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SMR.88
Wooden wall clock
A large wall clock that fills a wall on its own. Neoclassical style, hand-laid walnut burl, hand carving and bevelled glass on the sides too.
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 139 cm · width 48 cm · depth 25 cm
- Wood
- Solid American tulipwood for the square parts; lime and Italian walnut for the carved parts; hand-laid Ferrara walnut burl, book-matched on door, outside and inner back
- Finish
- Semi-gloss medium walnut: water-based catalysed coat and nitro top coat
- Movement
- German Hermle mechanical movement in brass, cable-driven; weekly crank winding in the 2 dial holes; turn the hands clockwise only
- Chime
- One stroke at the half hour, hours struck on a large spiral gong; to silence it, wind only the right-hand pulley
- Dial
- Round and domed, by Hermle, with double brass ring and black Roman numerals on white
- Pendulum
- Hermle lyre pendulum and 2 weights; ceramic pendulum scale
- Other
- Hand-bevelled glass, on the sides too; long door on a continuous hinge; 4 wall spacers
How it is made
The construction is typically Venetian: Venetian craftsmen who moved to the court of Vienna probably made small masterpieces like this one, which we have taken up and brought up to date. The wood was chosen by our founder, Antonio Altobel. The square parts are solid American tulipwood, the carved parts lime and Italian walnut.
The burl is Italian walnut from Ferrara, book-matched on the door, on the outside and even on the inner back panel. Mrs Ambrosi lays it by hand, joining with a cutter slices about 1 mm thick taken from where the branches leave the trunk. Carlo roughs out the wood on a manual pantograph, then Franco carves the decorations by hand. Stefano finishes every part in a semi-gloss medium walnut, with a water-based catalysed coat and a nitro top coat that even them out and seal them against water.
Giovanni Casella bevels the glass by hand all the way round, and there is glass on the sides too, which fills the inside with light. The long door hangs on a very strong continuous hinge that keeps it steady over the years. The Hermle movement gives one stroke at the half hour and strikes the hours on a large spiral gong. It is wound once a week with the crank in the two dial holes; if you would rather not hear the strike, wind only the right-hand pulley.
