You never have to change to daylight savings time, the movement does it by itself. It will adjust itself automatically to the time of the Cesium Atomic Clock which shows that exact time according to the national time standard. This unique UTS movement has a built-in radio receiver that monitors the DCF low-frequency time signal that is broadcast from Germany (vicinity 1500km Frankfurt, Germany). This is the most accurate clock movement technology in the world today. Radio controlled clock movement UTS 700 DCF 77 PREMIUM, complete set with hands, manufactured in the Black Forest region of Germany. Build or customise your own clocks, just mount the module behind your clock face. Short shaft with 11 mm total length and is suitable for a clock face up to around 4 mm thick, will accept all hands with a Euroshaft fitting. The movement dimensions are 56 x 56 x 28 mm. Supplied with black metal hands (hour and minute), red metal second hand and fixing nut with washer. These are decorative, but also add strength the the cabinet.Radio controlled clock movement UTS 700 DCF 77 PREMIUM, complete set with hands, manufactured in the Black Forest region of Germany. Pilasters - Columns or posts that are found on the sides of the grandfather clock running vertically. Padauk - type of wood Pear - type of wood Pediment - usually refers to rounded top interrupted in center (normally seen on cherry clocks) Marquetry - decorative work in which elaborate patterns are formed by the insertion of pieces of material (as wood, shell, or ivory) into a wood veneer that is then applied to a surface (as of a piece of furniture) Inlay (inlaid) - creation of added wood design to enhance a focal point on the grandfather clock. Sometimes alll black finishes are referred to as "ebony".įluted - like reeded, rounded design derived from look of small flutes side by side having or marked by grooves Usually in a brushed silver in a circular pattern.Ĭrotch - where the limb comes off the tree (provides unique patterns of wood) an angle formed by the parting of two branchesĭentil molding - A flat piece of molding, equally notched to create small squares in the wood.Įbony - A dark, almost black hardwood from Africa. The weights will then fall over the course of the week that powers the clock.Īntiqued - a finish that creates lines or checking that simulate age Bonnett - The top of the grandfather clocks is usually rounded or relating to the top.īookmatched - cut the piece of wood in half and folded open like a book so the wood pattern mirrors each other from right to left to match the grains of (as two sheets of veneer) so that one sheet seems to be the mirrored image of the other Burl - piece of wood with more lines and pattern in the grain of the wood Burls have to be cut from special areas of the tree a hard woody often flattened hemispherical outgrowth on a treeĬhapter Ring - The ring on the dial of a grandfather clock where the numbers are displayed. Cable driven movements are considered to be the better movement over chain driven movements.Ĭhain Driven Movement - This grandfather clock movement requires the a chain attached to the 3 weights is pulled down once a week to raise the weights. The weights will fall over the course of the week that powers the clock. All Kieninger grandfather clock movements are made in Germany.Ĭable Driven Movement - A movement that is wound with a crank or key to pull the weights up to the top of the clock. Kieninger builds many different movements with various features. Kieninger - The finest movement available for a grandfather clock. The Full Moon falls on the 15th of the Lunar month, or half way through the Moon cycle.įixed Moon Phase Dial - An non-functional image of a moondial to enhance the look of the grandfather clock. Every 29 1/2 days we have a full Moon which is displayed on the Moon Phase dial where the image of the moon is at the top position. Moon Phase Dial - The dial above the 12:00 position of most grandfather clocks. Triple Chime Clocks take at least twice as many Chime rods of different pitches to create the different melodies. These are usually Westminster Chimes, Whittington Chimes and St. Triple Chime - A movement that plays a choice of 3 melodies on the hour. Grandfather Clock Movement- The mechanical parts of a grandfather clock that run the time and the features of the clock. Click here to view all Grandfather Clocks now on Sale
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