A vintage pocket watch opened to show the delicate floral designs painted on it's face. The hanging ring and outer edges of the watch are intricately carved, and though it may bear floral designs, it is a man's pocket watch. Blurred in the background is another intricately detailed standing shelf clock.
This face and "head" belongs to a grandfather clock. A modern, and very inexpensive one. While most of us who are enamoured of grandfather clocks would really prefer a "real" one, this semi-realistic one can had be had for around $100, and while it runs on battery (chimes as well), it keeps reasonable time. It's just a little disappointing to those of us wishing for an old timepiece. The face and numbers are large and easily read, and surrounding framework is real wood, but the fancy top bits are resin, made to look like wood.
For almost anyone over the age of 6 or 7, this clock is instantly recognizable as the kind found in schoolrooms all over north america (fall all I know, south america and europe too, since I've never been in any of their schoolrooms). Though I really enjoyed school (yeah, I was a weird kid, even then I guess) there were many times when I secretly (or maybe not so secretly as far as the teacher was concerned) watched one of these clocks tick down the minutes to the closing bell of the day...Friday's before a holiday weekend, Christmas break, the last day of school in June. Hey, this really brings back some memories :)
This beautiful clock is an antique bronze on a marble base. The bronze figure is Dianna the Huntress, with her hunting dog and bow, she is a graceful figure atop this elegant base. The clock was found many years ago (60+) in an antique store in New Jersey by my great aunt. At some time in the past, it was given to her niece (my aunt), who is still the owner of this clock. It's an 8-day clock that still works, and has beautifully toned chimes.
This clock displayed in a mirror (notice the numbers are reversed?) was lovingly hand-built by my uncle (gone many years now) out of pine in a colonial style. He made this for my aunt (the owner of the previous clock) to match her colonial dining room set. The clock on top opens from the front to reveal the fittings, and a space behind to keep little treasures. The shelves hold family antiques, and the little cupboard at the bottom holds more small bits and pieces. The knobs on the upper clock and lower door are blue and white pottery pieces from Holland.
This grungy little clock was simply a dollar store purchase that runs on batteries. I bought it because I was attracted to the green and white squares in the center (don't ask), and though it is a number of years old now, it still ticks on. Out of the many clocks we've owned, this one just seems to keep on going (with new evereadies of course) and keeps better time than some of our more expensive clocks. It's a little ugly around the edges, but I think that might be one of the things I find endearing about it.