Posted June 15, 2009
As retailers and e-tailers of grandfather clocks, we notice peaks and valleys in the purchase of grandfather clocks. One clear trend we have noticed at 1-800-4CLOCKS is that more and more individuals are buying grandfather clocks as presents for themselves, or for a wedding gift almost always for a child and their soon-to-be new son-in-law and daughter-in-law. We also see many grandparents ordering a grandfather clocks as wedding presents for their grandchildren, one frequently similar to “the one” in the family.
People recognize the high-end grandfather clocks we sell as being of family heirloom quality, and our customers are not disappointed almost at any time.
A great trend is grandchildren with the means and desire to purchase traditional high-end grandfather clocks, usually in a traditional grandfather clock style, for their grandparents or, more commonly, their parents. Generally this is gifting done to mark either a special wedding anniversary milestone gift or a grandfather clock as a birthday gift.
Mechanical, cable-driven grandfather clocks are the most popular, and are also the best clocks.
We are even seeing this increasing trend cross-border and cross-continent, with orders from Canada, Western Europe, and the Far and Middle East for clocks being ordered for this very reason.
We once had a blog post titled something close to “This is not your grandfather’s grandfather clock.” Well, maybe we were wrong about that one.
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