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History of Antique clocks

The first clocks were called lantern
clocks. They were mainly
constructed
from brass or iron.They were wall
hung and weight driven and
usually 16 inches tall.Changes
took place from the start of
the 17th century.The first clocks
had balanced weighted wheels
to be eventually replaced by the
verge and then the pendulum.
The original 30 hour clock was
upgraded to an 8 day clock.
Over the next 200 years the exterior changed with many different shapes
and sizes being introdced.

 



Antique clocks are beautiful in many ways, they are filled with history dating back many years. We have so many clocks on offer like wall clocks, brass clocks, mantel clocks and not forgetting the famous antique grandfather clocks. If you cannot find exactly what you are looking for today please be sure to check back as we have new stock coming in all the time. We have teamed up with EBay to bring you the finest collection of antique clocks from around the world. Shop with confidence and 100% protection via our EBay listings today.

 



History of the Grandfather clock

Grandfather clocks were first discovered by Galileo in 1582. He found that you could use a pendulum to keep time. The first working grandfather clock was invented by Christian Huygens in 1656.
There were initial problems with the early models with their inaccuracy to keep proper time. They were found to lose 10 minutes in a single day. This massive problem was solved by a man named William Clement in 1670. He worked out that by using a longer pendelum this would make the clock keep more accurate time. Hence this led to to cases of the clocks becomming a lot longer. Initially the clocks were called long case clocks which eventually changed to the name we know as grandfather clocks.
A further change was to be implemented in 1721. George Graham noticed that temperature changes affected the pendulum. A rise or fall in temperature made the clock gain or lose time. Graham solved the problem and compensated the changes into the grandfather clocks .To this date grandfather clocks are accurate to 1 second per day.

How time changes.


History of Brass clocks

Brass clocks were invented by Chauncey Jerome
after the recession of 1837.He was sat in
his front room when he got an idea in his head
that brass clocks could replace wooden clocks.
He passed his idea onto his brother who was a
clockmaker in 1838.

 

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