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SZR.55
Grandfather clock
An “English” clock in three parts: understated, elegant and traditional. We kept the dial smaller, with four small columns at the top, so that it stays slim and well proportioned.
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 207 cm · width 45 cm · depth 26 cm
- Wood
- Solid beech; plain parts in MDF and plywood veneered in Tanganyika; birch backs
- 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 every quarter hour
- Dial
- Small moon phase dial by the German firm Jaeckle; signed, extra-thick hands
- Pendulum
- Brass lyre pendulum and brass weights by Jaeckle
- Other
- Three parts; four small columns at the sides of the hood; two screwed openings to inspect the movement; blown glass
How it is made
It is built in a simple wood: solid beech, with the plain parts in MDF and plywood veneered in Tanganyika. This is why it takes many different finishes and suits any home or office. The backs are birch. The English design is very slim, with four small columns at the sides of the hood.
Our Stefano finishes the whole case with water-based coats and a semi-gloss walnut nitro top coat. Here we finish the case as a whole, so a little more patina stays in the joints between the parts. The glass is blown. The clock is built fully assembled, so there are two screwed openings to inspect the movement.
The moon moves on one click a day through new, waxing, full and waning. Knowing when the full moon was due meant you could travel at night, and it was the English who first placed these clocks in inns and post stations. The Kieninger movement, with signed, extra-thick hands, plays the Westminster chime every quarter hour and can stay silent at night. It is wound once a week by pulling the chains.
