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SCR.77
Modern grandfather clock
A hint of Biedermeier: two large lit columns, an oval door with bevelled glass and burl sealed under glossy polyester, as if under glass.
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 210 cm · width 88 cm · depth 32 cm · weight 90 kg
- Wood
- Plywood and MDF veneered with Alpi pre-composed burls; flat parts in Tanganyika; door and base in solid American tulipwood
- Finish
- Glossy polyester with black details, dried 72 hours in a closed booth
- Movement
- German Kieninger mechanical movement in brass; chain winding lasting about a week; switchable night silencer from 10 pm to 7:15 am
- Chime
- Westminster on bells every quarter hour
- Dial
- Moon phase dial by Jaeckle; hands of a clean, linear design
- Pendulum
- Brass lyre pendulum and weights by Jaeckle
- Other
- Two columns 12-14 cm across with 12 V lights (220/110 V transformer); oval door with hand-bevelled glass; drop-front compartment in the base
How it is made
The case is plywood and MDF veneered with Alpi pre-composed burls; the flat parts are Tanganyika, the door and base solid American tulipwood, so they stay firm. The two columns are 12-14 cm across and carry two 12 V lights on top.
Gilberto does the finish: glossy polyester with black details between wood and burl, applied in a closed booth and left to dry for 72 hours. It takes away the feel of the wood but keeps its colours, as if sealed in glass. Each piece is varnished on its own and then fitted, like the body of a car.
The large oval door has glass bevelled by hand by Giovanni Casella and lifts by two side knobs for winding. In the base is the drop-front compartment, the classic storage space of grandfather clocks. The Kieninger movement plays the Westminster chime on bells and the dial shows the moon phase.
