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.

A Very Original, Dark Green Chinoiserie Longcase Clock with Rocking Father Time. Circa 1720. (Long Case)

18th century

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A Very Original, Dark Green Chinoiserie Longcase Clock with Rocking Father Time. Circa 1720. (Long Case)

From M. C. Taylor

£10,500

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Very Fine Edwardian Miniature Longcase Regulator in Mahogany C.1900

1900 - 1920

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Very Fine Edwardian Miniature Longcase Regulator in Mahogany C.1900

From Finchingfield Antiques

£7,750

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An English 8 Day Mahogany George III Longcase Clock with Strike/silent by Ed Hunsdon.

18th century

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An English 8 Day Mahogany George III Longcase Clock with Strike/silent by Ed Hunsdon.

From Gutlin Clocks

£7,500

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Georgian 8 Day Grandfather or Longcase Clock Good Maker

18th century

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Georgian 8 Day Grandfather or Longcase Clock Good Maker

From Heydays Antiques

£1,295

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Small Slim Georgian Oak Grandfather Longcase Clock

18th century

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Small Slim Georgian Oak Grandfather Longcase Clock

From Heydays Antiques

£1,250

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19th century

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Dent of London Fusee Wall Clock

From Kembery Antique Clocks Ltd

£675

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Antique Edwardian Quality Mahogany Inlaid Chiming 8 Day Mantle Clock

1900 - 1920

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Antique Edwardian Quality Mahogany Inlaid Chiming 8 Day Mantle Clock

From Unique Antiques by Emma Jade

£845

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18th century

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18th Century Scottish Forres Longcase Clock

From Carse Antiques

£1,450

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Unusual Cased Carriage Clock 2 3/4 Inches High a Miniature Carriage Clock

19th century

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Unusual Cased Carriage Clock 2 3/4 Inches High a Miniature Carriage Clock

From Frank Craig Antiques

£450

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19th century

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Rare French Carriage Clock

From Samuel Orr Antique Clocks

£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.

19th century

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Late 19th Century Mahogany Cased Fusee Dial/school/office/railway Type Wall Clock Timepiece

From Heydays Antiques

£435

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19th century

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19th Century Mahogany Moon Dial Longcase Clock Richardson of Manchester

From Abersoch Antiques

£400

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19th century

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Late 19th Century Four-glass Mantel Clock

From Beechmount Antiques

£925

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One Piece Engraved Repeating Carriage Clock

19th century

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One Piece Engraved Repeating Carriage Clock

From Chalfont Clocks

£2,650

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Late 17th/early 18th C. Painted Small Pine Grandfather Longcase Clock - John Welsh Luton Bedfordshire

18th century

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Late 17th/early 18th C. Painted Small Pine Grandfather Longcase Clock - John Welsh Luton Bedfordshire

From Heydays Antiques

£895

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Charles Frodsham & Holingue Frères: A Giant Carriage Clock

19th century

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Charles Frodsham & Holingue Frères: A Giant Carriage Clock

From Leigh Extence Antique Clocks

£8,500

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Antique Dial Clocks

A Very Original, Dark Green Chinoiserie Longcase Clock with Rocking Father Time. Circa 1720. (Long Case)

Very Fine Edwardian Miniature Longcase Regulator in Mahogany C.1900

An English 8 Day Mahogany George III Longcase Clock with Strike/silent by Ed Hunsdon.

Georgian 8 Day Grandfather or Longcase Clock Good Maker

Small Slim Georgian Oak Grandfather Longcase Clock

Dent of London Fusee Wall Clock

Antique Edwardian Quality Mahogany Inlaid Chiming 8 Day Mantle Clock

18th Century Scottish Forres Longcase Clock

Unusual Cased Carriage Clock 2 3/4 Inches High a Miniature Carriage Clock

Rare French Carriage Clock

Late 19th Century Mahogany Cased Fusee Dial/school/office/railway Type Wall Clock Timepiece

19th Century Mahogany Moon Dial Longcase Clock Richardson of Manchester

Late 19th Century Four-glass Mantel Clock

One Piece Engraved Repeating Carriage Clock

Late 17th/early 18th C. Painted Small Pine Grandfather Longcase Clock - John Welsh Luton Bedfordshire

Charles Frodsham & Holingue Frères: A Giant Carriage Clock

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