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Welcome to all our national and international investors with an eye for beauty.The current global economic climate is an opportune time to acquire investments at "good value". With the addition of a currency converter to our site, one is able to determine the best possible price on a product. It translates into our customers benefitting from the weaker ZAR. THE ASTROLABE (see Products, Mantel Clocks, Hermle)The astrolabe is a historical astronomical instrument used by classical astronomers, navigators, and astrologers. Its many uses included locating and predicting the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets and stars; determining local time given local latitude and vice-versa; surveying; and triangulation. At first mechanical astronomical clocks were influenced by the astrolabe; in many ways they could be seen as clockwork astrolabes designed to produce a continual display of the current position of the sun, stars, and planets. Ibn al-Shatir constructed the earliest astrolabic clock in the early 14th century. At around the same time, Richard of Wallingford's clock (c. 1330) consisted essentially of a star map rotating behind a fixed rete, similar to that of an astrolabe. REUGE MUSIC BOXES We at Holtzhausen believe that Clocks like Mountains are Icons of Beauty, Witnessing the Passage of Time. Our base is here in the Boland, meaning higher country in relation to the ocean-surrounded by some of the most spectacular mountains the eye will see. Looking at these mountains looking at us, it dawned on me that they have been bearing witness to our lives on this continent through the millennia. Not a word-just silent witness. Like a clock, standing quietly, or not so quietly, ticking away in a corner for 200-300 years. As introduction to "What Do We Offer" the question: What will I find on this site? I am fascinated by mechanical movements, producing acoustic sound-be it a clock or music box. Specifically because of the deep sense of peace and ensuing reflection that a chiming clock or playing music box bring to a home. It turns the inside of your dwelling into a sanctuary... More about this another day. On our site one will find the best examples of these items-where possible in high resolution. Herman "Clocks like mountains, are icons of beauty, witnessing the passage of time" WHERE DO WE COME FROM?Established in 1974, Tick Tock Time was started by Nicolaas Holtzhausen, advocate of the Johannesburg Bar, South Africa. Nic Holtzhausen was not only a barrister, but pursued woodwork as a hobby making fine items of furniture for his family home. In addition to his talents, he also had a great sense of social responsibility. Every Sunday in the local newspaper, Nic Holtzhausen would run a crossword competition that raised money for charities. Entrants would send him their crosswords and their money. He would then gather his children, Herman and Sulia, around the dining-room table, and they would open envelope after envelope, putting the money on one side and the crossword on another. One of the institutions that Nic helped was a school that was raising funds to build tennis courts. Once the courts were built the school thanked Nic Holtzhausen with the gift of a fully imported German grandfather clock. The welcoming of this German masterpiece into our family home filled us with wonder and opened a new chapter in the Holtzhausen's appreciation of their ancestral roots. A journey into Germany followed where forgotten family stories where discovered, new relationships were formed and Nic returned with a passion to make clocks by hand, like the Holtzhausens before him. The first one was made for his mother's birthday. Very soon he had people queuing up for clocks, and the business of Tick Tock Time was born. In 1998 Herman Holtzhausen, Nic’s son, took over Tick Tock Time and started trading as Holtzhausen Clocks & Music Boxes. The company grew from a small sideline family business into the most successful grandfather clock company in South Africa. He married Catherine Smetherham and together they have been developing Holtzhausen Clocks ever since. WHAT DO WE OFFER?WE OFFER THE FOLLOWING GUARANTEED PRODUCTS: |






