Clocks with three winding arbours chime on the quarter hour making a musical tone.
Pendulum wall clock has two winding holes.
I have set up thousands of clocks on outside walls and have never heard a complaint from a single customer that it has caused any kind of problem.
Most clocks are 8 day clocks which only need to be wound once a week.
For clocks with hanging weights raise the weights using the crank.
To prevent over winding your cables allow the entire pulley to be visible under the face of the clock.
Generally speaking if the clock has a single hole that hole controls the main time spring.
If there is one hole it is a time only clock.
You must lift the weight when winding a chain driven floor clock.
Depending upon the model of your clock there can be 1 2 or 3 winding key holes.
Winding holes in clock faces are for different functions of the clock.
A clock that strikes on the hour has two winding holes one for keeping time and one for striking.
Insert the winding key into the holes located in the dial face.
It is not harmful to wind the clock more often.
Windup clocks and keys clocks that require actual winding will have anywhere from one to three winding holes on the body of the clock often in the back facing.
This is a time and strike clock.
If there are 2 holes it means that it is a time and strike clock that is it strikes the appropriate hour on the hour and either a bell or strike on the half hour there are always exceptions such as this two train westminster chime clock or a time only clock with an alarm arbour.
I have made an innumerable number of house calls over the last thirty two years because of this myth.
Timepieces have only one winding hole in the face because they do nothing but tell time.
Winding the arbor in this hole will give the clock power to keep time.
If your clock has two winding pegs the left one typically works the strike or chime while the right wind manages the clock s timekeeping.
If your clock is cable driven you will wind all three weights with a crank key.
If there are two holes one is for the time spring and one is for the hourly chime.
Turn the key clockwise until the spring becomes tight and will not turn further.
The hole on the right is used to power the time train and make the clock keep time.
The hole on the left is used to power the strike train which make the clock strike at the top of the hour.
Do this every seven days to prevent the clock from stopping or losing time.