I've sent my clock to two different shops and it is unfixable. Tried the usual sources to no avail and it cannot be converted to a quartz movement. Any other ideas?

 

You might have to just put in a quarts clock and forget about converting the one you have.
I was pleasantly surprised to find the PO had done that already to Nix. As I had never seen an OEM clock, I have no idea if it's correct or not. Certainly it looks pretty good in the hole.

Here's a pretty good pic.


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These people would be worth contacting:
https://www.clocks4classics.com/
this being an example of their kit:
https://www.clocks4classics.com/uplo...ctions__v7.pdf
or this
https://www.jaguarclock.com/

 

fit one from a X300, It is narrower than the Series 2 clock but you can fill the sides with black plastic strips from behind.

easy to connect with 3 wires: one for Ground, one for 12 volts, one for the dash lights.

and the most incredible thing is that it works!

 

the original console clock in a Series 2 XJ-6 looks like this:

 

here's the clock Jaguar used in all the Big and Small Saloons, E types, you name it, from 1955 to 1968. Historically they are decorative items, since they never worked, not even at the Dealer's Showroom.

 

This listing is on eBay:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Jaguar-XJ6-...e/143653361130

full disclosure, my listing. details ore on the eBay listing.

 

I found a second Series 2 clock in my parts hoard and it works! Amazing! The orange needle counts the Seconds, and the clock itself is the Quartz version of the KIENZLE clock of W Germany. I am refurbishing the cosmetics, from one clock to the other. The "pretty" one does not work, the "ugly" one works perfectly.