with synchronous motor. 

June 1936 

347 

Balance and lever movement. 

Aug 1936 

473 

Escapement employing 2" Sprocket wheel. Used in Sep 1936 below. 

Sep 1936  

531  

Weight driven pendulum type wall clock, reprinted with minor amendments in Jul 1945 and Jun 1961. 

Nov 1936  

653 

Cuckoo Clock mechanism. Brief description in With The Model Builders 

Nov 1936  

653 

Weight driven pendulum type Grandfather clock similar to SML.14a. Brief description in With The Model Builders, no building instructions. 

Oct 1937  

617  

Synchronous clock, the winner of first prize in a model building competition. Its display consists of two rings that rotate horizontally, one above the other. A brief description with two small illustrations. 

Apr 1938  

228  

Eight pole synchronous motor.  

Mar 1939  

178  

Electrically operated slave clock. 

Apr 1940  

191  

Eight pole synchronous motor. 

Oct 1940  

459  

Description of a Meccano striking mechanism triggered by a domestic (non Meccamo) clock that strikes a pair of bells. 

Jan 1941  

23  

Competition prize winning electric astronomical clock. 

Jul 1945  

240  

Reprint of weight driven pendulum type wall clock of Sep 1936 incorporating escapement details. 

Apr 1946  

160  

Electric astronomical clock driven by synchronous motor by Leslie Dougal. No building instructions 

Aug 1946  

334  

Weight driven pendulum type grandfather clock similar to SML.14a. No building instructions. 

Oct 1946  

422  

Bracket clock with weight driven timing and striking trains by Leslie Dougal. Displays minutes, hours, phases of the moon, day and date. It strikes the hours and half hours, marking noon by the emergence of a manikin. General description only. 

Jul 1948  

236  

Weight driven pendulum type grandfather clock with electric rewinding mechanism. No building instructions.  

Jan 1950  

30  

Giant Astronomical clock with over fifty dials by John Nowlan. No building instructions.  

Feb 1952  

81  

Weight driven pendulum type grandfather clock. No building instructions. 

Oct 1952  

465 

Automatic rewind mechanism by Noel Ta'Bois. 

Jun 1953  

316  

Weight driven pendulum clock. Reprinted Dec 1959. 

Dec 1954  

590  

Mantel type electric clock with synchronous motor. Coils wound on standard Meccano parts. Also see The Meccanoman's Journal, No. 26, January 1972, p750 for details of alterations for 15v operation. Republished in Mar 1967 using Elektrikit parts for the motor. 

Feb 1955  

86  

Working model of Big Ben. No building instructions. 

Sep 1957  

460  

Model of the month. Weight driven pendulum type wall clock, reprinted Jun 1962. 

Dec 1959  

560  

Model of the month. Weight driven pendulum type wall clock, reprint of Jun 1953. 

Jun 1960  

302  

Report on long lived Grandfather Clock built from SML 14a. 

Jun 1961  

212  

Weight driven pendulum type wall clock, reprint of Jul 1945 with reworking of the blocks to remove the cross hatching.  

Jun 1962  

242  

Weight driven pendulum type wall clock, reprint of Sep 1957. 

Sep 1966  

42  

Weight driven pendulum type grandmother clock with automatic electric rewinding mechanism. Designed by Ron Fail. 

Mar 1967  

41  

Mantel type electric clock with synchronous motor, similar to Dec 1954, but using Elektrikit parts. 

Jul 1968  

381  

Epicyclic winding drum. Bert Love's design for a maintaining winding drum for weight driven motions. 

Jul 1968  

390  

Mantel Clock powered by Meccano No 1 Clockwork Motor designed by Pat Briggs. Includes 15 minute strike and runs 30 hours at a winding. Takes drive from Motor click wheel and incorporates Pat's improved design of anchor escapement.  

Aug 1968  

448  

Mantel Clock modifications. Photos and brief description of modifications to Clock in Jul 1968 to enclose it in a Carriage Clock Housing. 

Jan 1969  

36  

Mantel Clock powered by electrically driven pendulum operating on the Hipp principle. Designed by Lesley Dougal. 

May 1969  

246  

Strike Out. Ron Fail's striking unit using epicyclic gear drive. 

Aug 1970  

461  

Travelling Clock by Leslie Dougal. Powered by Synchronous motor and fitting within a 3.5" cube. 

Aug 1971  

392  

Self-Winding Balance Wheel Cock. Ron Fail. Employs hairspring movement built from standard parts. 

Apr 1972  

170  

Nuremburg Clock. Pat Briggs designed clockwork mantel clock employing Foliot, Verge and Crownwheel escapement. Requires built up Crownwheel with odd number of teeth. 

Oct 1973  

60  

Self-Winding Unit. Servetti's electric rewind unit for weight driven clocks. Shown fitted to Clock Kit No 1. Uses PDU and 41/2 - 12 volt battery box. 

Oct 1973  

62  

Grandfather Clock. Bert Love's No 10 set Grandfather Clock. A significant advance over SML 14 and 14a. Photos and general description, only. Full building instructions were available from Binns Rd. 

Apr 1974  

42  

Digital Clock. An Elektrikit synchronous motor mechanism, displaying the time by means of display wheels having numbers around their rims. 

Apr 1974  

47  

Moon Drive Mechanism. Bert Love. Lunar movement for the No. 10 Set Grandfather Clock. See Oct 1973, p62. 

Oct 1974  

102  

Half Hour Strike Mechanism. Bert Love. Strike for the No. 10 Set Grandfather Clock. See Oct 1973, p62. 

Jul 1976  

16  

Granddaughter Clock. Roger Wallis. Clockwork pendulum mechanism built from Clock Kit No.2, Set No.8 and a No.1 Motor. A 24 hour run is claimed for this model. 

Apr/Jul/Oct 1977 

52  

Perpetual Calendar Unit, A. Designed by Georges Gomber and described, with photographs, by Bert Love. 

Jan 1978  

12  

Grandfather Clock. Designed by Henry Hudson. No building instructions. 

Apr 1978  

48  

Synchronous Electric Motor. Mike Cotterill. Motor design using Elektrikit parts and gear train for use in a clock. Photos of two clocks that use the motor. One has four faces and a rotating head. 

Oct 1980  

8  

Skeleton Hipp Clock (Cathedral Clock) Keith Cameron. Hipp movement employing a gravity arm to drive the clock work. 

Spring 1981 

32 

Meccano Clock Dial Plates. Andreas Konkoly. Five Clock dial designs executed in Meccano.