Explaining to prospective clock customers, whether it is a shopper for a grandfather clock, or a wall clock, or a mantel clock, understanding the differences between weight-driven grandfather clocks and wall clocks in particular is critical to truly understanding clocks mechanisms, and being able to tell better quality clocks from more run of the mill clocks, [...]
Mechanical and quartz wall clocks, whether made by Howard Miller Clocks or some of the many other wall clock manufacturers out there, like Hermle Clocks, Ridgeway Clock company, Bulova Clocks, Seth Thomas or others, offer many choice of wall clock style, functionality, chime whether mechanical or quarts or perhaps simply silent, material types, and decor choices, [...]
Father Time ranks up there with Mother Nature as an iconic image with much imagery and emotion surrounding each term. Father Time and grandfather clocks have always gone together in the mind of this writer when thinking about time and tempo One of the more interesting antique grandfather clocks we have is actually a roughly 5 [...]
When purchasing a new grandfather clock of any maker, whether it be one of the Howard Miller grandfather clocks, Hermle grandfather clocks, or part of the Ridgeway Floor Clocks collection, there are certain key questions that need to be understood before going ahead with the purchase. 1. Do I know what kind of movement the grandfather [...]
When is a brand not a brand? When it is words in another language translated because they both sound and look good! This is the case of the so-called branded Tempus Fugit Grandfather Clocks. Tempus Fugit is Latin for the words "time flies". Because of that, everybody and their brother whom manufactures grandfather clocks, or who [...]
When thinking about a perfect wedding present, and finding the ideal gift, especially to give to the bride and the groom, a grandfather clock has become a favorite for parents and parents-in-law to give the to the Bride and Groom to be. It is, or certainly can be, a timely present that will be a gift [...]
If one asks the average clock shopper what are the very best brands of clocks out there historically, including grandfather clocks, mantel clocks, and wall clocks, the answers given will be all over the map. Interestingly, though, one can be sure that much of the time one will here of Tiffany & Company as the best [...]