My Grandfather's Clock

[CitizenM]

Got a "new" clock today. I've got no idea where it's been hiding all these years, but it looks almost brand new. This was given to my grandfather by Japan for his work with Fuji Heavy Industries and Subaru. It's beautiful. And yes, so far as I can tell (not a lot of ticks on the dial) it hits every marker dead on.

The clock is from 1983, but I popped a battery in it and it started right up.




He had a number of clocks. I fixed his old clock from 1845 a few months ago and posted about this. I tried to fix the clock he gave my grandmother for her anniversary, but it was a dead quartz, and short of replacing the movement, there wasn't anything I could do for that one. But I've never seen this one before today. Came in a shoebox lol.

[Raza]

Very cool! Also cool that your grandfather worked for Fuji Heavy. What did he do?

[Manuel Garcia O'Kely]

Thought this would be about the song:

My grandfather's clock
Was too large for the shelf,
So it stood ninety years on the floor;
It was taller by half
Than the old man himself,
Though it weighed not a pennyweight more.
It was bought on the morn
Of the day that he was born,
It was always his treasure and pride;

But it stopped short
Never to go again,
When the old man died.
Ninety years without slumbering,
Tick, tock, tick, tock,
His life seconds numbering,
Tick, tock, tick, tock,
It stopped short
Never to go again,
When the old man died.

In watching its pendulum
Swing to and fro,
Many hours had he spent while a boy;
And in childhood and manhood
The clock seemed to know,
And share both his grief and his joy.
And it struck twenty-four
When he entered at the door,
With a blooming and beautiful bride;

But it stopped short
Never to go again,
When the old man died.
Ninety years without slumbering,
Tick, tock, tick, tock,
His life seconds numbering,
Tick, tock, tick, tock,
It stopped short
Never to go again,
When the old man died.

Ninety years without slumbering,
Tick, tock, tick, tock,
His life seconds numbering,
Tick, tock, tick, tock,
It stopped short
Never to go again,
When the old man died.

My grandfather said
That of those he could hire,
Not a servant so faithful he found;
For it wasted no time,
And had but one desire,
At the close of each week to be wound.
And it kept in its place,
Not a frown upon its face,
And its hand never hung by its side.

But it stopped short
Never to go again,
When the old man died.
Ninety years without slumbering,
Tick, tock, tick, tock,
His life seconds numbering,
Tick, tock, tick, tock,
It stopped short
Never to go again,
When the old man died.

It rang an alarm
In the dead of the night,
An alarm that for years had been dumb;
And we knew that his spirit
Was pluming his flight,
That his hour of departure had come.
Still the clock kept the time,
With a soft and muffled chime,
As we silently stood by his side.
But it stopped short
Never to go again,
When the old man died.
Ninety years without slumbering,
Tick, tock, tick, tock,
His life seconds numbering,
Tick, tock, tick, tock,
It stopped short
Never to go again,
When the old man died.

[CitizenM]

Lol that's a long song.

As per Fuji Heavy Industries, I'm not completely sure. It was some sort of collaboration between Bell Helicopter and Subaru, so I imagine it was something in that field. Subaru/Fuji sends my family stuff on occasion to this day, even though he died quite some time ago. He was a tool engineer specialist, so he often was working on really special tools to make and fix equipment. It was shockingly complex stuff. I actually went to and graduated from his university, although unfortunately he didn't live to see me get accepted there.

The clock is gorgeous though and looks really well made. It's extremely heavy and the hands may in fact be solid gold, by the look of it. Whatever the thing is made out of, it wasn't plated, or it was done exceptionally well, because there is no wear on it anywhere.

[Formerguide]

That's pretty sweet! Hopefully someone on here can shed a little more light about your clock, which certainly wouldn't surprise me.

Nice share, I like clocks, in fact, long admired clocks before becoming interested in watches.

Dan

[J_Hack]

Looks nice, clean and simple. I bet the Clock Forum would possibly have some more info if you are looking for some. I think it is a couple down from the Public forum. Pretty cool they are still sending him stuff after all this time.

I have been looking at getting a clock for my wife for our first anniversary in August. Clocks are the modern 1st anniversary gift with paper being the traditional.

[CitizenM]

Well, if anyone has some insight into the model, that'd be great, but I think I'm pretty happy just enjoying it on my desk. It really looks great, almost brand new and works like a champ after all these years. But who knows, maybe the Japanese gave it to him after he moved back to America and it is relatively new. I just assume most of his Japanese stuff, at least his nice stuff, was from his life in Japan.