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UNRESTORED German Mantel Clock, Circa 1880
Located in Greven, DE
Late 19th Century German Mantel Clock.
Walnut in shape of an old castle.
The movement needs to get overhauld. The clock is in unrestored condition.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Walnut
Rare Biedermeier Saw Wall Clock, Denmark, dated 1829
Located in Greven, DE
Rare antique saw clock
Denmark
Brass, enamel
dated: 1829
Dimensions: H x W x D: 46 x 13 x 8 cm
Description:
Very unusual and extremely rare gravity-driven...
Category
Antique 1820s Danish Biedermeier Wall Clocks
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Mid 19th Century Swedish Mora Longcase Clock With Date Display, Circa 1850
Located in Greven, DE
Antique Mora grandfather clock made from solid birch
Sweden
Birch tree
Mid 19th century
Dimensions: H × W × D: 208 × 54 × 19 cm
Description:
Antique grandfather clock in typical S...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
Materials
Birch
Jaeger LeCoultre, Atmos Clock Classique Cal. 526, Manufactured in 1965
By Jaeger-LeCoultre
Located in Greven, DE
Jaeger LeCoultre - Atmos V Classique
Switzerland
Gold-plated brass
Year of manufacture 1965
Dimensions: H x W x D: 22 x 18 x 13.5 cm
Description:
Atmos V calibre 526 in a gold-pla...
Category
Vintage 1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
Jaeger LeCoultre, Atmos Clock, Model "Feuille d'Or - Caravelle", Swiss 1965
By Jaeger-LeCoultre
Located in Greven, DE
Jaeger LeCoultre - Atmos Feuille d'or Motif Caravelle
Switzerland
Brass gold plated
Year of manufacture 1965
Dimensions: H x W x D: 22 x 18 x 13.5 cm
Description:
Atmos clock cali...
Category
Vintage 1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
Mid 19th Century English Grandfather Clock with Painted Round Dial
Located in Greven, DE
Antique English grandfather clock with painted dial in mahogany case
The case stands on small round feet and has a wide lower section, above which is a narrower section with a door ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century British Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Dutch Grandfather Clock, Calendar and Moonphases, Amsterdam 1760-70
Located in Greven, DE
Antique Amsterdam grandfather clock with alarm, calendar and moon phase
Amsterdam
Walnut root and others
circa 1760
Dimensions:
H x W x D...
Category
Antique 1760s Dutch Louis XV Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
Materials
Walnut
Jaeger LeCoultre Atmos Clock With Black Dial, Made In Switzerland 1965
By Jaeger-LeCoultre
Located in Greven, DE
Atmos clock by Jaeger LeCoultre with black dial
Switzerland
Brass
Year of manufacture 1965
Dimensions: H x W x D: 22 x 18 x 13.5 cm
Description:
Atmos V calibre 526 in a gold-plat...
Category
Vintage 1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
18th Century English Grandfather Clock by James Pike
Located in Greven, DE
Antique George III grandfather clock from Newton Abbot
England (Newton Abbot)
Mahogany
circa 1790
Dimensions: H x W x D: 207 x 50 x 27 ...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century British Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
Materials
Brass
Early 19th Century French Mantel Clock, signed Ferey au Havre, Ormolu
Located in Greven, DE
Small mantel clock with bas-relief
France
Bronze, enamel
early 19th century
Dimensions: H x W x D: 33 x 19 x 9 cm
Description:
Antique, fire-gilt portal clock with figurative, Gre...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
Jaeger LeCoultre, Atmos "Embassy", Swiss Vintage Clock, manufactured 1969
By Jaeger-LeCoultre
Located in Greven, DE
Jaeger LeCoultre - Atmos VII "Embassy"
Switzerland
Gold-plated and lacquered brass
Year of manufacture 1969
Dimensions: H x W x D: 22 x 17 x 11 cm
Description:
Rare Atmos VII "Emb...
Category
Vintage 1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Louis XVI Style "Astronomy" Mantel Clock, circa 1845
By Perrelet
Located in Greven, DE
French mantel clock "Astronomy"
Paris
Bronze, marble
Mid 19th century
Dimensions: H x W x D: 38 x 55 x 16 cm
Description:
A Louis XVI-style figural mantel clock mounted on a two-t...
Category
Antique 1840s French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Early 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clock, Portal Pendule, Paris circa 1820
By Duval
Located in Greven, DE
Antique French round arch portal clock
France (Paris)
Bronze, enamel
Empire circa 1820
Dimensions: H x W x D: 47 x 26 x 12 cm
Description:
Very beautiful, strictly architecturally...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Early 19th Century Empire Clock, Miniature Matelot "Au Bon Sauvage", circa 1815
Located in Greven, DE
Miniature Empire Bronze Clock - Matelot
Paris
fire-gilded and patinated bronze
early 19th century
Dimensions: H x W x D: 18 x 14 x 9 cm
Description:
Very rare miniature of the famous Pendule Matelot "Au Bon Sauvage". The depiction deals with an important topic of the time, trade with the colonies.
The rectangular base stands on pressed ball feet. Attached to the front, we see two cornucopias filled with exotic fruits and held by a bow.
A young sailor, dressed in a raffia skirt and feather jewellery...
Category
Antique 1810s French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Jaeger LeCoultre, Atmos Clock, Vendome from 1978
By Jaeger-LeCoultre
Located in Greven, DE
Jaeger LeCoultre - Atmos Clock with Box and Papers
Switzerland
Brass gold plated
Year of manufacture 1978
Dimensions: H x W x D: 24 x 21 x 16 cm.
Description:
Atmos Vendome calibre 526 with gold-plated base and fluted columns.
White dial with Roman hours and Arabic minutes. Breguet hands.
The Atmos Vendome was produced in several variations. With a gilded base or also with a marble base. The first Vendome appeared in 1962.
The model offered here was manufactured by Jaeger LeCoultre under ref. number 5834 from 1973 to 1985.
Serial number: 494564
Year of manufacture: 1978.
Especially collectible with the original shipping box and papers. This timepiece was sold on 06.04.1979 at the Christ jewelry...
Category
Vintage 1970s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
Jaeger LeCoultre - Atmos Royale from 1980, Table Clock that LIVES ON AIR
By Jaeger-LeCoultre
Located in Greven, DE
Jaeger LeCoultre - Atmos Royale Ref. 5855
Switzerland
Gold-plated and lacquered brass
Year of manufacture 1980
Dimensions: H x W x D: 28 x 22 x 16 cm
Description:
Atmos Royale Ref...
Category
Vintage 1980s Swiss Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
19th Century Parisian Mantel Clock in Louis XVI Style, signed Lepine, circa 1870
By Lepine, Guillaume Denière, Samuel Marty
Located in Greven, DE
Mantel Clock in Louis XVI style
Paris
Ormolu, glass, marble
around 1870
Dimensions: H x W x D: 46 x 24 x 17 cm
Description:
Extremely high quality and finely crafted Parisian pend...
Category
Antique 1870s French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
Materials
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
1830s French Table Clock, signed by LESIEUR á Paris, Pendule "Virgil the Poet"
By Lesieur
Located in Greven, DE
Pendule - Virgil the Poet
Paris
Bronze, marble
around 1830
Dimensions: H x W x D: 61 x 43 x 17 cm
Description:
Large and, at around 30 kg, very heavy French bronze clock from the ...
Category
Antique 1830s French Restauration Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze
English Bracket Clock with Silver Plated Dial, London, circa 1800
By Johnson
Located in Greven, DE
Bracket Clock
London
wood, brass
around 1800
Dimensions: H x W x D: 46 x 27 x 17 cm
Description:
English bracket clock in an ebonised "bell-top" wooden case with a carrying handle...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
Late 18th Century English Longcase Clock with Moonphases, Manchester, circa 1780
Located in Greven, DE
Late 18th Century English Grandfather Clock with Moonphases
England (Manchester)
Mahogany
second half of 18th century
Dimensio...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
Materials
Mahogany
Scottish Longcase Clock made by William Spark, Aberdeen, circa 1820
Located in Greven, DE
George III grandfather clock with silver-plated dial
Scotland (Aberdeen)
Mahogany
George III around 1820
Dimensions: H x W x D: 222 x 47 x 23 cm
Description:
Beautiful antique Scottish grandfather...
Category
Antique 1820s Scottish George III Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks
Materials
Mahogany
Jaeger LeCoultre, Desk Clock, Atmos Prestige, Limited Edition, 1980s
By Jaeger-LeCoultre
Located in Greven, DE
Atmos Clock - "Prestige" by Jaeger LeCoultre with original box
Switzerland
Gold-plated brass
1980s
Dimensions: H x W x D: 27 x 17 x 16 cm
Description:
The Atmos Prestige from Jaeg...
Category
Vintage 1980s Swiss Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
Empire Mantel Clock - La Bibliotheque, Ormolu, France, Paris, circa 1820
By Le Roi
Located in Greven, DE
Mantel Clock - La Bibliotheque - In the study room
Paris
fire-gilt bronze, enamel
Empire around 1820
Dimensions: H x W x D: 38 x 28 x 19 cm
Description:
Scenery mounted on an oval...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Jaeger LeCoultre, Atmos Clock, Jubilé, manufactured in 1979
By Jaeger-LeCoultre
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
Vintage 1970s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
Atmos Clock by Jaeger LeCoultre, Classique Design, Manufactured in 1950
By Jaeger-LeCoultre
Located in Greven, DE
Early Atmos clock from Jaeger LeCoultre
Switzerland
Brass, partly gold-plated
Year of manufacture 1950
Dimensions: H x W x D: 23.5 x 21 x 16.5 cm
Description:
Atmos II in matt bru...
Category
Vintage 1950s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
19th Century Mantel Clock "Astronomy", France circa 1830
Located in Greven, DE
Antique mantel clock on the theme of astronomy
France
Bronze
Charles X around 1830
Dimensions: H x W x D: 48 x 19 x 10 cm
Description:
Unusual and beautifully crafted bronze mante...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Charles X Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Jaeger LeCoultre, Atmos Fontainebleu, Swiss Made in 1986
By Jaeger-LeCoultre
Located in Greven, DE
Jaeger LeCoultre - Atmos Fontainebleu
Switzerland
Year of construction 1986
Dimensions: H x W x D: 25 x 20 x 16 cm
Description:
Atmos calibre 540 in the rare "Fontainebleu" version in a wooden case.
Square ring dial with rounded corners. Roman numerals for hours, fine minute track, Breguet hands with counterweights.
"SWISS MADE" is printed below the 6. A manufacturer's engraving and the calibre number can be found on the front movement plate. A "Jaeger LeCoultre" imprint can be seen at the bottom right of the front disc.
The Atmos Fontainebleu was listed in the collection from 1987. It was available in various versions - with a square or round dial, with a moon phase, with a black lacquered or mahogany case.
Although the clock offered here dates from 1986, it was only listed in the 1987 and 1988 catalogues.
Ref. 220.030.4
Serial number: 620514
Year of manufacture: 1986.
Condition:
Freshly overhauled, very good condition of the movement. Flawless case condition.
Interesting facts:
Generations of inventors have endeavoured to construct a perpetual motion machine - and one after the other was disappointed to discover that their designs did not work. Today we know that it is technically impossible to build a machine that works continuously without consuming energy. Apart from wear and tear, a machine only works as long as it is supplied with energy: Electricity, gas, petrol...
Without human intervention and practically without wear and tear, the Atmos does not run without energy consumption, but it is fed by an energy source that can be described as "eternal": It draws its energy from the constant fluctuations in air temperature. The Atmos literally lives from the air.
In order to utilise the temperature fluctuations as an energy source, a suitable medium had to be found. The choice fell on ethyl chloride (C2H5Cl) - a substance that dentists know as an anaesthetic. Ethyl chloride has a very high coefficient of thermal expansion between 10 and 27°C, i.e. the volume change is particularly large in this temperature range.
The round can...
Category
Vintage 1980s Swiss Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Wood
Jaeger Lecoultre, Atmos Clock from 1967 with Original Box
Located in Greven, DE
Jaeger LeCoultre Atmos clock
Switzerland
Brass gold plated
Year of manufacture 1967
Dimensions: H x W x D: 22 x 17 x 11 cm
Description:
Atmos VII in gold-plated brass case with black lacquered sides and matt gold brushed dial.
Instead of numbers, we see two double lines for 3, 6, 9 and 12 and single lines for the remaining hours. There is a raised logo below the 12, and the words "JAEGER LECOULTRE" and "ATMOS" above and below the hands. A stamped "Swiss Made" logo is located above the dragonfly.
Serial number: 252201, year of manufacture 1967.
This clock is based on the calibre 528/1 movement and was listed by Jaeger LeCoultre under ref. number 5900. The model was only built from 1967-1970 and is rare to find in the trade today due to its small number of pieces.
The original transport box, the so-called "tabernacle", makes this clock doubly interesting.
Instead of the usually used levelling screws, which are operated from inside the case, the Atmos VII has a wheel each on the left and right outside of the base for levelling.
Condition:
The movement runs absolutely reliable and accurate. The condition of the case is also very nice. The gilding is well preserved. There are minimal traces of cleaning on the dial, barely visible to the naked eye. There are also some rusted screws on the underside of the clock, which is not visible in use.
The photos are not "embellished", the case condition is as shown in the photos.
Points to know:
Although Leonardo da Vinci was already able to prove that the production of a perpetual motion machine is physically impossible, it has been tried again...
Category
Vintage 1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
Jaeger Lecoultre, Atmos Vendome with Marbled Columns, Manufacted in 1972
Located in Greven, DE
Atmos Vendome with brass base by Jaeger LeCoultre
Switzerland
Brass gold plated and lacquered
Year of manufacture 1972
Dimensions: H x W x D: 24 ...
Category
Vintage 1970s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
19th Century Table Clock with Calendar, Ebonized Wood, France, circa 1840-1860
Located in Greven, DE
Antique mantel clock with calendar in ebonised wood.
France
Wood, brass
Mid 19th century
Dimensions: H x W x D: 37 x 22 x 17 cm
Description:
French mantel clock from around 1840-1860.
The case is made of ebonised wood with brass thread inlays.
On the front we see behind glass the white dial with black roman numerals and gilded bezel. Also gold-plated are the beautiful original arrow-shaped hands.
The hands of the two-part calendar are also in the same design. On the left is the day of the week and on the right the day of the month.
On the back is a wooden flap that protects the movement from dust. If we open the flap, we see the high-quality French 14...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Wood
Early 19th Century Ormolu Mantel Clock, Atala freeing Chactas, Paris, circa 1810
Located in Greven, DE
Mantel Clock "Atala and Chactas"
Paris
Bronze (fire-gilt and patinated), enamel
Empire around 1810
Dimensions: H x W x D: 40 x 32 x 11 cm
Description:
Very rare and extremely high quality French mantel clock, so-called Pendule Au Bon Sauvage.
Depicted are scenes from the love story "Atala or the love of two savages in the desert" written by Francois René Vicomte de Chateaubriand in 1801. At the beginning of the 19th century, this was probably the most famous love story in Europe, but today it has been forgotten.
The story, set in present-day Louisiana (USA), is roughly rewritten about the forbidden love between Chactas, a young Indian, and Atala, the beautiful daughter of a Spaniard.
Chactas is captured in a battle between two Indian tribes, chained to a palm tree and is to be sacrificed. Atala wants to save his life and convert him to Christianity. She unties him from the palm tree at night and they flee together into the wilderness of North America. Their love for each other grows stronger and stronger and they have prospects for a future together.
The story takes a tragic turn when Atala, who must remain a virgin due to a vow made by her mother, can no longer withstand the conflict of her feelings and commits suicide.
The main group of characters thus shows Chacta's liberation through Atala. Atala is leaning against a pile of logs. The animal fur thrown over the logs and the weapons leaning against the stack on the right give the impression of a night camp.
The bronze is of rarely beautiful quality, finely chiselled and makes the scene appear very lively. The contrast of fire-gilded and patinated bronze adds tension to the composition.
In the base we see the Entombment as the end of the tragic love story. This bronze work is also very detailed, the interplay of bright and matt gilding makes the flat relief appear much deeper than it is.
The depiction of the mantel clock presented here shows that the exotic was only known from stories and that the bronzier had his own ideas about the appearance of this distant world. The Indian, for example, has very European facial features and his skin was not black in reality, of course. The palm tree was also certainly not found in the North American wilderness.
The heart of the clock is a French pendulum movement, integrated into the wooden pile, with an eight-day power reserve and a lock plate striking a bell on the half and full hour. The pendulum is suspended on a thread, typical of the period. The classically shaped hands, so-called Breguet hands, are also typical of the time.
The enamelled dial has black Roman hour numerals, Arabic quarter hours and bears the signature: Le Roy hr. de Madame A PARIS.
Interesting facts:
The period from 1795 to about 1815 saw the creation of probably the most spectacular group of bronzes: The "Au bon Sauvage" pendulums - depictions of the "Noble Savage".
Today's viewers react to these objects with both fascination and irritation. Enthusiastic on the one hand about the obvious quality of the detailed bronzes and the allure of the exotic, on the other hand distanced and cautious because of the possible discrimination that is suspected behind them. The ambivalence of this feeling motivates the search for the conditions of origin of these pendulums.
Europeans found their new ideal of the natural man primarily in fictional and realistic travelogues about the Indians of North America...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Ormolu
Jaeger LeCoultre, Atmos Marina Poissons from 1962
Located in Greven, DE
Jaeger LeCoultre - Atmos "Poissons
Switzerland
Brass, plexiglass
Year of manufacture 1962
Dimensions: H x W x D: 22.5 x 18 x 13.5 cm
Description:
The Atmos V Calibre 526 ...
Category
Vintage 1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Brass
French Empire Ormulu Bronze Mantel Clock, Lepaute, Thomire, Paris, circa 1815
Located in Greven, DE
Ormulu pendule with depiction of friendship and love
Paris (Lepaute, Thomire)
fire-gilt bronze
Empire around 1815
Dimensions: H x W x D: 44 x 36 x 13 cm
French pendulum movement with eight days duration. Thread suspension and lock disc striking movement with strike on bell on the half and full hour.
White enamel dial with Roman hour numerals and Breguet hands.
Signature: LePaute & Fils / Hrl. du Roi (Pierre-Basile Lepaute (1750 - 1843) with his son Pierre-Michel Lepaute (1785-1849); from 1811 in joint workshop).
Description:
The extremely high quality pendulum shown here takes up a profound theme: Friendship, which combines with love and can thereby outlast time and death. As it is typical for the epoch of classicism, personifications and symbols are taken from the fund of ancient mythology and art and then developed further.
The main figure is a young woman in an antique, girded garment, standing barefoot and with crossed legs next to an altar, on which she is leaning with her left elbow. She gracefully bows her head towards a tempestuously approaching Cupid, grasps his right hand with her left and draws him to her bosom, the seat of the heart. The delicate ambivalence of flying towards and being held culminates in the trustingly intimate look that the two cast at each other.
The young woman personifies friendship, the winged Cupid love. As a sign of their intimate connection, two burning hearts appear on the altar next to the two, framed by the puffed scarf, which are closely bound together by a chain of flowers.
Next to them, on the altar slab, one can see an erected book with the title "Amitie" (French: amitie, friendship). Supporting the book is a pomegranate held by a ring of pomegranate flowers. The bursting seeds spill out of the cracked skin. Since ancient times, the pomegranate and its blossoms have been dedicated to the goddess Persephone, symbolizing the underworld and death, but also life and fertility. The myrtle interwoven in the pomegranate flower wreath of "friendship" also has a far-reaching symbolic power: the plant was dedicated to the goddess Aphrodite, stands for virginity, and was and is therefore obligatory in the bridal wreath...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
French Directoire Pendule, Black Marble, Firegilded Bronze, circa 1800
Located in Greven, DE
Antique portal clock
France
marble, bronze, enamel
Directoire around 1800
Dimensions: H x W x D: 46 x 28 x 14 cm
Description:
Antique portal c...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Directoire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
19th Century Miniatur Mantel Clock, Gare La Bombe, Cupido, France, Gilded Bronze
Located in Greven, DE
Pendulette "Gare La Bombe"
France
gilded bronze
first half 19th century
Dimensions: H x W x D: 20 x 15 x 7 cm
Description:
Antique miniature mante...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Early 19th Century Vase Pendule, Pendulum-Clock, Tardy à Lyon, Empire circa 1820
Located in Greven, DE
Antique vase clock
France
Fire gilded bronze
Empire around 1820
Dimensions: H x W x D: 41 x 13 x 12
Description:
Beautiful all gilt French mantel clock.
The basic form is in the shape of an urn vase with lid...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
19th French Empire Mantel Clock, Pendule, Mercury, Gilded Bronze, circa 1815
Located in Greven, DE
19th century French pendule, mantel clock - Mercury the messenger of the gods
France
Bronze gilded
Empire around 1815
Dimensions: H x W x D: 37 x 30 x 10 cm
Description:
French Empire...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze
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