Oaks are the most abundant hardwood trees in the United States. It is the wood most often used in furnishings and interior designs. Oak has been a favorite wood of early English craftsmen and a prized material for American colonists. White oak is just one of 86 species native to the USA while red oak grows only in North America.

Wood clocks made of oak are very durable. The high-quality wood grains are distinctive and feature sought after patterns such as flake figures, pin stripes, fine lines, leafy grains and watery figures. The differences in hues between the two types of oak are: