This is the clock I got for my parents for their 25th wedding anniversary. A really rare antique piece, which I thought deserved a write up. I love the finish - the bronzed gear mechanism, roman numerals, the pendulum, the polished wooden base - the whole piece is just so very classy!
Look at the side view – you can see the ‘gong'. The sound it makes is really nice and pleasing to the ear – kind of a chime, not loud at all. Which is really good, because my home is so quiet that the slightest sound can shake my parents awake. Or worse still the dogs, who could create a mayhem!
The way the clock works is interesting. No key (and obviously no battery). You see the chain with a weight dangling at the end, just in front of the pendulum? It’s a one kg weight that starts off with being suspended close to the gears on the face of the clock. The weight takes about a week to descend slowly to near the floor. You ‘rewind’ the clock by pulling the chain up and resuspending the weight in zero position!
Isnt it lovely?
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A Beauty!
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