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SCR.20
Modern grandfather clock
Steel, white marble and a small waterfall running behind the pendulum. Inside, a Kieninger mechanical movement playing the Westminster chime on bells.
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 221 cm · width 57 cm · depth 42 cm · weight 150 kg
- Materials
- Steel case; white marble; pieces of stone
- Finish
- Polished chrome or steel on the visible parts of the movement
- Movement
- German Kieninger mechanical movement in brass; weekly chain winding; switchable night silencer from 10 pm to 7:15 am
- Chime
- Westminster on bells every quarter hour
- Dial
- Dial and hands behind safety glass
- Pendulum
- Short, carbon fibre with a chrome-plated end, by Jaeckle
- Other
- Demineralised water waterfall behind the pendulum, about 5 litres, can be coloured; 220 V pump; keep away from windows and doors, as a draught can push the weights against the pendulum
How it is made
With this model the founder, Antonio Altobel, decided to step outside the classic patterns, and his son David chose the mix: modern and practical, right for many settings. No brass-coloured part is on show, to break away from the past completely.
The case is welded and coated steel, and holds a slab of white marble. Behind the pendulum runs a small waterfall of demineralised water, about 5 litres, lifted back up by a 220 V pump. The water can also be coloured, as in an aquarium, and there are pieces of stone at the bottom.
The pendulum is short and slim, in carbon fibre with a chrome-plated end, so it does not hide the stone. The light sound of the bells mixes with the dripping water. Dial and hands sit behind safety glass.
