Today one can buy antique clocks for sale almost in any antique store. In the XXI century not only rich persons can buy it but it became also a hobby of average people.

On the turn of the XIV and XV centuries mantelpiece and room clocks began often to be found. They were created of iron and were wound with the assistance of weight. The first mantel clocks were similar to tower clocks. They had the same scheme and components.

In the XV century people applied walls' consoles where clocks were placed. Later on a wood corbel became a part of clocks' body and was mounted the similar style and ornament as clocks had. Indoor clocks played an important role in the furniture of premises. Every house stuck to the trend that was fashionable during the age and a clock was an element of the whole design ensemble of the house. Several ages later appeared clock masters. They sought to give face to each clock they made. We may signify such notable persons as Roentgen, Goutier and Benemann. Their clocks were definitely marvelous and there were no analogues in the world. In the XVIII century appeared clockmakers that began to create remakes from the most wonderful clocks they found.

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