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Good news . . . this clock just made Reader's Gallery Fine Woodworking Magazine. Don't know which month yet.
This is my tenth clock. I started building all-wooden gears clocks after retiring from 25 years of service in the US Navy (retired in Dec 2006). The first wooden clock was inspired by a similar all-wooden gears clock that I witnessed in a Cape Cod Arts Museum while on honeymoon in November 1982. I told my wife then, "Someday I will build you one of these beautiful clocks." She chuckled at the thought. Twenty-five years later and a wake-up call I made good on my promise. That promised clock is labeled M-3 on my website www.hardwoodclocks.com . This current clock (M10) fulfills my second promise which is to build one for each of my adult children upon their marriage. This clock is for my daughter Patti Rose who married in October 2014. My choice of Mission styling comes from the many requests I get for a clock of this type. The stained glass inserts on the support bench were acquired while on active duty and assigned to COMNAVEUR, London, UK. Adding these 1920's stained glass pieces to the bench was the perfect use for them. The leaded crystal in the pendulum bob was found and purchased at an art museum in Richmond, Virginia. The bob itself is fashioned in a circle to honor the unconditional love in marriage. An inscription under the bench top reads, "Above all, always cherish each other." Predominantly constructed from quarter-sawn white oak with mahogany gears. Finished with hand rubbed tung oil followed by carnuba wax.
This is my tenth clock. I started building all-wooden gears clocks after retiring from 25 years of service in the US Navy (retired in Dec 2006). The first wooden clock was inspired by a similar all-wooden gears clock that I witnessed in a Cape Cod Arts Museum while on honeymoon in November 1982. I told my wife then, "Someday I will build you one of these beautiful clocks." She chuckled at the thought. Twenty-five years later and a wake-up call I made good on my promise. That promised clock is labeled M-3 on my website www.hardwoodclocks.com . This current clock (M10) fulfills my second promise which is to build one for each of my adult children upon their marriage. This clock is for my daughter Patti Rose who married in October 2014. My choice of Mission styling comes from the many requests I get for a clock of this type. The stained glass inserts on the support bench were acquired while on active duty and assigned to COMNAVEUR, London, UK. Adding these 1920's stained glass pieces to the bench was the perfect use for them. The leaded crystal in the pendulum bob was found and purchased at an art museum in Richmond, Virginia. The bob itself is fashioned in a circle to honor the unconditional love in marriage. An inscription under the bench top reads, "Above all, always cherish each other." Predominantly constructed from quarter-sawn white oak with mahogany gears. Finished with hand rubbed tung oil followed by carnuba wax.