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Period: 20th Century
Early production Timebeam classic clock by Stephen Savage, UK 1980s
By Timebeam, Stephen Savage
Located in ECHT, NL
Original Timebeam classic analog projection clock. Because it has no CE marking it has to be a pre 1993 production. It is in very good condition and fully functional. It has an analo...
Category
British Industrial 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Metal
Rare 1980s battery-operated world time table clock by Kienzle
Located in München, DE
Rare 1980s brass world time table clock by Kienzle.
Goes back to the design of Heinrich Johannes Möller. Made in Germany.
Kienzle is the oldest clock company in Germany.
Housing is m...
Category
German Regency Vintage 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Metal, Brass
Antique "Chelsea Co." Brass Clock, Mini Size, ca. 1910
Located in Petaluma, CA
If you never heard of the Chelsea Clock Co., you have missed a big one. Maybe the best American clock ever made. Made for ships, mantels, tables, and anywhere you can find a place ...
Category
American Arts and Crafts 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Brass
Streamline Art Deco Temperature and Humidity Monitor by Middlebury
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Streamline Art Deco temperature and humidity monitor by Middlebury. featuring a temperature and humidity monitor fitted in a circular housing fixed a scrolling chromed spring arm on ...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Chrome
"Brillie Four Glass 1/4 Second green onyx table regulator
By Vigreux & Brillie
Located in HAARLEM, NL
This fantastic "Brillie" green onyx mounted four glass 1/4 second table regulator with skeletonized dial and central sweep seconds are very rare and collectable. The clock is in very...
Category
French 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Onyx
Telechron Skyscraper Bakelite Clock
By Warren Telechron Co., Paul Frankl
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Telechron Electric Skyscraper Bakelite Table Clock. Working alarm with many of the styling of Paul Frankl's Famous metal Table Clock. This clock was often said to be designed by Fr...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Bakelite
Art Deco Very Rare 1930s English Smiths Electric 'Mystery Clock'
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this rare Smith mystery clock made by Smith's Electronic Clocks . The chrome case was moulded in aluminium. The glass has black numerals on a square silver ...
Category
English Art Deco 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome
Antique 20th Century British Large Mahogany Bank Perpetual Calendar c.1910
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique early-20th Century British made bank desk calendar, made from mahogany with two knobs to each side, used to move forward and rewind the day behind a large glazed aperture. A ...
Category
British Other Vintage 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Wood
Vintage Rotating Desk Clock with Weather Instruments
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Solid brass Art Deco era desk clock with 8 days movement, with a thermometer, barometer, hygrometer, and compass (in both Celsius and Fahrenheit) by the Angelus Meteo Watch Company
...
Category
North American 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Copper
Late 19th Century Bronze Elephant Mantle Clock, French 1900
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A late 19th century mantel clock in the form of a striding Elephant with trunk raised, carrying a clock on it's back. Original 8 Day Movement.
Dimensions: H 15.5cm W 18cm D 5cm
Ori...
Category
French Antique 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Jaeger LeCoultre, Atmos Clock, Jubilé, manufactured in 1979
Located in Greven, DE
Jaeger LeCoultre - Atmos Jubilé
Switzerland
Gold-plated brass
Year of manufacture 1979
Dimensions: H x W x D: 24 x 17 x 15 cm
Description:
Very rare Atmos clock, which was produce...
Category
Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Brass
Egg-shaped clock with enamel decorations.
Located in Vicenza, IT
Egg-shaped center clock in guilloche enamel, white onyx base.
Period: first quarter of the 20th century / last quarter of the 19th century
Balance wheel movement and remontoire windi...
Category
European Belle Époque 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Enamel
Vintage Victoria Station 1747 Double Sided Brass Wall Mount Railway Clock 18"
Located in Dayton, OH
2 Available - Late 20th century double sided railway clock styled after the famous clock at Victoria Station, London. Wrought metal wall mounted support and case in a dark bronze fin...
Category
Victorian 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Brass
Vintage Pink East German Bakelite Wall Clock from Weimar, 1980s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
Vintage industrial wall clock produced by Weimar Quartz in former East Germany during the 1980s. It features a pink bakelite frame,a black metal dial, an aluminium hands and a curved...
Category
German Industrial Vintage 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Iron
Art Deco Modernist Green Glass Electric Clock By Smiths Clockmakers, c1930
Located in Devon, England
Original 1930's Art Deco Modernist Green glass and chrome clock by the English clock makers Smiths. Beautiful pea green glass with a black dial face and fretted chrome stylised deco ...
Category
English Art Deco 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Purple Porcelain Wall Clock from Mauthe, 1970s
By Mauthe
Located in Kojetice, CZ
Vintage triangle wall clock was made by Mauthe in Germany during the 1970s .. It features a white and purple porcelain body and a convex clear glass cover with brass ring. The former...
Category
German Industrial Vintage 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Brass
1960's Space Age Electric Wall Clock by General Electric Lime Green Rare
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool beautiful color Lime green plastic case with electric movement General Electric, wall clock in working condition original cord very nice simple design, and beautiful colo...
Category
American Space Age 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Plastic
Orologio da parete con disegno grafico di Kurt B. Delbanco per Morphos 1980 ca.
By Morphos
Located in MIlano, IT
Orologio da parete, con disegno geometrico e grafico con colori primari, nero e grigio.
Prodotto da Morphos nel 1980 ca. e disegnato da Kurt B. Delb...
Category
Italian Modern Vintage 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Plastic
Paul Dupré-Lafon, Hermès Desk Clock, c.1935
By Hermès
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Vintage Hermes Brown Leather Desk/Table Clock, 1930s
This is a beautiful Art Deco style table/desk clock.
Original leather with gold brass details.
hand-stitched by Hermès
echappem...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Brass
Boch Frères Keramis Royal Blue Three-Piece Clock Garniture, Early 20th Century
Located in Barntrup, DE
An impressive antique Belgian Boch Frères Keramis pottery 3-piece clock set includes a clock and two vases on ornate bronze bases and is decorated with lion heads on the sides. This ...
Category
Belgian Louis XVI 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Italian modern Black metal Floor clock with eye-shape mirror by Alias, 1990s
By Alias
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Black metal and plastic Floor clock with eye-shape mirror by Alias, 1990s
Floor clock with rear-view mirror in metal and plastic. The structure of the clock is eye-sha...
Category
Italian Modern 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Metal
Antique Pocket Watch Stand Moon, Brass, Art Nouveau, France, 1910s
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful pocket watch holder in the shape of a moon.
France, around 1910.
Category
French Art Nouveau 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Brass
George Nelson Mid Century Ball Clock in Brass and Wood
Located in Weesp, NL
Interestingly, while nearly all of the designs that came out of George’s studio were attributed to him, many were actually designed by him and his team. Some were even designed solely by someone else working at the studio.
Nelson famously recounted the story of how the Ball Clock came to life in an interview decades after it’s release:
“It was one of the really funny evenings. Noguchi came by, Bucky Fuller came by, and here was Irving, and here was I, and Noguchi - who can’t keep his hands off anything - he saw we were working on clocks and started making doodles. Then Bucky sort of brushed Isamu aside. He said, ‘This is a good way to do a clock’ and made some utterly absurd thing. Everybody was taking a crack at this, pushing each other aside and making scribbles. At some point we left – we were suddenly all tired, and we’d had a little bit too much to drink – and the next morning I came back, and here was this roll of paper, and Irving and I looked at it, and somewhere in this roll, there was a ball clock. I don’t know to this day who cooked it up.”
Nevertheless, whoever it was that came up with George Nelson’s designs, it’s almost certain that they would never have come to fruition if it wasn’t for George’s vision and forward-thinking approach.
Can you tell me more about his clocks?
George’s clocks were one of his most impressive bodies of work. In total, he and his team designed over 130 clocks in just three decades.
While it is widely accepted that Irving Harper was the lead designer for the Howard Miller Clock Company at George Nelson Associates, the collection arose after two insightful observations from George: one, that people no longer used the numbers to tell the time; and two, that since most people now used their wristwatch to tell the time, interior clocks were now free to become more decorative in nature.
The clocks were designed and released in batches of 8 and were initially only given numbers for names. The Sunflower Clock was simply ‘Clock 2261’, the Flock of Butterflies Clock was 'Clock 2226’, and so on.
The Ball was the first clock designed by George and his team and it was followed shortly after by the Star, Sunburst, Spindle, Asterisk, Turbine, Flock of Butterflies, Eye and others. The clocks were purposefully abstract and were designed to complement the modernist furniture emerging at the time.
As well as wall clocks, George’s studio also produced a series of desk clocks during that time, most notably the bubble-shaped Night Desk...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Brass
Boulle ta Table Clock in Wood and Brass from the Second Half of the 20th Century
Located in Milano, MI
Boulle Table Clock, with red background and brass inlays, brass dial with white enamel cartouches and black Roman numerals, crowned with rocailles and pendulum movement.
Ø 31.5 cm ...
Category
French Louis XIV Vintage 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Brass
C.R. Crookshank Brass and Glass Carriage Clock by Tiffany & Co.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lovely brass and glass carriage clock by C.R. Crookshank for Tiffany & Co. Made in France in the 20th century. Adorned with endearing botanical and floral motifs all around the piece...
Category
French 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Walnut Westminster Chiming Mantle Clock, English, c1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this very stylish 1930's Art Deco mantle clock made in Germany by clockmakers Haller . Full working order - serviced, tested and calibrated by a qualified h...
Category
German Art Deco 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Brass
Untouched four glass electrical mantel clock from "Scott"
Located in HAARLEM, NL
Untouched four glass electrical mantel clock from "Scott". The lovely well figured mahogany base together with the original brass nickel plated dome, the clock is in a good condition...
Category
English 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Edwardian Mahogany Inlaid Mantel Clock, Samuel Marti, Paris
By Samuel Marti
Located in Norwich, GB
Edwardian Mahogany Inlaid Mantel Clock
Edwardian mantel clock housed in a break arch mahogany case with walnut panels and satinwood line stringing , brass pillars to either side wit...
Category
French Antique 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Mahogany
Alarm Clock by Iriam Bettera Designer, Italy 1980s
Located in Praha, CZ
Good original condition.
Made by 1980s.
Fully functional
Stunning Postmodern clock by the Italian architect and designer Iriam Bettera.
Bettera created several wall and desk clocks ...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Metal
Movado Ermeto Travel Alarm Clock
By Movado
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A lovely working Movado Ermeto traveling alarm clock. Covered in a lizard or faux lizard skin. The clock watch winds as you open and close the case. Opens and closes smoothly and has...
Category
Swiss 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Metal
Beautiful ATO glass transparent electric pendulum, Art Deco, France, Circa 1930
By Léon Hatot
Located in Paris, FR
Exceptional electric pendulum (powered by a standard round battery LR14) Art Deco transparent glass with nickel-plated round case on a base also three-storey glass.
The dial, typic...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Glass
1930s French Art Deco 'Cartel Silvoz Paris' Sunburst Brass Wall Hanging Clock
By Cartel
Located in London, GB
1930s Art Deco French Parisian brass sunburst wall clock manufactured by Cartel Silvoz Paris. The clock is made of brass-plated steel formed into an interesting sunburst design with ...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Brass, Steel
Vintage White Porcelain Wall Clock from Prim, 1970s
By PRIM Clocks
Located in Kojetice, CZ
Vintage square wall clock was made by Prim in former Czechoslovakia during the 1970s .. It features a white porcelain body and a convex clear glass cover with brass ring. The clockw...
Category
Czech Industrial Vintage 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Murano Glass Table Clock Attributed to Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte
Located in Palermo, IT
Mid-Century Murano glass table clock attributed to Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte 1960s
Splendid and rare object, intact and working.
Good condition, small signs of aging.
Category
Italian Vintage 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Murano Glass
1950s mechanical Atlanta wall clock with a 10 day movement and a gong strike
Located in München, DE
Original Mid Century Modern mechanical wall clock from Atlanta. Made in Germany.
With one 10-day clockwork and a gong strike every half hour and ...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Brass
Collection of Eleven Vintage Las Vegas Casino Ashtrays
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool collection of eleven glass vintage Las Vegas casino ashtrays circa 1970s. All of the ashtrays are in very good vintage condition with no chi...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Glass
Antique Edwardian Quality Miniature Brass Carriage Clock By J C Vickery, London
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Edwardian quality miniature brass carriage clock by J C Vickery, London having a quality brass case with bevelled edge glass, white enamel dial with original hands, 8 day Fre...
Category
English Edwardian 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Brass
Bakelite Industrial Factory Wall Clock by Pragotron
By Pragotron
Located in Vienna, AT
Industrial wall clock Pragotron. Frame made of bakelite. The clock face is covered with glass. Formerly a slave clock, it is now fitted with a modern quartz movement with an AA-batte...
Category
Czech Industrial Vintage 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Glass, Bakelite
Art Deco Skyscraper Chrome & Walnut Mantle Clock, English, circa 1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this very stylish 1930s Art Deco mantle clock made in England. Superb skyscraper stepped sides . Made from Walnut with chrome accents really sets this clock...
Category
English Art Deco 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Chrome
Industrial Grey Hammer Paint Factory Wall Clock from Pragotron, 1960s
By Pragotron
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This wall clock was produced by Pragotron in former Czechoslovakia during the 1960s. It features a grey hammer paint metal frame, an iron dial, an aluminium hands and a clear glass c...
Category
Czech Industrial 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Iron
Mid Century Teak Pendulum Clock by Westminster, Copenhagen 1960s, Denmark
By Westminster Clocks
Located in Andernach, DE
Absolutely fantastic mid-century clock made from teak, with a brass pendulum by Westminster Clocks.
Beautiful newly oiled case in a typical Danish minimalist design.
Westminster Cloc...
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Teak
Lovely antique German Black Forest mantle clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Lovely antique German Black Forest mantle clock, having a quality walnut case with turned columns shaped top with the original finales, standing on a stepped base, silvered arched en...
Category
20th Century Clocks
Materials
Walnut
Jaeger LeCoultre Inline Skeleton Clock
Located in Amersham, GB
A stylish Jaeger-LeCoultre skeleton timepiece with a gilded 16 jewel inline or ‘baguette’ movement suspended behind glass. The case of gilded brass has a brushed finish, with the bat...
Category
Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Brass
Hamilton Clock 1990s
By Hamilton
Located in Lucca, IT
Orologio Hamilton placcato in oro. Completo della scatola originale e di certificato di autenticità . Riedizione di un modello Art Deco , il disegno rende l'orologio elegante e raffi...
Category
Swiss Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Gold Plate
Industrial Bakelite Factory Wall Clock from Pragotron, 1970s
By Pragotron
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This wall clock was produced by Pragotron in former Czechoslovakia during the 1970s. The piece features a dark brown (black) bakelite frame, a black bakelite dial, an aluminum hands ...
Category
European Industrial Vintage 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Glass, Bakelite
Jaeger LeCoultre, Atmos Clock, Royale Gold, Manufactured in 1978
Located in Greven, DE
Jaeger LeCoultre - Atmos Royale
Switzerland
Gold-plated brass
Year of manufacture 1978
Dimensions: H x W x D: 27 x 23 x 14 cm
Description:
Atmos Royale Ref. 5814 in a completely g...
Category
Swiss Modern Vintage 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Brass
Miniature Longcase Rocking Ship Clock by Sinclair Harding.
Located in Amersham, GB
Made by one of the last great english clock makers working in a traditional manner. This miniature longcase has an eight day weight driven movement with an automaton rocking ship in ...
Category
English George III Vintage 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Gold Plate, Brass, Steel
Art Deco Walnut Mantel Clock Mauthe, Germany, 1930s
By Mauthe
Located in Praha, CZ
Art Deco mantel clock made by Mauthe.
Machine repaired and adjusted by professional clock repairer. New key. Perfectly working. Chimes with beautiful sound.
Category
German Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Brass, Chrome
George Nelson for Howard Miller Clock #4766
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A nice vintage mid century modern George Nelson for Howard Miller 4766 Clock in working condition. The clock has an alarm function that is working as well. The clock bears a Treadway...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Metal, Brass
1980s Black Wall Clock by Studio STG for Guzzini
By Guzzini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Italian postmodern design as its cleanest, this 1980s Guzzini wall clock has a black plastic body, clear lucite face, black numbers, and white and red hands. A close to perfect desi...
Category
Post-Modern 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Plastic
Chinoiserie Decorated Mantel Clock by Astral, Coventry
By Astral
Located in Norwich, GB
EDWARDIAN MANTEL CLOCK
Edwardian mantel clock housed in a chinoiserie decorated case with typical Chinese scenes on a red ground, standing on a raised plinth and resting on brass bu...
Category
English Edwardian Vintage 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Fruitwood
French Early 20th Century Carriage Clock by A. Dumas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning French brass carriage clock with glass protection by A. Dumas. It is designed with four fluted columns, a dial plate with Roman numerals and more minutes above an alarm sett...
Category
French 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Edwardian Pagoda Top Chinoiserie Decorated Mantel Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
Edwardian Pagoda Top Chinoiserie Decorated Mantel Clock
Edwardian mantel clock housed in a pagoda top case with raised chinoiserie scenes on a black ground, coloured decorated band ...
Category
French Antique 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Fruitwood
Miniature Mahogany Mantel Clock, Miles, Gt Queen St. Kingsway
Located in Norwich, GB
Miniature mahogany mantel clock housed in a break arch case with reeded pillars and brass capitals. Inlaid central cartouche with line inlay and resting on a stepped, moulded plinth ...
Category
French Edwardian Vintage 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Mahogany
Art Deco Clock and Garniture with Michel Decoux Sculpture of German Shepherd Dog
Located in Amersham, GB
A very Stylish Onyx and Chrome Clock and Garniture is the epitome of Art Deco. This mantel clock, with an unusual pendulum, has an eight day Pendule de Paris movement striking on a ...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Onyx, Belgian Black Marble, Brass, Chrome
Art Nouveau Mahogany and Silver Mantel Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
Art Nouveau Mahogany and Silver Mantel Clock
A rare Art Nouveau mantel clock housed in a waisted mahogany case with applied silver front and stand...
Category
English Art Nouveau Antique 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Mahogany
Shaker-Style Tall Case Grandfather Clock
Located in New York, NY
Shaker-Style Tall Case Grandfather Clock from the 20th century, painted red and black. Here are the details:
Style: Shaker-Style
Type: Tall Case Grandfather Clock
Period: 20th centu...
Category
American 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Wood
Benedict Studios Arts & Crafts Bronze Mantel Clock, Circa 1910
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts period bronze mantel clock with an emblems of classical Greek figures
By Benedict Studios (signed to the underside)
USA, Circa 1910
Measures: 8.25"W x 2"D...
Category
American Arts and Crafts 20th Century Clocks
Materials
Bronze
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