Grandfather Clocks

March 22, 2009

Grandfather Clocks Any Resemblance is Purely Coincidental

Grandfather clock buyers, collectors, sellers, and all horology beginners to experts – here is a new one to think about.  At least new for us and […]
February 15, 2009

Grandfather Clocks Stay While Presidents Come and Go

In a post on this blog shortly after the November Presidential General Election, we featured a picture of then-President Bush talking to President-Elect Obama from the […]
January 17, 2009

Grandfather Clocks Family Feud

Grandfather clocks sound so stately and yet essentially innocuous.  It is amazing how many times we hear from our customers that when a loved one from […]
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 […]
October 18, 2008

You Never Grow Out of Grandfather Clocks

If you have been in your own place for even a few years you have undoubtedly discovered that what you thought was really fun in terms […]
October 17, 2008

Remembering Grandfather Clocks, Part II

In the last post I related my story of my close friend who – along with her sister – was charged with cleaning out her parents’ […]