Grandfather clocks, the most elegant and graceful of furnishings, are among the most daunting of fine furniture purchases. Because they are usually a once-in-a-lifetime purchase buyers seldom have experience buying one of these coveted treasures.
Some how-to tips for evaluating the vast array of grandfather clocks available today include:
Make an initial non-buying trip to a local clock store or factory: Talk with the sales people or manufacturer about clock features and prices. Look, touch, but don’t buy! Check online stores and manufacturers as well as local outlets before making a purchase decision.
Set a price range or limit: Staying within a budget is difficult when the merchandise is so beautiful, so setting a firm price limit is wise for most buyers. Make sure delivery and set-up fees are included in price quotes.
Custom or production manufactured clock: Many manufacturers take orders for custom grandfather clocks. Such a clock may cost 10% to 25% more than a ready-made clock, but will be a valuable one-of-a-kind heirloom timepiece, worthy of passing on to future generations.
Style and wood choices: Purchase a clock that compliments the decor of the room where it will set. Buyers with furniture of oak, maple, walnut, teak, etc, will doubtless want to choose their clock from among the many crafted in the wood of their choice. Interestingly, both modern and traditionally styled grandfather clocks are also available in such metals as brass or wrought iron.
Clock face, pendulum, and weights: Their faces, pendulums, and weights are major distinguishing features of grandfather clocks. Clock faces featuring such charming additions as phases of the moon, or barometric pressure, often cost little more than those that are plain faced. Likewise, highly etched or intricately formed weights and pendulums may cost only a few additional dollars.
Chime tones: The variety of chime tones offered by the manufacturers of Grandfather clocks is enormous. Since the clock will chime many times each day, it is essential the chime tones are pleasing to the listener’s ear. Many clocks have several tone settings.
Although there are only a few clockmakers manufacturing grandfather clocks, the selection offered is enormous and varied.
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Yes many manufaturers still make electric grandfather clocks.
Grandfather clocks usually come in roughly the same size, anywhere from five to six feet.
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Usually grandfather clocks are the most expensive kind of antique clocks and can cost over $500,000.
Some examples of clocks that Howard Miller Clock Company offers include mantel clocks and grandfather clocks. Another type of clock produced by the Howard Miller Clock Company are Swing Timers.
The origin of the name "grandfather clock" for longcase clocks comes from the 1876 song, My Grandfather's Clock. The song was written by Henry Clay Work, an American composer who also wrote Marching Through Georgia.
There is an online catalog of beautiful antique grandfather clocks and pictures of new arrivals at Solvang Antique Center. They have a good variety of clocks including early colonial wood works clocks, double-dial calendar clocks, American tall case clocks, and more. Charles Edwin Inc sells all kinds of antique clocks. There are pictures and descriptions online.
urmm... i think it woz the grandfather clocks they had wall clocks before watches. so its probably just clocks
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