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Detailed depictions of various antique clocks and pocket watches, representing historical craftsmanship through intricate designs and classic styles.

pocket watch; Gugenmus, Franciszek (1740-1820); 2 after. XVIII W (1751-00-00-1800-00-00);
pocket watch; Gugenmus, Franciszek (1740-1820); 2 after. XVIII W (1751-00-00-1800-00-00);
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Antique clock, aged 1850, from Paris, currently in an Italian collectionRepeating watch. Culture: British, London. Dimensions: Diameter: 2 in. (5.1 cm). Maker: Watchmaker: James Warne (British, active 1760-85). Date: ca. 1770. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Travelling watch. This travelling watch was made by Johann Georg, Strasser, a clockmaker from Baden, Germany, who had, settled in St Petersburg at the invitation of Catherine, the Great. He crafted extraordinarily complex movements, for the empress, and his shop was considered one of, the citys leading attractions. On the case is an ornately, engraved scene of the meeting of Apollo and Amphissa.pocket watch; Gugenmus, Franciszek (1740-1820); 2 after. XVIII W (1751-00-00-1800-00-00);Watch 18th century Watchmaker: Firm of Perigal and Duterau. Watch. British, London. 18th century. Gold and enamel. HorologyWatch. Pocket watch of gold in a cupboard with filigree. The dial is whitemeal.Fireplace clock Jolly, GastonWatch 18th century Watchmaker: (W.R.) Rose. Watch. British. 18th century. Copper gilt, silver, enamel. HorologyWatch ca. 1695 Watchmaker: Thomas Tompion. Watch. British, London. ca. 1695. Silver. HorologyTile clockClock (pendule d'officier) ca. 1800 Movement by Firm of Meuron et Companie, Geneva and Paris. Clock (pendule d'officier). Swiss (Geneva) with French (Paris) case. ca. 1800. Case: gilt bronze, enamel, blued steel; movement: brass and steel. HorologyWatch. Gold watch. On the closet, in gold and email, a monkey and a dog are portrayed.Cabinet VogdWatch. Golden watch with white enamel dial with diamonds. Decorated and poins inlaid with diamonds. On the outer floor an edge of pearls to a medallion with a star of diamonds in the middle.Table or bracket clock ca. 1665 Clockmaker: Edward East Trained as a goldsmith, Edward East was a founding member of the London Clockmakers Company (1631). A rival of the Fromanteels both in business and politics, East, a royalist, was appointed clockmaker in 1660 to the newly restored Charles II. Like the Fromanteels he quickly recognized the importance to timekeeping of the Huygens pendulum, but East was not a part of their Anglo-Dutch Protestant circle. The relatively plain wooden case of this clock owes much to the design of the first Dutch pendulum clocks and marks it as an early product of the new technology of clockmaking in England. The movement, with its characteristically heavy brass plates, was greatly modified by later owners; at some unknown time it was reconverted from an anchor escapement to a historically correct verge. It is spring driven, with a duration of a single day, and strikes the hours on a single bell. The case has been newly returned to something approachingLongcase clock. Haarst, Dirk (fl. ca 1740-1770), watchmakerTriple-cased watch ca. 1720 Watchmaker: Firm of Clarke & Dunster This highly elaborate triple-case gold watch is a supreme example of the Anglo-Dutch firm Clarke and Dunster, a partnership between Christopher Clarke and Roger Dunster, active in Amsterdam and London from 1703 to about 1725-1730. This watches most outstanding feature is a finely chased gold bas-relief showing Apollo with his lyre enthroned in a temple. Three female figures appear to introduce him to a man in an 18th century robe, possibly a dignitary for whom this watch was made. Four individual portraits surrounding the main scene represent the four seasons. The iconography of Apollo, the Sun God, and the Four Seasons was particularly fashionable between 1660s and 1750s.. Triple-cased watch. British, London. ca. 1720. Outer case: brass and shagreen, piqué; middle case: gold; dial: white enamel; movement: gilded brass and steel with silver dust cover. HorologyRepeating watch. The scene of a company making music may have been the work of an Amsterdam chaser of French origin. Amsterdam craftsmen were specialized in small-scale depictions chased in gold. The maker of the watchcase, Thauvet Beslay, mounted the scene in a gold ajouré, or openwork, outer case. According to the text engraved on the open book, the scene is from Ovids guide to the art of love, the Ars Amatoria.Close-up of an alarm clock, IcelandClockBarometer on Bracket.Bracket Clock 1756 London. Mahogany, gilt metal, and brass . Thomas MonkhouseLongcase clock ca. 1807 Clockmaker: Thomas Dickenson. Longcase clock. British. ca. 1807. Case: rosewood, coniferous wood veneered with mahogany and inlaid with bands of holly, stained holly and bone, and brass; Dial: painted enamel on copper with brass hour hands; Movement: brass and steel. HorologyWardrobe-fire clock; LambregHts (Fl. CA. 1760); 1750-1770 (1750-00-00-1770-00-00);Watch with ladies sacrificing a pigeon on the love altar. Gold watch, rehearsal watch, with enamelled scene, representing two girls for an altar. Surrounded by a wreath of flowers with rubies and pearls.Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain. Pendulum. Chiseled and gilded bronze, enamel, 1715. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 77642-24 Broze, gilding, gilding, email, clock, clock, pendulum, character, regence style, 18th centuryTall Clock 1740-50 William Claggett. Tall Clock. American. 1740-50. Mahogany, red maple, tulip poplar. Made in Newport, Rhode Island, United StatesMaker: T. C., British, w. c. 1800, Watch, Gold, glass, porcelain, 2 7/8 × 2 1/8 in. (7.3 × 5.4 cm, 141g), Made in London, England, British, 19thcentury, TimepiecesVarious clocks. Watches. Enamelled gold. 18th century. Paris, Cognacq-Jay museum. 56642-8 Pocket, watchmaking, watch, golden gold. Pendula of brass, square with vaulted roof, on four legs resting on a square plate. Decorated dial. Round garland plate and on the center of the base plate decorated with blue stone.Watch. Watch from silver with an à jour worked cupboard. The outer cupboard is made of turtle with silver.old analogue clock isolated on white backgroundLighthouse Clock c 1825-1830 Roxbury. In 1819 Simon Willard applied for and received a patent for the first American alarm clock. He intended for the clocks to be portable so that one could use them around the house or while traveling. Patented by Willard under the name ìalarm timepiece,î clocks like this one are now referred to as lighthouse clocks for their marked similarity to the Eddystone lighthouse in the English Channel off Plymouth, England. This particular clock descended in the family of Simon Willardís brother Aaron.. White pine, mahogany veneer, enamel, brass, and gilt and silver mounts . Simon Willard and SonsFerdinand Cartier, Tall Clock, c 1938 Tall ClockMen's watch of silver with the letters J.v.d. In Cartouche, Anonymous, c. 1913 Men's watch of silver. The outside of the rear bottom is decorated with Guilloche work around a cartouche of leaves. In the cartouce the letters J.v.d. engraved. With chain. Switzerland silver (metal) Men's watch of silver. The outside of the rear bottom is decorated with Guilloche work around a cartouche of leaves. In the cartouce the letters J.v.d. engraved. With chain. Switzerland silver (metal)Lawrence Phillips, Clock, c 1938 ClockGrandfather ClockDwarf tall clock ca. 1780 Attributed to Samuel Mulliken II Clocks such as these, essentially shelf clocks atop a lower case, are quite rare and are sometimes called dwarf tall clocks. The brass dial is unsigned, but it is very much like a rare signed example by Samuel Mulliken II of Newburyport, Massachusetts that is illustrated in Brooks Palmers "A Treasury of American Clocks" (New York, 1977).. Dwarf tall clock. American. ca. 1780. Cherry, brass with white pine. Made in Newburyport, Massachusetts, United StatesWatch with river landscape. Ladies cylinder watch from gold. An email painting in an oval, representing a river landscape on the supernation.Hanging clock Old style hanging clock with iron work Copyright: xZoonar.com/Baloncicix 14274215Pocket watchLong Case Clock. Movement by Rehnisch (German / Prussian )Shelf Clock. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 55.3 x 45.7 cm (21 3/4 x 18 in.) Original IAD Object: 28"base-top of finial; 11 1/2"wide, base; 5 7/8"deep, base. See d.s.. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, pen and ink and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Ferdinand Cartier.Men's Watch, Peter Harmsen, c. 1725 - c. 1750 Men's watch, rehearsal watch, of silver with silver dial and double openwork cupboard. On the outdoor cupboard medallions with bust portraits between rank ornament. clockmaker: Hamburgjeweler: Germany silver (metal) Men's watch, rehearsal watch, of silver with silver dial and double openwork cupboard. On the outdoor cupboard medallions with bust portraits between rank ornament. clockmaker: Hamburgjeweler: Germany silver (metal)ancient vintage golden brass pendulum clock in red grunge backgroundGold watch, Vaucher firm, c. 1780 - c. 1781 Gold watch with an enamelled dial. The rear bottom is smooth. With key. Paris gold (metal). Gold watch with an enamelled dial. The rear bottom is smooth. With key. Paris gold (metal).Clock Big vintage round clock at green wall Copyright: xZoonar.com/NikolaxObradovicx 9717441ancient vintage brass pendulum clock in classic indoorStanding Klok, Jan Hermelinck Amsterdam, Jan Hermelinck, c. 1750 - Before 1799 Standing clock in the oak cupboard glued with walnut. The S-shaped basin rests on claw legs. The top and bottom scumed cupboard door has a diamond with copper batter piece and shows a vase and bow with wreath in marqueterie in lighter wood. The hood has a scumed roof frame with crested piece with rocailles; On the corners of Tuscan columns. Three gilded figures, two of the fame and atlas, crown the hood. A mythological representation and figures are painted under the dial. Amsterdam wood (plant material). oak (wood). walnut (hardwood). gilding (material). copper (metal). glass gilding Standing clock in the oak cupboard glued with walnut. The S-shaped basin rests on claw legs. The top and bottom scumed cupboard door has a diamond with copper batter piece and shows a vase and bow with wreath in marqueterie in lighter wood. The hood has a scumed roof frame with crested piece with rocailles; On the corners of TuShelf Clock. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 42.5 x 30.6 cm (16 3/4 x 12 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 25"high; 14 3/4"wide. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, graphite and pen and ink on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Raymond Neumann.Holyrood Palace (mantle clock)' still bank, late 19th-early 20th century, 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 2 5/8 in. (13.97 x 9.53 x 6.67 cm), Wood (Mauchline ware), pigment, paper, Scotland, 19th-20th century Harrison's number 5 timekeeper or chronometer for finding longitude (an improved version of the number 4). Date: circa 1760Tall CaseClock. Maker: Samuel Martin, AmericanPocket Watch' still bank, 20th century, 5 x 1 1/8 x 1 1/4 in. (12.7 x 2.86 x 3.18 cm), Metal, pigment, England, 20th centuryEmbossing on antique wooden watch box, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India Copyright: xSafatxAli/DinodiaxPhotoxPocket watch. Angot, Isaac (fl. ca 1698-1723), watchmakerWatch third quarter 17th century Watchmaker: Jaques Collomb Swiss. Watch. Swiss, Geneva. third quarter 17th century. Silver, leather, silver studs. HorologyBruel. "Skeleton pendulum with two dials, revolutionary era". Mobilier. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 26817-9 Dial, two dials, revolutionary time, watchmaking, furniture, skeleton pendulumWatch probably 18th century Austrian, Tyrol or Innsbruck. Watch. Austrian, Tyrol or Innsbruck. probably 18th century. Copper gilt, enamel. HorologyAstrolabe from Iran, c1800.Astrolabe from Iran, c1800. Artist: Abd al- A'imma.Tall Clock 1810-15 Attributed to Matthew Egerton Jr.. Tall Clock 8154stopwatch pocket hand drawn vector. retro time, ancient dial, roman metal object stopwatch pocket sketch. isolated black illustration. stopwatch pocket sketch hand drawn vectorWatch in the form of a butterfly. Culture: Swiss. Dimensions: 2 5/8 x 1 1/4 in. (6.7 x 3.2 cm). Date: ca. 1840-50. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Astrolabe of Ibn Said al-Sahli. This instrument also made it possible to calculate the geographical direction of Mecca. It was made in Toledo in June 1067 by the astrolabist Ibrahim ibn Sa' id al-Shali. All the inscriptions were written in kufic script. Brass. Diameter: 24.20 cm, thickness: 5 cm and maximum height: 33.50 cm. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.Watch. Culture: Dutch, Leeuwarden. Dimensions: Overall: 1 1/2 × 1 1/8 in. (3.8 × 2.9 cm). Maker: Watchmaker: Jacob Wybrants (recorded 1635-78). Date: ca. 1640.Today Leeuwarden is a small, rather quiet city, but in the seventeenth century it was the capital of a wealthy Dutch province as well as the seat of the Prince Stadholder of Friesland. It is not entirely unlikely, therefore, that a relatively unimportant watchmaker found a patron for this elegant watch. In 1648 the estate of Leeuwarden goldsmith Minne Sikkes (recorded 1618, d. 1648) contained one large crystal watch case and four smaller ones. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.RELOJ BRACKET ESTILO INGLES 1788. Author: MANUEL FRIAS (S XVIII). Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA DE MADRID-RELOJES. MADRID. SPAIN.Tall Clock. Culture: American. Dimensions: H. 99 1/2 in. (252.7 cm). Maker: Nathan Storrs (1768-1839). Date: 1800-1810. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Sundalgic sundial in front of white background copyright: xzoonar.com/simonevoigtx 1590394handgefertigte hölzerne Pendeluhr als Wanduhr - Schwingung des Pendels *** Handmade Woods Clock as Wall Clock Vibration of Pendulum 1077405770Rehearsal watch with Ajour edited cupboard, c. 1600 - c. 1699 Silver rehearsal watch with ajour edited cupboard, silver dial. Amsterdam silver (metal) Silver rehearsal watch with ajour edited cupboard, silver dial. Amsterdam silver (metal)Fireplace clock with base ClavelleOrnate pocket watch. Attributed to Alexander Nichol (Scottish, 1843 - 1896)Watch with a Girl, Abraham Colomby, c. 1750 - c. 1760 Ladies watch of gold in double cupboard, with an enamelled girls portrait with small diamonds. The rear bottom is smooth. ClockMaker: GERYJERSWERN: Switzerland gold (metal). diamond (mineral) Ladies watch of gold in double cupboard, with an enamelled girls portrait with small diamonds. The rear bottom is smooth. ClockMaker: GERYJERSWERN: Switzerland gold (metal). diamond (mineral)William Paul Childers, Shaker Tall Clock, c 1937 Shaker Tall Clockfive minutes to ten o clock on dial of wristwatch five minutes to ten o clock on dial of wristwatch isolated on white background Copyright: xZoonar.com/ValeryxVoennyyx 6592780A big square clock on the wall isolatedtwelve o clock on dial of wristwatch isolated twelve o clock on dial of wristwatch isolated on white background Copyright: xZoonar.com/ValeryxVoennyyx 6592782Tall Clock ca. 1775 Thomas Harland. Tall Clock 8155Lawrence Phillips, Clock (Grandfather), c 1937 Clock (Grandfather)Shelf Clock. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 45.5 x 36.6 cm (17 15/16 x 14 7/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 35"high; 13 3/4"wide; 4 1/2"diameter. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: James Fisher.Wall clock (pendule en cartel) ca. 1740-45 Clockmaker: Jean Godde l'aîné The theme of this magnificent Rococo wall clock with its asymmetrical design is the triumph of love over time. As the son of a sculptor and grandson of an ébéniste, Charles Cressent, who made the case, combined the talents of both and created not only outstanding case furniture but also highly imaginative sculpture in the form of bronzes dameublement. Firedogs, clock cases, wall lights, and mounts for furniture were cast and finished in his workshop, violating the rules of the bronze casters and bronze gilders guilds, to which Cressent, as a furniture maker, did not belong. As a result, three times during his life, legal proceedings were brought against him for employing casters, chasers, and gilders in his workshops. Financial difficulties forced him to organize three sales of his possessions, the first of which was held in 1749. The catalogues for these sales included detailed descriptions of the offered workHorizontal and vertical wooden pocket sundial by Stockert, early 18th centuryOld gold watch lie on tableVintage photograph. Closeup of barometer faceTable watch or carriage watch made of silver in wooden cabinet, from Gouverneur -General Willem van Outhoorn, Anonymous, 1670 - 1685 Table watch made of silver in a wooden cupboard. The timepiece and the cabinet, ajour worked with flower and leaf ranks, are probably European. The lid decorated with a putto between tendrils in relief, will have been made in Batavia in 1694. The timepiece is signed: Batavia 1694 Noel Pol. Pol must have been the donor or seller, not the manufacturer. On the watch a double link chain with a ring with copper key at the end. In the lid of the wooden cabinet there is a silver plate with a representation of the time and a spell. Richly decorated silver lock plates and hinge pieces. Coming from Governor General Willem van Outhoorn (1635-1720), who left it to Jan Trip, the husband of his granddaughter Petronella Willemina van Hoorn. After trips death it came into her possession. France (possibly) metal. silver (metal). wood (plant material). copper (metal) engracompass isolated on white backgroundClock, Fire-gilt bronze, blackened bronze, enameled metal (dial), blued steel (hands), glass, Flat, trapezoidal base with four arches along bottom front edge. Base supports a stage-like interior surmounted by semi-circular pediment inset with clock. Interior features a large door back center decorated with winged Victories, and, on either side, draped windows. In center a woman seated in Empire-style chair plays a piano with winged griffon supports and upright music rack. Pediment is flanked by two griffins and surmounted by a pair of winged cherubs holding an octagonal plaque with a bust of Apollo. Circular clock face is enameled white, and is flanked by classical lyre trophies., Paris, France, 1807-10, timepieces & measuring devices, Decorative Arts, ClockA French hour glass, 16th century, (1870). Artist: UnknownClock, Girandole. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 30.6 x 22.9 cm (12 1/16 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 45"high x 13 1/2"wide. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, gouache, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Loughridge.Germany, Baden-Wurttemburg, Black Forest, Furtwangen, detail of 19th century clock faceLongcase clock 1775 Clockmaker: Nathaniel Brown Longcase clocks continued to be made in the provinces, particularly in the North of England, after this type had been generally discontinued by London clockmakers, who favored hanging clocks, then a new type of timepiece. Few London-made clock cases of this type or any period display such rich carving, including Gothic tracery.. Longcase clock 203679John Dieterich, Tall Clock, c 1935 Tall ClockRetro compasses with rose of wind, arrow and loop. Antique navigation tools isolated icons. Nautical vintage travel objects for orienteering and marine journey, Cartoon flat vector illustration. Retro compasses with rose of wind, arrow, loopPasquier. "The Samaritan pump". Sculpted wood painted in gray, chiseled and golden bronze, ice. 1772. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 72347-2 Barometer, sculpture wood, chisel bronze, gild, ice cream, model, gray painted, pump, samaritaineClock with vestals, c. 1790, Pierre-Philippe Thomire; Manufacturer: Clockworks by Sauvageot, French, Paris, 20 1/2 x 25 1/2 x 7 in. (52.07 x 64.77 x 17.78 cm), Bronze, gilt bronze, enameled dial, marble, France, 18th century, French queen Marie-Antoinette, when told that her people had no bread to eat, allegedly said, 'Then let them eat cake.' The story is untrue, but she did seem out of touch with the common man. For example, she had a clock just like this in her bathroom at a time when wealthy individuals might have one clock in the whole house. The clocks design comes from a collection of engravings by the painter Hubert Robert, who dedicated them to the young queen. The composition depicts two Vestal Virgins (followers of Vesta, goddess of the hearth) with costumes and hairstyles inspired by classical antiquity, carrying an altar with the sacred fire. The base, supported by panthers, is decorated with a frieze of playing putti and two plaques depicting Clio, muse of history, and UEurope. Italy, Milan, Palazzo Isimbardi, home of the Province of Milan. Europe. Italy, Milan, Palazzo Isimbardi, home of the Province of Milan. The Time Value Collection of WatchesVintage Antique pocket watch. Vintage grunge still life.Watch. Culture: Swiss, Geneva or Sainte-Croix. Dimensions: Diameter: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm). Maker: Watchmaker: Mermod Frères (Swiss, active late 19th century). Date: ca. 1840-55. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Old gold watch lie on tabletwo vintage hourglasses isolated on white background. 3d illustration