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SZR.47
Grandfather clock
This is our “Italia” model: tall and slender, in three parts of solid wood, with low-relief carving. The crest is screwed on: take it off and the clock becomes lower and plainer.
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 236 cm · width 54 cm · depth 32 cm
- Wood
- Solid lime wood carved by hand, sides included; back in top-grade MDF veneered in 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
- Westminster every quarter hour
- Dial
- Moon phase dial by the German firm Jaeckle
- Pendulum
- Brass lyre pendulum and brass weights by Jaeckle
- Other
- Three parts; carved crest screwed on, can be removed; four solid wood doors, two in the base; 5 mm brass-leaded door glass; six bevelled side panes; the hood slides forward like a drawer
How it is made
It is all solid lime wood, carved by hand even on the sides, with the large fan decoration at the top and carvings at the foot of the base. Only the back is made of top-grade MDF veneered in Tanganyika: we finish it separately, and it keeps the rest of the case aligned over the years. The two small doors in the base were once used for the household liqueurs.
Carlo guides by hand the machine that removes the extra wood and prepares the low reliefs, then Franco carves by hand and we sand everything, for a soft, even carving. All four doors are solid wood. The middle one has 5 mm brass-leaded glass by Giovanni Casella, and the upper glass is bevelled all round, with a large arch over the moon phase. The six side panes show off the bevelling and the solid wood, and bring light to the movement and the pendulum. Stefano finishes it all in semi-gloss walnut, water-based with a nitro top coat.
The Kieninger movement plays the Westminster chime every quarter hour and can stay silent at night. The moon moves on one click a day and follows its phases. It is wound once a week by pulling the chains, and each weight drops about 12 cm a day. The case is screwed together during assembly, while we test the movement, and the hood slides forward like a drawer.
