Wall Clock Decor

 
When shoppers go out looking for a clock, whether it be to take on a trip, for the bedside table, or just a plain clock for the wall, they will pick out a certain style and color that would complement the décor in that certain room.  Timepieces, nowadays, have much to offer in the way of a décor for they are made in eye-catching stylish designs.  However, the wall clock is one of the most decorative objects to replace a picture on the wall.

Not only do you see eye-catching designs in timepieces, but you can also hear the flowing sound of music in different varieties of tones coming from musical clocks.  There are bells and chimes that can produce music to relax or even to dance. They also mark the hours of the day with a musical tune.  The tune is played from a spiked-cylinder on bells, organ pipes, bellows, combs, or dulcimer strings.  

Then there are the calendar clocks.  They are cheerfully designed and are usually hung in the kitchen so that the date and time can be seen throughout the day.  These clocks may have pictures of animals displayed.

There is also a wall clock among the variety of styles to enable you to find out in a glance what the weather is like outside.  The gauges display time, temperature, and humidity.  The thermometer shows Celsius and Fahrenheit.

What about the novelty ones?  They were unique in the sound and telling of time with special arrangement of parts.  There were eye movements.  When the pendulum swung, the eyes moved up and down.  

Do you remember the Wag-On-The-Walls.  They were a series of oak hanging clocks, either weight or spring driven.  Metal plates enclosed the movement, but the exposed pendulum swung below the clock’s body.

Many of the clocks for use in schools, office, and churches originated in Connecticut.  The octagon clocks were called “school house clocks”.  They were popular in large work places or factories to keep employees informed of the time.

The pendulum is one element that wall clocks have in common.  It is a weight, often ornamental, that swings from a fixed point in a regular beat, so it can regulate the clock’s movement.  The pendulum has three parts.  The pendulum coil, the pendulum ball, the bob, which is the wire loop threaded for the regulating nut.  Lowering the bob on a pendulum rod lengthens its swing, so that the clock goes slower, and raising the bob shortens the swing, so that the clock goes faster.  

Wall clocks do fit in very nicely in a home, and because of the different styles, material, and color, they could certainly be an eye-catching form of a wall décor.