#Vintagewatch#AntiqueClock#HistoryDesign#VintageClock Small Westminster chiming bracket clock, made by Herman Miller of Zeeland, MI between 1926-1929. The clock has an 8-day pendulum movement by Haller & Benzing of Germany. Features regulating and chime shut-off levers on the dial, as opposed to the rotating style arbors and subdials found on larger bracket clocks. This is my smallest, and (in my opinion) most adorable bracket clock to date. Unfortunately the chimes aren't all that much, simply due to the size of the case. Furthermore, the chime hammers are particularly bouncy, as they are cushioned by interesting but overactive flat steel springs underneath them, in addition to having similar flat springs behind them to push them down. I have not yet figured out a way to reduce the springiness of the cushioning springs without bringing the hammer heads too close to the rods when at rest.
Despite these minor annoyances, a neat find I'd say!
Hello YouTube. Feels like it's been a minute. I suppose it's only been a few months.
In any case, I am back with a new clock to share and this one is really interesting to me. It is
something that I have never seen before. The clock is a small Westminster chiming bracket clock
made between 1926 and 1929 by the Herman Miller clock company out of Sealand, Michigan.
And if the name Herman Miller sounds familiar to you, it's because it is.
Herman Miller was the predecessor to the well-known Howard Miller clock and furniture making company.
And like Howard Miller, Herman Miller used German movements for their American-made cases.
In this case, the movement is by Haller und Bensing, from what I've been able to ascertain.
Haller und Bensing ceased trading around 1928 or 1929, hence my dating approximation of the clock.
It's a really interesting design for this clock. I haven't been able to take the movement out as
yet. It's in some ways your typical quarter chimer. Chimes Westminster on four rods,
strikes the number of hours on three. A particularly interesting feature is that
the speed adjustment and the chime and silent levers are in fact levers. They're not
subsidiary dials like they are in more typical bracket clocks, which I thought was really neat.
Otherwise, it's a really adorable little clock. And look, the case is so nice and round and smooth
and just feels very nice, looks very nice. The chimes on the other hand,
well, I'll let you be the judge of that.
