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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Samuel Marti Clock

From Sovereign Antiques Of Nuneaton

£1,500

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19th century

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Marble and Gilt Portico Clock

From Masons Antiques

£950

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Antique 8 Day Long Case Clock by Price Evans of Salop Circa 1770

18th century

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Antique 8 Day Long Case Clock by Price Evans of Salop Circa 1770

From Hedley Wilson

£2,750

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18th century

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18th Century Liverpool 8 Day Brass Moon Phase Longcase Clock, William Mercer of Liverpool

From Abersoch Antiques

£3,200

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French Belle Epoque Mahogany Mantel Clock

1900 - 1920

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French Belle Epoque Mahogany Mantel Clock

From Arrowsmith Antiques & Interiors

£1,100

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A Cased Verge Wall Clock by Peter Debaufre

18th century

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A Cased Verge Wall Clock by Peter Debaufre

From Devonshire Antiques

£4,750

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French Carriage Clock Engine Turned Mask Dial 1890-1920s

19th century

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French Carriage Clock Engine Turned Mask Dial 1890-1920s

From Arundel Clocks

£795

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19th century

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Fine Drop Dial Fusee Wall Clock, C1880

From Curious Antiques

£795

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An Unusual & Rare Regulator Longcase Clock by William Chisholm of Aberdeen

19th century

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An Unusual & Rare Regulator Longcase Clock by William Chisholm of Aberdeen

From P A Oxley Antique Clocks & Barometers

£9,250

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Quality Antique Victorian Brass Carriage Clock

19th century

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Quality Antique Victorian Brass Carriage Clock

From Rebecca Sarah Antiques

£565

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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.

Grimaldi and Johnson, Strand, London. Miniature Bracket Timepiece

19th century

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Grimaldi and Johnson, Strand, London. Miniature Bracket Timepiece

From Chalfont Clocks

£16,185

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18th century

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Mahogany 8 Day Long Case Clock

From Finchingfield Antiques

£5,750

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Devonshire Longcase Clock by Upjohn of Exeter

18th century

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Devonshire Longcase Clock by Upjohn of Exeter

From P A Oxley Antique Clocks & Barometers

£9,950

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19th century

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Long Case Clock

From Hedley Wilson

£2,450

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Fine Antique George III Inlaid Mahogany Eight Day Longcase Clock

19th century

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Fine Antique George III Inlaid Mahogany Eight Day Longcase Clock

From London City Antiques

£3,950

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Magnificent Ting-tang, Pad-top Bracket/mantel Clock by W & H

19th century

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Magnificent Ting-tang, Pad-top Bracket/mantel Clock by W & H

From Masons Antiques

£895

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Antique Dial Clocks

Samuel Marti Clock

Marble and Gilt Portico Clock

Antique 8 Day Long Case Clock by Price Evans of Salop Circa 1770

18th Century Liverpool 8 Day Brass Moon Phase Longcase Clock, William Mercer of Liverpool

French Belle Epoque Mahogany Mantel Clock

A Cased Verge Wall Clock by Peter Debaufre

French Carriage Clock Engine Turned Mask Dial 1890-1920s

Fine Drop Dial Fusee Wall Clock, C1880

An Unusual & Rare Regulator Longcase Clock by William Chisholm of Aberdeen

Quality Antique Victorian Brass Carriage Clock

Grimaldi and Johnson, Strand, London. Miniature Bracket Timepiece

Mahogany 8 Day Long Case Clock

Devonshire Longcase Clock by Upjohn of Exeter

Long Case Clock

Fine Antique George III Inlaid Mahogany Eight Day Longcase Clock

Magnificent Ting-tang, Pad-top Bracket/mantel Clock by W & H

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