"Walter R." wrote in message
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My grandfather clock came with instructions to adjust the time by turning
the hands backwards only. Turning them backwards makes it unnecessary to
stop every quarter hour for the chime. Otherwise the chime and the hands
get out of sync.


My schoolhouse clock will adjust the chime automatically if I turn it
forward any amount of time. . I've never turned it backward, I just stop
it for an hour and re-start it.