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.

Massive Triple Fusee Musical Mantel Bracket Clock 8 Bells & Westminster Chime

19th century

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Massive Triple Fusee Musical Mantel Bracket Clock 8 Bells & Westminster Chime

From N Wilson Antiques Clocks

£3,750

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Georgian Automaton Rocking Ship Grandfather Longcase Clock

18th century

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Georgian Automaton Rocking Ship Grandfather Longcase Clock

From Heydays Antiques

£2,850

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19th century

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Late 19th Century Mahogany Westminster Chiming Musical Grandfather Longcase Clock by Geo Tarratt of Leicester Long Case

From Heydays Antiques

£1,100

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18th century

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Webster Fusee Dial Wall Clock

From The Antique Clock Co.

£5,995

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1900 - 1920

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Nice Rare Miniature Oval Alarm

From Samuel Orr Antique Clocks

£925

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High Quality Regulator Longcase Clock – Richard Rowell – Oxford

19th century

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High Quality Regulator Longcase Clock – Richard Rowell – Oxford

From The Antique Clock Co.

£19,500

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19th century

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French Comtoise Wall Clock

From Clockwise

£595

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18th century

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Welsh Oak 18th Century Arch Dial 8 Day Longcase Clock 'M Thomas, Caernarfon'

From Abersoch Antiques

£1,195

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19th century

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Longcase Regulator Clock

From Athey Antiques

£6,500

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18th century

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Long Case Clock

From Hedley Wilson

£3,700

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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.

A Very Rare Large Size 18-Inch English Mid Victorian Fine Quality Mahogany Double Dial Wall Clock

19th century

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A Very Rare Large Size 18-Inch English Mid Victorian Fine Quality Mahogany Double Dial Wall Clock

From Gutlin Clocks

£1,750

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A Striking & Repeating Carriage Clock, Ripon

1900 - 1920

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A Striking & Repeating Carriage Clock, Ripon

From Kembery Antique Clocks Ltd

£730

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Regency Longcase Clock, Oak, Gorgeous Dial, Lovely Condition

19th century

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Regency Longcase Clock, Oak, Gorgeous Dial, Lovely Condition

From Clockwise

£1,650

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One-piece Striking Repeating Carriage Clock

19th century

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One-piece Striking Repeating Carriage Clock

From The Antique Clock Co.

£3,250

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English 8 Day Single Fusee Drop Dial London Wall Clock

19th century

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English 8 Day Single Fusee Drop Dial London Wall Clock

From S J Bean Clocks & Antiques

£1,150

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Antique Carriage Clock in the Georgian Style C.1900

1900 - 1920

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Antique Carriage Clock in the Georgian Style C.1900

From Original Retro

£495

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Antique Dial Clocks

Massive Triple Fusee Musical Mantel Bracket Clock 8 Bells & Westminster Chime

Georgian Automaton Rocking Ship Grandfather Longcase Clock

Late 19th Century Mahogany Westminster Chiming Musical Grandfather Longcase Clock by Geo Tarratt of Leicester Long Case

Webster Fusee Dial Wall Clock

Nice Rare Miniature Oval Alarm

High Quality Regulator Longcase Clock – Richard Rowell – Oxford

French Comtoise Wall Clock

Welsh Oak 18th Century Arch Dial 8 Day Longcase Clock 'M Thomas, Caernarfon'

Longcase Regulator Clock

Long Case Clock

A Very Rare Large Size 18-Inch English Mid Victorian Fine Quality Mahogany Double Dial Wall Clock

A Striking & Repeating Carriage Clock, Ripon

Regency Longcase Clock, Oak, Gorgeous Dial, Lovely Condition

One-piece Striking Repeating Carriage Clock

English 8 Day Single Fusee Drop Dial London Wall Clock

Antique Carriage Clock in the Georgian Style C.1900

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