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About Howard Miller Clocks |
The Grandfather Clocks Company – The Howard Miller Clock
Company
THE HOWARD MILLER CLOCK COMPANY
Incomparable workmanship. Unsurpassed quality. A quest for
perfection.
It’s what Howard C. Miller insisted on when he founded the
Howard Miller Clock Company in 1926, at the age of 21.
Even then, Howard Miller understood the need to create
clocks that would be steeped in quality and value. He expected nothing less than
the best. And it was only under those strict conditions that he allowed his name
to grace every clock manufactured at our sprawling facility in Zeeland,
Michigan.
Howard Miller was schooled in the fine art of clock making
by his father, Herman, in the Black Forest region of Germany. Howard developed
into a clock maker and visionary whose keen sense of innovation spawned a
tradition of excellence that has been uncompromised through three generations.
While the early years focused on the manufacture of chiming
wall and mantel clocks, Howard Miller also produced trend-setting avant garde
clocks that stand today in collectors' galleries. During World War II, Howard
Miller joined forces with the Ford Motor Co. to produce anti-aircraft covers. In
the 1960s, the company turned its attention to grandfather clocks, eventually
earning the company the title of "World's Largest Grandfather Clock
Manufacturer."
In 1989, the Howard Miller Clock Company began creating
collectors cabinets with the same attention to detail and craftsmanship inherent
in their clock making. Fashioned from glass and hardwoods, the cabinets are
ideal for displaying heirlooms, plates, glassware and other collectibles.
As part of the company's continuing effort to bring
customers only the best in handcrafted products, the Howard Miller Clock Company
recently acquired three companies: The Hekman Furniture Company produces a
strong cadre of carefully sculpted hardwood pieces that range from 18th and 19th
Century reproductions, to contemporary products featuring fine metals and exotic
woods. The Woodmark Company makes fine upholstered pieces. And the exquisite
clock movement in many clocks we offer is made by old world craftsmen employed
by the Kieninger Company of Germany.
While Howard Miller products might once have been primarily
considered as gifts for weddings, anniversaries and retirements, the company's
expanded line of offerings is enticing more and more buyers who simply desire
quality timepieces and furniture in their homes and businesses -- no occasion
required.
The Howard Miller Clock Company offer hundreds of items to
complement any decor ranging from portable alarm clocks to desk sets to wall and
mantel clocks to collectors cabinets to limited edition grandfather clocks.
No matter the price of the grandfather clock you purchase,
you have the same assurance that Howard C. Miller provided when he began
offering clocks more than 70 years ago: That quality be reflected both in the
products they create, and in the people whose artistic talents they rely on to
manufacture them.
The legacy left by Howard C. Miller isn't an easy one to
emulate. But it's the only way the Howard Miller Company knows of doing
business. Incomparable workmanship. Unsurpassed quality. A quest for perfection.


Howard Miller’s World Headquarters located in Zeeland,
Michigan. Click below to download and view a short factory tour video.
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