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SZR.48
Grandfather clock
Precious, yet discreet. Solid French lime wood carved by hand in Viennese Rococo style, with three angels, four small feet and a moon phase dial.
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 79 cm · depth 35 cm
- Wood
- Solid French lime wood, up to 12-14 cm thick; frame in bent Tanganyika and maple; MDF back
- Finish
- Rich semi-gloss medium walnut, water-based
- 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; classic northern European or hand-painted by Paul Merkte; hands of our own design, signed
- Pendulum
- Brass lyre pendulum and weights by Jaeckle
- Other
- Three carved angels and four small feet; 5 mm dial glass bevelled by Giovanni Casella, blown glass below with applied leaves
How it is made
It comes from the family of the workshop's first Viennese Rococo clock, born in the early years from a photo of a clock in Vienna: low, in walnut and without angels. Over the years we made it taller, larger and richer, adding the moon phases, four small feet and three angels.
The case is solid French lime wood, up to 12 and 14 cm thick, on a frame of bent Tanganyika and maple; the MDF back lets the carving move without shifting the movement. We select and prepare the wood for up to 10 years, since it takes a year per centimetre to dry. We rough it out on a manual pantograph, then Franco Franzoso of Rovigo carves it by hand: the four small feet, the base, the body and the three angels in front. Each part is worked separately and fitted after finishing.
Stefano Gobetti sands every piece by hand and covers it in a rich, semi-gloss medium walnut, water-based, that protects the wood from humidity. The dial can be the classic northern European one or hand-painted by Paul Merkte, with Europe's monuments and a moon with a face. The Kieninger movement plays the Westminster chime every quarter hour, has hands of our own design, signed, and is wound once a week by pulling the chains.
