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2 Puntos Premium Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
2 puntos Premium wall clock It is the classic industrial style wall clock. It has the machinery case and rods made of polished brass, and the hands and rings in walnut wood.
2 punto...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Wood Clocks
Materials
Brass
Delmori G Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
This Delmori G clock stands out for its unique design as it has a double-fiberglass structure a touch that gives a lot of personality and style to any room or space
Delmori N wall c...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Wood Clocks
Materials
Brass
19th Century Napoleon III French Wall Clock
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century French Napoleon III wall clock from Avignon with "oeil de boeuf" shaped glass paned door, ebonized wood frame and clock surround with mother-of-pearl inlay decoration. Enamel face with roman numerals and brass trim. Ten day movement, chiming on the hour, two minutes...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Wood Clocks
Materials
Brass
17th Century English eight-day spring-driven table clock, by John Wrench
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A Rare Late 17th Century English Basket-Top Spring Clock by John Wrench of Chester, Circa 1695-1700. England
This exquisite late 17th-century English basket-top table clock, signed ...
Category
17th Century English William and Mary Antique Wood Clocks
Materials
Brass
Importante monumentale pendola Foresta Nera con calendario, suoneria e 19 automi
Located in Milano, IT
Importante e monumentale pendola della Foresta Nera, unica nel suo genere, con calendario, suoneria delle ore e dei quarti e 19 automi che compiono 24 movimenti.
Cassa in legno lacc...
Category
Late 18th Century German Neoclassical Revival Antique Wood Clocks
Materials
Brass, Iron
Tacón 12 Gold N Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Wall clock with rectangular metal time signals that form the structure of the clock on the wall. The case is polished brass and the hands are walnut with golden counterweights.
Tacó...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Wood Clocks
Materials
Brass
Antique Mora Clock Swedish White 1800s Gustavian
Located in Lewes, England
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Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Wood Clocks
Materials
Wood
19th Century J.E Caldwell Victorian 9 Tube Mahogany Tall Case Grandfather Clock
Located in Long Branch, NJ
19th Century J.E Caldwell Victorian 9 Tube Mahogany Tall Case Grandfather Clock
Dimensions : 95" Tall X 24" Wide X 17" Deep
This grandfather clock was made in the USA in the late 1...
Category
1890s American Victorian Antique Wood Clocks
Materials
Brass
Italian mid-century modern orange and beige rectangular wall clock, 1960s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern orange and beige rectangular wall clock, 1960s
Rectangular wall clock in cream yellow and orange lacquered wood. The structure is slightly domed and rounde...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Clocks
Materials
Metal
French Inlaid Portico Empire Style Mantle Clock
Located in Kingston, NY
French 19th-century mantle clock features a bronze and inlaid veined wood veneer portico design. The clock is adorned with gilded ornaments, including a decorative pendulum and intri...
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Wood Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Barcelona Premium wall clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
The modern Barcelona Premium watch incorporates a more glamorous point in its design, and stands out for the brass finish of its double fiberglass ring.
Barcelona Premium wall clock ...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Wood Clocks
Materials
Brass
Quality antique burr walnut mantle clock by Kendal & Dent London
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality antique burr walnut mantel clock by Kendal & Dent London, having a quality burr walnut case with a white enamel dial within a brass bezel, having a French 8-day two train mov...
Category
Early 20th Century Wood Clocks
Materials
Walnut
Victorian Ebonized Wood Mantle Clock
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Neoclassical back wood mantle clock. Strikes on hour and half hour with a deep resounding gong. With key and pendulum. Working order but clocks may ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Neoclassical Antique Wood Clocks
Materials
Wood
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
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Clocks
Materials
Brass
Antique Wall Clock, Late 19th Century
Located in Chorzów, PL
The clock is functional, after the clockmaster review
Year: The end of the 19th century
Origin: Western Europe
Dimensions: Height 133 cm / width 42 cm / depth 17 cm.
Category
Late 19th Century Belgian Other Antique Wood Clocks
Materials
Oak
Antique Edwardian quality mahogany inlaid mantle clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Edwardian quality mahogany inlaid mantle clock having a quality mahogany inlaid case with a brass bezel, circular dial, original hands, 8 day movement striking on the hour an...
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian Wood Clocks
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
French Dore Gilt Bronze Garniture Clock Set
Located in Kingston, NY
An antique 19th Century French dore bronze clock and candlestick garnitures set.
The footed clock features glass panel sides and back, foliate ormolu garland, and a flower wreath mo...
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Wood Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Jaeger LeCoultre, Atmos Clock with Moon Phase, Fontainebleu, 1990s
Located in Greven, DE
Jaeger LeCoultre - Atmos Fontainebleu with Moon Phase
Switzerland
Mahogany, brass, glass
Year of manufacture 1993
Dimensions: H x W x D: 25 x 20 x 16 cm
Description:
Atmos Fontain...
Category
1990s Swiss Modern Wood Clocks
Materials
Brass
Easel Clock, Signed Elkington & Co, England, Circa 1890
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed Elkington & Co
Numbered Rd 92173
Beautiful rectangular table clock executed in gilded and silvered electrotyped metal, decorated in relief with butterflies, music instrume...
Category
1890s English Antique Wood Clocks
Materials
Metal
Swedish Antique Mora Clock White Paint 1800s 203cm Crowned
Located in Lewes, England
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Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Wood Clocks
Materials
Pine
Antique Swedish Long Case Clock, Genuine Handmade with Original Blue Paint
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique Swedish longcase clock from around 1820 to 1840. The clock was made by hand in Hälsingland in Northern Sweden. The frame is solid pine w...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Wood Clocks
Materials
Pine
Gigantic Rare Heavy Sunburst Mirror Wall Clock from the 1970s
Located in München, DE
Gigantic very rare heavy Sunburst mirror wall clock from the 1970s. Beautiful elaborate high quality design. The clock has a body made of black lacquered wood, at the front there are...
Category
1970s European Space Age Vintage Wood Clocks
Materials
Glass, Mirror, Wood
19th Century Black Forest Mantel Clock
Located in Martlesham, GB
A lovely quality 19th century black forest mantle clock, the clock dial located at the centre within a farmyard scene consisting of a cockere...
Category
1880s Swiss Black Forest Antique Wood Clocks
Materials
Walnut
Antique George III Quality Brass Face Oak Longcase Clock by William Lister
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique George III quality brass face oak longcase clock by William Lister having a quality oak case with an arched top, two turned columns, ...
Category
Early 1800s English George III Antique Wood Clocks
Materials
Brass
Fritz Hansen & George Nelson Stool Seat Wall Clock
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage 1950s George Nelson ball clock for George Nelson and Associates and Howard Miller. This clock was designed with Irving Harper in 1949, and was the first among several iconic clock...
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Wood Clocks
Materials
Brass
German Gustav Becker 3 Weight Grand Sonnerie Strike Vienna Regulator Wall Clock
Located in Danville, CA
German Gustav Becker 3 Weight Grand Sonnerie Quarter Strike Vienna Regulator Wall Clock
Here is an excellent 3 weight driven regulator wall clock. This clock is 52-1/4" tall and 17-...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Wood Clocks
Materials
Brass
Mora Clock
Located in Crowthorne, Surrey
Swedish Mora clock from the 1960's in original colour. Cream with gold carved detailing. Working Longcase clock mechanism of pendulum and 2 weights and a bell chime on the hour.
Wid...
Category
1960s Swedish Gustavian Vintage Wood Clocks
Materials
Wood
Antique George III Oak and Mahogany Longcase Clock
Located in Prato, IT
England, Worcester, early 19th century
I & E Mason, Worcester
Fully functional mechanism
Veneered in mahogany and oak
Dimensions: cm W47 x D22 x H205.
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Wood Clocks
Materials
Oak, Mahogany
Superb Arts and Crafts Nutwood and Brass Pendulum / Table Clock or Desk Clock
Located in Lisse, NL
Beautiful and stylish clock, in good working order.
If you are looking for an exceptionally designed clock from the Arts & Crafts era then this rare mantel clock could be yours to enjoy soon. You will rarely find a table clock...
Category
Early 20th Century European Jugendstil Wood Clocks
Materials
Metal, Brass
Large Orientalist Musical Picture Clock after Krafft
Located in London, GB
Large Orientalist musical picture clock after Krafft
Continental, Mid-19th Century
Height 111cm, width 112cm, depth 16cm
This remarkable Orientalist musical picture clock, crafted ...
Category
Mid-19th Century European Antique Wood Clocks
Materials
Metal, Enamel
George Nelson Birch & Brass Wall Clock for Howard Miller
Located in Los Angeles, CA
George Nelson Birch & Brass wall clock for Howard Miller.
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Clocks
Materials
Brass
A rare 17th century English eight-day spring-driven table clock by J Gerrard
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A Rare Late 17th Century English Eight-Day Spring-Driven Table Clock, Circa 1700. England
Signed J. Gerrard.
This exceptional late 17th-century English eight-day table clock is a s...
Category
17th Century English William and Mary Antique Wood Clocks
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian Quality Carved Walnut Vienna Wall Clock
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian quality carved walnut Vienna wall clock having a quality carved walnut case with turned columns, original finales, shaped top and bottom, single walnut and glazed d...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Wood Clocks
Materials
Walnut
Large Swiss Black Forest Hand Carved Wall Clock Plaque with Pheasant Sculptures
Located in Lisse, NL
This large Swiss masterpiece wall plaque with clock is in perfect condition.
The realistic and detailed carving consists of a pair of pheasant, a bird's nest, fine leafs and branche...
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Wood Clocks
Materials
Wood
Mora Clock Swedish 100% Original Paint RARE
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is an Incredibly RARE 100% Original Painted Swedish Mora Clock.
Category
1810s Swedish Country Antique Wood Clocks
Materials
Pine
Lewis Foreman Day. Made by Howell and Sons. An Aesthetic Movement ebonized clock
Located in London, GB
An Aesthetic Movement ebonized clock with finely carved decoration, the clock movement is by Edwards and Sons with a pair carved devices below and a blue and white floral ceramic bor...
Category
1880s British Aesthetic Movement Antique Wood Clocks
Materials
Ceramic, Walnut
Pendulum clock, Italy, 1970
Located in modena, Emilia-Romagna
Pendulum clock built in the 1970s. The story of this item is rather peculiar: Some time ago a kind-looking elderly gentleman came into our store and asked if he could look at our mer...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Wood Clocks
Materials
Steel
Vintage 1960s Hollywood Regency brass walnut Table Clock by Kienzle, Germany
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Table clock
Origin:
Germany
Producer:
Kienzle, Germany
Age:
1960s
This original vintage table clock was produced in the 1960s by the prem...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Wood Clocks
Materials
Metal, Brass
19th Century Empire Mantel Clock
Located in Ljungby, SE
An Empire mantel clock in gilded wood, made in Austria or Germany 1820-1830. It features a warrior dressed in classical armor with his arm resting atop the clock. The clock pillar is...
Category
19th Century European Empire Antique Wood Clocks
Materials
Wood
Rare 17th Century Antique Figural Griffon Carved Oak Brass Lantern Clock 58"
Located in Dayton, OH
An exceptional hanging lantern clock from the 17th Century. The clock is housed within a hooded glass case with Grecian style carved columns, gadrooning and acanthus scrolled accents...
Category
17th Century Neoclassical Antique Wood Clocks
Materials
Brass
William & Mary Floral Marquetry 8-Day Longcase Clock by LeCount 'LeCompte'
Located in Milford, NH
A fine and rare William & Mary long case or grandfather clock by London maker Daniel LeCompte. c.1690, London, the fine marquetry case having oval panels of birds and flowers, the movement signed Daniel LeCount (LeCompte) having a silver chapter ring and seconds dial, brass spandrels of cupids supporting a crown; including key, weights and pendulum. LeCompte was a French Huguenot...
Category
1690s English Antique Wood Clocks
Materials
Brass
Fantastic quality antique Victorian carved walnut Vienna wall clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Fantastic quality antique Victorian carved walnut Vienna wall clock having a quality carved walnut case with reeded turned columns, having all the original finales, fantastic shaped ...
Category
Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Wood Clocks
Materials
Walnut
Unique Denmark Made Classical Roman Wall Clock with Sculptures and Flowers
Located in Lisse, NL
Tasteful and unique wooden wall clock with sculptural front.
The magnificent front of this midcentury era wall clock is entirely hand carved out of solid wood. It is difficult to se...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Classical Roman Wood Clocks
Materials
Brass
Froxfield Clock, Oak
Located in London, GB
The Froxfield clock in natural Oak.
A unique limited edition floor clock created by Comitti designer Edmund Barker using selected timbers and contemporary styling. The design is insp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Wood Clocks
Materials
Steel
Winterhalder & Hofmeier Schwarzenbach Chinoiserie Small Grandmother Clock
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A charming grandmother clock decorated in the chinoiserie taste with typical scenery and figures.
Smaller than your average grandmother clock and larger than your typical granddaug...
Category
Early 20th Century European Chinoiserie Wood Clocks
Materials
Pine
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu-Mounted Grandfather - Tall Case Clock
By Kahn
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine French 19th Century Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted amaranth, tulipwood, sycamore and parquetry pedestal "Régulateur de Parquet" Clock, after the model attributed to Jean-...
Category
Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Wood Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century Napoleon III French Wall Clock
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century French Napoleon III wall clock with "oeil de boeuf" shaped glass paned door, ebonized wood frame and clock surround with mother-of-pearl inlay decoration. Paper face w...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Wood Clocks
Materials
Brass
Fine Quality Regency Wheel Barometer A. Gatty
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
A fine quality, Regency mahogany wheel barometer, the mahogany veneered case with architectural pediment above dentil banding, cross banded edge with t...
Category
19th Century English Antique Wood Clocks
Materials
Mahogany
Fine 18th Century Queen Anne Burr Walnut Eight-Day Longcase Clock
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Early 18th-Century Burr Walnut Longcase Clock, Circa 1705-1710. England
This magnificent early 18th-century English longcase clock exemplifies exceptional craftsmanship and timeless...
Category
Early 18th Century English Queen Anne Antique Wood Clocks
Materials
Brass
Antique George III Quality Oak And Mahogany 8 Day Painted Face Longcase Clock
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique George III quality oak and mahogany 8 day painted face longcase clock having a quality oak case crossbanded in mahogany with a swan neck pediment, reeded columns, shaped door...
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Wood Clocks
Materials
Other
19th Century Swedish Longcase Clock, Painted
Located in San Francisco, CA
This lovely " Grandfather" clock has retained it's original painted finish. The face is in good condition,
so is the case. The clock mechanism is not in working order at this time, h...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Baltic Antique Wood Clocks
Materials
Wood
American Mahogany and Églomisé Banjo Clock, E. Howard, Boston # 5, Circa 1860
Located in Charleston, SC
American mahogany and églomisé banjo clock with original signed and numeral paper dial under glass, decorative painted and gilt throat panel, with a hinged painted and gilt door concealing the brass pendulum. Clock is in working condition with no issues. Signed by E. Howard and Co...
Category
1860s American American Empire Antique Wood Clocks
Materials
Brass
Rococo Style Mora Clock 1700's
Located in Crowthorne, Surrey
Rococo longcase Mora Clock dated 1777 by Anders Swensson with original decorative paint detailing. Carved detailing to crown. Working Longcase clock mechanism of pendulum and 2 weigh...
Category
Early 18th Century European Gustavian Antique Wood Clocks
Materials
Wood
Pennsylvania Cherry Tall Case Clock, Jedediah Weiss, Bethlehem
Located in Milford, NH
An exceptional Federal cherry tall case clock with a brass eight day works signed Jedediah Weiss Bethlehem, with beautiful inlay including a contrasting fan carving above the waist d...
Category
Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Wood Clocks
Materials
Cherry, Maple, Satinwood
Jaeger LeCoultre, Atmos Fontainebleu, Swiss Made in 1986
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
1980s Swiss Modern Vintage Wood Clocks
Materials
Wood
Swedish Mora Clock Kurbits Folk Art Early 1825 Scallop Top Rare Antique
Located in Lewes, England
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Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Early Victorian Antique Wood Clocks
Materials
Pine
Rare unusual antique Edwardian musical quality inlaid marquetry grandmother cloc
Located in Ipswich, GB
Rare unusual antique Edwardian musical quality inlaid marquetry grandmother clock having an outstanding quality inlaid marquetry case with a shaped inlaid marquetry hood and barley t...
Category
20th Century Wood Clocks
Materials
Brass
Louis XVI French Barometer From 1700s
Located in Lejre, DK
A Louis XVI French barometer adorned with intricate carvings and original gilding, dating back to the late 1700s. This exquisite piece stands as a tes...
Category
Early 1700s French French Provincial Antique Wood Clocks
Materials
Wood
