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The Grandfather Clocks
Company represents the world finest clock makers; Howard Miller, Ridgeway,
Kieninger & Hermle.
Howard Miller Clock Company
Since 1926 Howard Miller grandfather clocks have featured exquisite clock
details and the highest quality clock construction. Howard Miller
Grandfather and floor clocks tell much more than time. They also tell the
world you're the kind of person who appreciates good design and fine
furniture. Whether you prefer a traditional grandfather clock or our latest
cutting edge contemporary style clock, you'll find a clock that expresses
your personality beautifully.
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Ridgeway Clock Company
Savor the tradition of Ridgeway grandfather clocks. The Ridgeway Clock
Company is the oldest continuous producer of grandfather clocks in the US.
Ridgeway mechanical grandfather clocks are still crafted by American
clockmakers. This insures that each clock is built correctly. With care your
Ridgeway grandfather clock will become an heirloom passed through
generations of your family. Ridgeway is an innovator in the grandfather
clock category.
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Kieninger Clock Company
Founded in 1912 in the Germany’s Black Forest, the Kieninger Clock Company
is the world’s oldest maker of grandfather clocks still in existence.
Kieninger grandfather clocks are stylized, European inspired timepieces with
cabinets using exotic woods. Kieninger clocks are known for their very fine
cases, lacquers and hand rubbed finishes, extraordinarily high quality
mechanisms, and "old world" craftsmanship. Kieninger clocks are clocks built
to be enjoyed not only by you, but your children and your children's'
children. They are tomorrow's antique and classic clocks.
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Hermle Clock Company
Founded nearly 100 years ago in the Black Forest by Franz Hermle, the Hermle
Clock Company has become the worlds leading producer of German grandfather
clocks. Hermle clocks feature stunning finishes on exotic hardwoods and
veneers, these exquisite timepieces will become a family heirloom that will
be treasured for many generations. Many Hermle grandfather clocks feature
ornate gold and silver clock dials with moon phase accents, and polished
brass lyre pendulum and weight shells.
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The Grandfather Clocks Company provides many styles of
grandfather clocks, from classic antique style and traditional grandfather
clocks in Mahogany and Oak, to versatile curio cabinet grandfather clocks and
stunning contemporary floor clocks in chrome and glass.
Traditional Grandfather Clocks
Classic antique style
grandfather clocks by Howard Miller, Ridgeway, Kieninger & Hermle will become
family heirlooms that will be treasured for generations to come. With warm
Cherry, Mahogany, rustic Oak and Maple finishes on exotic hardwoods and veneers,
with inlays, overlays, moldings and motifs, traditional grandfather clocks and
floor clocks will bring a stately elegance to any home. A classic example of
traditional antique style grandfather clock is the Eisenhower Grandfather Clock
by the Howard Miller Clock Company, which is a member of the Presidential
Collection of luxury grandfather clocks. This clock features a swan-neck
pediment, book-matched crotch-figured veneers, turned urn finials, carved
rosettes, and an inlaid keystone with the Prince of Wales motif using Maple,
Padauk, Amaranth, and Ebony veneers on a Madrona Burl background.
Curio Cabinet Grandfather Clocks
Curio Clocks combines an
elegant floor clock with a stunning curio cabinet that work together in
beautiful harmony. Often featuring full length side glass framed curio space,
with adjustable glass shelves which allowing you to display all of your
treasured collectibles, antiques, family portraits and photographs. The Ridgeway
Opus Grandfather Clock is a classic curio clock design which features a full
length side glass, gracefully arched bonnet top, and abundant curio space, this
jewel sets the standard to which others will strive to reach.
Contemporary Grandfather Clocks
Stunning timepieces in
glass and chrome, such as the Viveka Grandfather Clock by the Kieninger Clock
Company, this modern clock features cutting edge European styling. The
Cosmopolitan Grandfather Clock by the Howard Miller Clock Company is a sleek
radial-shaped floor clock was inspired by Art Deco clock design, framed by
brushed nickel-finished moldings and an elegant full-length curved glass door
with porcelain-like clock dial.
Grandfather Clock Finishes
Grandfather Clocks are
available is a stunning variety of styles, designs and finishes. We feature a
range of wooden grand father clocks in Cherry, Oak, Mahogany, Maple, Beech,
Walnut and Rosewood finishes on a variety of hardwoods and veneers. The
Grandfather Clock Company also features a range of metal grandfather and floor
clocks in chrome, stainless steel, gold, brass, iron and silver tone metal
finishes. In addition we offer a selection of painted grandfather clocks in
white, red, burgundy, vanilla and black.
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The Grandfather Clocks Company provides grandfather clocks
with a variety of clock movements and chimes, from classic chain and cable clock
movements that have been used to operate grandfather clocks for centuries or
more modern quartz based movements. We also offer grandfather clocks that play a
variety of class clock chimes, which are available in single, dual and triple
chime movements.
Cable Driven Clock Movements
Grandfather clocks with
cable driven movements are operated by weights held by a cable as the weights
fall they operate the clock and keep time. Often made of brass cable driven
clock movements keep time accurately and faithfully. This is a traditional
method of powering a grandfather clock, as the clock requires no battery or
electricity to power the clock (unless of course it is illuminated in which case
the light will be powered by electricity). A cable driven clock is wound
approximately once a week with a brass crank or key that fits into the dial of a
clock. The weights are pulled to the top of the clock.
Chain Driven Clock Movements
Grandfather clocks with
cable driven movements are operated in a very similar fashion to cable driven
clock movements except that the weights that operate the clock and keep time are
held by chains. Instead of using a key or crank to raise the weights once a
week, the chain driven grandfather clock simply requires the chain attached to
the weights to be pulled down once a week to raise the weights. The weights will
then fall over the course of the week and that is what powers the clock.
Quartz Clock Movements
Quartz movements are operated by
battery and give you the benefits of a traditional grandfather clock but without
requiring weekly winding. An electronic oscillator and a quartz crystal are used
to power the quartz powered grandfather clock and keep precise time. In 1928
Bell Laboratories built the first quartz clock which is accurate to within 1-2
thousandths of a second per day. Quartz clock movements require batteries, and
electronic impulses pass from a battery through a quartz crystal powering the
movement of the clock at regular intervals.
Grandfather Clock Chimes
Grandfather clocks typically
play one, two or three different chimes or tunes. A clock’s movement maybe
referred to as a single, dual or triple chime movement, which indicates the
number of chimes or tunes that that clock will play.
Each clock maker uses variants on many of the chime tunes
so the chimes will vary slightly by clock maker. But most clock makers use a
standard selection of chimes that include Westminster Chimes, Whittington
Chimes, Westminster Chimes, St Michael Chimes, Ave Maria Chimes, Ode To Joy
Chimes, and Bim Bam Chimes. These chimes often have a very rich history
themselves and add to the heirloom quality of each grandfather clock. For
example the Westminster Chimes are the same notes first used on the clock in the
University Church tower of St. Mary, Cambridge, England, and in 1859, selected
for the Victoria Clock Tower in the House of Parliament in London better known
as Big Ben. There, the hour is still struck on the famous old bell, "Big Ben".
While the Ave Maria Chimes are based upon Schubert’s song which tell the tale of
Ellen Douglas;
In the early 1500's. King James V banished the Douglas Clan
to Scotland where Ellen Douglas lived in hiding. He did so because Archibald
Douglas, Earl of Angus had imprisoned the child king during the early days of
his rein. In 1825 Franz Peter Schubert wrote Ellen's Song, which was a prayer
for the safety of herself and her father as they hid in the forest.
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