As a follow up post to this one-
http://awatchmakersdiary.blogspot.in/2013/07/seiko-striking-clock.html ,
I have opened her up and it was as I had suspected. Here is a picture of the dial side of the movement. The hour snail, rack and gathering pallet mechanism is as on purely mechanical clocks. However, there is a motor turning the gathering pallet.
http://awatchmakersdiary.blogspot.in/2013/07/seiko-striking-clock.html ,
I have opened her up and it was as I had suspected. Here is a picture of the dial side of the movement. The hour snail, rack and gathering pallet mechanism is as on purely mechanical clocks. However, there is a motor turning the gathering pallet.
And in the picture below you can see the problem. However, instead of dirt it was a bit of wire (green arrow) getting in the way of the rack (red arrow).
The wire has been tucked away and all is well with the clock now!
