My grandmother died a few years ago at the age of 97. During her long life, she traveled the world on what little money she had, and always made sure to bring back unique gifts for everyone. When she went to Germany in the 70s, she brought back beautifully handcrafted grandfather clocks, two different ones. She kept one in her house until she died and gave the other to my father, and it now resides with me. I never thought I’d ever see such fine quality craftsmanship on a clock again. I thought the time for quality timepieces like the ones Grandma Annie brought home was long gone. That was until I visited the folks at 1-8004CLOCKS.com and their quality collection of new Howard Miller grandfather clocks. You can tell right away these people know their stuff when it comes to quality timepieces, as evidenced by their informative clock blog.

I was trying to think of Christmas presents for the person who is hard to buy for, and I thought, why not a grandfather clock? What better way to ring in 2008 than with the beautiful chimes of a musical clock. When I was browsing their stock, I found this lovely contemporary piece here that has an old world feel while looking modern as ever. Whether you are looking to replicate a grandfather clock of yesterday or you need a more contemporary version to satisfy your decor, you will find it at 1-8004CLOCKS.com.