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.

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A 19th Century French Ormolu & Marble Mantel Clock

From Mark Buckley Antiques

£995

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A Gorge Carriage Clock by Henri Jacot of Paris.

19th century

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A Gorge Carriage Clock by Henri Jacot of Paris.

From Leigh Extence Antique Clocks

£2,400

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Antique Victorian Quality French Wall Clock

19th century

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Antique Victorian Quality French Wall Clock

From London City Antiques

£1,085

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19th century

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Wall Clock

From Midwinter Antiques

£1,650

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London Longcase Clock by King of Ratcliff Highway

18th century

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London Longcase Clock by King of Ratcliff Highway

From P A Oxley Antique Clocks & Barometers

£10,250

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Fine Marquetry Longcase Clock – Peter Wise – London

18th century

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Fine Marquetry Longcase Clock – Peter Wise – London

From The Antique Clock Co.

£18,950

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18th century

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Georgian 8 Day Longcase Clock

From Deva Antiques

£1,485

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Repeating Drocourt Carriage Clock with Alarm

19th century

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Repeating Drocourt Carriage Clock with Alarm

From Chalfont Clocks

£2,400

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1900 - 1920

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Fine Monumental Musical Long Case Clock

From John Howkins Antiques

£6,250

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Fine Striking Drop Dial Wall Clock – C. Coleman – London

19th century

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Fine Striking Drop Dial Wall Clock – C. Coleman – London

From The Antique Clock Co.

£5,500

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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.

19th century

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Late 19th Century French Gilt Brass Carriage Clock.

From Chequers Antiques

£1,395

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18th century

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Good 18th Century Lancashire Oak & Mahogany Brass Dial 8 Day Longcase Clock 'Winstanley, Wigan'

From Abersoch Antiques

£1,250

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Superb Flame Mahogany Eight Day Longcase Clock

19th century

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Superb Flame Mahogany Eight Day Longcase Clock

From Clockwise

£1,750

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Mappin & Webb London Long Cased Oak Clock

1900 - 1920

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Mappin & Webb London Long Cased Oak Clock

From Sovereign Antiques Of Nuneaton

£2,450

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18th century

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Elegant 18th Century London Longcase Clock

From Hansord Antiques

£3,450

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Stunning Walnut Longcase Clock – Edward East

17th century

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Stunning Walnut Longcase Clock – Edward East

From The Antique Clock Co.

£70,000

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Antique Dial Clocks

A 19th Century French Ormolu & Marble Mantel Clock

A Gorge Carriage Clock by Henri Jacot of Paris.

Antique Victorian Quality French Wall Clock

Wall Clock

London Longcase Clock by King of Ratcliff Highway

Fine Marquetry Longcase Clock – Peter Wise – London

Georgian 8 Day Longcase Clock

Repeating Drocourt Carriage Clock with Alarm

Fine Monumental Musical Long Case Clock

Fine Striking Drop Dial Wall Clock – C. Coleman – London

Late 19th Century French Gilt Brass Carriage Clock.

Good 18th Century Lancashire Oak & Mahogany Brass Dial 8 Day Longcase Clock 'Winstanley, Wigan'

Superb Flame Mahogany Eight Day Longcase Clock

Mappin & Webb London Long Cased Oak Clock

Elegant 18th Century London Longcase Clock

Stunning Walnut Longcase Clock – Edward East

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