1-800-4CLOCKS, which is based in New York City, is proud to have been a participant in making this Open House National NBC Television Show come to life. The major contribution we made was the selection, donation, delivery and placement of one of the nicest contemporary grandfather clocks we sell, which is the Howard Miller Coco Grandfather [...]
Dent and Company is perhaps best known for designing the Tower Clock in England's Houses of Parliament, that has become known over the years as Big Ben (which is actually the name of the Bell in the Clock Tower). Dent also made bracket clocks and wall clocks, though we see very few of them for sale. [...]
Grandfather Clocks and Grandmother Clocks -- do you carry both? What is the difference? Why in your clocks store do you list some grandfather clocks as both a grandfather clock and a grandmother clock? Can a big long wall clock be considered a grandmother clock, or does it need to be freestanding? The above are questions [...]
GrandfatherClocks for Sale? We are all used to seeing For Sale signs for just about everything, including Grandfather Clocks. But how one presents the item for sale, whether it is a house, an apartment for sale, an automobile, or one of any of a number of homer decor or interior decoration items, how it is presented [...]
Earlier today, I was reading a highly regarded periodical which happened to address the subject of the future of the laptop, pc, Mac, Netbooks, and handhelds in general, and the perception of an inevitable march towards a continuous convergence to handheld devices for all of ones communication and computing needs. Not that this is a radical [...]
Our Store, 1-800-4CLOCKS.com, is one of the largest clocks retailers in the world. We specialize in grandfather clocks, but also stock and sell many wall clocks, mantle clocks, atomic clocks, cuckoo clocks, and on and on. We carry both new and antique clocks. Pocket watches too. The brands we carry include Howard Miller Clocks, Hermle Clocks, [...]
A grandfather clock has become a very generous, but not uncommon, gift from parents to the bride and groom to be. We have had bridal registry requests for grandfather clocks. Frequently these are families that have grown up with a grandfather clock in their home, and the parents want their children to have the same heartwarming [...]
Well, we had thought we had heard just about everything! But just when we think it's safe to say we have heard everything, well, you know how it goes. Kind of like just when you think it's safe to go back in the water. We never learn. Or at least the entertainment industry has a vested [...]
Recent years have been accompanied by the incorporation of new features and technologies into mechanical grandfather clocks, mechanical mantle clocks, as well as keywound wall clocks. Some of these same, and additional features, have also been included in the quartz of battery driven versions of wall clocks, mantel clocks, and grandfather and grandmother clocks. Not all [...]
Remember the movies which have an older and eerie painting of a person with eyes that seem to follow you across and around the room? I remember many such movies and television shows over the years. Mystery novels too, and even if I recall correctly, in Disneyworld and Disneyland. Some times there are actual characters watching [...]