Nice Wooden Chess Clock

I bought a Chronos GX and love it, but I want to also have a nice wooden clock for use (and/or display) with my nice wooden chess set. I want something traditional looking. I bought the Chronos as my "function over form" clock (and love it), and now I'm looking for a "form over function" clock to tickle my shallow "look at me!" inclinations. For this exersize, beauty trumps all.

So far from what my OCD searching as found, the Garde is winning, with the BHB wooden clocks running second. Any other sexy looking analog clocks out there that I don't know about?

I always thought the Jerger was sweet.

Ooh - nice call on the Jerger. Pricey, but I have no problem paying for quality.

Tony, remember the Solara?

It was the tiniest clock on the market back when I got into tournament chess back in the early 70s.

Good luck finding a pic though. I searched for awhile and found zip.

It must've been good quality. It was used by Spassky-Petrosian in their 1969 match, if I remember right.

The Hungarian ARO is beautiful - available with only the Knight on the clockface or with the legend MOM. In the latter version, the wood is particularly fine. They turn up on eBay. I see they're also called Jaeger.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Hungarian-Made-MOM-Chess-Clock-/230429948018

And then there's the Sutton Coldfield clock. I have one of those, very nice.

There are some cool antiques out there. It saddens me to think that stuff like this is going away. As much as I love digital stuff, there's something to be said for mechanical timekeeping in a wooden case.

Lots of cool old clocks here:http://dorland-chess.com/pageID_6947446.html

Look at this Jaeger!

They were exported to Germany and sold as Jaegers, I believe. Hold out for the type I linked to above, shown at eBay. When the word MOM is on the clockface, the wood used was higher quality. Unfortunately, I just missed out on an auction for one back in February, it was in excellent condition and with beautiful wood.

Nice! I hadn't seen your link when I posted my pic.

Great - now I have one more thing to obsess about while watching Ebay!

Check the last clock in GA Dify's link.

I have an old Jerger clock but one side has quit working. I suppose I could get it fixed at any reputable clock/watch repair place ?  It probably just needs some spring replaced or something.... what y'all reckon ?

Ah yeah that's the little fella.

Saves me from scanning an old catalog.

Over here, digital chess clocks still aren't commonplace at low-cost events, so I'm used to mechanical clocks. And one thing I'll say is: stay away from the Garde. At least one of the sides will stop after a few months, especially if you treat them with blitz. Garde clocks look pretty good, but they're not durable.

All the clocks pictured in this thread are beautiful, I'd love to have a Jaeger at home :)

You're not the first one I've heard this from. Too bad too, especially since they're no longer made, and I'd assume tough to get repaired.

BHBs seem to be everywhere. Anyone have any experience with this one?

Not as sexy as some of the antiques, but it's a nice looking clock from a current well regarded company.

I have to say that I'm surprised I haven't found any high-end mechanical clocks. I mean there is still a huge market for mechanical high-end timepieces like Rolex, Tag Heuer, Paneri, and the like. I did find an antique Heuer somewhere, but no new ones. 

If I were a brazilionaire, I'd want a nice Ulysse Nardine or Harry Winston Chess clock in my library or study. Someone's got to be catering to these people? Even if I can't afford one, I'd love to see them.

House of Staunton shows a beatiful clock on their home page that appears to be an antique...

Now that's a clock!

From here: http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2007/07/rare-chess-clock.html

Here's one of the clocks (and the pieces and table) used in the Capablanca-Alekhine 1927 WC match.

I think these clocks are very attractive.

Here's a page from an accomplished chess collector's site:

http://www.crumiller.com/chess/chess_pages/chess_timers.htm

He owns, and you can see here, one of the Capablanca-Alekhine clocks.

Thanks a lot guys!

Now I'm itching to get a period clock to go with my New York 1924 set. As if I don't waste enough money already.

My Sutton Coldfield Chess clock is actually from Hastings, found it on eBay.

It's worth keeping a lookout - there are lots of Russian chess clocks on ebay.de. Search for schachuhr.

And now for a laugh - someone set up the pieces wrong on this games table. Or else it's for a very short armed and a very long armed player: