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SAR.01
Corner grandfather clock
We call it “Cattedrale” (cathedral): a corner clock, simple yet rich, with four hand-carved capitals, a faceted raised panel in the base and a moon phase dial. It suits any style of furnishing.
A clock that is yours alone. Wood, finish, colour and melody: we start from this model and finish it together, the way you want it.
- Dimensions
- Height 208 cm · width 61 cm · depth 45 cm
- Wood
- Solid American tulipwood and plywood veneered in Tanganyika; 4 hand-carved capitals
- Finish
- Water-based medium walnut with a semi-gloss nitrocellulose clear coat
- Movement
- German Kieninger mechanical movement in brass; weekly chain winding (up to 10 days), each weight drops about 12 cm a day; switchable night silencer from 10 pm to 7:15 am; hands can also be turned anticlockwise
- Chime
- Westminster every quarter hour
- Dial
- Moon phase dial by Jaeckle; thick signed hands
- Pendulum
- Brass lyre pendulum and brass weights by Jaeckle
- Other
- Door with lock; 5 mm glass bevelled all round; removable faceted raised panel in the base, finished separately; side mouldings
How it is made
It is made to stand in a corner and suits any home, even one without period furniture. The case is solid American tulipwood and plywood veneered in Tanganyika. The four capitals are carved by hand by Franco.
The door has a lock and 5 mm glass, bevelled all round by Giovanni Casella. The faceted raised panel in the base comes out, and we finish it separately. Stefano applies the water-based medium walnut finish, with a semi-gloss nitrocellulose clear coat.
The German Kieninger movement in brass plays the Westminster chime every quarter hour and can stay silent at night. The moon phase dial, the lyre pendulum and the brass weights are by the German firm Jaeckle; the hands are thick and signed. Each day the moon moves from left to right and shows its four phases: in the past, knowing when the next full moon was due helped people plan journeys by night. It is wound once a week by pulling the chains, and one winding lasts up to 10 days.
