Question for You Guys
Wall Clocks.
Does anyone ever buy any cool wall clocks or grandfather clocks? Or…do we all go around dropping thousand or tens of thousands of dollars on wrist watches, and hang $30 clocks on the walls of our home?
It seems like this is what we do, right? Am I wrong?
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Gary
After not wearing a watch for over 10 years, I fell into the watch collecting hobby in the fall of 2021.
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I live, work, and have family in 3 time zones. So I have this right above my desk
I brought this up a few months ago as I was looking for a wall clock for my living room. Wish I could stretch for a nice full size grandfather clock, but not in the cards now. After getting some advice on here, I found just what I was looking for.
Wall clock for the living room https://www.watchcrunch.com/JTinLA12/posts/wall-clock-for-the-living-room-5395
I’ve got a max bill wall clock which is quite nice.
That is cool 😎
I've always wanted a Napoleon Hat style mantel piece clock with hourly chimes 👍
Afraid to admit, but just have a simple quartz ikea wall clock in the kitchen.
I would like a JLC Atmos , but they are proper wrist watch money!
One of my many office wall clocks.
More of a desk clock than a wall clock, and I haven’t bought it yet, but I plan on getting a Nixie tube clock in the next couple of months. I work in the nuclear power industry and this thing just screams 1950’s atomic era
One of my many office wall clocks.
The Kit-Cat klock, still made in the USA, affordably and in many colors!
Much as I've recently found family watches that have been sitting in drawers for decades, a couple smaller standing pendulum clocks and a long unused grandfather clock are about to be revived. I can't say I'm particularly enthused about having to wind yet another something every day, but maybe I'll enjoy it.
The typical AA-powered cheap quartz clock is fantastic in that almost all of them use a standard interchangeable movement that can be swapped out fairly easily.
The Kit-Cat klock, still made in the USA, affordably and in many colors!
Much as I've recently found family watches that have been sitting in drawers for decades, a couple smaller standing pendulum clocks and a long unused grandfather clock are about to be revived. I can't say I'm particularly enthused about having to wind yet another something every day, but maybe I'll enjoy it.
The typical AA-powered cheap quartz clock is fantastic in that almost all of them use a standard interchangeable movement that can be swapped out fairly easily.
That takes two C batteries which last half as long as one AA. The trick is to find an old electric one.
Absolutely! Schneider Cuckoo clock that I picked up in Triberg, Germany over a decade ago (featuring sausage cutting and beer drinking animation), family heirloom Hentschel granddaughter clock, and always-accurate Alexa-enabled Mickey Mouse Bluetooth clock with kitchen timers.
I don't have any wall clocks in my home, but I do have this retro looking quartz desk clock with a smooth sweeping seconds hand in my home office. I picked it up in 2020 from a site called RoyalEnamel on Etsy, and have received several compliments on it. This same company makes several retro styled clocks, and they must be selling reasonably well, since I've started seeing ads on FB for knock off versions.
Every so often I do a search for a pre-owned JLC Atmos clock, but I've yet to find one the right combination of model, condition and price. The concept of a clock powered by temperature fluctuation really intrigues me.
I live, work, and have family in 3 time zones. So I have this right above my desk
Nice set up!
I brought this up a few months ago as I was looking for a wall clock for my living room. Wish I could stretch for a nice full size grandfather clock, but not in the cards now. After getting some advice on here, I found just what I was looking for.
Wall clock for the living room https://www.watchcrunch.com/JTinLA12/posts/wall-clock-for-the-living-room-5395
Very cool. I can’t believe that’s a Seiko….
That is awesome. Priceless.
Afraid to admit, but just have a simple quartz ikea wall clock in the kitchen.
I would like a JLC Atmos , but they are proper wrist watch money!
No kidding the Atmos is awesome. But…it’s expensive, and there is no way my wife would let me decorate her house with that 🤣
I have a Swatch Maxi for my home office wall clock, nothing like a 4ft tall wrist watch
More of a desk clock than a wall clock, and I haven’t bought it yet, but I plan on getting a Nixie tube clock in the next couple of months. I work in the nuclear power industry and this thing just screams 1950’s atomic era
That is crazy! Very cool.
Absolutely! Schneider Cuckoo clock that I picked up in Triberg, Germany over a decade ago (featuring sausage cutting and beer drinking animation), family heirloom Hentschel granddaughter clock, and always-accurate Alexa-enabled Mickey Mouse Bluetooth clock with kitchen timers.
They’re all cool, but I really like the one you got in Germany.
They’re all cool, but I really like the one you got in Germany.
I love that clock. It was a huge splurge at the time and the only souvenir we brought back from Germany, which was also a splurge. “House of 1000 Clocks“ in Triberg offers good deals. Much less than it would have been buying it in the US. They ship the clock, and you pack the lead weights in your carry-on luggage so it’s cheaper to get home. Cuckoo clocks have so much personality. They become a part of your life.
I have a Swatch Maxi for my home office wall clock, nothing like a 4ft tall wrist watch
Nice! What bottles are in the background?
Nice! What bottles are in the background?
Lagavullin 16 distellers edition and Willet Bourbon, special occasion scotch and everyday bourbon
Lagavullin 16 distellers edition and Willet Bourbon, special occasion scotch and everyday bourbon
Lol I have 2 different Offerman editions from Lagavullin too, they make some great scotch
That’s pretty cool for less than $100.
Lagavullin 16 distellers edition and Willet Bourbon, special occasion scotch and everyday bourbon
Nice choices.
it would be nice to have some old clock, i dont have one. but i ever see one in my customer house. its a manual wind junghans! pretty cool