WELCOME

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.

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Have a look at www.clocktrader.co.za if you're in the market to buy, sell or swop new or used clocks, music boxes, watches or parts. 

Picture: Howard Miller Ramsey

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.

Dwelling to Sanctuary. 
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"

COMPANY PROFILE

Holtzhausen Clocks and Music Boxes was established in 1974 as Tick Tock Time in Johannesburg.

Today this company still manufactures and trades globally in clocks, music boxes and watches of the highest quality only.

Herman Holtzhausen, son of founder Nic Holtzhausen, directs manufacturing, importing, exporting, marketing and after-sales.

Herman holds that the family business is their Southern Cross: "Our product evokes a sense of stillness, respect and celebration of life. These are the values we aim at for ourselves, our customers, their friends and all of our unborn descendants - generations into the future."

WHAT DO WE OFFER?

ALL GUARANTEED PRODUCTS:

HOLTZHAUSEN LIMITED EDITION CLOCKS (RSA) offers a range of hand built long-case, wall and mantel clocks in a variety of readily available; exotic and rare hardwoods, fitted with top quality German mechanisms. We build our clocks at a rate of 40 per year. Each clock is numbered as one of a limited 50 per style and wood-type. You will also receive a certificate of authenticity featuring your clock’s number and wood-type. The elegant designs and construction of these clocks have been refined over more than 30 years to form part of our flagship selection at prices so low you may wonder why.

HERMLE’S (Germany) range consists of clocks like the Astrolabium and Tellurium III which indicate the paths of the sun and moon and a yearly calendar, to very affordable floor, wall and “Napolean’s Hat” mantel clocks.

HOWARD MILLER (USA) is the largest floor clock (grandfather/grandmother and modern hall clocks) manufacturer in the world. On offer on this website you will find a selection of their clocks, display cabinets and wine & spirit furnishings. Most Howard Miller products are immediately available for shipping. We are their sole agents in South Africa.

HUBERT HERR (Germany) is the world’s oldest surviving cuckoo clock manufacturer. Each cuckoo clocks mechanism and case are hand build in the Black Forest.

KIENINGER (Germany) is the world’s oldest clock manufacturer, renowned for their outstanding movements. The contemporary grandfather, wall and mantel clocks available are trendsetters. We are their sole agents in South Africa.

REUGE (Switzerland) is the last surviving Swiss music box manufacturer. This has pushed their creativeness to the limit. A variety of melodies and designs make for one of the world’s best kept gift secrets. We are their sole agents in South Africa and Namibia.