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.

18th century

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Georgian Long Case Clock Circa 1775

From Frank Craig Antiques

£2,200

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Grandmother Clock by Gillett & Johnston of Croydon

1900 - 1920

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Grandmother Clock by Gillett & Johnston of Croydon

From P A Oxley Antique Clocks & Barometers

£6,750

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Antique George III Quality Oak and Mahogany Longcase Clock with 8 Day Moon Phase Movement by Edward White Birmingham

19th century

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Antique George III Quality Oak and Mahogany Longcase Clock with 8 Day Moon Phase Movement by Edward White Birmingham

From London City Antiques

£3,250

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19th century

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Scottish Mahogany Longcase Clock Signed D. Straiton, Montrose.

From Sinclairs Antiques and Interiors

£1,450

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Antique George III Quality Eight Day Brass Face Oak Longcase Clock

18th century

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Antique George III Quality Eight Day Brass Face Oak Longcase Clock

From London City Antiques

£3,950

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19th century

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Gwr Fusee Dial Railway Wall Clock, Swindon

From Clockwise

£3,150

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L.n.e.r Fusee Dial Railway Wall Clock, Fenchurch St

19th century

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L.n.e.r Fusee Dial Railway Wall Clock, Fenchurch St

From Clockwise

£3,150

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French Striking Victorian Carriage Clock, Lovely

19th century

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French Striking Victorian Carriage Clock, Lovely

From Clockwise

£825

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1920s Quarter Chiming Oak Grandmother Longcase Clock

1900 - 1920

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1920s Quarter Chiming Oak Grandmother Longcase Clock

From Heydays Antiques

£1,250

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19thc Mahogany & Paterae Grandfather Longcase Clock 8 Day

19th century

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19thc Mahogany & Paterae Grandfather Longcase Clock 8 Day

From Heydays Antiques

£1,480

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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.

Antique Single Chain Fusee Wall Clock by Camerer Cuss & Co London Working Order

19th century

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Antique Single Chain Fusee Wall Clock by Camerer Cuss & Co London Working Order

From N Wilson Antiques Clocks

£745

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Beautiful Antique Walnut Lenzkirch Mantel / Bracket Clock with Brass Dial

19th century

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Beautiful Antique Walnut Lenzkirch Mantel / Bracket Clock with Brass Dial

From N Wilson Antiques Clocks

£475

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1920 - 1940

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14½″ Antique Mahogany Wall Clock - Station / School Round Dial Design (Timepiece) Circa 1930

From Yolanda Gray Antiques

£325

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Beautiful Antique Ebonised Lenzkirch Mantel / Bracket Clock with Silvered Dial

19th century

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Beautiful Antique Ebonised Lenzkirch Mantel / Bracket Clock with Silvered Dial

From N Wilson Antiques Clocks

£295

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Arts and Crafts Tudric Pewter, Copper and Abalone 0290 Clock by Archibald Knox for Liberty and Co

1900 - 1920

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Arts and Crafts Tudric Pewter, Copper and Abalone 0290 Clock by Archibald Knox for Liberty and Co

From Morgan Strickland Decorative Arts

£7,950

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19th century

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A Gilded Dial Carriage Clock

From Kembery Antique Clocks Ltd

£385

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Antique Dial Clocks

Georgian Long Case Clock Circa 1775

Grandmother Clock by Gillett & Johnston of Croydon

Antique George III Quality Oak and Mahogany Longcase Clock with 8 Day Moon Phase Movement by Edward White Birmingham

Scottish Mahogany Longcase Clock Signed D. Straiton, Montrose.

Antique George III Quality Eight Day Brass Face Oak Longcase Clock

Gwr Fusee Dial Railway Wall Clock, Swindon

L.n.e.r Fusee Dial Railway Wall Clock, Fenchurch St

French Striking Victorian Carriage Clock, Lovely

1920s Quarter Chiming Oak Grandmother Longcase Clock

19thc Mahogany & Paterae Grandfather Longcase Clock 8 Day

Antique Single Chain Fusee Wall Clock by Camerer Cuss & Co London Working Order

Beautiful Antique Walnut Lenzkirch Mantel / Bracket Clock with Brass Dial

14½″ Antique Mahogany Wall Clock - Station / School Round Dial Design (Timepiece) Circa 1930

Beautiful Antique Ebonised Lenzkirch Mantel / Bracket Clock with Silvered Dial

Arts and Crafts Tudric Pewter, Copper and Abalone 0290 Clock by Archibald Knox for Liberty and Co

A Gilded Dial Carriage Clock

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