Large Meissen Splendour Clock, Crowned By Jupiter, J.J. Kaendler, Germany, 1860
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
The clock’s dial is crafted from pristine white porcelain, featuring painted Roman numerals in deep blue for the hours, and black Arabic numerals for the minutes.
Antique Rococo Style Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Clock Garniture
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in London, GB
The central vase is mounted to the front with a circular clock dial in a gilt bronze case decorated with ribbons and laurel garlands.
Ormolu
A Signed Bronze Statue of a Nymph set on a Rouge marble gilt bronze clock base
By Mathurin Moreau
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
The statue whole is mounted on a robust round griotte marble case with gilt bronze trim that houses a clock dial and movement. This type of clock base was popular in the Napoleon II...
Griotte Marble, Bronze
Lacquer and Gilt Bronze Cabinet in the Japonisme Style by Rosel
By Rosel
Located in London, GB
The clock dial is signed ‘Rosel’, an interior plaque is signed ‘Rosel / Fabricant / Bruxelles’, and the back is stamped with ‘Rosel’.
Onyx, Ormolu
Movado travel clock/purse clock /bangle wristwatch. Dial 'Udall and Ballou' 1925
By Movado
Located in Canterbury, England
This is a possibly unique conversion of a vintage Movado travel clock/ purse clock into a bangle wristwatch. We date manufacture of this wonderful art deco timepiece to c. 1925.
Tiffany & Co. Elegant Reptilian Folding Desk Clock with Fired Dial from 1929
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: Tiffany & Co. Travel Clock STYLE / REFERENCE: Art Deco / Folding Clock METAL / MATERIAL: Articulated Folded Frame / Original Reptilian Skin CIRCA / YEAR: 1929 DIMENS...
Animal Skin
Shreve & Co. Sterling Silver & Purple Enamel Art Deco Clock with Original Dial
By Shreve & Co.
Located in Long Beach, CA
STYLE / REFERENCE: Art Deco Desk Clock METAL / MATERIAL: Sterling Silver & Bronze / Kiln Fired Enamel CIRCA / YEAR: 1920's DIMENSIONS: 4 Inches X 4 Inches MOVEMENT / CALIBER: High G...
Enamel
Cartier Sterling and Enamel Art Deco Desk Clock with Breguet Engine Turned Dial
By Cartier
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: Cartier STYLE / REFERENCE: Art Deco / Desk Clock METAL / MATERIAL: Sterling Silver / Kiln Fired Enamel CIRCA / YEAR: 1920's DIMENSIONS / SIZE: 5 inches Length X 5 ...
Tiffany & Co. by Charles Hour Brass and Gilt Art Deco Clock, 1920s Original Dial
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: Tiffany & Co. by Charles Hour STYLE / REFERENCE: Art Deco Desk or Mantle Clock METAL / MATERIAL: CIRCA / YEAR: DIMENSIONS: Length 10 inch (25cm) X Width 10 inch (25...
$650,000 / set
Rothschild French Clock Garniture
Located in New Orleans, LA
French Clock Garniture with Annular Dial Late 19th Century Owned by two of the most celebrated collectors of the modern era, this monumental clock garniture is a masterpiece of extr...
Marble, Bronze
Miniature longcase grandfather clock
Located in Delft, NL
The longcase surrounding the movement is from the 20th century. The clock has a metal dial with Roman and Arabic numerals.
Oak
Cartier Pink Enamel Desk Clock
By Cartier
Located in New York, NY
Cartier pink enamel desk clock, circa 1910s Circular-shaped dial with Arabic numerals, white enamel dotted bezel surrounding the dial, pink guilloché enamel case with white enamel b...
Enamel
Neoclassical Cylinder Secretary Desk with Clock, circa 1780
Located in Greding, DE
Crowning the piece is an integrated clock with an enameled dial and Roman numerals, housed in an arched case adorned with a central urn, flanked by finials and laurel festoons.
Brass
Lovely quality antique Edwardian carved oak banjo clock barometer
Located in Ipswich, GB
Lovely quality antique Edwardian carved oak banjo clock barometer, having a quality barometer and clock with white porcelain dials and brass bezels with the original hands surrounded...
Oak
Monumental Meissen Porcelain Figural Mantel Clock, Modeled by Paul Helmig
Located in New York, NY
The surface is finished in white glaze with polychrome enamel decoration and applied gilt highlights, with modeled roses, blossoms, and a butterfly placed around the dial. The clock...
Porcelain
Antique English Victorian Coromandel Letter Box Clock Chapman and Leuchars
By William Leuchars, Leuchars & Son, Chapman Son & Co.
Located in Northampton, GB
Sitting in the top of the front is a circular clock with white enamel dial bearing black roman numerals and the retailers name Leuchars and Son. 38-39 Piccadilly.
Enamel
Antique Gilt-Bronze Clock and Barometer Set by Maison Mottheau et Fils
By Maison Mottheau et Fils
Located in London, GB
The pair are virtually identical in size and design. The enamel dial of the clock is marked with large Roman numerals, and is inset within an ormolu overlay decorated with a lion m...
Bronze, Enamel
Empire Style Vitrine Cabinet with Integral Clock by Eugene Brunet
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
The cabinet is mounted all over with superb quality well chiselled gilt-bronze mounts and surmounted by a clock with an enamel dial face surrounded by Zodiac motifs.
Ormolu
$5,560Sale Price|37% Off
Monumental 19th Century Black Forest Carved “Spoils of the Hunt” Wall Clock
Located in Atlanta, GA
Fully 3-D carving also providing depth to the silver dialed clock face. Chiseling to the backboard - all to the utmost finest detail.
Brass
$4,400Sale Price|63% Off
Rare Impressive Museum Quality 19th C French Three Piece Bronze Cherub Clock Set
Located in New York, NY
The Following Item we are Offering is A Magnificent Louis XVI Style Gilt Metal and Bronze Mantle Cherub 3 Pc Clock Set, circular white enamel dial with Floral Wreaths and Numbers enc...
Gold, Bronze
American Watch Co. A Rare Gold Railroad Pocket Watch C1880
Located in Mayfair, London, London
Reminiscent of a railroad station clock, this unusually large dial makes the piece truly distinctive.
Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
Army & Navy. A Heavy Rare Gold Up Down Pocket Watch C1874
Located in Mayfair, London, London
Balanced perfectly at six o'clock is the subsidiary seconds dial. Reflecting its bespoke craftsmanship, the dial shares matching serial numbers with both the watch case and the movem...
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Patek Philippe. A Rare Gold Hunter Chronograph 1908
By Patek Philippe
Located in Mayfair, London, London
The subsidiary dials for the seconds is located at nine o'clock and the subsidiary dial for recording the minutes at three o'clock.
18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
19th Century French Bressan Walnut Burl Buffet à Horloge Vaisselier
Located in Dallas, TX
The upper section is centered by a shaped clock case with white enamel dial signed “Bailly à Morbier,” Roman numerals, and an elaborate gilt brass crest surmounted by the French roos...
Walnut, Burl, Ash
Thomas Russell & Son. A Rare Gold Perpetual Calendar Minute Repeater Chronograph
By Thomas Russell & Son
Located in Mayfair, London, London
The subsidiary date dial located at three o'clock and the subsidiary day dial located at nine o'clock.
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Le Phare. A Gold Minute Repeater Calendar Chrono C1890
Located in Mayfair, London, London
The phases of the moon are located at six o'clock together with the seconds dial. The day aperture is located at nine o'clock and the month aperture is located at three o'clock.
Gold, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
G. Denière, "Drunken Hercules" Centerpiece, France, Circa 1870
By Guillaume Denière
Located in PARIS, FR
He turned out several clocks for the Tuileries Palace in 1852, as well as a ‘globe’ clock with rotating dials for the Grand Salon of the Château of Bagatelle.
Bronze
Oak cased weather station
Located in Cheshire, GB
Oak-cased Weather station by James Brown Glasgow. with silvered dials comprising a clock set with Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds dial, barometer, and central barograph over th...
Oak
Rolex. A Rare Gold and Enamel Keyless Pocket Watch C1920
By Rolex
Located in Mayfair, London, London
A Rare 18ct Yellow Gold and Enamel Keyless Lever Pocket Watch Retailed By The Alex Clarke Company London C1920. Dial: The original silver matt dial engine turned to the centre with...
Gold, 18k Gold, Enamel
Schwab Loeillet. A Gold Hunter Minute Repeater Calendar Chronograph Pocket watch
Located in Mayfair, London, London
The phases of the moon are located at six o'clock together with the seconds dial. The day aperture is located at nine o'clock and the month aperture is located at three o'clock.
18k Gold
A Huguenin & Sons. A Gold Calendar Quarter Repeater Pocket Watch C1890
Located in Mayfair, London, London
Huguenin & Sons Locle with raised three coloured foliage to the dial with Roman numerals outer silver dot minute track. with aperture for the month at twelve o'clock, subsidiary ...
18k Gold
Rare 14k Pocket Watch J.Assmann Glassutte from 1890
Located in London, GB
Assman I/Sachsen Glasshutte pocket watch from circa 1890. The White Enamel dial in perfect condition with no hairline cracks or marks, with Arabic numerals outer minute track and sub...
14k Gold
Bronze stand watch from the 19th century
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
This is an ornate, antique mantel clock featuring an intricately detailed design. The clock face showcases Roman numerals with elegant, filigree clock hands.
Bronze
Eugene Bornand & Cie. A Gold Hunter Quarter Repeater C1880
Located in Mayfair, London, London
An 18ct Yellow Gold Keyless Lever Swiss Full Hunter Quarter Repeater C1880. Dial: The lovely white enamel dial with Roman numeral outer minute track with subsidiary seconds dial at...
Gold, 18k Gold
Waltham Riverside. A Rare Gold Chronograph Hunter Pocket Watch C1884
By Waltham
Located in Mayfair, London, London
Co at twelve o'clock and Waltham at six o'clock. The unusual layout of the Subsidiary seconds dial at nine o'clock with the minute recorder dial at three o'clock.
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
English Minute Repeater Chronograph 18ct Yellow Gold Keyless Lever Pocket Watch
Located in Mayfair, London, London
The subsidiary seconds dial is located at six o'clock and the minute recorder dial for the stopwatch is located at twelve o'clock.
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
$5,288Sale Price|40% Off
Jacobean Style Oak Dresser
Located in Cheshire, GB
Jacobean style oak dresser, having a deep boarded rack with canopy frieze above an arrangement of shelves, drawers and cupboards, surrounding the eight-day clock with brass dial sign...
Oak
Longines Yellow Gold Pocket Watch
By Longines
Located in Berlin, DE
Extremely rare collector's watch. The clock works. Dial unfortunately damaged between 4 and 5 o'clock.
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
$4,241Sale Price|20% Off
A rare mid-19th century French Louis Philippe musical automaton framed wall cloc
Located in London, GB
A rare mid-19th century French Louis Philippe musical automaton framed wall clock A picturesque and highly decorative example of a rare mid-19th century French Louis Philippe music...
Wood, Paper
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Lady's Secretary Desk, Millet
By Maison Millet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very fine French 19th century Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Kingwood, Satinwood and Fruitwood Parquetry Kidney-Shaped secrétaire de dame (Lady's desk or writing table) with an enam...
Ormolu
Cartier EWC Gold and Enamel 1920s Pocket Watch
By Cartier
Located in Chicago, IL
Mechanical, Manual wind EWC, European Watch & Clock Movement. White Guilloche Dial with Black Roman Numerals.
18k Gold
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Lady's Secretary Desk, Millet
By Maison Millet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very fine French 19th century Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Kingwood, Satinwood and Fruitwood Parquetry Kidney-Shaped secrétaire de dame (Lady's Desk) with an enamel dial clock and...
Bronze, Ormolu
Centerpiece "The Naiad", attributed to G. Denière, France, circa 1870
By Guillaume Denière
Located in PARIS, FR
He turned out several clocks for the Tuileries Palace in 1852, as well as a ‘globe’ clock with rotating dials for the Grand Salon of the Château of Bagatelle.
Marble, Bronze
View of St. John’s Cathedral, Antigua
Located in New York, NY
The tower was rent from the top to the bottom; the north dial of the clock precipitated to the ground with a dreadful crash; the east parapet wall of the tower thrown upon the roof o...
Canvas, Oil
A sophisticated clock design, whether it’s a desk clock, mantel clock or large wall clock for your living room, is a decorative object to be admired in your home as much as it is a necessary functional element. This is part of the reason clocks make such superb collectibles. Given the versatility of these treasured fixtures — they’ve long been made in a range of shapes, sizes and styles — a clock can prove integral to your own particular interior decor.
Antique and vintage clocks can whisk us back to the 18th and 19th centuries. When most people think of antique clocks, they imagine an Art Deco Bakelite tabletop clock or wall clock, named for the revolutionary synthetic plastic, Bakelite, of which they’re made, or a stately antique grandfather clock. But the art of clock-making goes way back, transcending continents and encompassing an entire range of design styles and technologies. In short, there are many kinds of clocks depending on your needs.
A variety of wall clocks can be found on 1stDibs. A large antique hand-carved walnut wall clock is best suited to a big room and a flat background given what will likely be outwardly sculptural features, while Georgian grandfather clocks, or longcase clocks, will help welcome rainswept guests into your entryway or foyer. An interactive cuckoo clock, large or small, is guaranteed to bring outsize personality to your living room or dining room. For conversation pieces of a similar breed, mid-century modern enthusiasts go for the curious Ball clock, the first of more than 150 clock models conceived in the studio of legendary architect and designer George Nelson.
Minimalist contemporary clocks and books pair nicely on a shelf, but an eye-catching vintage mantel clock can add balance to your home library while drawing attention to your art and design books and other decorative objects. Ormolu clocks dating from the Louis XVI period, designed in the neoclassical style, are often profusely ornate, featuring architectural flourishes and rich naturalistic details. Rococo-style mantel clocks of Meissen porcelain or porcelain originating from manufacturers in cities such as Limoges, France, during the 18th and 19th centuries, exude an air of imperial elegance on your shelves or side tables and can help give your desk a 19th-century upgrade.
On 1stDibs, find a range of extraordinary antique and vintage clocks today.
The French sculptor shaped dense blocks into tactile forms meant to be used and held.
After synthetic dyes changed fashion, home goods and printed matter, it was only a matter of time till glass caught up.
The brilliantly simple design turns a modest bouquet into a major statement.
The Greek tragedian is said to have been handsome in his day.
Even for those who don’t indulge, elegant smoking accessories and audacious art portraying cigar enthusiasts hold a nostalgic allure.
It’s an excellent example of the sought-after ceramics coming out of South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province.
Thanks to its new leadership, the Spanish maker of figurines, busts and lighting is on a mission to update the art of porcelain for the 21st century.
The free-form stoneware piece is inspired by the magnolia tree and its associations with home.