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SZR.72
Grandfather clock
Baroque, all in carved wood, inspired by a French model. For a home that loves the antique but lives in the present, even if it is not furnished in Baroque style.
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 218 cm · width 57 cm · depth 30 cm
- Wood
- Solid French lime wood, up to 10 cm thick; frame in double bent Tanganyika and maple; MDF back
- Finish
- Nitro medium walnut; semi-gloss acrylic
- 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
- Round, cast gilt brass; hands of our own design, signed
- Pendulum
- Brass lyre pendulum and weights by Jaeckle
- Other
- Two carved angels; large upper door with concealed hinges and lock; movement on two runners, slides out like a drawer; round 5 mm glass bevelled by Giovanni Casella, blown glass below
How it is made
We started it by going back to French history. Since the 1970s we have made many improvements, to strengthen its structure and export it safely, always without changing its gentle, delicate design. We made it taller and added a half-moon to the two angels, which marks the step between the upper and lower parts.
The case is solid French lime wood, up to 10 cm thick, on a frame of double bent Tanganyika and maple; the MDF back lets the carving move without shifting the movement. We prepare the wood for up to 8 years, rough it out on a manual pantograph, and Franco Franzoso of Rovigo carves it by hand. The base, the angels, the large upper door and the piece below it that joins the two halves are worked separately and fitted after finishing. Stefano Gobetti sands every piece, finishes it in nitro medium walnut and covers it with a semi-gloss acrylic that protects it from humidity, which differs in every part of the world.
The large upper door is the soul of the clock: it has concealed hinges and a lock. Open it and the whole movement is on view, mounted on two runners that let it slide forward like a drawer. The Kieninger movement plays the Westminster chime every quarter hour, with a round gilt cast brass dial and hands of our own design, signed. It is wound once a week by pulling the chains.
