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.

Good Quality 'Air Ministry' Ship's Bulkhead Clock with Enamel Dial and Brass Case.
circa 1940.

1920 - 1940

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Good Quality 'Air Ministry' Ship's Bulkhead Clock with Enamel Dial and Brass Case. circa 1940.

From M. C. Taylor

£1,750

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A Rhodium Plated 1960 Jaeger 540 Cal Swiss Elysee Atmos Clock with a Round Dial,

1940 - 1960

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A Rhodium Plated 1960 Jaeger 540 Cal Swiss Elysee Atmos Clock with a Round Dial,

From Gutlin Clocks

£3,500

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A Small Fusee Striking Bracket Clock in a Break-arch Ebonised Case.
circa 1800.

19th century

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A Small Fusee Striking Bracket Clock in a Break-arch Ebonised Case. circa 1800.

From M. C. Taylor

£2,750

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Antique Coromandel Single Fusee Mantel Clock with Silvered Dial

19th century

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Antique Coromandel Single Fusee Mantel Clock with Silvered Dial

From N Wilson Antiques Clocks

£1,045

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Georgian Brass Face Eight Day Oak Case Grandfather Clock

19th century

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Georgian Brass Face Eight Day Oak Case Grandfather Clock

From Harrison Antique Furniture

£1,250

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Wooden Dial, Chisel Bottom, English Drop-dial Fusee Wall Clcok by John Thwaites.
circa 1805.

19th century

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Wooden Dial, Chisel Bottom, English Drop-dial Fusee Wall Clcok by John Thwaites. circa 1805.

From M. C. Taylor

£5,500

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19th century

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19th Century Silvered-dial Mahogany Portico Clock

From Quiet Street Antiques of Bath

£2,150

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1920 - 1940

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Art Deco Mystery Clock by Smiths Clocks, C1930s

From Art Deco World

£1,550

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1900 - 1920

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Longcase Clock.

From A and B Antiques

£685

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Small Warm Coloured Georgian Grandfather Longcase Clock

18th century

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Small Warm Coloured Georgian Grandfather Longcase Clock

From Heydays Antiques

£945

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The top sale of the last year on Sellingantiques was a black dial English tavern, or Act of Parliament, wall clock by William Stevens of Cirencester, circa 1775.

19th century

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19th Cent Rosewood Fusse Dial Clock

From Cross Antiques

£350

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18th century

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Antique Oak & Walnut Longcase Grandfather Clock Samuel Young Nantwich & Bunbury

From N Wilson Antiques Clocks

£2,900

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A Twin Fusee Ships Striking Bulkhead Clock

19th century

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A Twin Fusee Ships Striking Bulkhead Clock

From Chalfont Clocks

£9,725

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Georgian Mahogany Grandfather Longcase Clock Robert Thomson Bo-ness

18th century

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Georgian Mahogany Grandfather Longcase Clock Robert Thomson Bo-ness

From Heydays Antiques

£1,750

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Regulator Wall Clock - John Walker, 1 South Molton Street, London.

19th century

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Regulator Wall Clock - John Walker, 1 South Molton Street, London.

From Athey Antiques

£1,450

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Henri Jacot Carriage Clock with Strike Repeat Function

19th century

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Henri Jacot Carriage Clock with Strike Repeat Function

From Chalfont Clocks

£2,850

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Antique Dial Clocks

Good Quality 'Air Ministry' Ship's Bulkhead Clock with Enamel Dial and Brass Case. circa 1940.

A Rhodium Plated 1960 Jaeger 540 Cal Swiss Elysee Atmos Clock with a Round Dial,

A Small Fusee Striking Bracket Clock in a Break-arch Ebonised Case. circa 1800.

Antique Coromandel Single Fusee Mantel Clock with Silvered Dial

Georgian Brass Face Eight Day Oak Case Grandfather Clock

Wooden Dial, Chisel Bottom, English Drop-dial Fusee Wall Clcok by John Thwaites. circa 1805.

19th Century Silvered-dial Mahogany Portico Clock

Art Deco Mystery Clock by Smiths Clocks, C1930s

Longcase Clock.

Small Warm Coloured Georgian Grandfather Longcase Clock

19th Cent Rosewood Fusse Dial Clock

Antique Oak & Walnut Longcase Grandfather Clock Samuel Young Nantwich & Bunbury

A Twin Fusee Ships Striking Bulkhead Clock

Georgian Mahogany Grandfather Longcase Clock Robert Thomson Bo-ness

Regulator Wall Clock - John Walker, 1 South Molton Street, London.

Henri Jacot Carriage Clock with Strike Repeat Function

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