Our popular American-made battery
operated quartz movements are
state-of-the-art!
They use common AA batteries and
their
accurate to within 20 seconds a month.
That's four minutes year.
These movements or motors can operate
clock hands up to 6 inches long
and will operate a second-hand if
desired.
The small compact size makes them easy
to use almost anywhere.
Their just to 2 1/8" square
and 5/8" thick.
They're available in six different
hand shaft lenghts
to accommodate materials from less than
1/8"
up to 3/4" thick. Imagine the
 possibilities.
See the blog section of our website for
some useful ideas.
This is a 3/16" thick
material
so I'm using a 5/16" 
long threaded shaft. Most of our movements
like these American-made mini quartz
movements  use the common American "I" shaft 
for installing the clock hands.
This
design is popular here the US
but not worldwide.  The "I" shaft system uses a small nut 
to hold the minute hand in place.  It's
more secure.
It's a better design.  Our mini quartz 
movement price
includes a choice up forty five pairs
of hour and minute hands 
in brass or black. Please remember that
most
but not all clock hand designs are
designed
to be trimmed to shorter lengths if
needed. Make sure you pick out a pair.
Second hands are optional and are available
at minimum cost.  Using our UPS
uninterrupted power source our mini quartz movements can
easily be made to operate on a 110 volt
wall current.
There's even a battery backup if the
wall current is
interrupted. It's the best of both worlds
quartz accuracy
and no interruptions in the power supply.
It's not hard to replace a clock
movement
you just need to take some basic
measurements of your clock case.
The most important thing is to determine
the length of the hand shaft
needed. You can do this by measuring how
thick
the material is that the hand shaft has
to go through.
The threaded part of the hand shaft
should come through the clock dial by a
1/16"
to an 1/8" so that the washer and the hex nut
can easily be installed.
This simple system securely holds the
movement in
place. Double face tape could also be
used on the front of the movement to
hold it in place.
A long shaft can normally be shimmed 
back in the clock case with a few
washers, too short a hand shaft
simply will not work. Once you know the
shaft length you need for your clock
pick out the clock hands and you'll be
ready to create a
new masterpiece or bring an old one back
to life.
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