1901-1905 Winterhalder & Hofmeier Westminster & Whittington Chimes Bracket Clock
#Desk clock #vintage clock
Produced between 1901 and 1905. The watch was made by Winterhalder & Hofmeier in Schwarzenbach, Germany.
🛠️ Specifications and design
Material: wooden or rosewood (rosewood) case, sometimes with brass or gold ornamentation.
Dial: Silver-plated metal, with Roman numerals and sub-rings for speed adjustment and chime selection.
Mechanism: Triple-movement system (three-train movement) with fuse or spring barrel mechanism, allowing the clock to operate stably for eight days.
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Chime mode: Selectable between Westminster and Whittington chime, with the ability to turn off the chime when needed.
Hello, hello friends and fans. So, some exciting news.
It looks like we're moving up in the world here at The Singing Clockery
because what I'm about to present to you all is a huge upgrade to my clock collection.
Presenting today is a circa 1901 to 1905 German bracket clock
by the Winterhalder & Haufmeyer, I believe is how you pronounce it,
clock company, out of Schwarzenbach, Germany.
Now, in the clock world, Winterhalder is known as one of the top
handful of German clockmakers around that time. Winterhalder themselves had a very long history
but they didn't really start a chiming clock factory from what I've been able to find out
until about the 1880s. And they built clocks that were of the highest quality, well made,
beautiful looking, with huge beefy movements and this is no exception to this.
This one is a regular spring-powered movement, albeit the springs are tremendously large.
I'll tell you right now, winding this thing is no joke. And it has a feature that I've been
wanting in a clock for basically since I first started collecting, which is it chimes
Westminster and Whittington, in this case, not on chime rods but all on coiled gongs.
And I'll tell you, this thing, it just sounds amazing. I've heard coiled gongs on videos
before and they don't hold a candle to how it actually sounds in person. So,
I am very excited to have this. I hope I enjoy it for years and years to come and I hope you enjoy it.