Denmark Table Clocks and Desk

Beautiful and well working Arts & Crafts clock, stamped 'war materials'. This German 'war time' (or interbellum) clock is another one of our recent unique finds. After WWI there was...

Italian modern Wall or table pendulum clock by 555 Shanghai in wood, metal and glass, 1980s Wall or table pendulum clock with square wooden structure in different shades. On the fron...

Absolutely spectacular oak & calamander Art Deco mantel clock manufactured by Pfeilkreuz Junghans clock company In Germany in the 1930's . The case has a angular design with raised c...

Mahogany mantel clock in a break arch case with brass columns to either side, brass inlay to the front and surmounted by four brass finials. Beautifully d...

A fireplace clock from the beginning of the 20th century. The clock is functional after the review Year: around 1910 Origin: France dimensions: height 28 cm width 28 cm ...

A postmodern desk or table clock by Time Square. This "fashionable timepiece" (the manufacturer's language on packaging) is constructed from a piece of curved red powder coated metal...

An iconic modernist design wall clock and timer, original and old from the 1950s, designed by Max Bill, executed by Junghans Germany. A beautiful and adorable wall clock with a light...

A good English Edwardian silver and tortoiseshell hump backed carriage clock. With a French 8 day movement with lever escapement. Porcelain dial. Hallmarked for 1912 and with London ...

Wall clock design & produced by Junghans in 1960s. Gold colored and brass metal and white wood. Mechanical movement and gong is in good working condition. Very nice gong but if you don't like it is possible to stopp the gong function. No damages and nice vintage condition. Measurements: with pendulum + weights 120cm=47inch. If you would like to hear the beautiful gong, please send us a request via 1stdibs and we can send a video with sound because the 1stdibs standard item movie...

Swedish antique mora clock dating from early/ 1800s featuring green paint with orange details that is painted on the body. The clockwork is sold 'as is' and should be considered as...

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...

Travel alarm clock by Junghans, circa 1960s. Original condition. Brass with dark faux leather cover. Still working. Measures: open height 8cm, wide 7cm, deep 8cm Closed height 3...