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SZR.11
Grandfather clock
Italian Renaissance style: two caryatids high on either side of the dial, carved capitals and a mask low in the centre of the door. Inside, a large lyre pendulum and a Kieninger movement.
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 194 cm · width 66 cm · depth 37 cm
- Wood
- Solid American tulipwood; flat parts in MDF veneered with Tanganyika; caryatids and mask in moulded wood, finished by hand
- Finish
- Semi-gloss walnut, water-based with a nitro top coat, applied to the whole case
- Movement
- German Kieninger mechanical movement in brass; weekly chain winding (up to 10 days); switchable night silencer from 10 pm to 7:15 am
- Chime
- Westminster on bells every quarter hour
- Dial
- Large dial by the German firm Jaeckle
- Pendulum
- Large brass lyre pendulum and brass weights by Jaeckle
- Other
- Four raised feet, fluting and four carved capitals; single door with lock and hand-bevelled glass; also made plain, without caryatids and mask
How it is made
The Renaissance design shows in the four raised feet, the fluting on the flat parts and the four capitals. The case is solid American tulipwood, with the flat parts in MDF veneered with Tanganyika. Franco carves the capitals and the details along the mouldings by hand.
The two side statues and the mask are moulded wood, finished by hand. They are applied decorations, not part of the structure: for those who prefer no figures at home, we make the same clock completely plain. There is a single door, with a lock and glass bevelled by hand all the way round by Giovanni Casella. Our Stefano finishes it with water-based coats and a semi-gloss walnut nitro top coat, on the whole case at once, so a little more patina stays between its many parts.
The Kieninger movement plays the Westminster chime on bells every quarter hour. The dial is large, and so is the brass lyre pendulum. It is wound once a week by pulling the chains, runs for up to ten days, and can stay silent at night.
