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SZR.56
Grandfather clock
This is our “Napoleone” model, built in three parts. The dial is smaller, with four small columns at the top, so that the clock 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 200 cm · width 43 cm · depth 26 cm
- Wood
- Solid beech; plain parts in MDF and plywood veneered in Tanganyika; cherry and poplar burl; black pear stringing
- Finish
- Semi-gloss medium cherry, 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; blown glass; the hood slides forward like a drawer
How it is made
The design is very French, slim and well proportioned. The frame is a simple wood, solid beech, with the plain parts in MDF and plywood veneered in Tanganyika. To this we added cherry and poplar burl and black pear stringing.
Our Stefano finishes the whole case with water-based coats and a semi-gloss medium cherry nitro top coat. We finish the case as a whole, so a little more patina stays in the joints between the parts. The glass is blown, and behind the upper door you can see the moon phase.
The hood, with its four small columns at the sides, slides forward like a drawer and puts the movement within reach. The Kieninger movement plays the Westminster chime every quarter hour and has signed, extra-thick hands. The moon moves on one click a day and follows its phases: in the past, knowing when the full moon was due meant you could travel at night too. It is wound once a week by pulling the chains, and it can stay silent at night.
