Welcome to our American Made Mini Quartz Movement page. These clock motors, the
american-made mini quartz clock movements will drive a minute hand that
is five inches or less. The way you measure a minute hand is from the
mounting hole to the tip. So from the center of the mounting hole to the tip.
If it's under five inches you're good to go with these clock motors. You never
really measure the hour hand. The hour hand is typically 2/3 the length of your
minute hand. When you select one of these motors you might be wondering can I use
my old clock hands. The answer is no or it's really probably not. It probably
will not work because there is no cross reference from one clock manufacturer to
another clock manufacturer. Every manufacturer is independent of each
other and therefore clock hands from your old clock motor probably will not
work with your new clock motor. You're going to receive all the hardware that
you need to mount this motor into your dial. The second measurement that is
important is the measurement of the overall length of the hand shaft and the
threaded part. The overall length is important if you have a lens over your
clock face because you do not want the hands to hit the lens. The threaded part
is important all the time because you need the threaded part this is how it's
going to be secured to your dial. You need the threaded part to come through
the middle of your clock and you have to have about an eighth of an inch there so
you can put the brass washer on and then the hex nut. So if I selected this
particular clock motor for this dial material you see that the overall length
is fine, however, there is no part of the threaded shaft coming
through so there would be no way to secure it to this material. I go to the
next size up and there's plenty of threaded part to to secure it to this
dial face material. The problem that you might cosmetically say wow it's sticking
out a little bit too much! So it's very easy to correct that. Part of the
hardware that you get is this black washer then go to the hardware store buy
some 5/16 washers just put one on there. In this case I'm putting one on there.
You put a few on if you need it and you see that sticks through just perfect
because now I have enough room to put the washer then I'm going to take the
hex nut and I'm just gonna hand tighten that down.
You only need to hand tighten it all you wanted to do is be secure so don't use
needle nose pliers or anything to tighten it just give it a good hand
tight and it'll be perfect. There you go it looks great and you have everything
covered for you. So this selection here; minute hands less
than five inches, your old hands probably won't work, however, we're gonna give you
a free set of clock hands. That's the minute and hour hands. We have
two selections. We have under three inches and 3 to 5 inches. We're giving
them to you free because your old clock hands will not work. You're gonna get all
the hardware to mount it and you'll get your selection between electric or
battery-operated and then you just have to choose the correct shaft length so
that you can secure your motor to your dial material.