Vintage Wall Clocks – Better With Age
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Some things just get better with age. With food, there’s cheese. With drinks, there’s wine. And then, there are some old appliances that are better than modern ones, like my neighbor’s electric fan. It’s from the sixties and made of all metal and still works today unlike the one I bought a year ago which conked out last week.
I have an affinity for old objects despite my IT background. Maybe it’s because I’ve been around vintage objects for too long when I was living with my grandfather or maybe because I appreciate their style, their ruggedness or their durability. These things are what makes vintage objects grow old and remain useful. Vintage objects, as they grow older, get rarer even pricier. Pricier is a good thing for the owners. But if you’re the buyer, you had better make the vintage object you bought grow older still. Vintage objects can stand the test of time. A perfect example of a vintage object is one that actually says it gets older by the second, vintage wall clocks.
I’d hate to admit it, but I have a pinch of snobbery in me. I have a nice looking living room that I keep orderly to impress my visitors. I have a few vintage objects in my display case and beside the case hangs my vintage wall clock. What makes a vintage wall clock truly vintage? My vintage wall clock, which was given to me by my grandfather, has a wooden frame made of fine varnished mahogany. The frame is handcrafted and gilded all over. It has a simple clock face with Roman numerals, a wooden pendulum and a pearl-like finish on the pendulum bob. Its design is pretty common among many decorative wall clocks available today. But the mechanism inside is larger, heavier and more durable. One more thing I like about it is the loud tick-tock sound it makes while the pendulum swings. It sounds, well, ancient.
Of course, we can get vintage wall clocks elsewhere besides our grandparents. My great aunt by the way owns a vintage kitchen wall clock that she uses as a timer when she bakes her cookies. They are also available in antique shops, specialty clock stores and if you’re desperate to own one but don’t have the budget, there’s always eBay.
Vintage wall clocks are perfect for old-style houses, churches, libraries and corporate executive lounges. But, a vintage wall clock can be sorely out of place in a modern setting beside metal picture frames above your home theater. Inside your modest studio apartment, a flat wall along with other vintage decorations would be a perfect place to hang your vintage wall clock. Add a mini bar in that area and you’ll complete your stylish, sophisticated effect. If you’re not the type of person who counts every millisecond, a vintage wall clock would be fine for you. Despite their age, vintage wall clocks are fairly accurate. Your new modern wall clock in your bathroom is more likely to lose the time than a vintage wall clock.
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