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SMR.49
Wooden wall clock
Solid tulipwood, bevelled mirrors, French-style brass mounts and glass on the sides. Inside, a Kieninger movement with three chimes and a seconds hand.
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 113 cm · width 65 cm · depth 20 cm
- Wood
- Solid American tulipwood with Tanganyika details; plywood back
- Finish
- Semi-gloss medium walnut, inside and out
- Movement
- German Kieninger mechanical movement in brass, spring-driven; weekly key winding of the 3 springs at the centre of the dial, without forcing past the limit; seconds hand; no night silencer
- Chime
- Three chimes on 8 notes every quarter hour, Westminster, Whittington and St Michael, plus the hour strike; lever to the right of the dial to choose the chime or switch it off; do not change it while it is chiming, or just before or after
- Dial
- Plain white, by Jaeckle
- Pendulum
- By Jaeckle, marked R and A; adjusted with the screw under the disc (left slows down, right speeds up); porcelain pendulum scale
- Other
- Bevelled mirrors; French-style mounts in burnished brass; glass on the sides; small drawer under the door; metric hinge; 4 corner spacers; movement, dial, hands and bells on a single bracket that comes out to the front
How it is made
This is a toilette wall clock of French origin. In the Veneto it was adapted for poor homes, where the bathroom was outside and mirrors were rare and very expensive. We make it all in solid American tulipwood, with small reveals at the joints and a few details in Tanganyika. The plywood back holds the whole case together, even while it hangs on the wall.
Stefano finishes it in a semi-gloss medium walnut, taken apart, inside and out, piece by piece. Only then do we fit the movement and the bevelled mirrors, and apply the French-style mounts in burnished brass. The glass on the sides makes the clock light and bright, and under the door there is a small drawer. The metric hinge keeps the door in place even after years, and four spacers at the corners stop it from marking the wall.
The Kieninger movement, large and in brass, plays one of three chimes on eight notes every quarter hour, Westminster, Whittington and St Michael, and strikes the hours. There is no night silencer: a lever to the right of the dial selects the chime or turns it off altogether. Once a week the three springs are wound with the key, at the centre of the dial, without forcing them past the limit. It has a seconds hand, and movement, dial, hands and bells sit on a single bracket that comes away to the front.
