Good quality wall clock

[ZesPak]

So, the 20 GBP one we have now is absurdly loud, and I'd like something else.

But, everything I seem to find is these flimsy low quality clocks.

Are there no nice big clocks with some decent quality?

I'm thinking of something that looks like this:


But with a 60cm diameter

Oh and the date complication would be nice but I wouldn't mind not having it.

Edit: Budget is limited to about 300 GBP for something really really nice.

[clockworks]

Quartz wall clock movements are made by a small number of companies. Similar designs (2 different types of hand fitment), mostly plastic, so prone to wearing out. They only cost a few quid, so fit a new movement to your clock?

[ZesPak]

Yeah, it looks like it's all the same plasticy stuff. The movement, the setting of the time, it all feels incredibly cheap.

Also, the hands are always made as light as possible (less inertia, longer battery life), but it makes them extremely fragile.

Is there a reason why, for example Seiko, don't make clocks? I mean, scale up some stuff, ask £250 for a clock and I think there would be a big enough market for that.

[TeaNoSugar]

Mondaine do some wall clocks similar to what you describe. They're about the £200 mark as well.

The design is the fairly distinctive Swiss Railway clock style which looks pretty good I think.

[TeaNoSugar]

This is the one I meant. £300 but available in smaller, cheaper versions too:

[Justayellowbadge]

TeaNoSugar said:

This is the one I meant. £300 but available in smaller, cheaper versions too:

We have one in the kitchen, has been ticking away for ten years or so.

[nikaiyo2]

ZesPak said:

Yeah, it looks like it's all the same plasticy stuff. The movement, the setting of the time, it all feels incredibly cheap.

Also, the hands are always made as light as possible (less inertia, longer battery life), but it makes them extremely fragile.

Is there a reason why, for example Seiko, don't make clocks? I mean, scale up some stuff, ask £250 for a clock and I think there would be a big enough market for that.

Seiko do make wall clocks but they are about £40, they are abit better than the standard office clock, but not really by much!

http://www.seiko.co.uk/collections/clocks/qxa566j#...

[geezerbutler]

What about Junghans?

https://www.jurawatches.co.uk/collections/junghans...

[ZesPak]

Nice, both the seikos and the junghans, now double the diameter somehow

[leginigel]

Here's my wall clock

I got it in Egypt for about £30 about five years ago never missed a beat

[clockworks]

I think the Mondaine clocks use a £10 Seiko quartz movement.

£300 should get you a proper vintage mechanical wall clock. You'll have to wind it once a week though, and it won't be silent.

[ZesPak]

Just noticed, my bathroom clock is a Seiko. It has worked in that damp environment for about 7 years now, but I remember it to be loud as hell as well .

Anyway, tried out ordering a £20 "silent" clock from a chinese manufacturer, see how that turns out when it arrives in half a year

[Justayellowbadge]

clockworks said:

I think the Mondaine clocks use a £10 Seiko quartz movement.

£300 should get you a proper vintage mechanical wall clock. You'll have to wind it once a week though, and it won't be silent.

Mine says it's a 'UTS' , Made in Germany.

[clockworks]

Justayellowbadge said:

Mine says it's a 'UTS' , Made in Germany.

Thanks for the correction.

I generally use UTS movements when I repair quartz clocks. Decent quality, for half the price of a Seiko - around £2 from trade suppliers.

[VEX]

TeaNoSugar said:

This is the one I meant. £300 but available in smaller, cheaper versions too:

Love ours, but only £90 from ebay.

The actual click and stepped 1second movement reminds us of our fav swiss railway and ski resorts.