Pendulum clock

A classic wooden wall clock with an arched case, a brass bezel and a pendulum swinging behind the glass. Like a real seconds pendulum it takes one second per swing, and the second hand ticks each time it reaches the end of its arc.

Choose walnut, mahogany, oak, ebony or a painted case, a brass, silver or gunmetal pendulum, and how wide it swings.

Customise the pendulum clock

• Background
• Case
• Pendulum
• Dial
• Numerals & hands
• Numerals
• Numeral font
• Swing
• Shadows

How to use

• Switch clocks with ← →, by clicking or tapping the sides of the screen, or by swiping. The dice button (R) jumps to a random clock.
• Go full screen with the button in the top-right corner, a double-click or F.
• Open Customise (S) to change colours, fonts, 12/24-hour time, seconds, date and time zone. Settings are saved on this device.

Questions

Why does a pendulum keep time?

A pendulum of a given length always takes almost exactly the same time to swing, however wide the swing. A pendulum about one metre long swings once a second, which is why it became the heart of accurate clocks from the 1650s until quartz.

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