What does fusee mean on a dial clock?

It's the drive: a spring barrel and a tapering grooved pulley joined by chain or gut, which evens out the pull of the mainspring as it runs down. The word appears in 514 titles in this category, second only to "wall". Single fusee means one train and no strike; twin or double fusee means the clock strikes as well.

Why are dial sizes always quoted in inches?

Because the dial is the point of the clock, and buyers of round wall dials buy by diameter. Roughly one title in forty states the inch measurement outright. The sampled spread runs from a 7in dwarf dial through the everyday 8in, 10in and 12in, up to 14in, 18in and a single 32in industrial factory dial. Both ends of that spread get flagged in titles as small or large.

Are longcase clocks really dial clocks?

On this heading, yes. Longcase, grandfather and long case together account for about a fifth of listings, entered because the dial itself is what the title describes, brass, arch, painted or moon. Wall clocks and fusee movements still dominate the sold archive, but longcases dominate the live stock.

What are railway and GPO dials?

Wall dials issued to institutions and marked accordingly. GWR, GPO, GvR, LMS, NER, British Railways, RAF sector and Air Ministry marks all turn up, and "railway" appears in 37 titles. One sampled austerity example has a Bakelite case dated 1943. Documented issue marks push a clock up the range.

Do foreign clocks appear in this category?

Occasionally, against a heavily English mass. The samples include a Dutch Frisian Stoelklok Schippertje, a Japanese Tokyo wall clock and an Anglo-Swiss station clock. French mantel and carriage clocks are the larger foreign presence, with "french" in 146 titles. One eighteenth-century Swedish turret clock face and movement from Rosendal Palace appears once and nowhere else.

Which dial clocks sit at the top of the range?

London-signed longcases and bracket clocks, and the two longcases entered as "Before 1700", the earliest dates anywhere in the archive. Wooden-dial wall clocks, where the dial itself is timber rather than iron or brass, come up only a handful of times and all sit high. So do automata: rocking-ship longcases, a rocking Father Time chinoiserie case and a moving windmill fusee dial.

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A dial clock is a round-faced English wall timepiece, usually fusee-driven in a turned mahogany or oak bezel and box, made to be read across a tavern, office, schoolroom or station platform.

19th century

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Fine Quality Antique 19th Century Mahogany Arch Dial Longcase Clock

From Unique Antiques by Emma Jade

£2,650

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Late 18th / Early 19th Century Welsh Oak Longcase Clock by Thomas Webbe of New Quay

18th century

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Late 18th / Early 19th Century Welsh Oak Longcase Clock by Thomas Webbe of New Quay

From Salisbury Antiques Centre

£2,100

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Longcase Clock Wmc Triple Wind on Gong Tubes Circ 1820-50 Richard Sharkey Birmingham

19th century

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Longcase Clock Wmc Triple Wind on Gong Tubes Circ 1820-50 Richard Sharkey Birmingham

From Arundel Clocks

£1,550

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Walnut & Oak Georgian Moonphase Longcase Clock

18th century

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Walnut & Oak Georgian Moonphase Longcase Clock

From Clockwise

£4,250

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Rare French Carriage Clock for the Market in China Sweep Seconds

19th century

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Rare French Carriage Clock for the Market in China Sweep Seconds

From Arundel Clocks

£3,200

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18th Cent Oak Longcase Long Case Grandfather Clock

18th century

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18th Cent Oak Longcase Long Case Grandfather Clock

From Cross Antiques

£650

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Bryson, Edinburgh: A Mahogany Steeple Bracket Clock

19th century

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Bryson, Edinburgh: A Mahogany Steeple Bracket Clock

From Leigh Extence Antique Clocks

£3,200

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George III Mahogany Drop Dial "Tavern" Wall Clock

18th century

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George III Mahogany Drop Dial "Tavern" Wall Clock

From Church Street Antiques & Interiors

£1,850

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John Witherston of Hereford Quarter Striking Bracket Clock

18th century

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John Witherston of Hereford Quarter Striking Bracket Clock

From The Antique Clock Co.

£28,500

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19th century

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Antique 19th Century Quality Rosewood Inlaid Drop Dial Wall Clock

From Unique Antiques by Emma Jade

£1,195

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The most expensive dial clock ever sold on Sellingantiques was a round dial chinoiserie eight-day tavern clock by William Nash of Bridge in Kent, circa 1785, sold October 2023.

Halliday & Rich, Bridgwater Fusee Wall Clock

19th century

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Halliday & Rich, Bridgwater Fusee Wall Clock

From Kembery Antique Clocks Ltd

£775

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Fusee Five Glass Library Clock by Walker

19th century

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Fusee Five Glass Library Clock by Walker

From The Antique Clock Co.

£6,950

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Early 18th C Rare Single Handed 8 Day Oak Longcase Clock

18th century

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Early 18th C Rare Single Handed 8 Day Oak Longcase Clock

From Heydays Antiques

£2,250

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Howell & James, London: A Cole Style Strut Clock

19th century

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Howell & James, London: A Cole Style Strut Clock

From Leigh Extence Antique Clocks

£1,250

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Mahogany 8 Day Elliott Striking Mantle Clock

1940 - 1960

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Mahogany 8 Day Elliott Striking Mantle Clock

From Heydays Antiques

£285

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1920 - 1940

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A Ww2 Period Raf Dial Wall Clock

From Kembery Antique Clocks Ltd

£1,250

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Antique Dial Clocks

Fine Quality Antique 19th Century Mahogany Arch Dial Longcase Clock

Late 18th / Early 19th Century Welsh Oak Longcase Clock by Thomas Webbe of New Quay

Longcase Clock Wmc Triple Wind on Gong Tubes Circ 1820-50 Richard Sharkey Birmingham

Walnut & Oak Georgian Moonphase Longcase Clock

Rare French Carriage Clock for the Market in China Sweep Seconds

18th Cent Oak Longcase Long Case Grandfather Clock

Bryson, Edinburgh: A Mahogany Steeple Bracket Clock

George III Mahogany Drop Dial "Tavern" Wall Clock

John Witherston of Hereford Quarter Striking Bracket Clock

Antique 19th Century Quality Rosewood Inlaid Drop Dial Wall Clock

Halliday & Rich, Bridgwater Fusee Wall Clock

Fusee Five Glass Library Clock by Walker

Early 18th C Rare Single Handed 8 Day Oak Longcase Clock

Howell & James, London: A Cole Style Strut Clock

Mahogany 8 Day Elliott Striking Mantle Clock

A Ww2 Period Raf Dial Wall Clock

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