West Dean College Masters Research Project Survey
Hello, my name is Mostyn Gale.  I am a Masters student in West Dean College Clocks Restoration programme. I am investigating knowledge, opinion, and practice regarding clock repair, restoration, or conservation procedures.  (Note: watches are not included in this survey.)  It would help me in my research if you could answer this short confidential survey.  It should take you only 5 minutes--10 minutes if you write comments.

The first two questions ask about your work and your geographic location. I will use this to see if there are any trends related to those factors.

The next nine questions relate to your priorities in clock repair or restoration. Of course, many of the answers could be, "It depends."  Try to answer based on what is typical for you in your work.  Don't think abut these too hard--just go with your first instinct.

Finally, the last three questions drill down to one specific component; the mainspring. These questions assume that you have made the decision that the clock should run.   The given answers to these questions may not exactly fit your practice--in that case, either choose the closest one or feel free to write your own answer.  There is no right or wrong answers.
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Participant Profile 1 *
Tick/check all categories that characterize your involvement with horology. You can choose more than one.
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Participant Profile 2 *
In what Country do you live and/or do the majority of your work?
Clock Repair/Restoration Goals (1 of 9) *
In your work, maximizing the clock's financial value is:
Not important
Important
Clock Repair/Restoration Goals (2 of 9) *
In your work, making money from the work is:
Not important
Important
Clock Repair/Restoration Goals (3 of 9) *
In your work, conserving the historical physical object with minimal impact is:
Not important
Important
Clock Repair/Restoration Goals (4 of 9) *
In your work, knowledge of the maker, historical design development and manufacturing methods is:
Not important
Important
Clock Repair/Restoration Goals (5 of 9) *
In your work, restoring the safe operation for continual use is:
Not important
Important
Clock Repair/Restoration Goals (6 of 9) *
In your work, restoring the operation to original condition; to include new pinions, mainsprings, and/or replacing missing functions is:
Not important
Important
Clock Repair/Restoration Goals (7 of 9) *
In your work, preserving the physical appearance of the clock with minimal intervention to the components is:
Not important
Important
Clock Repair/Restoration Goals (8 of 9) *
In your work, restoring the physical appearance of the clock to showroom appearance; to include repainting, re-silvering dials, bright polished brass, etc is:
Not important
Important
Clock Repair/Restoration Goals (9 of 9) *
In your work, educating the customer about the maker, historical design development and manufacturing methods is:
Not important
Important
Comments on this section of Clock Repair/Restoration Goals (optional)
Please write any comments you have that may not be adequately covered in this section.
Clock Mainsprings (1 of 3) *
If a clock mainspring is broken at the end(s), how would you proceed?
Clock Mainsprings (2 of 3) *
If a clock mainspring looks to have lost much of its power, how would you proceed?
Clock Mainsprings (3 of 3) *
If a clock mainspring looks to have lost much of its power, how do you decide if it should be replaced?  Write you answer in the box below.
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