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Classic Timepieces

A range of vintage clocks and pocket watches featuring ornate designs, Roman numerals, and classic mechanics, embodying timeless elegance and craftsmanship.

Close-up of a watch
Close-up of a watch
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Close-up of antique clock and barometerTimepiece c 1802-1805 Roxbury. Elnathan Taber apprenticed with a member of the Willard family clockmakers of Roxbury, who dominated the clock-making industry at the turn of the 18th century. In 1801 Simon Willard patented a timepiece that hung on the wall and featured an eight-day movement with pendulum and a weight. This wall clock is also known as a banjo clock because of its shape. The painter of the glass panels is unknown but shows an unusual sophistication and subject matter. Classically-inspired themes such as these figures with a temple in the background allude to the early American republicís self-conscious affinity with the power and democratic values of the earlier Roman republic. The timepiece was originally owned by Edward Toppan of Boston and Newburyport.. Gilt mahogany and white pine, painted glass, gesso, iron, steel, and brass . Elnathan Taberisolated on white bacground, selective focus on SShelf Clock. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 35.3 x 29.3 cm (13 7/8 x 11 9/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 1/4" to 1" scale. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, and some heightening on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Therkel Anderson.Hand watch isolated on the white backgroundCompass. 19th-20th centuries. Museum of History and Navigation. Riga. Latvia.Vintage clock isolated on white background with reflectionNeck watch with indoor and outer cupboard. Silver watch from Haarlems Mussel, in which engraved: Mathys Bockels Haerlem ", double silver cupboard, covered in and with rogging.back side of open old wristwatch isolated on white back side of open old wristwatch isolated on white background Copyright: xZoonar.com/ValeryxVoennyyx 6592830Metal alarm-clock on a white background...Clock Case. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 31.2 x 23.3 cm (12 5/16 x 9 3/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 99 1/2" x 19 1/4". Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, pen and ink and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: John Dieterich.Antique retro style metal and wood compass device with arrows for determining cardinal points and orientation. Main navigation item for any ship captain, attribute of sea travel, measurement object. Antique retro style metal and wood compass device for determining cardinal points and orientationAstrolabium made by or belonging to Zacharias Jansen ,, 1600 - 1636 Instrument of different metals for degree measurement formed such as a large flat round watch. With inscription 'Zacharias Jansen Midelburg Anno 1636'. Limbus: division into 2 x 1-12 hours and 0-90-0-90 degrees. Index without degrees layout. Rete: Ecliptica with the names and signs of the zodiac. Within that, with name and ticks, 15 fixed stars and outside of 20 fixed Stren. Timpaan: two discs for pole heights 49 and 52 degrees, 46 and 55 degrees. North-South Meridian, Horizon Rectus, Cancer Circle, Equator, Capricornsking Circle, Horizon Obliquus, Height Parallels, Azimut lines, Dawn Line, Dining Line, Lines of the Twelve Houses (I-XII), Lines of the 1-12 Hours. Mater: inscription. Dorsum: Rand on which the names of the zodiac, months and days and scale 90-0-90-0 degrees. Top half: 1-12 hours. Lower half: shadow quadrant. Alhidade without degrees layout. Germany (possibly) silver (metal). copper (metal). iron (metal)An old countdown timer opened up showing all the details of the mechanism, macro closeup An old countdown timer opened up showing all the details of the mechanism, macro closeup. High quality photo. Copyright: xZoonar.com/ViktoryiaxVinnikavax 19054955Navigation instrument box. unknown, authorMantelClock. Maker, probably by: Jacques Nicolas Pierre François Dubuc, French, died 1832 Subject: George Washington, American, 1732-1799, LL.D. 1781Clock. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 60.3 x 51.2 cm (23 3/4 x 20 3/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 96"high; 14 1/2"wide; 10"deep. Face 11"x11". Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, gouache, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Leonard Battee.Paul Ward, Clock, probably 1937 ClockASTROLABE. GALBANOPLASTIC COPY. INV. 1277. DIAMETER 19.8 CM. THICKNESS 0.9 CM MUSLIM. (EXHIBITION: SPANISH ISLAMIC ART) (LOCATION: NAVAL MUSEUM).Planispheric Astrolabe, North African, 18th century. Silver. An astrolabe was an elaborate inclinometer, historically used by astronomers and navigators to measure the altitude above the horizon of a celestial body, day or night. It can be used to identify stars or planets, to determine local latitude given local time, to survey, or to triangulate. It was used in classical antiquity, the Islamic Golden Age, the European Middle Ages and the Age of Discovery for all these purposes.antique scale isolated on white with clipping pathBelle Epoque Station Clock, Musee d' Orsay, Paris, France, EuropeFrancis Law Durand, Grandfather Clock (Timepiece), c 1937 Grandfather Clock (Timepiece)CompassFrancis Law Durand, Grandfather Clock, c 1935 Grandfather ClockRELOJ DE MESA FRANCES. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPANIEN.radio controlled wall clock with white numbers on black clock faceDecorative carriage clockPebbles and pebbles isolated on whiteGilbert Sackerman, Clock, 1935 1942 Clockround brass clockwork of retro pocket watch round brass clockwork of retro pocket watch close up Copyright: xZoonar.com/ValeryxVoennyyx 6592825Clock. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 37 x 27.4 cm (14 9/16 x 10 13/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 33 1/2 x 22 1/2"wide. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, gouache, pen and ink, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Lawrence Phillips.Austria Golden compass isolated on whiteGoldsmith's art, France, 20th century. Platinum pendant watch set with rose-cut diamonds, floral decoration on moire' ribbon and star decoration on yellow gold. By Cartier, 1910.Checkered flag with a stopwatch background. Vector illustrationijosidjfoisdjfoisjdofijuh3iuhi3uhou80sdufsduhfdusround mechanic movement of old watch round mechanic movement of old watch isolated on white background Copyright: xZoonar.com/ValeryxVoennyyx 6592867Twelve o clock Twelve o clock at old blue Roman clock Copyright: xZoonar.com/Baloncicix 7165450Hand drawn golden wristwatch, doodle sketch watches, alarm clocks and timepiece isolated on black background. Vector illustration. Hand drawn wristwatch, doodle sketch watchesset of clocksGermany, altimeter of glider, close-updkopopdoapsdeeaw9ia9dModern conditioner with air conditioning system is cooling the room on a white background. Modern conditioner with air conditioning system is coolingMan clock icon. Outline illustration of man clock vector icon for web. Man clock icon, outline style.Casino roulette, running in a motionClock Cairo Golden Analog Clock at Train Station in Cairo Egypt Copyright: xZoonar.com/MarkoxBericx 13475733Tischventilator mit Stoppuhr, 3D-Rendering Table fan with stopwatch, 3D rendering isolated on white background Copyright: xZoonar.com/natatravelx 22937508Combination lock for safe vectorTimezone clocks showing different timePorcelain hands with wristwatches, Nuremberg, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, EuropeAntique Ships Engine Order Telegraph. Maritime Nautical Brass Ships Telegraph. 3D rendering Antique Ships Engine Order Telegraph. Maritime Nautical Brass Ships Telegraph. 3D rendering isolated on white background Copyright: xZoonar.com/alexlmxx 21204850Fashion wristwatch isolated on white backgroundWristwatchvintage set of loupe, clock, keys and old photos isolated on white backgroundClock. Dimensions: H. 12 in. (30.5 cm). Date: 1792-1819. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Alarm Clock Vector. Retro Liquid-Crystal Alarm Clock. Isolated Illustration. Digital Alarm Clock Vector. Classic Digital Clock With Lcd Display. IsolatedWrist watches A vendor displays a Mao Zedong watch for saleA selection of pocket watches, all available in Cheapside, London. Date: 1902Set of vintage clocksUnited States,USA,Pennsylvania,clock in Philadelphia stationwedding ring and watch groom on the table with the wedding bouquetWatchWrist Watch Fossil Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotoxWrist watches with several dialsTwo mini alarm clock front of Huge stone on grass background. Gift concept of beginning for couple’s, Copy space, Selective focus.Vintage digital watch isolated on whiteRealistic watch face red grey leather strap black on white design classic luxury vector illustration.Old broken voltmeter or voltage meterRealistic watch clock chronograph silver gold leather strap black brown collection on white design classic luxury vectorRealistic red clock watch sport chronograph digital for men design modern on white background vectorRealistic watch clock silver blue face leather strap on white design classic luxury vector illustration.