Pam's Antique Clocks

Founded in 1926 when Howard C. Miller was just 21 years old, the Howard Miller Clock Company is renowned throughout the United States and the world for its timepieces of unsurpassed quality and elegance. Trained from a very young age in the art of clock making in the Black Forest region of Germany by his father, Howard Miller became a true and respected artisan.
Based in Zeeland, Michigan, Howard Miller became known in the early years for making fine quality chiming wall and mantel clocks. It wasn’t until the 1960s that …

eBay, the largest online auction site on the Web, has a huge variety of items for purchase. It has become a favorite browsing site for clock collectors the world over. However, there are several questions a prospective buyer *must* ask the seller before purchasing.

Carriage clocks were one of the most popular clocks in the 18th and 19th centuries. Today antique carriage clocks are valued by collectors due to their size and beauty. Carriage clocks were mainly produced by the French in the 1800’s but became increasingly popular throughout Europe in the 1900’s. They were frequently given as gifts on special occasions such as weddings. They are rectangular with a large carrying handle and were originally designed to be toted along with luggage when the wealthy upper class traveled. The name “carriage clock” came …

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Everyone uses clocks. Without them life would just seem incomplete. There are many types of clocks which serve a number of different functions. Some of the types are wrist watches, grandfather clocks, mantle clocks, alarm clocks, etc. Each clock has its own unique purpose and use. Wall clocks, however, can combine the beauty of other antique clocks with the functionality of everyday time pieces.

In today’s world we can find so many kinds of clocks with different designs and functions. Each one has its own unique structure and features. Every clock serves a purpose, whatever it may be. But in the meantime there are some clocks that are just classic and their importance cannot be shadowed by modern digital clocks. So, lets discuss some antique clocks.

The first person to begin making cuckoo clocks was Franz Anton Ketterer, a resident of Triberg, Germany. He was the first man to make a clock produce the trademark cuckoo noise. In following years other people in the Black Forest region of Germany learned his way and gradually the region turned into a huge clock manufacturing area. By 1800 over six hundred people in Black forest area became experts in the production of the cuckoo clock.