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German - Triple Chime 9 Tubular Bell - Cable Driven - Item #KIT1

The tubular bell clock kit is the best sounding floor clock that money can buy. The hammers strike on the long tubes that hang behind the movement. These are also the heaviest movements we have to offer as they have thick plates and big hammer heads. The movement is ruby jeweled in key wear areas to help prevent wear.

Cable driven triple chime movement plays 4/4 Westminster, Whittington, or St. Michaels chimes sound each quarter hour and strike the full hour. It has an automatic beat adjustment, over wind protection, removable cable drums, second hand sweep and a automatic night chime shutoff feature so it will not chime between 11PM and 7AM.

This movement comes complete with hands, crank, 9 tubes, weights and shells, pulleys, lyre pendulum and 11 x 15 1/2 phase of the moon dial that has brass overlays and center, along with raised Arabic numerals and mounting feet.

This movement pendulum is 44 inches long and has two pendulum bob disc diameter options. The case should be at least 14 inches wide for a 10 1/2 bob diameter, 12 inches wide for a 8 1/2 bob diameter.

Kieninger - Cable Driven - Triple Chime - Item #KIT2

This movement by Kieninger is one of the best you can get with out jumping into the tubular bell. Kieninger makes a very good movement as they are known to have the thickest plates in the clock industry.

This movement comes complete with hands, crank, chime block, weights and shells, pulleys, lyre pendulum and 11 x 15 1/2 phase of the moon dial that has brass overlays and center, along with raised Arabic numerals and mounting feet.

This movement comes with three pendulum length options as well as three pendulum bob disc diameter options. The case should be at least 14 inches wide for a 10 1/2 bob diameter, 12 inches wide for a 8 1/2 bob diameter, and 10 inches wide for a 6 1/2 bob diameter.

Hermle Flagship - Cable Driven - Triple Chime - Item #KIT3

This clock movement is the 2071-850 with the 94cm or the 114cm depending on the pendulum length ordered. This is the highest quality clock movement made by Hermle that is not jumping into the tubular bell. This has a ruby jeweled escapement to help prevent wear along with the thickest plates along the Hermle clock movement line.

Hermle - Cable Driven - Triple Chime - Item #KIT4

This is the most popular and most frequently sold cable driven unit by Hermle company.

Cable driven triple chime movement plays 4/4 Westminster, Whittington, or St. Michaels chimes sound each quarter hour and strike the full hour. It has over wind protection, removable cable drums, second hand sweep.

This movement comes complete with hands, crank, chime block, weights and shells, pulleys, pendulum and 11 x 15 1/2 phase of the moon dial that has brass overlays and center, along with raised Arabic numerals and mounting feet.

Hermle - Chain Driven - Triple Chime - Item #KIT5

Chain driven triple chime movement plays 4/4 Westminster, Whittington, or St. Michaels chimes sound each quarter hour and strike the full hour.

This movement comes complete with hands, chime block, weights and shells, stick pendulum and 11 x 15 1/2 phase of the moon dial that has brass overlays and center, along with raised Arabic numerals and mounting feet.

Hermle - Chain Driven - Westminster - Item #KIT6

Chain driven movement plays 4/4 Westminster chimes sound each quarter hour and strike the full hour. This movement comes complete with hands, chime block, weights and shells, pendulum and 11 x 15 1/2 phase of the moon dial that has brass overlays and center, along with raised Arabic numerals and mounting feet.

This movement comes with four pendulum length options as well as two pendulum bob disc diameter options. The case should be at least 12 inches wide for a 8 1/2 bob diameter, and 10 inches wide for a 6 1/2 bob diameter.

Hermle - Chain Driven - Side Strike- Westminster - Item #KIT7

Chain driven movement plays 4/4 Westminster chimes sound each quarter hour and strike the full hour. This movement comes complete with hands, chime block, weights and shells, stick pendulum and 9 7/8 x 13 Tempus Fugit dial that has Arabic numerals.

Hermle - Spring Driven - Westminster - Item #KIT8

Simple in design and simple to set up, this clock is great for small floor clocks or a vienna style wall clock. The pendulum length can be ordered in just about any custom length you desire, just give a call to order something special.

Spring driven movement plays 4/4 Westminster chimes sound each quarter hour and strike the full hour. This movement comes complete with spade hands, 7 inch round dial, key, rear chime block and stick pendulum. This movement is 120mm square and has a 33.2mm hand shaft.

This movement comes with four pendulum length options as well as two pendulum bob disc diameter options. The case should be at least 10 inches wide for a 6 1/2 bob diameter, and 8 inches wide for a 4 1/2 bob diameter.

The specially punched dial that is included with this kit is 7 inch diameter and has a 6 inch time track, with dial feet that attach right to the movement. This porcelain simulated dial is heavy painted white with roman numerals.

Kieninger - Cable Driven - One Bell Top - Item #KIT9

Large 5 inch bell on the top of this clock kit will sound out once on the half hour and then count out the hours on the hour. This is the closest new movement to the early American tall case shaker style clocks. This is commonly used with a closed case and a 12 x 12 dial that is custom made, or a paper dial that is adhered to a board for the simple look.

Comes complete with the movement, bell, stick pendulum, second hand, weights, hands for a 10 inch time track and winding crank, and a 11 inch square antique style dial that will need to be drilled for the movement winders. A 6 1/4 deep case with a 12 inch wide waist is required to accommodate this cable driven 8 day clock movement kit.

Hermle - Chain Driven - Gong Strike - Item #KIT10

Gong on the back of this clock kit will sound out once on the half hour and then count out the hours on the hour. This is commonly used with a closed case and a 11 x 11 dial that is custom made, or a paper dial that is adhered to a board for the simple look.

Comes complete with the movement, gong, stick pendulum, weights, hands for a 10 inch time track and chain, and a 11 inch square metal antique style dial. This is a chain driven 8 day gong strike with a 7 1/2 maximum swing on the pendulum with a 6 inch bob.

THE HISTORY OF CHIMES

Westminster Chimes

The Westminster chimes are the same notes first used on the clock in the University Church tower of St. Mary, Cambridge, England, and in 1859, selected for the Victoria Clock Tower in the House of Parliament in London. There the hour is still struck on the famous old bell, “Big Ben”, after the four famous phrases have been played on the smaller bells. The music was inspired by a phrase form Handel’s symphony, “I Know That My Redeemer Liveth”, and the words and music were arranged by Wm. Crotch in 1793.

Lord through this hour,

Be Thou our guide

So, by Thy power

No foot shall slide.

Whittington Chimes

The enchanting story of the Whittington chimes is that they rang in the Church of St. Mary le Bow in Cheapside, London in the 16^th century, and one day were heard by the legendary poor boy, Dick Whittington, as he sought to run away to escapte his drudgery as an ill-treated house boy. He is said to have heard the chimes and thought they said to him:

Turn again, Whittington

Lord Mayor of Londontown.

So back he went to persist and find his fortune and eventually become Lord Mayor.

St. Michael Chimes

The story of St. Michael’s chimes is one of adventure. The bells were cast in London and installed in the St. Michael church steeple in Charleston, SC in 1764. When the British took over that city during the Revolutionary war, they took the bells with them back to England. Then, a Charleston merchant bought them in England and sent them home to America. In 1823, when cracks were found in some of the bells, they were sent back to London to be recast.

In 1862, during the siege of Charleston, they were moved to Columbia, SC for safe-keeping, but Sherman’s army set fire to that area and nothing but fragments remained. These were sent back to London once more, where the original molds still stood, and again the bells were recast.

Home again, home again

From a foreign Land

There was great rejoicing by the entire city as the bells rang out. Since then they have gone through a cyclone, earthquake and fire and remain unharmed

HELP CHOOSING YOUR CLOCK KIT:
Please get a pen and paper and write down your options as you go along, after reviewing these questions and coming up with a basic plan, call us and we will help complete the details and give you a quote.

What clock movement manufacturer would you like for your clock kit?

There are only two major clock movement manufacturers in the world today. These are Hermle and Kieninger. Kieninger only makes grandfather clock movements on a Large scale, and Hermle makes wall, mantle, grandmother and grandfather movements. Kieninger movements have thicker plates and superior quality movements but their part availability is not that good if something were to happen to something like the dial, if it were to be damaged, it would be difficult to replace. Hermle is a good quality movement kit still and has a vast amount of product availability readily available. So the choice is yours as far which company you would like to go with when choosing a grandfather movement

Would you like a Spring Driven or a Weight Driven clock kit?

A spring driven simply means the clock has either one (for time only) two (for time, strike) or three (for quarterly chimes and hourly strike) winders to wind up every 8 days. This means that you wind it all the way up once per week and if you forget a day its ok because there is a one day reserve. Being spring driven means there will be holes in the dial to put the key into and the clock will have no weights dangling from it. This style movement is available for mantle, wall or grandmother clocks. A weight driven clock means the clock will have either two weights (for time, strike) or three weights (for quarterly chimes and hourly strike) and are used in floor clocks only such as a grandmother clock or a grandfather clock. Each movement would have their own weight specifications as to how much the weight is to weigh.

Would you like the movement to be a Coil Gong, BimBam, Westminster or Triple Chime?

Bell Strike would have one or two hammers on either the back or the top of the movement. You can choose this to have one or two bells. These movements are usually used in mantle clocks and sometimes wall clocks. Coil Gong is usually used in wall clocks and sometimes mantle clocks, the movement would have one hammer striking a gong shaped in a coil, with the hammer being on the back of the clock. Bim Bam makes a sound like its name on the half hour such as "BimBam" and on the hour it will count out the hours, such as if it is two o'clock it will chime "BimBam BimBam". This type of movement can have the hammers on the side of it or underneath it. These are used in both wall and mantle clocks. Westminster chime units play a tune every fifteen minutes and then on the hour, after it plays its song, it will strike out the hours. This style movement comes available for all styles of clocks, wall, mantle, grandfathers and grandmothers. The hammer arrangement can either be on the back, bottom or even side. Triple chime units are like Westminster as it plays every fifteen minutes, but you have a choice of three songs to select from. The three songs are Westminster, Whittington or Saint Michaels. Again, after its done playing the song at the hour, it will then strike out what hour it is. These styles of clock movements have the option of having the hammers on the back or on the bottom.

Would you like a Balance escapement or a Pendulum escapement?

A Balance escapement means the clock has no pendulum, instead the clock has an oscillating wheel like a watch. This type of movement is most popular in mantle clocks. A Pendulum unit is of course just this, it has a pendulum that wig wags back and forth from the back of the movement. This type of movement is used in all clocks, even mantle clocks if the pendulum is short enough.

If a Pendulum unit, what style, length and Bob Diameter?

Pendulums for wall, grandmother and grandfather clocks come in two styles, wood stick with brass colored bob or completely metal with a fancy brass style. The wood stick pendulum we can provide to you in any wood color you would like, or just plain with no stain on it. The metal pendulum is called a Lyre and is brass colored with a fancy design on it. The pendulum length on Hermle and Kieninger movement kits (the only two companies making movements today) are measured from the suspension post of the movement all the way down to the bottom of the threads of the rating nut. This measurement is made in Centimeters and is stamped on the back plate of the movement. So this measurement is not only the pendulum from tip to tip, but also the leader that the pendulum attaches to, and also the suspension spring that the leader is attached to. In this case to determine your desired pendulum length you would measure from the top of where the movement is to be and go down from there to the point in the case in which you would like the pendulum length to end. If you provide this measurement to us in inches we can give you the CM conversion. A bob is the round disk at the bottom of the swinging pendulum. This disk is available in different diameters for floor clocks, most people like the biggest diameter the clock will take unless they have a closed waist on the clock in which the pendulum will not be seen. To determine how Large of a bob diameter you need it will require the width of the case on the inside where the pendulum will swing. Each pendulum bob and length would have their own so called "swing", here are some swing measurements to take note of: (coming soon)

What is the style and dimensions of the Dial you would like?

Unless your making your own dial, we would need to know some things about the dial your case requires. There are many dials for wall and mantle clocks, we would need to know if you would like a square dial or round, gold or white, Arabic or Roman numerals, and of course what size. If the clock is going to be spring driven then we will hole punch the dial to fit the movement you are using. As for grandmother clocks, dials usually are only available in two sizes, 9 x 13 7/8 or 11 x 15 7/8 from the bottom to the top of the hump on the top. There is a hump because there is the words Tempus Fugit on the top, or there is a disk that will tell you the phase of the moon, one or the other. They are usually available in Arabic or Roman and only need holes punched in it if they are spring driven. Grandfather clock dials come in one size only, this size is 11 x 15 7/8 and has a hump on the top that has the phase of the moon disk. These dials come pre-punched for cable driven units, chain driven unit dials do not have holes punched in it.

Would you like a Chain Driven movement or Cable?

This question only applies to grandfather clock kits. On a chain driven movement you would open the door to the case and pull down on one side of the chain as to raise the weight on the other side of it. The clock will run for 8 days on a full wind, so you would wind it once a week but if you forget a day its ok because of the one day reserve. For cable driven clock kits, you would open the top door to the case to get to the dial (face of the clock) and put in a key crank to wind up the clock. This would in turn wind the cables back up and raise the height of the weight. Again this is done once per week with a one day reserve.

You should have these answers:

Pendulum or Balance?
If pendulum, the style, length and bob diameter?
Spring driven or weight?
Coil gong, bim bam, Westminster or triple chime?
Dial size?