What is a grandmother clock?

A grandmother clock is a scaled-down version of the traditional longcase clock, built with a shorter and narrower wooden body. These smaller timepieces emerged largely during the Edwardian period and later, suiting rooms with lower ceilings while retaining mechanical pendulum movements.

How do eight-day movements work?

An eight-day movement requires winding approximately once a week using a key or crank to pull the driving weights back up. This system uses gravity and a pendulum to regulate the gear train, keeping accurate time between each weekly winding.

What woods were used for cases?

Early examples frequently utilise oak and walnut, sometimes combined with lighter secondary woods. Later nineteenth- and twentieth-century pieces favour mahogany, flame mahogany, burr walnut, and occasionally maple or lacquered finishes.

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These brass pendulum floor clock examples are tall timepieces housing swinging weights, bringing traditional mechanical presence and historical woodwork into a room.

Victorian Oak Eight Day Grandfather Clock

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Victorian Oak Eight Day Grandfather Clock

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

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

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Antique 8 Day Long Case Clock by Hunsdon of Chelmsford Circa 1770

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Antique 8 Day Long Case Clock by Hunsdon of Chelmsford Circa 1770

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