Tick Tock - Grandmother clock has a soul

Grandfather Clock - A pendulum clock enclosed in a tall, narrow cabinet.

[From the song My Grandfather's Clock by Henry Clay Work (1832-1884), American songwriter.]

"My grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf
So it stood ninety years on the floor
It was taller by half than the old man himself
Though it weighed not a penniweight more
It was bought on the morn of the day that he was born
And was always his treasure and pride
But it stopped short never to go again when the old man died

Ninety years without slumbering his life second's numbering
It stopped short never to go again when the old man died"


Grandfather Clock...June 17th

R wrote - This was my grandfather's watch, not a gold watch or a retirement watch, just his everyday watch. When it stopped running it ended up in the junk box and survived time. I finally found time to make a chain for it so I can wear it. I added the old key that was also in the box.

Clara - Antique watches and clocks fascinate me not only for their beauty but their usefulness in keeping time for so long. I feel that they have an energy of their own even when they stop ticking - like a soul.

G loves clocks and has inherited two beautiful examples of clocks with a soul.

This one is a grandmother's clock, not in the true sense of the word since a grandmother clock is just a smaller version of a GF clock, but this one sits on our mantlepiece. It belonged to his maternal grandparents, given to Frieda and Max on their wedding day in 1889.


This clock has been in working condition for all those years and still only needs to be wound once a week to keep good reliable time.


When G's mother died in her nineties, although it had only been wound up the day before, our clock inexplicably stopped around the same time she passed away.

The other clock is Swiss, named a 'World Clock' - Atlas is at the top with the world on his shoulders. Bought in the 1970's by Tony and Alvina, when Tony passed away, it was given to G as a memento.

Because it is doesn't operate on a spring movement, every 5 days, G pulls the chains which lifts the weights to make it work.
With much love to Alvina from her brother G xx