Finchingfield Antiques

In addition to repairing and restoring clocks, we also have a large selection of antique clocks for sale. All our clocks have been cleaned and overhauled, and where necessary sympathetically restored. It is never our intention to over-restore a clock, as we feel it is important for it to visually retain the patination commensurate with its age.

In the vast majority of cases, the clock which you inherited, the one that hasn't been going for years, or the one which keeps poor time - will only need an overhaul and clean. We work within the guidelines in terms of price and code of practice of the British Watch & Clock Makers Guild, founded in 1907.

A large selection of good quality antique furniture is available for sale in our shop in Finchingfield. Early 20th cent Venturi Water Meter with fine quality eight day turret style dead beat clock on later stand. Bow fronted with moulded cornice over chevron string section and glazed doors with bowed glass.

A large selection of good quality antique furniture is available for sale in our shop in Finchingfield.

The two train outside countwheel bell striking movement with rectangular plates united by four cylindrical pillars pinned through the backplate, the going train with anchor escapement regulated by pendulum with decorative sunburst mask cast bob, the backplate stamped with VINCENTI & CIE, MADAILLE D'ARGENT, 1855 roundel, the 10 inch circular 25 piece cartouche numeral dial with convex white enamel centre insribed HENRY BRIGHT, PARIS within chapter ring with blue-on-white Roman hour numerals within rococo borders and conforming black Arabic five minutes to outer track, with pierced steel hands, the engraved cut brass and red shell marquetry veneered waited case with surmount cast as Chronos seated on a sphere applied to a concav-sided suprstructure decorated with foliate scrollsflanked by leaf cat mounts to the angles, the front with rococo scroll cast crest over leafy gilt brass-framedarch-glazed door enclosing marquetry veneered inside surface to the rear door and incorporating cats panel featuring a Ho-Ho bird within rococo scrolls to lower edge, the surround decorated with leafy scrolls within line border, the sides with tall recessed arch windows between marquetry panel veneered upper and lower margins, on generous scroll cast feet with cartouche apron between; with a wall bracket en suite of ogee outline with applied leaf cast mount to edge of the table over confoming cut brass and red shell stylised foliate marquetry veneers to front and sides interrupted by rococo scroll cast mounts applied to angles, the base with further conforming mount.

A spiral spring, one end of which is fixed to the balance and the other end to the frame, which with the balance forms an oscillator. A clock or watch which records intervals of time. The hands can be stopped or started at will without stopping the mechanism and interfering with the timekeeping. A small plunger in a watch case used in conjunction with the winding button to allow the hands to be set.