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SMR.89
Wooden wall clock
The pendulum clock that stands for Florence, with the great lily on top. Richly carved and bright thanks to the long side glass: in a living room it can take the place of a grandfather clock.
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 136 cm · width 46 cm · depth 26 cm
- Wood
- Lily and carvings in solid lime wood on MDF veneered in Tanganyika; flat parts in American tulipwood; birch plywood back
- Finish
- Water-based medium walnut, semi-gloss nitro 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
- Blown glass, with long side glass; 4 corner spacers
How it is made
The great lily on top and the other carved parts are solid lime wood, set on MDF veneered in Tanganyika. The flat parts are American tulipwood and the back is birch plywood. Franco carves every piece by hand, after the parts have been prepared and roughed out by machine.
Each part is prepared on its own, finished separately and only then assembled: that way we can take care of the finish down to the last detail. Stefano does it by hand, with a water-based medium walnut and a semi-gloss nitro coat. The glass is blown, to set off the movement inside. Four spacers at the corners keep the case from marking the wall.
The movement is by the German firm Hermle, making clocks in the Black Forest since 1920. At the half hour it gives one stroke; on the hour it strikes the hours on a large spiral gong with a soft, light sound. It is wound once a week with the crank in the two dial holes, and the two weights sink slowly all day long. If you would rather not hear the strike, wind only the right-hand pulley.
