Mid-Century Modern Clocks
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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Vintage Empire Art Products Atomic Era Mid Century Modern Wall Clock Set - 3 Pcs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Empire Art Products (USA, 1963) Atomic Era Mid Century Modern Wall Clock Set with Blue Accents - 3 Pc Set. Circa Mid 20th Century...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Wood
Travel alarm clock "Europa", 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Travel alarm clock "Europa", 1950s
Excellent original condition
Brass with a red faux leather cover
Still working
On the face of the it states that it has...
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Metal, Brass
Hermès Stirrup Table Alarm Clock
By Hermès
Located in Munich, DE
Hermes travel clock in silver plate metal, white and beige dial manufactured with a quartz movement. Very good vintage condition in the original box.
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Silver Plate, Enamel
Vintage Hollywood Regency Brass walnut Wall Clock by Kienzle, Germany 1950s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
wall clock
Origin:
Germany
Producer:
KIENZLE, Germany (marked on the wood)
Age:
1950s
Description:
This original vintage wall clock was produced in the 1950s ...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Metal, Brass
Imhof Midcentury Gilt Desk Clock and Weather Compendium
By Arthur Imhof
Located in London, GB
A midcentury gilt desk clock and weather compendium by Imhof. A stunning vintage timepiece that captures the elegance and style of midcentury design...
Category
1960s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
Junghans Striped Max Bill Style Midcentury Wall Clock & Timer, Germany, 1960s
Located in Vienna, AT
A lovely oval mid-century modern wall clock and timer, crafted by Junghans in Germany during the 1960s. Designed in the characteristic style of the era, it features elegant chrome-pl...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Glass
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 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
Kienzle GMT World Time Zone Brass Table Clock, Midcentury, Germany, 1960s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful and decorative Mid-Century Modernist solid brass Kienzle desk or table clock with a world map clocks face and world time zones. Executed in the 1960s by Kienzle in Wester...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Chrome Standing Grandfather Tall Clock Étagère Shelving
Located in Wayne, NJ
Modern chrome standing open grandfather fall clock étagère. This modern clock has three shelves, two in glass and the bottom is black. It has an inner do...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Other
$1,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Bent Teak Clock, 1970s, Kienzle, Western Germany
Located in Andernach, DE
Beautiful wall clock by Kienzle from bent Teak ply, in a pure 70s design by one of Germanys most
renowned mid- and late century clock makers.
Made in the late 60s, early 70s.
Here w...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Metal
Imhof Mid Century Gold Dice Motif Swiss Alarm Clock
By Arthur Imhof
Located in London, GB
A fun and stylish Imhof Swiss gilt desk clock with alarm, in the shape of a dice. The solid cast brass case in the form of a dice with inset silvered dial with dot and engraved bato...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
Unusual Enamel Wall Clock Ca' 1960's
By Robert Wuersch Associates
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A charming wall clock in enamel on copper, ca' 1960's. Probably by Robert Wuersch, Falls River, Mass. Battery operated.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Enamel
Kienzle GMT World Time Zone Brass Table Clock, Midcentury, Germany, 1960s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful and decorative Mid-Century Modernist solid brass Kienzle Chronoquartz desk or table clock with a domed glass and a 7“ diameter world map clocks face and world time zones....
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
Kitchen Wall Clock Attrd Max Bill & Ernst Moeckl German Minimalist White Ceramic
By Dieter Rams, Max Bill
Located in Hyattsville, MD
The clock movement with a fresh battery has been running, however it may need to be serviced, it is quite loud. The manual timer is in working order. For reference an example was auc...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Porcelain
$2,240 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Wall Clock Made In Oak By Junghans From 1920s
Located in Lejre, DK
Antique wall clock from the 1920s, manufactured by Junghans in oak.
Dimensions: H:95cm W:39cm D:19cm
Category
1920s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Oak
Vintage Tiffany and Co. Square Brass Desk Clock, 1970s
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Handsome 8 day, Swiss jeweled Tiffany and Co. square desk clock in patinated brass with stepped dial frame and two-tiered base. Face pivots between f...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
$1,430 Sale Price
24% Off
Art Deco Table Clock Jaeger LeCoultre
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Art Deco Table Clock
Jaeger LeCoultre
Origin: Switzerland
Materials: Gilt bronze and acrylic
8-day winding (mechanism)
Excellent condition – Working
Mid-Century
Dimensions: 21 x 18 x...
Category
1950s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Bronze
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 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
Original 1950s Sunburst wall clock by Atlanta made of brass and battery operated
Located in München, DE
Wonderful original 1950s Sunburst brass wall clock by Atlanta. Made in Germany.
Very nice elaborate Mid Century design. Battery operated with Junghans clockwork mechanism.
Dial witho...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Wall Clock in the Form of a Wristwatch in Leather and Brass, Germany
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Midcentury wall clock in the form of a wristwatch in leather and brass, Germany
Made in Germany by Meister Anker.
Electric, battery operated clock.
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Metal, Brass
1960s Atlanta Brass Zodiak Table Clock – Vintage Astrological Design
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This Atlanta brass Zodiak Table Clock from the 1960s is an exquisite piece of mid-century design that combines art and functionality. This clock features a solid brass body with a st...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
Jaeger Lecoultre Atmos Watch
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jaeger Lecoultre Atmos Watch
Atmos VI
Table clock It works correctly. perpetual motion
It has caliber 528 (1958-1968)
The dial is square
Materia...
Category
1960s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Mid Century Simplex Round Electric Wall Clock
By Simplex
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a Simplex round wall clock. Made in the USA. Mid Century period. Electric work. Tested and currently working. Very quiet.
Clean streamline design in aluminum ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage Teak Weather Station by Barigo, Germany, 1960s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A stylish and sleek wall or table weather station with thermometer, barometer and hygrometer. Designed and made in Germany during the 1960'erne by Barigo.
Measurements: W: 17.5 cm,...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Acrylic, Teak
Collection of 5 Vintage Casino Ashtrays
Located in San Diego, CA
Cool collection of five vintage casino ashtrays circa 1970s. All of the ashtrays are in good vintage condition and with clear graphics. On average, they...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Ceramic, Glass, Plastic
$200 / set
Jaeger-LeCoultre Atmos III Mid Century Swiss Clock Caliber 526
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
This is a remarkable Jaeger-LeCoultre Atmos III clock from the 1960s, a true icon of Swiss horology. Powered by the famous caliber 526, this mid-century piece carries an approximate ...
Category
1960s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Metal
General Electric GE Telechron Mid-Century Wall Clock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Turquoise case, bold white numerals, and that little day-date window that makes you smile every time you check it. This mid-century GE Telechron clock is plug-in electric, original, ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Plastic
Travel alarm clock "Europa", 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Travel alarm clock "Europa", 1950s
Excellent original condition
Brass with a green faux leather cover
Still working
On the face of the it states that it has two jewels.
Measures: Ope...
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Metal, Brass
Restored Nathan George Horwitt Black and White Museum Clock 1970
Located in Chattanooga, TN
This beautiful, fully restored Museum Wall Clock is a striking example of mid-century modern minimalism at its finest. Designed by the visionary Nathan George Horwitt and produced by...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Metal
Movado1948 Calendermeto Triple Date & Moonphase Travel Purse Clock With Leather
Located in Miami, FL
Rare calendermeto travel clock designed by Movado.
Beautiful and very rare calendermeto travel purse clock, created in Switzerland by the Movado Clock Factories, back in the 1948-1954. Crafted in stainless steel and leather with the purpose to use in desks, travels, in the pocket or a purse. Patented Ermeto winding device by means of the sliding case, with all original parts.
The Movado Ermeto watch...
Category
1940s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Steel, Stainless Steel
$2,360 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Bakelite Factory Industrial, Train Station Wall Clock
Located in Vienna, AT
5 pcs of bakelite industrial wall clock from about 1940's, 1950's.
Diameter 49 cm and a depth of 10,5 cm.
The clock is in perfect condition, no major scratches, no glass scratched....
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Glass, Bakelite
Frederic Weinberg Wall Clock/ Large Size
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Frederic Weinberg Wall Clock with Black Body and Arms and Coral Balls. Working Condition. This is the larger harder to find version of this classic Clock...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Metal
Blue & Clear Hourglass Murano Studio Art Glass Objects Venini Style
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
A hand blown art glass hourglass made of blue and clear glass in style of Paolo Venini.
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
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 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Metal
Vintage George Nelson / Howard Miller Multi-color Spike / Starburst Clock
Located in Buffalo, NY
Iconic Vintage George Nelson / Howard Miller Multi-color Spike / Starburst Electric Wall Clock,, Amazing colors,, wonderful patina,, retains original Howard Miller label,, Tested and...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Metal
Henry Dreyfuss Wall Clock
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Highly graphic chrome wall clock with classic 50's details. Sweeping hand movement on this wonderful clock designed by one the greatest industrial designers of this century.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Chrome
Large Kundo GMT World Time Zone Brass Table Clock, Kieninger & Obergfell, 1960s
Located in Vienna, AT
An impressive and large Mid-Century Modernist brass desk or table clock with a 9“ diameter world map clocks face and world time zones. Executed in the 1960s by Kieninger & Obergfell ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
Italian mid century clock Cifra 3 Synchron by Gino Valle for Solari & C., 1960s
By Gino Valle
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid century clock Cifra 3 Synchron by Gino Valle for Solari & C., 1960s
Table clock model Cifra 3 Synchron with cylindrical struc...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Plastic
Hourglass Murano Clear Ribbed Studio Art Glass Objects Venini Style
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
An optical blown art glass hourglass with a ribbed surface by unknown artist.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Arthur Umanoff Desk Clock, George Nelson & Associates, 1950s
Located in Amarillo, TX
George Nelson & Associates
table clock.
Howard Miller Clock Company,
USA.
Rosewood, steel.
Measures: 4.25 W x 3 D x 5.5 H inches.
Signed with decal manufacturer's label t...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Steel
Modern Grandfather Clock by Howard Miller
Located in Chicago, IL
Modern grandfather clock by Howard Miller, chrome and Lucite.
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Metal
George Nelson Original Vintage Brass and Wood Ball Wall Clock
Located in Oceanside, US
An iconic Original Ball Wall Clock designed in 1947 by George Nelson Associates and produced by the Howard Miller Clock Company in Zeeland, Michigan. This early example features a ra...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
GOLFER BUCKLE WATCH 1950 Gotham Watch Co. In Stainless Steel & Crocodile
By Gotham Watch Co.
Located in Miami, FL
A golfer belt watch designed by Gotham.
This is a very special buckle watch made for golfers created by Gotham. The golfers buckle watch has been crafted back in the 1960 in polishe...
Category
1950s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Steel
$558 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Bakelite Industrial Wall Clock by Pragotron, 1960s
By Pragotron
Located in Praha, CZ
Large version of industrial wall clock by Pragotron made in Czechoslovakia in 1960s. Bakelite case and glass cover Converted to battery.
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Glass, Bakelite
$436 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid 20th Century Clock By Jaeger LeCoultre France Circa 1960
Located in London, GB
A mid-century mantel or desk clock by Jaeger-LeCoultre, set within an elegant lucite case decorated with inset brass motifs of fish and rising air bubbles.
The clock runs on an eigh...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
Travel alarm clock "Europa", 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Excellent original condition
Brass with a brown faux leather cover
Still working
On the face of the it states that it has two jewels.
Measures: Open: Height 8cm x wide 8cm x deep 8 c...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
Mid Century Wood & Copper Enamel Table / Mantel / Desk Clock Spain 1950s
Located in Miami, FL
Decorative Mid Century Modern Wood (cherry ? rosewood?) Table / Mantel Battery Clock with Copper Enamel Dial made in Spain from the ’50s. Made out of wood, slanted sides sitting on...
Category
1950s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Copper, Enamel
1950's Rare George Nelson for Howard Miller Chronopak 4765 Clock
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A wonderful example of a mid century design by George Nelson for the Howard Miller clock company, this Chronopak Model 4765A clock is in beautiful condition and running well and keep...
Category
1950s North American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Metal
Marine Chronometer By Wempe
Located in Amersham, GB
A Chronometerwerke Hamburg type 5 two day marine chronometer by Wempe numbered 5077. The free-sprung spotted movement with blued steel helical hairspring to a cut and compensated bim...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass, Steel
1960s Jaeger-LeCoultre Atmos Brass Atmos Clock
Located in Mexico City, MX
A 1960's Swiss Atmos mechanism clock by Jaeger-LeCoultre. Serial number 134555. The squared dial with white face has prisms and numbers 3, 6, 9 and 12. The hands are sword-shaped. Th...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
Beautiful elegant heavy Mid Century Kienzle wall clock made of bronze and brass
Located in München, DE
Beautiful, very elegant and heavy 1960s Kienzle wall clock made of bronze and brass.
Made in Germany. Very nice, typically minimalist Mid Century Kienzle design.
With battery-opera...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Iconic George Nelson for Howard Miller Mid-Century Modern Starburst Clock
Located in Wheat Ridge, CO
An iconic and authentic George Nelson for Howard Miller Mid-Century Modern Starburst Clock with its original stamp / maker’s mark intact.
Measurements: 19.5ʺ wide, 2.5" deep and 19....
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Foldable Leather Travel Alarm Clock by LeCoultre for Hermès, France
Located in North Miami, FL
Mid-20th century foldable leather travel alarm clock by swiss Jaeger-LeCoultre for the luxury design house Hermès Paris, France
By: Hermès ...
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Metal
1980s Cartier Art Deco Style Alarm Clock 24K Gold Plated. Made in Swiss
By Cartier
Located in Milano, IT
1980s Gorgeous Cartier in art deco style alarm clock pendulette. Made in Swiss. It's in 24K gold plated , black enamel metal and white enamel dial with roman numbers. Manual charge ...
Category
1980s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Gold Plate
Large English Royal Mail Clock
Located in Faversham, GB
A wonderful and large factory clock from a Royal Mail sorting office.
The heavy case with the original glass front has been fitted with a new high-torque ba...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Aluminum
$866 Sale Price
20% Off
Travel Alarm Clock "Europa", 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Travel alarm clock "Europa", 1950s
Excellent original condition
Hart cover
Still working
Seven jewels.
Measures: Closed H 2 cm, W 8 cm, D 7 cm
Open ...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
Ceramic Wall Clock by Britt-Louise Sundell for Gustavsberg
Located in Vienna, AT
Ceramic wall clock designed in the 1950s by Britt-Louise Sundell for Gustavsberg. Fitted with a Junghans battery movement.
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage travel alarm clock by Schatz, 7 Jewel, Germany, 1970s
By Schatz
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Vintage travel alarm clock by Schatz made in Germany in the 1970s.
The manual winding movement. The lid folds, allowing the alarm clock to be held open and upright.
Dimensions:
Wid...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Metal
Bakelite Industrial Wall Clock by Pragotron, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
Vintage round bakelite and glass wall clock, made by Pragotron in former Czechoslovakia in the 1960's. Converted to battery.
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Glass, Bakelite
$303 Sale Price
20% Off
Beautiful Mid Century Kienzle brass wall clock with original battery drive
Located in München, DE
Beautiful, very classy Mid Century Modern Kienzle wall clock made of brass.
Made in Germany. Very nice, rare Mid Century design.
Battery operated with original electromechanical mech...
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
Mid-century Modern clocks for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern clocks for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage clocks created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, wall decorations, lighting and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, brass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern clocks made in a specific country, there are Europe, Germany, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original clocks, popular names associated with this style include Howard Miller, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Junghans Uhren GmbH, and George Nelson. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for clocks differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $110 and tops out at $28,500 while the average work can sell for $1,007.
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