Do we do Granfather clocks here?

[Hooli]

We've just got a clock identical to this http://stylesantiqueclocks.co.uk/clocksDetail.php?... in reasonable condition, works, keeps time, chimes ok etc as part of a house purchase. We can't find out much about it, indeed the link above is all we can find on the net. It seems Harrison was a famous maker & the first Harrison invented the marine chronometer, but we can't find 'owt on the later Harrisons.

Anyone know more? or indeed a guide to a value for insurance?

[Mobile Chicane]

People don't want such things nowadays - hence the people you bought the house from left it.

A few hundred pounds, I'd say. Plain case, brass hands. Unless there's a spectacularly interesting movement, I wouldn't say it was worth a great deal.

[Hooli]

Well we want it, hence we asked for it when told we could have any of the bits left in the house when we viewed. It'd just be nice to know more about it really, got a couple of other clocks left we're looking on google for too. One turns out to be a Hermle, which is modern but it looks nice which is what matters.

[Active75]

Try your local auctioneers. Usually reliable for guide purposes, as they will have access to a substantial database

[mikeveal]

Yes, these are very desirable.
Hard to say what it's worth. Upwards of £800 certainly, depends on the quality of the mech. and the history of the maker.

Please post some pictures of your one, including the mechanism.

[Simon.b]

I like them too.

If you have the time (no pun intended) have a look on Amazon, you can buy plenty of second hand books very cheaply on Long Case Clocks, how to date them etc.

Pictures please…

Enjoy.

[RichB]

I've always been fascinated by long case clocks and would love one but my wife won't allow it so I just look when I'm in antique shops

[Hooli]

Simon.b said:

Pictures please…

As requested. It's now stood in the hall at our 'old' house while we renovate the new one which is a lot older than this one. We know the rough age of it, it's a 'mass produced' c1920 G W Harrison clock made in Newcastle Upon Tyne. Just doesn't seem to be much else about them we can find via google.
What impressed us is it's been in a very damp old cottage that was empty for over a year before we got it & all it took to get it working was winding the weights up & flicking the pendulum. It even seems to keep time properly too.

[DKL]

Sadly unlikely to be very valuable. Somewhere in the mid hundreds unless it has some provenance or the mechanism or maker are standout for whatever reason.
I looked at one in a local auction guide price 6-800 and it went for 12k! Apparently it had an odd mechanism and 2 people spotted it.
Its a 30 hr too not an 8 day so needs winding everyday which is a bit of a hassle.
But nice all the same - we love ours, it just sits and bongs away!

[Hub]

I inherited one, which was stashed at my mum's house for years. She wanted me to take it more recently, but it didn't really go with anything in our house so my wife wanted to get rid. There wasn't much interest and eventually it got me about £400 to a specialist dealer who came round and looked at it. It needed a bit of restoration and hadn't been used for some time. It looked remarkably similar to yours but was older and had inscription of the clock maker's name/location on the face

I don't think there is a strong market for these at all at the moment, but the value depends on the age, what they are made from (oak etc), and whether they have 30 hour or 8 day mechanisms.

[Hooli]

DKL said:

Its a 30 hr too not an 8 day so needs winding everyday which is a bit of a hassle.

How can you tell?

We assumed eight day as the identical looking one we found online was an eight day clock. Tbh in a cottage with two log burners & a rayburn, winding a clock daily isn't going to be a large increase in daily duties