Have a beautiful Westclox Big Ben 1964 wind up clock. The person said he believed it was wound too tight. According to the owner:The Big Ben doesn't run (is wound tight), and the alarm only clicks when the alarm hand is advanced to the time setting.

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Sorry to say that clock repair is not easy and is a lost art. You may want to see if you can locate one locally that can fix it. The only other chance you have is to open the clock and look for the winding spring and the pawl that holds it and release the tension by holding the pawl back as you put torque on the winding stem, then release the stem slowly and then release the pawl.

Posted on Apr 16, 2019

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SOURCE: Westclox Monarch Alarm Clock - Model No. 90003

While holding down the snooze bar that says "ALARM" on it, hold down either of the "HOUR" button to set the hour when the alarm should go off or hold down the "MINUTE" button to adjust the minutes for when the alarm should go off. Switch the "ALARM" to "ON" when done.

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downhille

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SOURCE: Design of back of clock

I know how you feel... it is hell to get old. Have you tried looking at second hand stores for the old original Big Ben? I changed over to electronic digital alarms with battery backup, but I'm with you... it is not the same. It is a good thing that time becomes less critical to us as we age... except having more of it. Perhaps you can go to Westclox website and click on CONTACT, and send them a message yourself. Better in your own words than mine. http://www.alarmclocksonline.com/BigBens.htm May God richly bless you.

Posted on Oct 24, 2009

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Charles Luhrs

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SOURCE: I have a westclox atomic alarm clock - model #700...

I have the same alarm clock the damn thing gives me a heart attack when I wake up. All in all I have the instructions for your clock.

Simple on the back of the device there are five buttons hold down the one that is labeled mode/set then the display will flash use the oC|oF/Up key or Wave/Down key to change the keys and the mode/set the to move between each field.

If you press (not hold) the Mode/Set key you can change the alarm, change the numbers using the degreeC|DegreeF/Up or Wave/Down key to change numbers accordingly.

To turn the alram and snooze function on or off press the Alarm/on\off key.

What I just said may sound complicated but of you press the buttons as I told you then you should have no problems what so ever.

Posted on Jun 03, 2010

Anonymous

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SOURCE: Westclox model 22717

Wesclox 22717 reset problem

Searched the web but couldn't find the answer either. I was about to throw the clock away when my 10 year old son came by and said "press hard". So that's the answer! I used a pen to press the time button then hit the hour and minute and it did the reset. Good luck.

Posted on Sep 23, 2011

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