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STR.28
Wooden table clock
A Louis XV style that comes from the clocks of the Palace of Versailles. Floral inlay in natural coloured woods on walnut, gilt mounts and a glossy finish.
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 60 cm · width 33 cm · depth 14 cm
- Materials
- MDF veneered in 1 mm walnut; floral inlay in natural woods (red padauk, maple, green tulipwood and others); brass mounts gilded in a gold bath
- Finish
- 100% glossy polyester over a primer and an anti-yellowing coat
- Movement
- German Hermle mechanical movement in brass; 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 the Dutch double tone; to silence it, wind only the right-hand spring
- Dial
- Round, cast gilt brass, black Roman numerals on white aluminium plaques
- Pendulum
- Small, with a screw beneath to regulate the time
- Other
- Brass and glass front door for setting the time and winding; black rear door to reach the movement
How it is made
This model was created more than fifty years ago by Gianni De Munari, who rediscovered the clocks of the Palace of Versailles, in France. The case is high-quality MDF, carefully veneered in 1 mm walnut. Across it run flowers inlaid in natural woods of different colours: red padauk, maple, green tulipwood and others.
We cut the 1 mm slivers of wood one by one with a fretsaw to make up the flowers in their colours, fit them into the walnut and press everything onto the base. The mounts are brass, gilded in a gold bath. The finish is glossy, 100% polyester, over a primer and an anti-yellowing coat, so the joints between the woods do not open over time.
It has two doors: the brass and glass one at the front, to set the time and wind the springs, and the black one at the back, to reach the movement. The brass Hermle movement gives a bim-bam at the half hour and on the hour counts the strokes with the typical Dutch double tone. It is wound with a key once a week, in the two dial holes; to silence the chime, wind only the right-hand spring. The small pendulum regulates the time: just turn the screw beneath it.
