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STR.04
Wooden table clock
French style with Venetian lacquer. A single piece of solid lime wood, carved by hand through its whole depth and finished on every side.
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 59 cm · width 29 cm · depth 13 cm · weight 5 kg
- Wood
- A single piece of solid French lime wood, up to 12 cm thick
- Finish
- White crackle Venetian lacquer with gold leaf and soft-coloured decorations; matt acrylic clear coat
- Movement
- German Hermle mechanical movement in brass; Swiss escapement; weekly key winding in the 2 dial holes; turn the hands clockwise only
- Chime
- Bim-bam at the half hour; on the hour counts the strokes with a Dutch double bim-bam; to silence it, wind only the right-hand spring
- Dial
- Round, cast gilt brass, opening bezel with convex glass, black Roman numerals on white aluminium plaques
- Pendulum
- None: a Swiss escapement takes its place
- Other
- Turning panel at the back to reach the movement; finished all the way round
How it is made
The case comes from one piece of solid French lime wood, up to 12 cm thick, seasoned for up to ten years: wood takes a year per centimetre to dry. We rough it out on a manual pantograph, then Franco carves it by hand, with flowers that reach deep into the wood.
On a table it is seen from every side, so it is sanded and finished all the way round. The lacquer is white crackle, with gold leaf laid by the painter Lara Finotti and small decorations in soft colours, under a matt acrylic clear coat. At the back, a turning panel gives access to the movement.
The brass Hermle movement gives a bim-bam at the half hour and on the hour counts the strokes with a Dutch-style double tone. It has no pendulum: a Swiss escapement keeps the time. It is wound with a key once a week.
