Time Terminology

January 8, 2009

Mechanical Grandfather Clocks – To Wind or to Allow to Wind Down

The vast majority of high-end mechanical grandfather clocks, whether they have cable driven movements or the chain driven movement type, have 8 day movements.  This means […]
December 29, 2008

Grandfather Clocks to Usher In the New Year

In modern times, at least in most New Year’s celebrations witnessed by the author of this blog post, people who are indoors generally huddle around the […]
December 6, 2008

Grandfather Clocks Relevance in Modern Times

When working at your Toshiba laptop, or using your Apple iPhone, one might legitimately wonder just why would I need a grandfather clock in my home […]
November 30, 2008

Grandfather Clocks Floor Clocks Tallcase Clocks or Longcase Clocks

Whether you call your grandfather clock a Floor Clock, or refer to grandfather clocks as long case clocks or tall case clocks has a lot to […]
November 24, 2008

Time for Mechanical Atomic Grandfather Clocks by Best Makers

Some atomic time grandfather clocks by what we would consider to be medium to low quality makers have begun to appear in the marketplace.  All have […]
November 12, 2008

Grandfather Clock in background, President Bush calls to Congratulate President-Elect Obama

Not too late into the night of November 4, 2008, and shortly after Senator John McCain conceded defeat, President George W Bush called the newly victorious […]
April 7, 2008

Grandfather Clocks: So Many Options

Having a grandfather clock in the home as a child often means that a particular melody remains steadfast in your mind – a melody that carries […]
February 12, 2008

More Grandfather Clocks with Tubular Chimes Westminster and Triple Chime

One of the choices facing Grandfather Clocks shoppers is whether to go with one of the many mainstream grandfather clocks, the very large majority of which […]
February 4, 2008

Grandfather Clocks vs Long Case Clocks vs Tall Case Clocks

Now you are in the market for one of those really tall standalone (against a wall) clocks, which has a pendulum swinging back and forth every […]
January 21, 2008

Grandfather Clocks Pocket Watches and Now Wristwatches too

1-800-4CLOCKS will in early 2008 be adding several lines of new wristwatches to its already existing assortment of timepieces, which currently include grandfather clocks, wall clocks, […]