Mystery Clocks

This Art Deco-period French mystery clock features a stunning design inspired by Eastern cultures and the natural world.

It is mystery clock. It has two disks inside with hands affixed to the plates that rotate.

For your consideration is this rare Smith mystery clock made by Smith's Electronic Clocks from circa 1934.

For your consideration is this rare Smith mystery clock made by Smith's Electronic Clocks .

The mystery of the clock lies in how the piece works without any clearly visible mechanism leading to the clock dial.

This extremely rare swinging portico clock by Béchot Paris, in an ormolu case of exquisite quality, finely cast and gilded with its original burnished and chased finish, this clock i...

Aside the appearance and super rarity of this marvellous Art Deco clock on first viewing, one can't be distracted away from the condition as well, which for it's 90 odd years is noth...

mysterious little clock from the 19th century in patinated and gilded bronze on a marble base manufactured by Ferdinand Gervais in Paris in good condition, it works but has not been ...

Exceptional 19th century, French 'Three Graces' annular dial clock, bronze and marble clock, with Roi-de-bleu enamel globe surmounted by Cupid. The globe raised by three patinated ma...

Jaeger-LeCoultre mystery clock in a Lucite case with beautiful chinoiserie decoration featuring a bird in flight and standing on a gilded stepped base.

A rare mystery clock, attributed to famous French magician and mechanic, Jean Robert-Houdin.

Footnote: The Parisian maker Andre Romain Guilmet is best known for his ‘mystery’ clocks, which hide the movement, and ‘industrial’ clocks in which the technique is used in timepiece...

MYSTERY GLORIA 4" COBALT BLUE BALL MARBLE SWINGING CLOCK Here is a nice mystery cobalt blue 4" ball swinger clock.

Large Mystery Diana Cobalt Blue Ball Swinging Clock Excellent Diana statue 4" ball swinger.

Literature: For a detailed account of Guilmet and his industrial clocks see: Robers, Derek, Mystery, Novelty & Fantasy Clocks, Schiffer Publishing (Atglen), 1999; pp. 241-284.

French Style Mystery Gravity Driven Gilt Incline Rolling Clock - No Spring or Battery This very unusual clock is never wound with a key, but does feature a totally mechanical moveme...

Here we are offering a fantastic mystery Ferris wheel bearing ball driven crystal regulator clock.

For reference, please see Mystery, Novelty & Fantasy Clocks by Derek Roberts, page 72

Mystery Briggs Rotary glass dome flying ball clock.

Mystery 8 DAY Fusee Chain English Congreve Rolling Ball Clock Here is a beautiful mystery Congreve rolling ball clock.

French Style Mystery Great wheel Water Tower Gravity Rolling Ball Industrial Clock For your consideration is the mystery Water Tower Industrial Ball Bearing Clock.

Here we are offering a fantastic mystery Ferris wheel bearing ball driven crystal regulator clock.

For your consideration is a mystery Water Wheel Industrial Ball Bearing Clock.

Rare Mystery Brass Lady Cherub Upside Down Chain Ball Swinging Clock An excellent tall lady double cherub statue upside down ball swinging clock.

A pioneering engineer in many fields, Farcot was the most renowned nineteenth century maker of conical pendulum and 'ingenious mystery' clocks, taking out successive patents througho...

In a well-known image of Couët in his Paris workshop, he is seen working on a chimera mystery clock-an intricate and now-lost creation, dismantled in 1953.

Derek Roberts (Mystery, Novelty and Fantasy Clocks, Atglen, 1999, p.169) notes that when James Cox disposed of his museum by lottery in 1775 a number of pieces, including an automato...

This model is one of the earliest made numbered 196 and signed by Guilmet. Pleasingly, this clock has an earlier serial number than those found by Derek Roberts in his research publi...

(Derek Roberts). p258, Mystery, Novelty & Fantasy Clocks, Derek Roberts 1999.