Post your Dutch wall clocks here

[dvdberg]

An 1877 Frisian staartklok I somewhat rehabilitated with some new and old weights. I am going to add a modified hammer and have it hit a gong rather than the bell. It is far too loud and would keep the neighbors up at night!

 

[dvdberg]

Another touristy Delft blau battery operated click I took a liking to.

 

[JTD]

Another touristy Delft blau battery operated click I took a liking to. View attachment 720421

I like the design, but the hands look very strange, seem to be too long and too wide. Do you know if they are original? I'd have to change them, but that may just be my personal preference.

JTD

 

[dvdberg]

I like the design, but the hands look very strange, seem to be too long and too wide. Do you know if they are original? I'd have to change them, but that may just be my personal preference.

JTD

Now that I study it that way, I agree with you. Those are the hands that came with it but could easily have come from another clock.

 

[MMinNC]

Hello! This is my first post, and it is about a Dutch Staartklok that I inherited. The clock has not run in at least 50 years. (I have the weight and pendulum, but don't know how to attach them.) I think it would be neat to get the old fellow working again! I live in the southeastern part of North Carolina, but do not know how to find a specialist who can help with this antique clock. Any ideas or info would be greatly appreciated!

 

[JTD]

Hello! This is my first post, and it is about a Dutch Staartklok that I inherited. The clock has not run in at least 50 years. (I have the weight and pendulum, but don't know how to attach them.) I think it would be neat to get the old fellow working again! I live in the southeastern part of North Carolina, but do not know how to find a specialist who can help with this antique clock. View attachment 721100 View attachment 721101 View attachment 721102 View attachment 721103 View attachment 721105 Any ideas or info would be greatly appreciated!

Welcome to the board.

You have a very nice clock which is badly in need of care and attention.

The case is lovely with typical Dutch decorative woodwork, but there are some breaks and cracks which need stabilising.

As for the weight, that hooks onto one end of the chain and the pendulum hooks onto the pendululum leader. However, from what I can see of the movement through the glass window, the movement is really very dirty indeed and needs a complete complete overhaul. It would be wise to have this done before you try running the clock.

There may be people here who will be able to recommend someone to overhaul your clock. Otherwise you could contact you nearest NAWCC chapter, which would seem to be Chapter #126 near Asheville, NC. The other Chapter in NC is Chapter 17 in Lexington, NC, and the details can be found in the same way.

You can find details of the Chapter and email addresses for the officers if you go to 'Find a Chapter near you' at the top of the page.

You have a lovely old clock and well worth restoring. Hope this helps.

Let us know how you get on.

JTD

 

[Burkhard Rasch]

"As for the weight, that hooks onto one end of the chain and the pendulum hooks onto the pendululum leader."

These clocks run their (30hour movement) and their strike (half hour and full) with one weight only , suspended from an endless chain in a Huygen´s arangement . You need a small wheel with a hook to ride on that chain with the weight attached to it and a brass doughnut to hold the second loop of the chain down on the driving sprocket.
The pendulum has a long iron rod with a flat suspension spring at one end and a small lead filled brass bob with a regulating nut at the other end , it usualy beats seconds.
sevicing this clock is a job for any professional clockmaker , for the parts look on evilbay , or the usual suppliers of clockparts. There is a guy in the Netherlands specialized on these clocks , the adress can be found googeling.
HTH
Burkhard

 

[Jeremy Woodoff]

That isn't the correct pendulum. These clocks didn't have leaders; they have pendulums like longcase clocks, a single iron rod with the pendulum at the bottom and a suspension spring at the top, fitted to a block attached to the backboard of the case. The dial is missing its stamped brass four seasons spandrels. The clock also needs finials, of which there are several correct types. All these parts may be available from one or two Dutch clock parts suppliers that you can find on Google or ebay, as Burkhard noted.

 

[Jeremy Woodoff]

I posted about this clock a few weeks ago in the New Acquisitions forum. It received 139 views and zero comments. Maybe some more pictures will help. The clock looks like a Zaanse or Zaandam clock, but it's a miniature. The ebonized oak backboard is about 11" high by 6" across; the clock itself is about the size of a carriage clock. It has a posted frame movement, with the strike behind the time. It strikes the hour and half on a bell with a standard strike with warning, not like most Dutch clocks. It has an anchor escapement, not a verge and crown wheel like normal Zaanse clocks. The wheels are cast and the crossings hand cut. The hammer arbor is brass and turned like in Zaanse clocks and the return spring is also similar in design to those clocks. There's much evidence of hand work, but I'd be surprised if it's as early as real Zaanse clocks (1680-1750). It definitely is not one of the 20th century Warmink reproductions.

The moon dial and date wheel don't revolve,, but they look as though they might have at one time. The moon dial at least is engraved all the way around, as the impression of the engraving shows through on the back side. There's no obvious way the wheels would have been advanced.

The clock has to be wound twice a day, as do most Dutch clocks of this type. It does run fast. The cast horse and rider pendulum bob is soldered onto the rod, but the lower part of the rod is threaded. I added a lead weight to the bottom and that slowed down the clock, but not enough. Yet everything about the clock seems original.

If searched online and have found nothing even remotely similar. I've reached out to a Dutch clock museum to see if they have any ideas.

 

[dvdberg]

I have little to offer other than to note that there is a clock with similarities to yours earlier in this thread. I wonder if yours is a one off original, built by someone who took their own way with within a community of clock makers. The backboard is so unique and to see the pendulum affixed to the backboard is unusual in my estimation.

 

[Jeremy Woodoff]

I have little to offer other than to note that there is a clock with similarities to yours earlier in this thread. I wonder if yours is a one off original, built by someone who took their own way with within a community of clock makers. The backboard is so unique and to see the pendulum affixed to the backboard is unusual in my estimation.

I think it's possible it's a one-off original. But it seems unlikely because of all the castings that were required--the spiral columns, fretwork at the top, and tiny horse and rider pendulum. The model- and mold-making would represent an extraordinary amount of work for a single clock.

 

[JTD]

I think it's possible it's a one-off original. But it seems unlikely because of all the castings that were required--the spiral columns, fretwork at the top, and tiny horse and rider pendulum. The model- and mold-making would represent an extraordinary amount of work for a single clock.

I think most of those parts would have been fairly readily available - they, or ones very similar, were used in other Dutch clocks.

But the way they were put together is interesting and makes it a very unusual and attractive clock.

JTD

 

[Jeremy Woodoff]

JTD, the difference is the size. Everything on this clock is far smaller than on any other Dutch clock of this type. For instance, the four twist columns are 3 1/8" high; the upper frets are 2 1/4" high by 2 3/4" wide. This is considerably smaller than the smallest of the frets used on the Warmink reproductions.