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I have a Daniel Dakota westminster chime that chimes only during daylight hours. Original instructions said to set clock to 6:15 p.m. before inserting batteries (hard to tell which is pm or am.) I set the clock to 6:15 and insert the batteries. Then begin to turn the clock to set the correct time. If you clock has chime courtesy, when it reaches the evening and night hours, it will stop chiming on the hour, and will click instead. If you are setting the clock to a daylight hour when it should chime, then stop on the correct time while it is chiming. If it is an evening or night time, then set the correct time when the clock is setting. The worst case scenario is, if the clock is silent during the day, and chiming during the night, advance the time by 12 hours to reach the correct setting.
It depends on the clock; None of my clocks chime even once. A clock that rings the quarter hours (like the clock in the Palace of Westminster - aka, Big Ben) would chime 96 times per 24 hours. Some clocks only chime on the hours, which would be 24 chimes/day.
On the hour
The Seiko QXH-series can chime on the hour, but you'll have to enable it first.
A broken clock is correct twice a day. This is because a clock with hands that are stuck will still display the correct time at least twice a day when the hour and minute hands align with the correct time.
You can with some, not with others.
Simple. You note the number of chimes at the last strike. Then, stop the clock and move the hour hand manually to the hour matching the last strike. The you restart the clock and all should be fine.
The bell sound in a grandfather clock is typically produced by a set of chime rods or bells located inside the clock case. When the clock strikes the hour or quarter-hour, hammers connected to the clock's movement strike the rods or bells to create the distinctive chime sound.
That is the correct spelling of "what time is it?" -- the answer will often use the hour name o'clock which is a contraction for of the clock, or by the clock.
Never.
Precision is based on the cycle and not the time on the face. An hour is an hour no matter what the time is on the clock.
The church bells chime every hour.