I finished the preliminary assembly of the Bagnall clock by adding the turned posts and toppers.

In the last post, Marlene mentioned making the kit a working clock, but I hadn't even thought to do that since I liked the face that came with the kit.  Interestingly enough, I stumbled across a blog post detailing how to make a House of Miniatures grandmother clock kit into a working clock.  :D  I bought a pocket watch from Hobby Lobby and took it apart the same way.

I had even bought one with fancy hands so I could use the mechanism as a complete unit.

Unfortunately, it wasn't that simple to just swap out the faces.  At least, I don't know enough about watch movements and placement to get it to work.  I could see what needed to be done.  It just didn't work for me.

All was not a waste, though, since I was able to salvage the watch battery for the Reutter Porzellan clock I bought awhile ago.  And, I'll keep the clock hands and chain from the watch in my materials stash.

I thought about buying another Reutter clock just for the face, but it really wasn't that important to me to make the Bagnall clock a working clock.  It was the overall design that drew me in to begin with, including the beautiful face included with the kit (shown here with the plastic protective covering still in place).

So, I've gone ahead and stained the parts with Minwax English Chestnut to keep moving forward with the project.  I had used this stain on the parlor floor, but I originally bought it for this clock kit.

The wood took the stain unevenly because some of the surfaces are the "ends" of the wood and some are the "faces" of the wood grain.  I'll address that once the stain dries, but so far I love it!  :D