The term floor clocks are popularly known as grandfather clocks. These are clocks with a pendulum inside the tower or in the waist of the case. The height of this clock ranges from six to eight feet with the case elaborately ornamented with carved features on the hood or on the frames of the clock. These clocks are also known to be striking clocks because for a few seconds of each hour, they sound the time. The number of strikes signifies the right time.

The first thing that pops into our heads when we talk about grandfather clocks are those huge clocks that we see standing in the hallways of mansions and manors. While grandfather clocks are essentially those longcase clocks that you do see standing elegantly on these regular places, there are a few select pieces of this type of a clock that can be seen anchored to a wall. These are the grandfather wall clocks, and they are just as elegant as their longcase siblings.