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STR.06
Wooden table clock
French style with Venetian lacquer. A single piece of solid lime wood carved by hand, with a separately carved pine cone finial, in white crackle and gold leaf.
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 46 cm · width 25 cm · depth 13 cm
- Wood
- A single piece of solid French lime wood, up to 12 cm thick, hollowed for the movement; pine cone carved separately
- 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 is a single piece of solid French lime wood, up to 12 cm thick, hollowed out to hold the movement; the pine cone on top is carved separately and added afterwards. The wood seasons for up to eight years before we work it. We rough it out on a manual pantograph, then Franco carves it by hand, with carving that reaches through the whole depth of the wood.
On a table it is seen from every side, so we sand it and finish it all the way round. The lacquer is white crackle, with gold leaf laid by hand by the painter Lara Finotti and small decorations in very soft colours, under a matt acrylic clear coat. It is small, but the design of the case and the finish sit well together. 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, swinging fast, keeps the time. It is wound with a key once a week, in the two dial holes; to silence the chime, wind only the right-hand spring.
