If you see something you've never seen before...
A while back friend Doug forwarded along a Craigslist posting to your local horologist regarding a clock for sale in Pebble Beach. Truth is, this clock maven had already spied this same posting earlier. Wild looking clock. Large, colorful, ornate... looks old... But this clock fool wasn't sure this elaborate looking thing was his... thing. Besides, the guy wanted $1,000 for it. So we moved on. Until perhaps 2 weeks later this Craigslist troll was perusing for new postings and sees the tower of flower is still seeking a buyer. No takers? Hmm... It is really nothing like this horological historian has ever seen before... "...over 100 years"? What is a "Mora" clock? Clickety-click. Oh they're named after a small town in Sweden. Where? Way out in the middle of rural Sweden. 180 miles from Stockholm. What!? Itch... Scratch... Down the rabbit hole we went... Mora clocks were produced in central Sweden starting in the late 1700s until cheaper competing offer...