Ever since I was a child, I have found that I am able to wake myself up almost to the minute, when I set my mind to it. The number of times that i woke off just before the alarm clock went off numbers easily into the thousands! As to what to attribute this to, I [...]
We were thrilled to get this grandfather clocks inquiry. One of the larger Home Developers in North America approached us about the idea of strategically placing grandfather clocks, and maybe even some wall clocks and mantle clocks, in model homes they have for sale, with an option for their customers to purchase a home with a [...]
Well, it's the Sunday in Spring after the 2am morning change where we switch from Standard Time to Daylight Savings Time. Most people remember the "Spring Forward Fall Back" mnemonic to help remember what to do when. The writer of this Blog Post tried to go to bed an hour earlier last night to help ease [...]
Over time, we have weighed in on the strengths, weaknesses, and commonalities of the various makers of grandfather clocks, mantle clocks and wall clocks. Now we are asking for your opinions as to the best makers of wall clocks, mantel clocks and grandfather clocks. Here are the categories: GrandfatherClocks: and Grandmother Clocks too! Howard Miller Grandfather [...]
As we ring in 2010, we thought we might look forward in time by looking backwards. Sound strange? Well, here is the thinking. If we know what are the top 10 Features that people most want in their grandfather clocks, mantel clocks, atomic clocks, wall clocks, etc., it will help us all to offer clocks to [...]
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 [...]
Have you ever seen a piece of jewelry in the shape of a grandfather clock? A pin with a wall clock? What about a solid 14k gold pendant of the Big Ben Tower Clock of London to wear on a necklace (I own one of those, actually)? Watches as earrings, particularly from the Art Deco Watches [...]
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, [...]