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Wall Clocks For Sale
1970s British Classic Blue & Chrome AC.GMT.Co. Industrial Wall Clock Black Dial
By Industrial Production
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
Rescued from Industrial scrap yards and brought back to life in our UK workshop, our expert process allows us to create a high quality clock of luxury standards.
At A.C GMT Co. we ...
Category
1970s English Industrial Vintage Wall Clocks
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Watch Me XL Clock in Clear Fuchsia, Clear Orange and Matt Red by Gaetano Pesce
Located in barasso, IT
Watch me - clear fuchsia, clear orange and matt red
Clock in hard resin designed by Gaetano Pesce for Fish Design collection.
Additional information:
Material: Hard resin
Color: C...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Wall Clocks
Materials
Resin
GMT-MASTER Store Display Wall Clock in Stainless Steel & Green Enamel
Located in Miami, FL
GMT-Master Store Display Wall Clock.
This is a very decorative wall clock depicting the wristwatch. The wall clock has been crafted in Switzerland with parts made up in stainless st...
Category
2010s Swiss Modern Wall Clocks
Materials
Enamel, Aluminum
Mason & Sullivan West German School House Regulator 8 Day Wall Clock 21"
Located in Dayton, OH
Early to mid 20th century German Mason & Sullivan 8 day, key wound, chiming, school house regulator wall clock. Octagonal wood case with pentagonal drop for ...
Category
Early 20th Century Wall Clocks
Materials
Glass, Hardwood
1970s British Yellow Illumination AC GMT Co. Classic Quartz Wall Clock
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
Quartz sweep seconds / non ticking wall clock finished in Yellow Pantone 13-0647 Illuminating.
Rescued from Industrial scrap yards and brought back t...
Category
1970s English Industrial Vintage Wall Clocks
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Mauthe Synchron Factory or Workshop Wall Clock
By Mauthe
Located in Vienna, AT
Steel painted with glass cover front made in Germany in the 1960s.
Now fitted with a 220Volts movement but on request can be also rebuild to a battery movement.
Category
1960s Austrian Industrial Vintage Wall Clocks
Materials
Steel
Vintage Blue Seiko Ships Wall Clock, 1970s
By Seiko
Located in Kojetice, CZ
Vintage Seiko maritime slave clock designed during the 1970s and produced till 1990s. These clocks were used on large Japanese tankers and cargo ships. It features a light blue metal...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Industrial Wall Clocks
Materials
Iron
Vintage Brown Iron Clock, 1930s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This vintage iron clock was manufactured during the 1930s. The piece has been converted into a battery-powered clockwork and requires only one AA-ba...
Category
Early 20th Century European Industrial Wall Clocks
Materials
Iron
Spiral Clock B #2 black Shiro Kuramata Japanese Zen Minimal Postmodern
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Spiral clock B #2 black body designed by Shiro Kuramata. Dial is inside acrylic edge rounded shade.
Category
1980s Japanese Minimalist Vintage Wall Clocks
Materials
Steel
Antique Mahogany Drop Dial Wall Clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Mahogany Drop Dial Wall Clock, having a quality mahogany circular glazed door opening to reveal a painted dial with original hands and an 8 day movement above a drop case wit...
Category
Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Wall Clocks
Materials
Mahogany
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 Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wall Clocks
Materials
Metal
Mid Century German Iron Wall Clock
Located in Malibu, CA
Vintage European hand-wrought iron wall clock with blonde gold accents. German clockworks. Newly painted by Fleur de Lex in soft white with gilt Roman numerals.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Wall Clocks
Materials
Brass, Iron, Sheet Metal
Art Deco English 8 Day Walnut Wall Clock, c1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this large sized Art Deco Walnut wall clock, English, circa 1930, fully serviced and keeping good time. The dial is made up of book paged figured walnut cen...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Wall Clocks
Materials
Brass, Chrome
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 Wall Clocks
Materials
Brass
Fortuna Freiburg Wall Clock with Brass Elements, circa 1885-1886
Located in Opole, PL
Fortuna Freiburg Wall Clock with Brass Elements, circa 1885-1886
We present you this clock from the manufactory of Regulatoruhren Fabrik Fortuna F...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Wall Clocks
Materials
Brass
Grey Industrial Factory Wall Clock from Siemens, 1970s
By Siemens
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This wall clock was produced by Siemens in Germany during the 1970s. It features a grey iron frame, a metal dial and a clear glass cover. The piece has been converted into a battery-...
Category
1970s German Industrial Vintage Wall Clocks
Materials
Aluminum, Iron
Reclaimed Industrial Copper Case Clock By Gents Of Leicester
Located in Nottingham, GB
RECLAIMED 12" COPPER FACTORY CLOCK BY GENTS OF LEICESTER.
Made in England circa 1940.
Beautiful looking clock with copper case and silvered face with Roman Numerals, arrow head han...
Category
1940s British Industrial Vintage Wall Clocks
Materials
Copper
Seldom Seen Art Deco Neon Hexagon Clock, 'The Electric Clock Co. Cleveland
By Cleveland Clock Co.
Located in Buffalo, NY
By far. one of the best examples I have ever owned!!! Unmolested, totally original, 1930s Art Deco 2-color neon clock, manufactured by The Electric Clock Company, Clevland Ohio,Trul...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Wall Clocks
Materials
Metal, Steel
19th Century Italian Carved Louis XVI Style Giltwood Barometer
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Gorgeous late 19th century gilt wood barometer thermometer made in Italy in the Louis XVI or baroque taste. The large barometer features a large carve...
Category
19th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Wall Clocks
Materials
Metal, Brass
25" Tall Japanese Ebony Shaku Dokei Striking Hanging Stick Pillar Wall Clock
Located in Danville, CA
25" Japanese Ebony Striking Stick Pillar Wall Clock
Here I'm offering a very good quality striking stick clock or Shaku-Dokei. The ebony wood case has a removable glazed hood with a lift-out front door, two fabric-backed gilt-brass pierced frets to the sides, a scale at the front and a drawer for the key at the bottom. The ebony hardwood case is made of solid rosewood and it shows beautiful grain of the wood.
Mounted to the backboard is the gilt-brass going movement with finely cut, turned and spoked gear work, turned brass baluster columns at the corners, an elaborately engraved fretted front plate and a verge escapement that is regulated by a small pendulum...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Wall Clocks
Materials
Brass
Wall Clock in Black Glazed Wooden Case, 1890s
Located in Opole, PL
Wall Clock in Black Glazed Wooden Case, 1890s
A wall clock housed in a wooden, glass-fronted case. The case is painted black and remains unrestored. The dial is enameled, and the pe...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Wall Clocks
Materials
Brass
French 19th Century Napoleon III Mother of Pearl Inlay Wall Clock
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This 19th century clock is stunning with its diamond-shaped rippling clock frame of ebony-painted wood. Mother-of-pearl floral and foliate designs are inlaid in differently stained m...
Category
19th Century French Other Antique Wall Clocks
Materials
Brass
Rare Extra Small Octagonal Bakelite Wall Clock by Gent of Leicester
Located in Nottingham, GB
Rare Octagonal Bakelite Wall Clock.
A beautiful art deco style wall clock by renowned British clock maker Gents of Leicester.
Made in England circa 1930.
Gent of Leicester makers ...
Category
1930s British Industrial Vintage Wall Clocks
Materials
Steel
Late-19th Century Wall Clock with Brass Elements in Walnut Case
Located in Opole, PL
Late-19th Century Wall Clock in Walnut Case
A wall clock in a glazed walnut case, dated to the late 19th century. The clock features a porcelain dial, a...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Wall Clocks
Materials
Brass
Large Siemens Halske Factory, Station or Workshop Wall Clock
By Siemens
Located in Vienna, AT
Plastic frame with the acrylic front made in Germany in the 1970s.
Formerly a slave clock, it is now fitted with a modern quartz movement with a battery.
Category
1970s German Industrial Vintage Wall Clocks
Materials
Plastic, Acrylic
Postmodern / Memphis Era Art Glass Wall Clock by M.J. Bailey
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool postmodern / Memphis era art glass wall clock by M.J. Bailey, circa 1980s. The clock has the colorful look of a downtown sklyline and was made in the USA. The piece is in...
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Wall Clocks
Materials
Glass
1980's Postmodern Advertising Wall Clock by RADO of Switzerland
Located in San Diego, CA
Rare Rado wall clock advertizing for store owners double tone silver and black beautiful condition the face is made of polished acrylic and aluminium back , battery operated clock ci...
Category
20th Century Swiss Post-Modern Wall Clocks
Materials
Aluminum
Black Industrial Square Wall Clock from Pragotron, 1970s
By Pragotron
Located in Kojetice, CZ
- Wall clock designed by Pragotron in former Czechoslovakia during the 1970s and made till 1990s
- Was used in factories, schools and railway stations
- Black painted metal frame
- ...
Category
1970s Czech Industrial Vintage Wall Clocks
Materials
Aluminum, Iron
Chrome Art Deco "Chrono Lite-12" Commercial Neon Wall Clock by Seth Thomas, Cir
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Seth Thomas Art Deco 16” Diameter "Chrono Lite-16" wall clock featuring a black dial with Original Green Gas Tube Neon under bubble style glass and a stainless steel streamline case....
Category
1940s American Vintage Wall Clocks
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Arthur Umanoff “Meridian” Clock for Howard Miller
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage pendulum wall clock designed by Arthur Umanoff for Howard Miller. The “Meridian” clock features aspects of Danish Modern design with a walnut w...
Category
1970s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wall Clocks
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Vintage Red Seiko Navy Wall Clock, 1970s
By Seiko
Located in Kojetice, CZ
Vintage Seiko navy slave clock designed during the 1970s and produced till 1990s. These clocks were used on large Japanese tankers and cargo ships. It fe...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Industrial Wall Clocks
Materials
Iron
Huge Industrial Illuminated Double Sided Gents of Leicester Railway Clock. c1930
Located in London, GB
An incredible and large illuminated double faced wall clock made in England by Gents of Leicester. c.1930
Double sided wall mounted in fantastic condition in old dark blue paint. Ge...
Category
1930s English Industrial Vintage Wall Clocks
Materials
Steel
Vintage German Postmodern Wall Clock from Staiger, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Vintage German Postmodern Wall Clock from Staiger, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution mark.
Additional information:
Materials: Plast...
Category
20th Century German Post-Modern Wall Clocks
Materials
Plastic
1980s Postmodern Memphis Style Wall Clock by Milano Series
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Nailing the iconic energy of the 1980s, this vibrant Memphis style wall clock by Milano Series features bold geometric shapes and bright primary colors and all the playful and irrev...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Wall Clocks
Materials
Glass, Plastic
Rare Art Deco Octagonal Bakelite Wall Clock by Gent of Leicester
Located in Nottingham, GB
Rare Octagonal Bakelite Wall Clock.
A beautiful art deco style wall clock by renowned British clock maker Gents of Leicester.
Made in England circa 1930.
Gent of Leicester makers ...
Category
1930s British Industrial Vintage Wall Clocks
Materials
Steel
Industrial Factory Wall Clock from Pragotron, 1960s
By Pragotron
Located in Kojetice, CZ
This wall clock was produced by Pragotron in former Czechoslovakia during the 1960s. It features a grey metal frame, an iron dial, an aluminium hands and a clear glass cover. The pie...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Wall Clocks
Materials
Iron
Large Siemens Factory Industrial or Station Wall Clock
By Siemens
Located in Vienna, AT
Steel painted with glass front made in Germany in the 1950s. Original condition with patina on the frame.
Formerly a slave clock, it is now fitted with a modern quartz movement wit...
Category
1930s German Industrial Vintage Wall Clocks
Materials
Steel
Memphis Period Clock by Nicolai Canetti
By Canetti
Located in Dallas, TX
Memphis period clock designed by Nicolai Canetti, 1980s. This is new old stock that's in the original box. Excellent working condition.
Category
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wall Clocks
Materials
Metal
Federal Giltwood Banjo Clock
Located in Essex, MA
Typical form with white enamel dial and reverse painted waist and pendulum door. With key and pendulum.
Category
1820s American Federal Antique Wall Clocks
Materials
Brass
Iconic “Paradise” 80s Postmodern Wall Clock Designed by Shoei Mihara for Canetti
By Canetti, Shohei Mihara
Located in Palm Springs, CA
An insanely spectacular postmodern wall clock designed by Shohei Mihara in the 80s and produced by Wakita and Canetti. Capturing the best of Memphis Milano’s influence on 1980s desi...
Category
1980s Japanese Post-Modern Vintage Wall Clocks
Materials
Metal
Art Nouveau Wall Clock, 1900s
Located in Praha, CZ
Art Nouveau wall clock with a charming, resonant chime.
Made in Austria in 1900s.
The clock's mechanism was cleaned and adjusted by a professional clockmaker.
Paint is slightly worn ...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Wall Clocks
Materials
Brass
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 Wall Clocks
Materials
Wood
Neos Lorenz du Pasquier & Sowden Postmodern Clock
Located in Chicago, IL
A bright, multicolored postmodern wall clock with blue and green hands designed by Nathalie du Pasquier and George Sowden for Neos of Lorenz in the late 1980s. Co-founders of the Mem...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Wall Clocks
Materials
Plastic
Stunning quality antique Victorian walnut Vienna wall clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Stunning quality antique Victorian walnut Vienna wall clock having turned columns, the original finale's with a wonderful shaped top mounted with carved leaves and a shaped bottom. S...
Category
Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Wall Clocks
Materials
Walnut
Antique Tiffany & Co. Grandfather Clock Tall Case Clock by Walter Durfee
By Walter Durfee, Tiffany & Co.
Located in Saddle River, NJ
Monumental Antique Tiffany & Co. Grandfather Clock Tall Case Clock by Walter Durfee
Rare estate find!
Stunning clock with heavy carving beveled glass door 9 bells have the keys and ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Wall Clocks
Materials
Wood
American Mahogany Pillar and Scroll Mantel Clock by Eli Terry, Circa 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
American mahogany pillar and scroll mantel clock with carved scrolled pediment, brass finials, original works, signed reverse painted glass, and term...
Category
19th Century American Antique Wall Clocks
German Wall Clock by Gustav Becker, Walnut, 19th C, carved eagle
Located in Houston, TX
This is a beautifully carved walnut case with a carved eagle surmounted at the crest.
Gustav Becker was well known in Europe for his fine clocks and cloc...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Antique Wall Clocks
Materials
Walnut
Tommaso Barbi Style Burled Elm & Chrome Hanging Wall Clock, Circa 1970
By Raymor, Tommaso Barbi
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Tomasso Barbi attributed Circular Burl and Chrome Wall Clock by Raymor. Featuring a round Chrome rimmed Burled Elm front with reflective Chrome surround. With German clock mechanism...
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Wall Clocks
Materials
Metal
Antique French Louis Jaquine Brass Wag-on-the Wall Clock 19th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique French wag-on-the-wall clock offers brass construction with floral and foliate embossed frame, face with Roman numerals and floral decoration, signed on face as photograph...
Category
19th Century French Antique Wall Clocks
Materials
Brass
Elmer O. Stennes Weymouth MA Eglomise Girandole Banjo Clock
By Elmer O. Stennes
Located in Milford, NH
A beautiful example of a hand made girandole banjo clock by well known Weymouth, Massachusetts clockmaker Elmer O. Stennes (1911-1975), with a signed circular face with brass ball s...
Category
20th Century American Federal Wall Clocks
Materials
Brass
Large 26" x 26" Art Deco 2-color Hexagon Neon Clock by NEON DISPLAYS INC.
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large 26" x 26" Art Deco 2-color Hexagon Neon Clock by NEON DISPLAYS INC. ,, Super clean example, Original clock face..Unusual original hands..Not...
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Wall Clocks
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
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 Wall Clocks
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Table Desk Clock Kienzle
Located in Vienna, AT
Brass frame nickel plated clock face made of polished steel and fixed on pink colored glass made by Kienzl in the late, 1930s. Fitted with a mechanical movement. On request can be re...
Category
1930s German Industrial Vintage Wall Clocks
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Brown Bakelite Wall Clock by Gents of Leicester, 1950s
Located in Kojetice, CZ
Wall clock produced by Gents of Leicester in England during the 1950s. It features a brown bakelite frame, an iron dial, an aluminium hands and a clear glass cover. The piece has bee...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Industrial Wall Clocks
Materials
Iron
EARLY 19th CENTURY GOLDEN WALL CLOCK WITH MUSIC BOX
Located in Firenze, FI
Splendid wall clock set in an elegant opening wooden case, with carved frame and golden tablet. The internal finishes of the clock are also in golden tablet and brass. The decoration...
Category
Early 19th Century Austrian Empire Antique Wall Clocks
Materials
Brass
Mid-20th Century German Ship's Clock By Schatz
By Schatz
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-20th century ship's clock by Schatz, Germany. handsome brass, mahogany & ebony in the form of a ship's wheel. Bevelled glass set in locking bezel. Double bell strike. Runs 8 days...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Wall Clocks
Materials
Brass
Wall clock. Gilt bronze. France, 19th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Wall clock. Gilt bronze. France, 19th century.
Gilt bronze wall clock of the type known as a "cartel" due to its shape, featuring Parisian movement and a white dial with Roman numer...
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Revival Antique Wall Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Other
Nomon Pico Wall Clock in Gold By Andres Martinez
Located in Brooklyn, NY
PICO ø40cm
Avant-garde design with a nordic air, which combines
walnut wood or oak finished wood with black and white colours.
Available in Black and Walnut, white and O...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Wall Clocks
Materials
Fiberglass, Polystyrene, Walnut
Antique, New and Vintage Wall Clocks
Antique, new and vintage wall clocks have become available over the years in a diverse range of materials, such as wood, metal and glass, as well as styles from mid-century modern to Industrial.
Wall clocks have been designed by acclaimed creators and manufacturers such as Howard Miller Clock Company, Junghans Uhren GmbH, Pragotron and more. The Ball clock and Sunflower clock, which were created by designer Irving Harper in George Nelson’s studio during the mid-century era, are known to design enthusiasts and have become highly collectible over the years.
Whether you want an antique timepiece or one that will match a modern motif, you are sure to find one to suit any home or office decor.
The wall clocks of today have come a long way from the mechanical timepieces that originated in the 14th century. One of the most famous clocks from this era was made by Italian astronomer and physician Giovanni de’ Dondi and took approximately 16 years to complete. By the 17th century, wall clocks were popular luxury objects for the home.
Wall clock choices are not limited to just something that keeps time. A 19th-century bronze cartel clock and barometer set is an elegant addition to a foyer, while a vintage world-map clock allows you to see the time in several locations at once. Cleverly designed clocks have been created for all manner of tastes over the years.
On 1stDibs, you will find wall clocks and other types of antique and vintage clocks from various time periods, from Louis XV to Art Deco, and from all over the world, including Germany, France, the United Kingdom and elsewhere. Bring a touch of class and personality into your living room or dining room with a unique timepiece.