This Simon Willard Grafton wall clock is among the rarest of antique clocks from America. Produced in Grafton, Massachusetts, it is shaped to emulate a bracket clock resting upon a shelf or plinth. The brass thirty hour movement has a passing strike with silvered bell and comma form hammer. A decorative rope bezel surrounds the dial which is inscribed by the maker "Simon Willard" Above the center arbor is inscribed a motto "Ab Hoc Momento Pendant AEternitus", which translates "On this moment hangs eternity".

Dimensions

Height 25 ½”; Width: 8 ¾"; Diameter of dial: 5”