Ferranti Electric Clock

I got this off e-Bay for the grand sum of 99p, though there was five pound ten postage on top of that.

The seller declared that the glass was broken and missing and that one of the feet was damaged.

When it arrived I was very pleased to find that a flat glass would be clear of the hands. I cut a piece OK, and glass-cutting is not my long suit, but got it a smidge too long which lead to an hour's work with a diamond file.
 
I couldn't decide if the hands were coated in nicotine and/or condensed chip-fat or whether they'd originally had a gilt coating which had perished. They looked horrible whatever but came up very nicely and easily with Brasso.
 
I then cut the damaged area out of the foot. Luckily this was only screwed on so there were no old glue joints to worry about un-doing.
 
I then let in a new piece of oak and shaped it after the glue had set. A bit of stain and polish on that got it blended in nicely.

This clock should have a second hand but this was missing. In itself that didn't trouble me but the naked shaft sticking out did. A replacement would be difficult and/or expensive to get so I made a brass blind nut to cover the shaft end which greatly improved the appearance.