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SZR.16
Grandfather clock
We call it “Bar” after the large door in the centre of the base, where you can keep bottles of wine and spirits. The doors are carved with flowers and the chime plays three melodies.
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 217 cm · width 52 cm · depth 31 cm · weight 70 kg
- Wood
- Tulipwood hand-carved on doors and base; flat parts and back in MDF veneered with Tanganyika
- Finish
- Semi-gloss walnut, water-based with a nitro top coat
- 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
- Three melodies to choose from, on 8 notes: Westminster, Whittington, St Michael; hour strike
- Dial
- Moon phase dial by the German firm Jaeckle
- Pendulum
- Brass lyre pendulum and brass weights by Jaeckle
- Other
- Large door in the base for bottles; three doors carved with flowers; top carving lifts off upwards; 5 mm hand-bevelled glass; the hood slides forward like a drawer
How it is made
It is tulipwood, carved by hand by Franco straight into the raw wood, on the three doors and the base. The carving on top is on the front only and lifts off upwards: without it, the clock is lower and plainer. The flat parts are high-quality MDF veneered with Tanganyika, and so is the back.
We finish the back separately: it holds the rest of the case together and keeps it aligned over the years. We screw everything together while assembling and testing the movement. The door is solid wood, with 5 mm glass bevelled by hand all the way round by Giovanni Casella. Our Stefano finishes the case with water-based coats and a semi-gloss walnut nitro top coat.
The Kieninger movement has three chimes on eight notes to choose from: Westminster, Whittington and St Michael, plus the hour strike. The wide arch at the top shows off the moon phase, and the hood slides forward like a drawer to reach the movement. It is wound once a week by pulling the chains, and it can stay silent at night.
