Restoration - Antique Radium Clock
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- čas přidán 31. 05. 2024
- ABOUT THE ALARM CLOCK
In this video I will be restoring a Vintage West German Alarm Clock. I bought this clock on eBay from a seller in Pennsylvania. I was looking for something unique to restore that would challenge me.
After doing some research on the internet I was able to find out that this Alarm Clock was manufactured by a company called "ad*lf Jerger K.G." who made travel clocks and alarm clocks since 1905 and went out of business in early 1995.
ABOUT THE RESTORATION
This was my second official restoration. The disassembly went along pretty smoothly, until I noticed that the clock wasn't made out of brass but brass coated steel. My original plan was to polish the brass parts but then I had to change it to plating it Gold. I also experimented with powder coating for the first time! Overall I'm really proud of the way this restoration turned out considering its initial state. I hope that you and all of the people who watched were entertained. If you're reading this right now I want to thank you and let you know that I appreciate you watching my content.
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0:00 Intro
0:42 Disassembly
3:50 Sand Blasting
5:00 Dent Repair and Polishing
8:28 Powder Coating
9:42 Gearbox Disassembly
10:23 Ultrasonic Cleaning
11:11 Gearbox Reassembly
12:27 Making a New Leg
18:17 Removing Radium
18:49 Gold Plating
20:47 Cutting the New Glass
21:19 Painting the Hands
22:10 Reassmbling the clock
25:08 Testing the Clock
25:36 Ending
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You did a great job on this video ⏰ this tipe of clock was on the first thing i opened when i was a kid😂
@@SatisfyingRestoration where are you located?
Here the same, my parents were not so happy when they saw that the alarm clock had been demolished.
The al-arum clock that father needed to get up early.
@@SatisfyingRestoration great job my friend, but you did this clock like a new(
Some things don't need to be new. In my opinion, it was only necessary to edit the appearance a little.
@@TysyTube i’m a huge fan of your channel too
whats a p p e
One more time
No annoying music, no talking, plenty of info, beautiful shots, masterful work.
1:53 death!
And a clickbait
100% agree
I was about to say the exact same thing
No
Dents came from some guy waking up and throwing it across the room.
😂😂😂
I would not be surprised at all 😂😂
Is that called SnOOzE? 🤭💤
Guy soon after: why do I taste metal?
I've almost yeeted my phone like that before :/
От радиации даже таракан сдох. Хороша светомасса. Раньше на Ra-226 не экономили ))))) Надеюсь что этот мастер до сих пор жив.
As a clockmaker I must say I have fixed many clocks and you sir did an excellent job at the restoration and fixing of this piece
thank you
it is a masterpiece and collector's item now..can't put the price on it !!!!!!!
Springs should be removed and extended and mounted at the end no need to zip tie!!
well i would not trust you with a repair then lol
You should have tested it with a Geiger counter before and after. Would have been interesting to see the difference removing the radium made.
There's only one difference. Radium would glow since it's "decaying", like Uranium. The glow these things make is radioluminescence. It creates the glow by the bombardment of ionizing radiation. It doesn't stop glowing until the particular material doesn't fully decay. The new paint he used glows from Photoluminescence, which is the emission of light from a molecule or atom that has absorbed electromagnetic energy. So, basically, the paint takes the light that has been shined on it, stores it as energy, and then throws it back out as light. The closest to Radium glow in the dark paint, is LIT.
I like the Radium and Uranium glow in the dark better, because it looks otherworldly and has a different feel, while today's safer glow in the dark techniques look kind of dull and boring. However, it's better than having Cancer. :)
@@blenderbachcgi He was curious about the drop in radiation, not how radioluminescence works and the difference between that and photoluminescence, lol.
@@blenderbachcgi that did nothing to answer his comment lmao
@@garethjohnstone8662 I know, I just like giving people some fun facts. I think sharing knowledge and science facts is fun. :)
@@johnsheppard5257 I know, but at least he knows the difference between the two paints now. Still some 1337 knowledge to know. :)
My grandma worked in a factory painting radium dials along with many other women on the assembly line.
She told us stories how most of the women would wet the tip of the brush on their tongue and lips to make a fine point before dipping into the radium paint then painting the dial details and then making a fine point again in their mouth with the brush just used to paint radium on the watch, clock dials and hands. Rinse repeat. For years for many of them, though I think she did that work for a couple years at most
Needless to say, most of those women died of varied oral, throat and other cancers.
My grandma said she never put the radium covered brush in her mouth,and perhaps wore gloves. She lived normally into her late 80s, outliving her coal miner husband who died of congestive heart failure partly related to black lung, coal dust issues.
A story I know well....I saw one of those poor ladies in a camera store I worked in after high school.
Her injury was quite horrid, and only the manager lady would deal wth her as we were little twerps and were grossed out.
I never forgot that and felt bad about my behaviour ever since.
Older items like this are just so much cooler than today's items. Great job
and all the more dangerous. or just as dangerous maybe ive heard of smart phones exploding
So true. Except with radium numbers it's both cool and 'hot'!
@@stephanos6128Samsung Galaxy Note 7: 😐
@@cj0915 😂😂😂
The glow of those clocks when I was a kid was comforting. Holding it to the lightbulb before bed made it glow bright enough to almost be a nightlight
I was scared, you would powdercoat the outside "candy red". I was really happy, when you didnt... Excellent job.
Oh yes, in my eyes that ruins the whole thing
whats candy red?
@@zackdrake8735 paint color, bright, obnoxious, cartoon look, does not fit the antique look
@@hoticeisnice1354 cool
@@zackdrake8735 My father built a drag race car back in the 60's - 70's that was a candy apple red color. He won every race he ever entered it in. Definitely not a cartoon looking paint scheme.
An insect inside the clock?
Was it a...tick?
Perfect comment haha
😁, 🙃
Had the same thought. That should be it's name.
I think it was a lady bug. 🤔
He or She was the Caretaker of the Clock.
輝くゴールドのボディーとブラックの文字盤がステキです。
見えない内側を赤のキャンディーカラーで塗装したのは、いつかまた誰かが修理するとき驚いてもらうためでしょうか。
粋ですね。
Это лучшая реставрация, что я видел. Браво мастеру.👍👍👍
В 1970-х годах, будучи тогда учеником (лет12-13), я разбирал советский будильник. Помню, что практически на 90% он состоял из таких-же деталей. А может он был и 1 к 1.
у меня есть такие. только без пескоструя, ультразвука, и золочения не так то просто их отреставрировать
Браво! Ювелирная работа на высочайшем уровне! Теперь эти прекрасные немецкие часы проживут ещё 100 лет! Мастеру моё восхищение!👍👍👍
Этот мастер- просто дурак... работая с предметом, классифицируемым как радиоактивные отходы средней активности- загадил всю мастерскую радиоактивной пылью от этих часов, да еще и сам надышался
Прекрасная работа, теперь эти часы можно с почетом захоронить в хранилище радиоактивных отходов! Пока светомасса была новая, они были относительно безопасны. Теперь это маленькая радиоактивная "грязная бомба".
L'espoir fait vivre, mais 100 ans avec les mêmes ressorts ....
I remember when I was a kid I wanted and old fashioned alarm clock like this for some reason. So my Grandma/Nana gave me one that looked kinda like this one for Christmas. The only thing was I didn’t know how loud theses things ticked! Kept me awake at night!
From the point of view of contamination of the entire table, instrument and hands with radium phosphor, the person did a really "grandiose" job, nominated for the Darwin Prize
@@German-ot2yt так то да, а потом удивляются, а че у них рак легких или желудка. Лезть в такие старые часы, где светомассой заражено всё что можно, это реально премия Дарвина челу. Интересно пройтись по его рабочему месту радиометром. Айзон показывал, что бывает если курочить такие артефакты без подготовки. По итогу у него мало того, что стол весь заражён был, так даже в респираторе осела пыль которая 40-50мкр/ч показывала.
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personally I would have kept the radium. I feel that was something really special about it. Hazardous as it may be, it would have been fine in the clock i think. Not like you're eating the radium paint
My thoughts exactly. This is not a restoration as to make it exactly like it would have been originally. I think taking the radium out kinda killed the whole vibe
i get liking the look of the radium, but radiation is seriously something not to fuck with, especially with long term exposure to it (if you are going to use that clock as a waking alarm you will be next to it for the entire time you sleep every day). it was a good idea to get rid of the paint
I agree about keeping the radium paint, but would be interested in actual measurements how radioactive it would be. I know it was hazardous to the laborers who built it, but to someone who owned it?
@@datbanan2717 Well, body of the clock will stop alpha and most of beta radiation, what remains of beta will be stopped by air in front of the clock . All that remains is gamma. We have no idea how strong was that clock, but radium watches are safe enough to carry for a few hours a day without dramatically rising your chance to get cancer. If someone uses it as a waking alarm then who knows, but it should be safe enough to place on a shelf just to check what hour it is.
Agree. Not much of a restoration if you remove the main selling point. Its no longer a radium clock....its just another run of the mill antique knock off although well restored.
Did the craftsman who made that alarm clock expect his watch to be revived by another craftsman 100 years later?
That is so amazing.
It's probably the same craftsman
The craftsman probably died of radiation poisoning
@@coldsalt6678 sim minha avó conviveu por décadas com um Véglia similar em seu criado cujos dados eram assim fosforescentes mas um incêndio em seu quintal aqueceu seu rosto que lhe despertou um câncer fatal.
Dude, the trick with the shrink wrap... Genius! I've always wondered how I could keep my specialty screws protected from scratches, you taught me how I put some heat shrink on my pliers as well as my flat screw drivers. Also, now I know how gold plating is done. Well done sir!
Отличная работа!
Привет из Беларуси! 🇧🇾
Oooh, I had an [almost] identical one to wake me up for primary school in the 1970s [Germany]. Such a nice restoration.
Супер, это практически волшебство. Старые часы стали новыми
Выше всяких похвал. Золотые руки у мастера реставратора. Почёт ему и уважение.
Я аплодирую Мастеру стоя! Профессионально реставрирует.
When I was a child we had this exact model. It really got you up for sure. And I remember the glow still being present at 6 AM in winter.
2:35 R.I.P. bug brother 🐞
haha
I thought I'd have to speed through the mundane parts, but watching your work had me transfixed. Beautiful job! You're so talented.
Будильник очень красивый получился, на вашу работу приятно смотреть!!!
Thank you for the high definition of the video
What an amazing antique! Thank you for restoring it!
You have received the Omnissiah’s blessing
Not sure I’ll ever fully understand the greatness of this video. I don’t even deserve to have access to this.
Офигенно! Классная работа! Замечательный будильник!
Unfortunately radium is more dangerous than you expect. Especially dust. Paint is degrading over years and radioactive dust appears inside. You blow it even - not wise. I personally doing old aviation devices restoration. All what is older than 1960 - I never work with. Many was trashed because of radium. Health is more important than any goods.
Ah, I love the trick with the pliers
Oh, boy. What a perfect surface finish and not the ever so slightest drop of oil or grease in the clockwork...
👍Классная работа.Купил недавно на блошином рынке небольшой будильник в деревянном корпусе "Г.Мозеръ и Ко".Знакомый часовой мастер сейчас пытается его вернуть к жизни.Там лопнула заводная пружина и ,возможно,ещё какие-нибудь есть неисправности.
You did a wonderful restoration on this old Alarmclock.
I have horrible memories on such a terror machine. It woke me all morning at 6 o clock when I had to go to scool and in my first yeaes when I learned my job as an electrician.
Well done.
Волшебно ! Просто великое Чудо !
The gold plating process is cool af!
Watching gold appear out of nowhere!
Just the fact that you could remember the gear placement is impressive!
My Dad was a horologist. I was constantly impressed with him too. ❤
When I disassamble something
I always take a lot of photo from every angle
So I can reassemble it afterwards 😅
@@fajarkurniawan9434 It's funny you said that. I've done that too!
Video means you don't have to remember.
Went from looking like something you would find in a dank basement to something you would find in your grandmother's guest bedroom. Really nice!
This was your second ever official restoration? That's incredible good job!
Subscribe if you haven’t 🥺
beautiful work!
(also, it was nice to hear the sounds without any abrasive music)
I love how much care was put in and the insides were polished as well
This is the first time ever in my life, I have seen the process of gold plating. Was pretty cool
The beginning is just priceless 😂😂 but the after oh my it’s amazing gods bless people like this that take old things and make them like new against thank you for restoring amazing things from the past!
Memory Unlocked
My grandma had a clock exactly like this one! I thought it was the coolest thing ever!
I have those exact green and black pliers for model-making and I love them 😂
Harbor freight gang
Your attention to detail blows my mind. I don't even know how I came across this video but I watched the entire thing in awwe. Amazing work.
Great job love the bass you refinish. Amazing back to life. My grandpa had a similar alarm clock he was born in 1900 memories. I remember this story glow in the dark back to the 1920s Radium Girls were female factory workers who contracted radiation poisoning from painting watch dials with self-luminous paint. Factory in New Jersey from NYC. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for mentioning, I was wondering about the radium paint!
And do you think this watchmaker handled the radium in the right way?
A better restoration than many I have seen who just clean something, put it back together and call it restored.
Браво!!! Лучший канал посвященный реставрации! Качество видео стало просто великолепным
What
@@donaldsinclair6440 is it too challenging to press the auto translate button?
Wow now thats what i call a perfect timing, my alarm in my phone goes off at the exact moment your clock goes off, which makes it more satisfying video😄, i love your plating technique, never seen anyone did that other than submerging the parts👍
Glad you enjoyed it man, thanks for the positive feedback
Fascinating, thanks for that.
I used to have one of those growing up and the alarm was so loud and terrifying it would switch you from fast asleep to bolt upright wondering if you'd just had a heart attack in zero seconds flat.
yep, that's what i had growing up.
I loved the green glow, it was comforting and easy on the eyes. Had to go to the kitchen every night and use the wall mounted telephone to call the time.
Dumpster diver, c. 1952, this boy collected these and studied them. If we had grown up together, we'd make great pals. A decade later, I worked with a watchmaker to open used goods safes, repair them, I welded the holes closed, ground them smooth, and repainted them for resale. You are a master.
До реставрации у часов была красота старины, после красота новизны. Хорошая работа. При покраске красным цветом напряглась, но все закончилось благополучно.
I had this clock as a child (80s) and I did something very similar. In fact the whole disassembly. Not the restoration though 🤣 I just needed to see the insides so bad. So this video was a true flashback. Great stuff, as usual, top notch 💪
me too!! :D
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Just a few people in the world do this. Simply ARTISTIC!!
If you didn't know, that amount of Radium is actually fairly safe to have around, and occasionally handle. And when it's contained as it was, it posed very very minimal danger. All of it combined would only release around 1.5-2x the normal background radiation. Just wanted to say!
Zero danger
Say that to the radium girls
@@megaaggron9778 The women making those clock/watch dials were handling the material much more than "occasionally."
Ten danger
@@stickyfox yeah, they were working on hundreds if not thousands of these on a regular basis
highly professional work 👏👏👏👏👏
Я тоже восстановил несколько старых будильников, но до такого, что проделали Вы, мне далеко. Супер!
Привет из Грузии! Молодец мастер таланта!
I always respect when tear down any parts make no other damage. Salute!
Excellent restoration.
I have a ww2 radium military pocket watch (bought in the UK). When I bought it I had not known it was a radium watch. It no longer glows (the phosphor has degraded) but the radium still emits strongly, even through the steel back of the watch, and even through 2mm lead. I have measured the sievert level (using a laboratory instrument) and any close contact will give you a year's allowable level in just a few minutes. The watch is thus highly dangerous and I keep it inside a "cave" of 100mm lead blocks, along with a radium compass. When I can figure out how to dispose of them I will do so, but it so far seems very difficult and expensive in Japan where I live.
I thus agree completely that the restorer of the clock carefully disposed of the radium. However, it would have been better if a radioactivity measuring device had been used to assess the clock's condition before and after radium removal, and also around the work surface (radium dust might have fallen out on disassembly), though I understand such devices are not readily available and are expensive.
Note also that one commenter wrote that the radiation would only reach 10-15cm from the clock and thus is safe to leave the radium. From my experience I disagree, the radiation can reach much further and will readily penetrate the glass front. In addition leaving the radium means the owner could not enjoy glowing clock hands unless the radium is removed and mixed with a phosphorus glowing substance. That would be a very dangerous activity. Kudos to the restorer for the removal of radium and replacement with safer substances.
You are absolutely true, in these clicks the amount of radium will be higher than watches. This watchmaker should be very careful while dealing with these and since he is a watch maker he might be doing this many times. This is the second video that iam seeing mishandling of radium included watch within two days. Even a geiger muller counter will be able to see the radiation. These watchmakers should be careful and people who are watching this video and want to do the same should be also careful.
Replacing the brass plating with gold was a stroke of genius. Electroplating with brass is an absolute PITA.
On the one hand, I'm very impressed by how much time and effort this chap took to service and repair a cheaply made alarm clock that would usually go in the "not worth repair" box. On the other hand, I almost had a stroke seeing no bushing work done and at the amount of oil used. Seemed a very thick oil, too.
Man, this guy is so resourceful and talented whe it comes to restoration ^^
Looks new, well done.😊
Thanks mate! 🙏
Love that. I need an alarm clock like this In my life. A classic look
every time I watch your videos, I want to fall asleep because of how relaxing it is.
Thank you 🙏
Это шедевр! Вы молодец!
Прикол в другом ...как будет удивлен часовщик открыв внутренности сего часового механизма они не скучно красные ,когда то их все же прийдеться чинить еще раз...
That is no bug, that was the mechanic :)
It's really cool to watch the electroplating as you rub it on. I've only ever seen the parts submerged in solution and electroplated that way
Great restoration techniques on the Antique German Radium Alarm Clock..... Reminded one of the alarm clock similar in style the old man had for waking up early in the morn for work.... Sounded extra loud like a jackhammer was hitting the bells, now if you did not hear them bells a ringing... then your too sick to go to work.... Secondly the old man would then set the alarm for school in my room , ticking away till the explosion of sound starts emanating from them ringing bells....! Thanks for the memory 😎❤⏰
What great patience and skill. Must be very satisfying. Thank you for showing this video. I'm so grateful that the old ways of doing things still exists and you are willing show us what can be achieved.
This is amazing. I’ve enjoyed every minute. You deserve hundreds of thousands of subscribers.
Millions*
Heh every minute… punny
This world is rapidly passing away and I hope that you repent and take time to change before all out disaster occurs! Belief in messiah alone is not enough to grant you salvation - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36) if you believed in Messiah you would be following His commands as best as you could. If you are not a follower of Messiah I would highly recommend becoming one. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life - Revelation 3:20.
Contemplate how the Roman Empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13 over the course of 1260+ years. Revelation 17 confirms that the beast is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years going back to Babylon and before, C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate once you start a relationship with God.
Can't get a response from God? Fasting can help increase your perception and prayer can help initiate events. God will ignore you if your prayer does not align with His purpose (James 4:3) or if you are approaching Him when "unclean" (Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 59:2, Micah 3:4). Stop eating food sacrificed to idols (McDonald's, Wendy's etc) stop glorifying yourself on social media or making other images of yourself (Second Commandment), stop gossiping about other people, stop watching obscene content etc. Have a blessed day!
C'est vraiment magnifique vous avez de la patience bravo 👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍
Have fun restoring everything from the past
Geez, another mesmerizing vid. And this one I know I could not do. “Radium” would be enough to keep me from really messing it up!
Great work better than new! Loved the tea pot you did too !!
😊 thank you
Отличная работа. Очень качественная. 👍👍👍
Better than new. Very astonishing!
Wow! What an extremely awesome restoration! I work on old clocks and pocket watches as a hobby, but don't have the ability to refinish the cases as you did here. I especially thought the nickel and gold plating process fascinating! Wish I knew how to do that! Again, awesome job brother!! 👏
R.I.P our Irradiated Bug Brother
Really like that kind of clock. A past is part of the life.
You are absolutely 💯 % gifted with your craftsmanship and abilities. I am just starting restoration as a hobby. I only hope God grants me a fraction of your talents. Great work and thank you.
Que hermosa restauración! Excelente trabajo! quedo muy lindo el reloj! Gracias por este nuevo vídeo.
Gracias 🙏
Finally a new video.
Keep up the great work
More to come! Thank You!
Working on a clock would worry me because of the mechanisms within. I feel like I'd just end up getting new ones, but the fact that you repaired it from the inside out really impresses me
I love to watch craftsmen work. It's rather therapeutic to just hear the actual sounds of the process and I appreciate it more than be adequately expressed. My hearing is severely impeded. Thank you for this presentation style. Also...now I miss my radioactive clock's ticking while I sleep.
Respekt für die Arbeit am Uhrwerk und die Detailgenauigkeit.
Dude why would you remove the radioactive paint? That would've been the best part
he wouldn't have been able to polish the hands properly.
I gave my brother one of these for his fraternity room. His frat brothers made him get rid of it it was so loud (the ticking as well as the alarm). He brought it back for me to use. It would click just before the alarm went off, and I learned to wake up with the click in self-defense!
Haha 😂
On my desk is a radium dial WW2 B-17 altimeter in working condition. It came to me without the front glass and bezel. It will drive my geiger counter wild at 10 ft.
Wow i cannot believe you removed the radium from this clock. it was the one thing that made this stand out and was historically significant. now its just another old generic clock
But it can be deadly, its either restoration with removing the paint, or leaving the paint and not touching the thing at all
@@Spark-pv9js not true at all. The levels of radiation that radium gives off is insignificant. If he had just placed the hands to the side and out them back on at the end there would have been less risk than removing the paint in the way he did
Very satisfying for sure, excellent restoration, thanks for sharing. 👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks for watching 🙏
great idea to use shrink tube over your pliers... i will adopt this 😜
Lets call him "Rudi the Bug"
You definitely have a true skill in this craftsmanship. This is a masterpiece. It would've been cool if the face plate was metal and coated the same color .
it is above and beyond. We had crummy knockoffs as 70's kids. So, I am familiar. This is the real McCoy.
I was thinking the same thing, had one that used while in the Army. It worked well until it didn't, throw it away and buy another one.