Even better with time
This grand, 250-year-old clock could actually be considered somewhat of a youngster -- created 100 years after the pendulum clock was invented in 1656! Handcrafted in the 1740s, this clock was surely a pricey purchase, as the ornamentation was flaunted as a status symbol for the very wealthy at the time. It wasn’t until the 1800s that clock parts could be mass-produced in factories, making pendulum clocks more affordable for the working class. By the 1930's, the quartz movement had been invented, and pendulum clocks began to lose their appeal.