Description of Product Elements

 This page describes the contents used to make our products. When you see clocks or watches that have these elements you will know its meaning.

• Alabastrite
  Product line name for polyresin items. Alabastrite is a stone-based material that can be intricately molded and will allow paint to adhere. Cold-cast. Clean by dusting; do not wash with water.
• Porcelain
  Fine ground white clay, molded and fired in an oven for eight hours at 1200 degrees. Finished with a glazed, under-glazed, or "bisque" finish. Glazing produces a high gloss; under-glaze produces a matte finish. Bisque is a matte finish without glaze. After finishing, the item is "cooked" for six hours at 800 degrees.
• Patchwork
  European designer fabric is stretched over Ceramic figurines, then coated with twelve layers of lacquer. Each application of lacquer is hand polished, for a rich shine and an ultra-smooth finished texture. The texture of the final pieces, not felt, because of the twelve layers of lacquer covering them.
• Gold
  The ultimate precious metal. Virtually indestructible, amazingly malleable, doesn't rust or tarnish. Graded by purity; in the U.S. a scale of 24 is used, so 24 Karats (24K) is 100% pure. 18K is 18 parts gold and 6 parts alloy (other metals), and so on. 10K is the legal minimum for Karat-graded gold. The word "Plumb" indicates the exact purity of the piece.
• Pearl
  Smooth, lustrous, variously colored and round...pearls are formed as deposits around a grain of sand in certain shellfish. They may be formed naturally or "Cultured" through an artificial implanting process.
• Sterling Silver
  To qualify as "sterling" a given piece must be composed of at least 92.5% pure silver.