i can understand and know exactly how you feel, my family has a tradition there is currently sitting in my mothers home a grandfather clock that belonged to my grandfather, it has been in our family for roughly 150 years of so. when its time to move on, it will come to me, being the first born male, then it will move on to my son when i am ready to move it on. this thing was made by a gentleman in bucks co pa, it has the weights and the pendulum, and a nice loud booming gong on ever hour, 1 for every hour