Pendulum GrandFather Clock - MatsClock 1083
Pendulum Grandfather Clock
MatsClock 1083 is a Pendulum Grandfather Clock. The pendulum has
been used since the past century or more to keep time. The pendulum
in a grandfather clock swings left and right at a constant pace.
Irrespective of the distance the pendulum moves left and right, the
time taken is amazingly the same. The further the pendulum swings
the faster it crosses the lowermost point to maintain the time. So
you will find the pendulum swinging at different speeds in different
grandfather clocks and now you know why. In fact a tall wooden
antique grandfather clock might have a pendulum over a meter long
and the pendulum swinging looks as if it is super slow.
Buy Pendulum Clocks
A lot of people today want to buy a pendulum clock for their
homes and even offices. The modern pendulum clocks you buy from any
clock store are not real. This is because it is a battery which runs
the clock needles and the same battery or a separate battery would
be used to power the pendulum swinging movement. Thus when the
pendulum battery runs out the pendulum will stop swinging and if it
the clock movement battery running out of power then you will see
the clock stopped, but the clock pendulum is still swinging. This
will give a bad look to your home or office. Thus if you are buying
a pendulum clock, then do not think about the money you spend,
instead think about the quality of the pendulum clock. I would
recommend you buy a grandfather pendulum clock rather than modern
day pendulum clock running on battery instead of a solid steel
spring.
Buy GrandFather Clocks
Buy a Grandfather Clock to go back in time into the history. The
grandfather clock is usually made of solid high quality wood so that
it lasts a century or more. Thus buying a grandfather clock is never
a waste despite the high cost of wood and the brass clock movement
inside the clock that maintains time with a lot of intermeshed
gears. In addition, the grandfather clock has a pendulum which gives
the elegance and beauty to the clock by its graceful slow motion
swing. Just looking at the pendulum swinging in a grandfather clock
is a big stress buster in itself. It is a beautiful feeling to
actually be able to see time pass by beautifully. The antique value
of a grandfather pendulum clock only increases with time. So even if
you buy a grandfather pendulum clock at a premium, a few years later
its value will only continue to increase like the price of gold.
Pendulum Clock Time
Pendulum clock time is fairly accurate. The pendulum is working
on a physics formula T=2pi(sqrt(L/G)) where T is the time the
pendulum takes to complete one swing cycle or from center to left
extreme, then right extreme and return back to the center. L is the
length of the center of gravity of the pendulum from the pivot point
of swing. G is the gravity of 9.81 meters per second square. Now the
problem is that as the day heats up, the metal with which pendulum
is made elongates and thus the time of swing increases during day.
Similarly the pendulum length reduces as temperature drops in the
night. This actually gets cancelled out almost. But as the season
changes and the average temperature keeps increasing till summer and
then reduces till the winter, the pendulum length changes cause a
time slow down and speedup. The user may need to adjust the pendulum
length using a small adjusting screw once a week or so. In spite of
this small problem pendulum grandfather clock beats all other clocks
hands down in elegance, antique value and professional look as well
as in beauty.
Winding GrandFather Clock Spring
All old Grandfather Pendulum Clocks run on a flat tape made of
steel coiled like a spring. There is a key provided with which you
can wind the spring. The energy stored in the tightly wound steel
spring will power the pendulum swining movement and this inturn will
keep the time by a set of brass gears that will run the hour needle
and the minutes needle. Seconds needle is normally not there because
the pendulum swing is already there to tell you that the clock is
very much in working condition. In case there is chime or bell then
there will be an additional spring that needs to be wound which
powers the clock chime bell. The gear mechanism is such that there
are twelve groves or 24 groves on it. When ever a lever falls into
these deep grooves, it triggers another set of gears and a
mechanical fan that starts making two or three small brass hammers
strike a gong or a long slender brass rods to give that beautiful
clock chime which is so pleasing to the ears.
Pendulum GrandFather Clock Antique Value
The pleasure of watching a working grandfather pendulum
clock and hearing the clock chime is a life time experience which
today you can get only in memory because most of these grandfather
pendulum clocks have ended up in museums and are too costly due to
their antique value to buy even for a relatively rich person. The
grandfather pendulum clock is today a collectors item. You have to
be lucky to get hold of a real antique pendulum clock just a few
decades old. Buying a grandfather pendulum clock of early 19th
century is mostly a dream to most of us thanks to their huge cost.
I would say buying a grandfather pendulum clock that is within your
budget is a good thing as it will be admired by your friends,
relatives and visitors to your home or office and will earn you a
lot of money a few years later.
Modern Pendulum GrandFather Clock Working
It is possible to design a grandfather pendulum clock with some
firms who are experts in this art. These modern day pendulum clocks
may look better than the old grandfather clocks, but use low
quality wood, light weight alloy gears in the clock movement
machinery, alloy or steel pendulums none of which is likely to last
long and unlikely to fetch you much value after a few decades. But
certainly, they will make your office and home look elegant much
more than using a normal clock dial or a digital clock. But if you
are a connoisseur then go and pickup the best pendulum grandfather
clock available in the market or online today before it is too
late.
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