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 the movements, when fully wound, will run for eight days. This is true for Howard Miller Grandfather Clocks, Hermle Floor Clocks, the Ridgeway Grandfather Clock Collection, Bulova [...]

A chance clock-repairer at last took notice and found it as good as ever, needing merely a brush of oil. Now it has re-established itself on a mantelpiece just off the main stream of household traffic, and the pulse-beat of its pendulum is an appreciated back- drop.

Can you still get an antique clock at the right price?
With the falling stock markets and house prices around the world more and more people are seeing their wealth they have amassed deteriorate before their very eyes. Smart investors are cashing in their stocks and bonds and buying tangible assets.
 
Assets they can actually see [...]

I found this film and thought it was the coolest thing ever.
It was made in 1949 for the “Hamilton Watch Company”

It shows a simple demonstration of the basic design and operation
of a watch…
It’s really neat if you’re into watch movements, as it goes into great detail,
including the reason the hairspring is shaped the [...]

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 [...]