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SMR.76
Wooden wall clock
A simple, pared-back wall clock that also holds small objects. Two glass shelves run from the sides to behind the pendulum, and the Kieninger movement plays three chimes.
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 80 cm · width 55 cm · depth 22 cm · weight 20 kg
- Wood
- Solid American tulipwood; 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
- 5 mm glass hand-bevelled by Giovanni Casella; 2 inner glass shelves, from the sides to behind the pendulum; metric hinge; 4 corner spacers; movement, dial, hands and bells on a single bracket that comes out to the front
How it is made
It is an artistic yet essential wall clock that doubles as a small display cabinet. We make it all in solid American tulipwood, well profiled and with small reveals at the joints. 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, and only then do we fit the movement. The 5 mm glass is bevelled by hand by Giovanni Casella. The two inner shelves are glass too: they keep the clock light and leave room for many small objects, even behind the pendulum. 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. A lever to the right of the dial selects the chime or turns it off altogether; there is no night silencer. Once a week the three springs are wound with the key, at the centre of the dial. The seconds hand marks the exact minute, and the Jaeckle pendulum is adjusted with the screw under the disc.
