This dial arrived early on Monday rather than the predicted Friday with secure, bombproof packaging taking a few attempts to break through the glued flaps of the box and all was well as the dial had survived its trip from Newtownabbey, just outside Belfast. I initially tried an AA battery to see if the dial moved and there was life but a little stuttery, as expected for a dial that has probably not pulsed for a few decades. Next step was to try an EC4 Impulse Kit and this started the comeback to life of this dial. The addition of a couple of drops of clock oil started to make the difference and experience has shown that once running, the mechanics will usually work themselves out and with the lubrication, this dial seems to be running smoothly. With no missed impulses after 15hrs test running, I dismantled the clock for the usual deep clean. Cosmetically, this looks in good condition with only a few paint spots on the case that should clean up easily. Careful scraping with a blunt scalpel will remove the spots and not the lacquered finish on the wooden case. The face is marked GRv (King George V), with his rein ending in 1936, the dial is at youngest, 84 years old and a picture in Colin Reynold’s Conspectus shows a punched and pierced plate “S” Type model movement introduced circa 1933/34 that powers this dial. The first thing to tackle was the neat removal of the four small screws holding the metal ring securing the glass and bezel. I was careful to score out the screw heads that were filled with decades of grime and I applied some clock oil to loosen their grip. An old trick of tightening the screw then loosening worked and they came out relatively easily and this revealed a fairly clean face with only a few tiny rust patches and the tell-tale evidence of how much the off-white face had discoloured through the years. The minute hand needed a slight straightening and the glass cleaned up well with only a few light scratches commensurate with age and the wooden case was finished with a light rub and polish with clock oil that has enriched the wooden case’s colour. The dial’s coil has an impedance of 8.3Ω and it would not run when connected to other 4Ω dials, I had to rearrange the EC4 Impulse kits to leave a single kit to run this independently. The original fabric covered wiring has been retained to keep the dial original and as it is functioning perfectly after all these years – why change it. The final touch was to source and acquire a tin lid movement cover and after a speculative post on electric-clocks forum, Bart in the Netherlands offered an example for the cost of postage. This arrived within a few days in exchange for artwork for reproduction labels.