by John Mowatt
In the early 1800s a number of American clock makers were producing shelf or mantel clocks in which the movement was made from wood. Gear wheels were shaped from hardwood such as cherry and carefully fitted to run smoothly. Some of these clocks have survived for 200 years or so and are today [...]

The oldest alarm clock ever is the sun, but antiques dealers and clock historians keep saying that the sun “doesn’t count”.  Apparently this is because you can’t put the sun under any kind of value guide.  But alarm clocks have existed long before the idea of buying and selling antiques.  Here is a look at [...]

A stylish and attractive feature for any home, mantle clocks are well worth collecting. Acquiring mantle clocks can be a gratifying and enjoyable experience for anyone, but if you decide to collect the more rare mantle clocks, your purchase are apt to be more costly. You need to be very knowledgeable when collecting vintage mantel [...]

Many people love collecting antiques, and is a passion that they know all to well. This is the same passion that people collecting antique clocks share as well. They would go out of their way just to find the ideal items, however, with the advent of the Internet, many of these people have discovered the [...]

by Margaret Mauldin
Antique collecting is the assembling of items of aesthetic, historical or monetary values from earlier eras. Clocks are highly desirable collectibles when antique. How old does an antique have to be to be considered an antique?
Legally and traditionally, an antique is usually defined as an object over 100 years old. In the history [...]