Wooden Clock
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 Evolution of Antique American Clocks Watches Makers Dates Etc Scarce Book  US $42.95
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 Antique 1830S Jonathan Frost Rosewood Ogee 30hr Connecticut Shelf Wind Clock US $499.99
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 RARE ANTIQUE ANSONIA CRYSTAL PALACE 1 MANTLE CLOCK GLASS DOME COVER RUNS NR US $1,250.00
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 Dazzlingly and Exclusive Grandfather Clock US $3,750.00 |
 Antique Gerrman wooden clock coverted to battery powered US $30.00
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 Antique German mantle table clock about 1890 Junghans SPECIAL US $449.00
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 19th Century Marble French Mantel Clock In Perfect Working Order US $900.00
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 Unique and One of a Kind Grandfather Clock US $4,800.00 |
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 WORKING VINTAGE JAPANESE EIKEISHA PENDULUM WALL CLOCK WITH CHIMES US $109.99
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 Antique American Clocks Watches History and Development Scarce Book US $29.95
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 Most Beautiful Mantel Clock with Bronze Ornaments US $2,900.00
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 Chronometre Suisse Silver Table Desk Clock Ca 1900 US $550.00
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 1832 RI Atkins Downs Half Column Splat Shelf Connecticut Mahogany Ogee Clock US $2,999.99
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 NEW HAVEN HARMONY TAMBOUR DUO CHIME MANTEL CLOCK WORKING ART NOVEAU 1920 BIM BAM US $165.00
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 Antique Napoleonic Marble Bronze Mantel Clock 1835 Neoclassical French Portico US $1,358.00
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 Bonhams 5 11 10 antique Japanese Timekeepers Read coll US $40.00
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 Rare and Unusual French Wall Clock US $2,400.00 |
 XL Gilt Bronze Boulle work Clock SUPPORT Goat heads c1800 US $2,950.00
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 FRENCH NAPOLEON III PORTICO CLOCK WITH BOULLE MARQUETRY US $1,400.00
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 Antique French Portico Mantel Clock Circa 1840 8 Day US $2,850.00
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 Breathtaking and Exclusive Bronze Clock Set US $3,150.00 |
 Figural Swinger Clock 1800s US $748.50
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 Antique Smiths Astral Brass Ship Clock on Wood Bracket English C1920s US $385.95
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 Exceptional and Unique Gustav Becker Month Runner Clock Price Reduced US $4,750.00 |
 ANTIQUE 1835 58 DANIEL PRATT READING MASS WOODEN WORKS WEIGHT DRIVEN 30 HR CLOCK US $667.25
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 ANTIQUE JUNGHANS ELEGANT MAHOGANY MANTLE BRACKET CLOCK WESTMINSTER CHIMES US $519.99
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 Absolutely Amazing Bronze Gilt Mantel Clock US $2,750.00 |
 One of a Kind Mantel Clock US $3,400.00 |
 MAUTHE CHIMING MANTLE CLOCK VINTAGE MADE IN GERMANY US $59.60
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 ANTIQUE WATERBURY DUARTE 8 DAY MANTEL SHELF CLOCK US $235.00
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 RARE 19th C BOSTON CARRIAGE or TRAVEL CLOCK in CASE US $899.99
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 MAGNIFICENT AND RARE BLACK FOREST MANTEL CLOCK US $3,850.00 |
 OLD GERMAN ELEGANT SCHLENKER SÖHNE ART DECO WALL CLOCK 1925 WORKS PERFECTLY US $229.00
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 Vintage Wooden Airplane Propeller Alarm Clock Antique Old Aviation Plane Clocks US $439.95
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 ART DECO CLOCK PARTS ART 1920 OMNIBUS by JOHN NASH US $500.00
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 Antique German Clock Winterhalder Hoffmeier WH Sch K Black Forrest Wooden US $298.95
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 Antique French Mantle Clock XIX Century US $1,800.00
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 Collectible Wooden Elephant clock with a monkey on the top US $199.00
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 LG Antique Black Forest 275 Wall Clock Hunt Theme Plaque with FOX Game Bird US $2,995.00
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 Antique Old Waterbury Clock Empire Ogee Style Wood Wooden Case Face Brass Works US $165.00
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 NEW Unusual Octagonal Shape Handmade Wooden Mosaic Wall Clock Gift Idea US $34.99
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 LOVELY 19TH C FRENCH SHELF CLOCK EBONIZED CASE BARLEY TWIST COLUMNS US $599.99
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 ANTIQUE TALL CASE SETH THOMAS WALNUT BIRDSEYE MAPLE GRANDFATHER CLOCK US $2,989.00
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 Antique Beautiful Black Forest Handcarved Wood Cuckoo Clock Pieces US $103.99
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 A OUTSTANDING VERY VALUABLE EMPIRE PORTICUS FRENCH WALNUT WOOD CLOCK 1840 1850 US $1,395.00
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 Exclusive Beautiful Viennese Wall Clock 1880 Walnut Wood US $1,250.00
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 Large old Black Forest carved wooden wall Clock US $2,500.00
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 19th C French Carved Wood Set CLOCK and Barometer Bauchus Fawn Huge US $2,850.00
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 London Style Railway Wood Clock 22 Double Sided WALL HANG US $120.00
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 OMG Victorian Tole Painted Wood Clock Face Cabinet Display US $94.95
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 Antique French collumn table clock 19th ct FREE SHIPPING US $750.00
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 Antique Ingraham Walnut Mantle Clock 1800s Brass Action US $230.00
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 Miniature Walnut Waterbury Wall Clock US $265.00
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 ORNATE FRENCH BRONZE WALL CLOCK BLOI FROUARD 1880 US $1,100.00
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 BEAUTIFUL ANTIQUE WOODEN 3 SHELF FLOOR CLOCK WITH FINIAL US $299.00
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 FABULOUS ANTIQUE NEW HAVEN 8 DAY MINIATURE SHELF CLOCK US $299.99
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 LOVELY BLACK FORREST CUCKOO CLOCK DECORATED WITH HUNTING EQUIPMENT US $225.00
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 Early 19th C French Dore Bronze and Marble Figural Chariot Clock great works US $4,600.00
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 VIENNA WALL CLOCK BIEDERMEIER REGULATOR MINIATURE JOHANN BOSCH C1848 US $3,300.00
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 FRENCH ART DECO SCULPTURE CLOCK DECO LADY HER DOG US $3,450.00
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 BLACK FOREST 2 weight wallclock 1840 schwarzwald hand made wood dial US $399.00
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 Antique Ingraham Rosewood Mantle Mantel Clock Civil War Era US $199.00
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 ANTIQUE 1920S DARK WOOD CLAWFOOT MANTLE SHELF CLOCK NEEDS TLC GREAT FOR PARTSNR US $20.50
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 Vintage Australian Mulga Wood Clock German Mechanism US $183.21
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 Angus Coote Mantel Clock Japan US $244.28
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 Decorative Angel 16 Wooden Wall Clock Wall Art Wall Decor US $15.99
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 ANTIQUE MINIATURE WOODEN SAND CLOCK TIMER US $9.99
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 Vintage Walnut Brass Winding Shelf Clock Military US $95.00
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 Needlework Framed Wall Clock Vintage Wooden Modern Clock US $48.00
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 MOORE PORCELAIN MANTLE CLOCK 19th Ct US $895.00
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 Antique German Sheild Clock pre 1840 US $389.86
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 MAJAK Vintage USSR Russian Wooden Mantel Wall Clock Serviced US $54.99
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 ANTIQUE CLOCK MADE IN ENGLAND VINTAGE WOOD CLOCK KEY NO7 POPULAR PROGRESS US $130.00
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 GEORGE MITCHELL SHELF CLOCK WOODEN WORKS MOVEMENT WOOD 3 FEET TALL RARE CASE US $595.00
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 WEMPE FRANZ HERMLE FHS Chiming Wooden Mantle clock GERMANY KEY WIND Art Deco US $145.00
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Origin Of Grandfather Clocks
Remember those big, wooden clocks with long pendulums and which gives out eerie sounds? Antique clocks can evoke feelings of nostalgia for times gone by. Hearing the clock going ding-dong could either bring a person back to the past or to a time in the future.
Clocks, no matter what kind they are, have always been an important aspect of man's life. The invention of the clock has made life easier for humans, who used to tell time by the way the sun's rays were positioned in the sky. Our ancestors could tell it is noon when the sun is set at a certain height or level in the sky. While this system worked, it made the telling of time impossible during night time or at times when it is raining.
Mechanical clocks which sounded a bell at every hour were invented in the 1300s. However, these clocks were so primitive they did not have minute hands or faces which could easily tell the time the way the clocks do nowadays. The discovery of the coiled spring in the 1400s made possible for the existence of smaller clocks and even watches. It was in the 1600s when the pendulum clock was invented by Christiaan Huygens. However, the pendulum clock was still considered inaccurate.
Such was the British Parliament's yearning for a clock that could accurately tell the time, that a cash reward awaited anyone who could create a clock that could be used even for navigation. Finally, the accurate clock was invented and humans were once again able to navigate and work, knowing that their clocks were telling them the right time.
One of the clocks that have become famous is the grandfather clock. This clock is known for being a work of art in itself, enclosed in a tower case and has a long pendulum. Remember that in the olden days, the longer the pendulum of the clock was, the more accurate the time. Grandfather clocks usually measured high at a minimum of six feet tall, and the tower made of hardwood and glass.
The Grandfather clock actually referred to the floor clock kept in the George Hotel in England, owned by the two brothers. The death of one of the brothers resulted to time malfunction of the floor clock. When the clock started to fail when the second brother died, the clock was never repaired. This was the same clock which inspired the song "My Grandfather's Clock", composed by Henry Clay Work in 1875 and written after he stayed in the George Hotel and learned of the story of the two brothers.
Most Grandfather clocks are striking clocks. Striking clocks, like the Big Ben clock in London, are clocks that make a gong sound at every hour.
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