THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT TYPES
OF WALL CLOCKS AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE. WE SELL
MODERN, CONTEMPORARY, TRADITIONAL AND ANTIQUE
STYLES. ALL WALL CLOCKS THAT WE FEATURE ARE HAND
CRAFTED IN WOOD. I DON'T APPRECIATE MUCH CLOCKS
MADE FROM OTHER THAN THE REAL WOOD. LONG ISLAND
IS TOO MOIST AN AREA AND MANY OF THESE FALL APART
LONG BEFORE THEY SHOULD.
YOU CAN CHOOSE KEY WOUND OR QUARTZ. I PREFER KEYWOUND
BECAUSE IN A CHIME CLOCK THERE IS NOTHING LIKE
THE REAL THING. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANY QUARTZ CLOCKS
GO UP IN VALUE.
THE PREMIUM LINE OF CLOCKS TODAY
IS THE SLIGH COMPANY. TRUE IT IS LESS KNOWN THAN
RIDGEWAY AND HOWARD MILLER. BUT IT HAPPENS TO
BE THE OLDEST CLOCK COMPANY LEFT IN THIS COUNTRY.
SLIGH WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1880. TO TOUCH AND HEAR
A SLIGH CLOCK IS THE FINAL SALE. YOUR FINGERS
WILL TELL YOU THE REST. THE SLIGH CLOCKS ARE NOT
AS LARGELY MASS PRODUCED AS MANY OTHERS. YOU CAN
SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WOOD JOINERY AND FINISH
OF THE CLOCK IT ALL REPRESENTS PRIDE OF CRAFTSMANSHIP
AND A COMPANY THAT WILL SETTLE FOR NOTHING LESS
THAN PROFECTION.
HOWARD MILLER IS MUCH MORE MASS PRODUCED. IT IS
THE LARGEST CLOCK MAKER IN THE UNITED STATES AND,
PROBABLY THE BEST KNOWN.
AS FOR PAYING ATTENTION TO
DETAILS AND FIT AND FINISH, I STILL PERSONALLY
LIKE THE SLIGH SERIES BETTER. RIDGEWAY IS THE
OLDEST IN CONSTANT PRODUCTION OF CLOCKS. I EQUATE
THEM ALONG WITH HOWARD MILLER CLOCKS. AS OF A
FEW WEEKS AGO HOWARD MILLER PURCHASED THE RIDGEWAY
CLOCK COMPANY FROM PULASKI FURNITUITURE OF VIRGINIA.
I NEVER TELL PEOPLE WHAT TO
BUY BUT I WILL SAY...... IF YOU WANT THE VERY
BEST ....SLIGH IS THE WAY TO GO.
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