New Old Clock

The other day I returned home to find that I had a package. Crème checked the box before allowing me to remove the contents.

Once I had Crème’s approval to continue, we dug right in. I did not even change out of my bathing suit before proceeding.

Inside was the clock I bought on eBay. I have been looking for a clock for the living room for a while. When Douglas received some gift money, my budget went up considerably, and Crème helped me pick this one out.

I was impressed how carefully the clock was packed and shipped from Amsterdam. 

Here is the original listing on eBay. You have to scroll down to see it. I really like that the seller, Edwin, puts recordings of the chimes on YouTube. You can see all of the clocks that he has on eBay here. I highly recommend this seller.

Inside an envelope, I found the instructions, a key and a cookie!

After removing all of the packaging from the inside and winding the clock, I still could not get it to run. With the help of Douglas and a cousin, I went over the instructions several times. We tried everything we could think of, but I could not find a pendulum, nor were we sure that there should be one. Thankfully, I had the YouTube recording to refer to. After watching that I was certain that there had to be a pendulum. We went back over through the box removing each piece of “popcorn” individually. Crème thought that it was the best game ever.

Finally, Douglas spotted the pendulum in a lump of bubble wrap that must have come from the inside of the clock. I had not checked them all thoroughly enough. As soon as we hung the pendulum, the clock started ticking immediately. I love that sound. It took some adjustment to get the clock to keep time to the minute, but it is working well. We thought that it would take some time to get used to the clock’s chimes. I slept right through the first night and didn’t wake up once. Douglas woke up every hour on the hour the first night, but after that the clock ceased to bother him.

The clock went right to the top of the bookshelf, but I needed to style the cabinet to better show off my “new” timepiece.

I have since done that, but I will show it to you in another post.

Happy Homemaking!

P.S. This post was written earlier and scheduled to post today. I am in Costa Rica and will not have regular access to the internet. Please, DO leave comments but understand that I will not be able to respond to them immediately. Also, feel free to extend your condolences to Douglas, Kahlua and Crème, who have been left behind to guard the fort while I am away.