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SZR.94
Grandfather clock
English Empire style, reworked with French and Italian taste. To the original we added gold, black, burl veneers and a moon phase, and took away the glass back.
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 233 cm · width 70 cm · depth 37 cm
- Materials
- Solid American tulipwood and MDF veneered in reddish maple; burl veneers laid up before applying; gilt lost-wax bronzes by Giovanni Prada; cast brass capitals
- Finish
- Walnut and black with real gold leaf by Lara Finotti; semi-gloss acrylic
- Movement
- German Kieninger mechanical movement in brass; chain winding lasting well over a week; 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
- Long brass lyre pendulum with genuine Bohemian crystal, one swing per second; weights by Jaeckle
- Other
- 5 mm hand-bevelled glass on doors and sides; two hand-chased pine cones; lock and key; the hood slides forward like a drawer
How it is made
It is one of our newest models: we added it to the range to offer an Empire clock with French and Italian taste at the same time. The case is partly solid American tulipwood and partly MDF veneered in reddish maple, for an English feel outside and in. We lay up the burl veneers before applying them, so no small cuts show between the pieces.
The walnut and black finish brings out the spaces and the different woods, and steps a little away from English tradition. The real gold leaf, laid by the painter Lara Finotti, ties everything together with the gilt bronzes cast in lost wax by Giovanni Prada; the two large pine cones are re-chased by hand. On top goes a semi-gloss, environmentally friendly acrylic. The 5 mm glass on the doors and sides is bevelled by hand all round by Giovanni Casella, and cast brass capitals enrich the columns.
The lyre pendulum holds genuine clear Bohemian crystal, a nod to the “hourglass” idea of the original English model, and it is long: each swing lasts exactly one second. The Kieninger movement plays the Westminster chime every quarter hour and the moon moves on one click a day. One winding, by pulling the chains, lasts well over a week. The door is slim but has its own lock and key, and the hood unscrews from the back and slides forward like a drawer.
