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History
Incomparable workmanship. Unsurpassed quality. A
quest for perfection. It’s what Howard Miller insisted on when he founded the
company back in 1926, at the age of 21.
Even then, Howard Miller understood the need to create products that would be
steeped in quality and value. He expected nothing less than the best. And it was
only under those strict conditions that he allowed his name to grace every clock
manufactured at our sprawling facility in Zeeland, Michigan.
Howard Miller was schooled in the fine art of clockmaking by his father, Herman,
in the Black Forest region of Germany. Howard developed into a visionary whose
keen sense of innovation spawned a tradition of excellence that has been
uncompromised through three generations.
While the early years focused on the manufacture of chiming wall and mantel
clocks, Howard Miller also produced trend-setting avant garde clocks that stand
today in collectors' galleries. During World War II, Howard Miller joined forces
with the Ford Motor Co. to produce anti-aircraft covers. In the 1960s, the
company turned its attention to grandfather clocks, eventually earning the
company the title of "World's Largest Grandfather Clock Manufacturer."
In 1989, Howard Miller began creating collectors cabinets with the same
attention to detail and craftsmanship inherent in their clockmaking. Fashioned
from glass and hardwoods, the cabinets are ideal for displaying heirlooms,
plates, glassware and other collectibles.
As part of the company's continuing effort to bring customers only the best in
handcrafted products, Howard Miller recently acquired three companies: The
Hekman Furniture Company produces a strong cadre of carefully sculpted hardwood
pieces that range from 18th and 19th Century reproductions, to contemporary
products featuring fine metals and exotic woods. The Woodmark Company makes fine
upholstered pieces. And the exquisite movement in many clocks we offer is made
by Old World craftsmen employed by the Kieninger Company of Germany.
While Howard Miller products might once have been primarily considered as gifts
for weddings, anniversaries and retirements, the company's expanded line of
offerings is enticing more and more buyers who simply desire quality timepieces
and furniture in their homes and businesses -- no occasion required.
We offer hundreds of items to complement any decor ranging from portable alarm
clocks to desk sets to wall and mantel clocks to collectors cabinets to limited
edition grandfather clocks. And in price ranges that may surprise you - from $5
to $15,000.
No matter the price of the purchase, you have the same assurance that Howard Miller provided when he began offering clocks more than 70 years ago: That
quality be reflected both in the products we create, and in the people whose
artistic talents we rely on to manufacture them.
The legacy left by Howard Miller isn't an easy one to emulate. But it's the
only way we know of doing business. Incomparable workmanship. Unsurpassed
quality. A quest for perfection.
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