Nowadays one can buy antique clocks almost in any antique store. You can find that this is a kind of avocation for rich people.
The first strides in making mantel clocks were found in the XIV and XV centuries. Iron was the stuff for such clocks at those times and they were wound with the assistance of loads. The first mantel clocks were similar to tower clocks. They had the similar scheme and elements.
People applied wall's consoles to put in clocks in the Gothic epoch. Centuries later timber corbel appeared as the element of the clocks' frame. The style of it conformed to the entire style of the clock. Of course, in the Middle ages and later it was one of the most significant parts of a room's decoration. In each apartment clocks played an important role. They were an element of the design ensemble that was stuck to the fashion of an epoch. Several ages later appeared clock masters. They sought to give face to every clock they made. We can signify such remarkable persons as Roentgen, Goutier and Benemann. They worked on their own models and created clocks in the unique exemplars. But in the eighteenth century different clock masters began to remake the prototypes of the most remarkable clocks.
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Jun 30 2008 
