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Table Clocks and Desk Clocks For Sale
Luxor Midcentury Gilt Desk Clock and Weather Compendium
Located in London, GB
A beautifully designed midcentury gilt desk clock and weather compendium by Luxor. The compendium has an electro-mechanical movement powered by an AA battery. The hexagonal case rotates and tilts on a raised circular plinth, with sides alternatively inset with deep blue faux leather and plates for Thermometer, Hygrometer and Barometer, the top inset with a large silvered Arabic dial signed ‘Luxor’ and gilt dauphine hands. This is a very stylish vintage desk clock...
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1970s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Brass, Enamel

19th Century French Gilt Bronze & Silvered Three Piece Clock Garniture
By Mitchell Vance Co.
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Great craftsmanship French gilt bronze and silvered brass three piece clock garniture from the mid 19th century. The set include a French ebauche clock 8-day brass time and strike mo...
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1860s French American Empire Antique Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Brass, Bronze

Birth of the King of Rome, Bronze Clock, 19th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Patinated bronze clock representing The Birth of the King of Rome or the allegory of the Birth of Love Empress Marie-Louise is standing near a cradle filled with roses with a winged cupid in the middle; decor of an Athenian woman with rams' heads and a curtain draped...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Bronze

Tiffany & Co. Modern Cast Bronze 'Rockwork' Table Clock, Swiss Jeweled Movement
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Tiffany & Co. Modern cast bronze 'rockwork' table clock, Swiss jeweled movement. Switzerland, Circa 1960s A stunning example of 1960s Tiffany & Co. modern design. This work, a c...
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20th Century Swiss Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Bronze

Ry Fine Late 18th Century French Empire Gilt Bronze Clock, Signed
Located in Dallas, TX
A very fine and rare late 18th century French mercury gilt bronze Empire clock. Signed V Vandenchildes a Brussels.
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Late 18th Century French Empire Antique Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Bronze

1980s Yellow & Black Stacked Desk or Mantel Clock
Located in Brooklyn, NY
With a stunning combination of yellow, black, and enameled metal, black lucite accents, and primary-colored hands, this postmodern clock is designed with a stacked semi-circle design...
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Late 20th Century Post-Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Metal

Gubelin Swiss 1960 Retro Modernist 8 Days Desk Clock in Gilded Bronze and Enamel
Located in Miami, FL
Desk clock designed by Gubelin. Fabulous desk-table clock, created in Luzern Switzerland by the house of Gubelin, back in the 1960. This clock is very rare and has been crafted wi...
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1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Bronze, Enamel, Steel

Omega, a Wood and Enamel Art Deco Eight Day Desk Clock
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Omega. A wood and enamel Art Deco eight day desk clock Singed Omega. Polished wooden case, two polychrome enamel panels with floral and geometric motif, gilt case back, dial signed. Very good conditions. Working conditions. It just been cleaned. Rare example of these Art Deco Enamel Clocks.
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Early 20th Century Swiss Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Brass, Enamel

Skeleton Clock, under Globe, York Minster Cathedral, Period: Xxth
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
Beautiful and rare fireplace clock, skeleton, representing York Minster from Franklin MInt collector cloks. It is made of brass protected from dust by a ...
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20th Century Renaissance Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Brass

Set of Two Vintage Traditional Spanish Alarm Clock, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of Two vintage Spanish traditional alarm clocks. Manufactured by unknown company in Spain, circa 1960. In original condition with minor wear consistent of age and use, pres...
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1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Metal

Art Deco Geometric Two Tone Wooden Mantle Clock, English, c1930
Located in Devon, England
Art Deco Geometric Two Tone Wooden Mantle Clock. - Amazing Rare Shape. The overall condition is very good. Fully serviced and working well. Wonder...
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Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Brass, Chrome

Orologio Da Tavola Anni 50, Design, Vetro Di Murano, Vintage
Located in Milano, MI
orologio da tavola anni 50 - design - vetro di murano - vintage Descrizione : prologio anni 50 in vetro di murano Origini : Italia Periodo di produzione : 1950 ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Glass

Jaeger LeCoultre France 1928 Art Deco Luxhora Cylindrical Desk Clock and Lamp
Located in Miami, FL
Desk Lamp and Clock designed by Jacques-David LeCoultre. An extremely rare and one of a kind Luxhora desk lamp-clock, created in France during the art deco period. This piece was ...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Marble, Steel, Chrome

19th Century French Flame Mahogany Napoleon Empire Period Mantel Clock
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A superb 19th century French Flame Mahogany Napoleon Empire Period Egyptian style Mantel Clock This clock was produced in the Fr...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Brass

1980s Lucite & Brass Table Clock
Located in Brooklyn, NY
With a rectangular base, tall body, and brass colored face and hands, this sleek lucite desk, table or mantle clock has clean lines, simple elegance, a...
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Late 20th Century Post-Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Lucite

Square Table Clock Art Deco Inspired by Louis Cartier Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square table clock with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire-enamelled Art Deco design. Dimensions cm. 11.8 x 11.8. Silver weight gr. 449. Swiss mechanical movement with 8-day charge and alarm. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1976 inspired by objects designed by Louis Cartier around 1920 and manufactured in Florence in various specimens, also in parure with other objects, in the Salimbeni company headquarters with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for supporting numerous high-fire enamelled firings at about 800° C. About cooperation Salimbeni and Cartier. Our first meetings with the Cartier USA Company took place through the Giorgini Company, the first "Buying Office" set up in Florence immediately after the Second World War, which had the purpose of bringing together Florentine, and also Italian, producers with American buyers, who especially appreciated the artistic objects still manufactured by artisans who still took inspiration from the Italian Renaissance, using techniques handed down from generation to generation. Mrs. Gina Pestelli, wife of a Florentine retail jeweller, was in charge of contacts with Cartier USA, above all an employee, while her daughter, also for Giorgini, took care of the fashion that in those years was affirmed in Florence with the events of "Pitti ". With their help, we began to supply frames and boxes in sterling silver gold plated with malachite and other semi-precious stones. At the same time, the official buyer of Cartier, Mr. William Smith, began to appreciate and commission the first objects with fired enamels, a process of which we have always been specialists. In 1975 we began exhibiting at the prestigious New York Jewellery Association Show, which we participated in both the February and July editions, for a good 26 years until 2001. In New York in those years the "Art deco style" was still very much appreciated, still mindful of the beautiful early 20th century architecture of the great buildings such as the "Crysler" or the "Empire State". We then began to produce frames, boxes, evening bags, "objets de vertu" and other objects in "art deco style" which were very popular with Mr. Smith who gave us some photocopies of Louis Francois Cartier drawings to reproduce them. Thus, numerous cigarette cases, powder compacts, evening bags, frames and table boxes were created exclusively for Cartier USA which, at the time, had the prestigious "Silver Department" on the first floor of the Cartier store on Fifth Avenue. An evening bag, with matching cigarette case and powder compact, were redone on the design created for a gift given to Mary Pickford at the time. In a 1986 Cartier...
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1970s Italian Islamic Vintage Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Amethyst, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Rosewood Shelf Clock by Ansonia Clock Company. Brass & Copper, 19th Century
Located in Southampton, NY
Rosewood shelf clock by Ansonia Clock Company. Brass & copper, 19th century. Original signed and painted dial. An Ansonia brass and copper Co, cale...
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19th Century American Antique Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Glass, Rosewood, Paint

French Bronze & Slate Three Piece Garniture / Bust of Nenelaus
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Excellent craftsmanship French gilt bronze and slate three piece clock garniture from the mid 19th century with the bust of Menelaus King of Sparta. The garniture set include one Clo...
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1850s French Antique Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Slate, Bronze

Swiza 8 Day Rare Gilt Sphere Clock with Smoked Lucite Base, Box and Guarantee
Located in Roma, IT
In 1975, the prestigious Swiss watch company Swiza chose this watch as the solitary protagonist of its magazine advertising campaign. You can see why. Modern and very unique, it features a nicely weighty gilt ball clock, an 8 day power with an alarm, that sits cradled on a very modern lucite base. The clock can stand without the lucite base, although you probably won't want to separate this duo. The sphere clock...
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Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Metal, Gold Plate

Rocaille Clock in Porcelain in the Taste of Jacob Petit 19th Century
Located in Paris, FR
Polychrome fine porcelain clock surmounted by a bacchante and a faun sitting under a cup and holding a garland of flowers. Shimmering decoration of bouquets of flowers, scrolls and f...
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19th Century European Rococo Antique Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Porcelain

Rare French Table Clock, End 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
RARE FRENCH TABLE CLOCK end 19th Century In yellow metal and cloisonné enamels "flowers", enameled dial and pendulum with river landscapes and enam...
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Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Porcelain

21st Century, Violet Porcelain and Silver Bronze Table Clock
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st Century violet porcelain and silver bronze table clock. This clock is finely chiseled lost wax castings and the porcelain is decorated in plati...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Louis XVI Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Bronze

19th Century Austrian Silver & Enamel Clock, Hermann Ratzersdorfer, c.1890
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique late-19th century Austrian exceptional solid silver & hand painted enamel miniature clock, of traditional upright form, the corners set with columns, canopy mounted with figu...
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19th Century Austrian Antique Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Silver, Enamel

Art Deco Table Clock
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Art Deco table clock Materials: Shagreen and bronze French Origin Circa 1920 In the center it has an original painting (Scene voyyer) Mark on ...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Bronze

Rare 18th Century English Clock
Located in Madrid, ES
Rare 18th century English clock Marquetry Weight: 9.20 kg England Sizes: H 62cm L 31cm very good condition.
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18th Century English British Colonial Antique Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Bronze

"Design in Time and Light" Clock by Jerome Simon
Located in Dorchester, MA
Created (and patented) in 1981 by Jerome Simon, the extraordinary "Design in Time and Light" is a light-beam projection clock. The arched chrome and glass...
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Late 20th Century American Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Chrome

1980s Postmodern Table Clock by Shohei Mihara for Wakita
Located in Brooklyn, NY
In keeping with Memphis Group-inspired designs of the 1980s, this whimsical desk or table clock use bright colors, geometric shapes, and contrast to unc...
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Late 20th Century Post-Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Metal

Victorian Novelty Gilded brass Mantel Clock
By The Perivale British Clock Company
Located in Dereham, GB
Victorian Novelty Gilded brass Mantel Clock Circular Dial Clock, Bevelled Glass, 6cm Diameter Cream & Gilded face, Centre with Winged cherub on...
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1880s English Rococo Antique Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Brass

Imhof Table Clock Swiss Made, 1950
Located in Vienna, AT
Imhof table clock Swiss Made 1950, good original condition.
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1960s Vintage Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Metal

Empire Table Clock Napoleon III, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
EMPIRE TABLE CLOCK Napoleon III 19th Century In gilt bronze, relief and pierced decoration with plant elements, topped by a cup. Enamel di...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Bronze

Elegant Swiss Art Deco Table Clock by Imhof Green Onyx Marble
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
An elegant table clock made of polished green veined onyx with broad gilded bronze indices, manufactured by the renowned Swiss manufacturer Imhof in the 1930s.
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1930s Swiss Art Deco Vintage Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Onyx, Marble

Brass Atlanta Zodiac Table Clock, 1960s, Germany
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice attractive Zodiac desk clock mechanical wind up clock work. Brass. Works perfect. Good condition. 1960s Germany.
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1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Brass

Tiffany & Co. by Concord Sterling Silver Art Deco Hand Hammered 8 Day Clock 1930
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: Concord for Tiffany & Co. STYLE / REFERENCE: Hand Hammered / Art Deco 8 Day Travel Clock METAL / MATERIAL: Sterling Silver CIRCA ...
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1930s Swiss Art Deco Vintage Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Sterling Silver

Large Mystery Brass Lady Diana 8 Day Cobalt Blue Ball Swinging Clock
Located in Danville, CA
Large Mystery Diana cobalt blue ball swinging clock Excellent Diana statue 4" ball swinger. It has an 8 day mechanical movement. The whole clock is m...
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21st Century and Contemporary Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Brass

Amazing Table Clock "Charles Baltazar/a Paris" 1760, 18th Century All Restored
Located in Madrid, ES
Very Important Table Clock French, circa 1760. Box in ebonized wood, with appliqués in gilded bronze, decorated with flowers and plant motifs. Enameled dial with Roman and Arabic numerals marked "CHARLES BALTAZAR...
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1760s French Rococo Antique Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Wood

French Bronze and Limoges Enamel Jewelry Vitrine Cabinet with Clock
Located in New York, NY
A french bronze and limoges enamel jewelry vitrine cabinet with clock, 19th century. hand painted with beautiful cobalt blue panels of cherub...
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19th Century French Antique Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Bronze, Enamel

Antique Enameled Gilt Bronze Carriage Clock
Located in London, GB
The contrast between rich blue enamel, in light and dark hues, and bright gilt bronze gives this carriage clock a sumptuous, luxurious feel. With a t...
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19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Enamel, Ormolu, Bronze

Large French 19th C Bronze Intimate Couple Figure Marble Base 8 Day Mantle Clock
Located in Danville, CA
Large French 19th century Bronze Intimate Couple Figure Marble Base 8 Day Mantle Clock. This is an amazing 19th century French tall figure marble mantle clock. The intimate couple...
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19th Century French Antique Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Marble, Bronze

Large French Style 8 Day Brass Automaton Windmill Industrial Clock
Located in Danville, CA
Large French style 8 day brass automaton windmill industrial clock w marble base. Here we have a wonderful example of the industrial series popular in French horology. While the c...
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Early 2000s Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Brass

Midcentury Table Clock by Kienzle
Located in Vienna, AT
Brass construction with a battery movement for one AAA-battery from the 1960s. (pictures shows the original movement before changing to battery one).
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1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Brass

Louis XVI Style Clock of the XIXth Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Louis XVI style clock of the XIXth Century Important clock of the XIXth century of Louis XVI style, in gilded bronze and porcelain. Dimensi...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Bronze

Early 19th Century, Gothic Brass Skeleton Clock on Wood Base with Glass Dome
Located in Middleburg, VA
Early 19th century Gothic brass skeleton clock on wood base with glass dome. Bell on peak with steeple design and halberd hammer. Painted metal fa...
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Early 19th Century English Gothic Antique Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Brass

Midcentury Table Clock by Jaeger-LeCoultre, Switzerland
Located in Vienna, AT
Brass and glass construction with eight days movement. Made by Jaeger-LeCoultre in Switzerland in the 1960s.
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1960s Swiss Vintage Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Brass

Vintage Chinese Canton Automaton Acrobat Musical Pagoda Waterfall Bracket Clock
Located in Danville, CA
Fine Canton Workshop Chinese Automaton Acrobatic Figure Musical Pagoda Bracket Clock Here for your consideration is a large Chinese Canton bracket clock. The gorgeous hardwood case is decorated with beautiful brass casting applications. There is a large Chinese pagoda on the top to make the appearance of this clock even more impressive. The Roman numeral dial is made of porcelain without any cracks or hairlines. Engraved brass floral decorations surrounds the center dial. The time and the automaton feature can be seen through a large beveled glass panel. This clock strikes every 15 minutes, Petite Sonnerie striking. The mechanism is 8 day movement, driven by double fusee chain. It's built with heavy brass and with engraving on the back plate. The automaton features plays hourly followed by the hour striking. The complicated automaton plays as following, the right curtain rolls up first to follow the pair...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Brass

Jaeger-LeCoultre Mid Century Blue Lucite and Brass Skeleton Clock
Located in London, GB
A beautifully unusual light blue lucite and brass Jaeger LeCoultre Inline Skeleton Clock, with a clean minimalistic design which would look stylish in any setting. The beauty of thes...
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Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Brass

1980s Postmodern Blue Metal Pyramid Clock
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An eye-catching postmodern blue metal desk, table, or mantle clock in the shape of a pyramid with yellow hands and red accent. In vintage condition...
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Late 20th Century Post-Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Metal

Giant Brass and Glass World Time Ball Desk Clock
Located in London, GB
Elgin National Watch Company, Illinois, USA, early 20th century A Fine giant ball desk clock in brass and glass, the dial with six subsidiary dials ...
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Early 20th Century American Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Brass

French 19th Century Louis XV St. Meissen Porcelain and Ormolu Clock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional and most decorative French 19th century Louis XV st. Meissen porcelain and ormolu clock signed Meissen and Crosnier. The clock is raised by a beautiful scrolled ground...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Ormolu

Regency Mahogany English Fusee Bracket Clock by Memmes, London
Located in Norwich, GB
Regency bracket clock in an arch top case with brass inlay and dentil moulding, side carrying handles and standing on four brass ball feet. Painted dial with Roman numerals and original spade hands signed ‘Memess, Trafalgar Square, London’. Glazed rear door to the fine quality eight day single fuse movement with arch shaped plates and ‘regulating’ pendulum. C.1820. ‘Watchmakers and clockmakers of the world’ by Brian Loomes...
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1820s English Early Victorian Antique Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Mahogany

Austrian Hand Painted Porcelain Miniature Long Holster Clock New Haven
Located in Gardena, CA
Hand Painted Austrian Porcelain miniature tall clock case - Movement Manufactured by New Haven Clock Co., USA. C1900 Additional information: Tim...
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19th Century American Antique Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Porcelain

George III Mahogany English Fusee Bracket Clock by William Chater, London
Located in Norwich, GB
George III Bracket Clock. Stunning mahogany case with Cupola top surmounted by a ‘pineapple’ finial, profusely inlaid with brass, fishscal...
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1810s English George III Antique Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Mahogany

Bamboo Tiki Style Desk or Wall Clock
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Tiki style wall or desk clock features a rattan (solid bamboo) frame lashed with leather bindings. Battery operated, takes one AA battery. Good condition wi...
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Mid-20th Century Organic Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Leather, Bamboo, Rattan

Mauthe Art Deco Walnut Mantel Clock
Located in New York, NY
German Art Deco walnut mantel clock with round chrome clock rim and numbers (with MAUTHE metal label, branded Jan 1936) (Not working).        
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20th Century German Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Metal

Important Empire Clock in Bronze with Two Patinas Alexander the Great 19th Cen
Located in Madrid, ES
Important Empire clock in bronze with two Patinas Alexander the Great 19th century Weight: 11.00 kg Sizes: H 51cm x L 39cm France very good condition.
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19th Century French Empire Antique Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Bronze

Jeager Lecoultre Rare Skeleton Clock Plexiglas and Brass. 8-Day Movement. Marked
Located in Paris, FR
Very rare lucite and brass round skeleton clock from Jaeger-LeCoultre, with a clean, minimalist design that fits any environment. The beauty of these skeleton clocks is its transparency, you can see the 16-jewel Swiss movement running and watch the balance wheel turning. Made in Switzerland. The movement is working at the time of our inspection. Good vintage condition no mark or visible scratches. Jaeger-LeCoultre is synonymous with prestige, precision and innovation. In 1903, Edmond Jaeger, a Paris-based watchmaker for the French Navy, challenged Swiss manufacturers to develop and produce the ultra-thin movements he had invented[10]. Jacques-David LeCoultre, Antoine's grandson and head of production at LeCoultre & Cie, took up the challenge and gave birth to a collection of ultra-thin pocket watches...
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Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Brass

Daum France, Table Clock "Topography", 1970s
By Daum
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful "Topography" Daum crystal table clock. French design from the 1970s. In very good condition. The clock functions. Dimensions in cm ( H x L x l ) : 19 x 19.3 x 4.6 ...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Crystal

Fire-Gilt Mantel Clock, France / Paris, circa 1830
Located in Greding, DE
French mantel clock made of burnished and fire-gilded bronze with an enamelled dial, there inscribed "'a Paris". The pendulum stands on a rectangular base with turned moulding, above...
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1830s French Charles X Antique Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Bronze, Enamel

French Louis XVI Style Gilt and Patinated Bronze White Marble Cherub Cupid Clock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French Louis XVI Style gilt and patinated bronze and white marble figural mantel clock with a figure of a drummer cherub. The brown patina cupid, seated on gilt-bronze clouds ...
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Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Antique Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Whether you’re working on-site or giving your home office the makeover it deserves, a new, vintage or antique table clock or desk clock is a decorative touch that blends ornament and functionality. Who says that a unique desk clock isn’t a meaningful addition to your home office or library? And who says you don’t need a cool clock anymore?

While our means for telling time have evolved from pocket watches to wristwatches and finally to our digital phones, there is likely still a place for a table clock or desk clock in your life, even if it isn’t a modern desk clock.

Antique and vintage clocks appeal to our penchant for nostalgia, whisking us back in time to the 18th and 19th centuries, when clockmakers were busying themselves with designs for objects such as mantel clocks, then ornate pieces that were typically displayed on top of a fireplace. Tabletop clocks and desk clocks are variations on the carriage clock, a small, portable timepiece outfitted with a hinged carrying handle that garnered popularity as the growth of rail travel took shape.

Clocks make great collectibles. More than one mantel clock in your home library is going to elevate the space where your carefully curated stacks of books live, while a well-designed small decorative desk clock can be a fun way to express your personal style. Amid your inkwell, porcelain paperweights and other desk accessories, a desk or table clock designed during the Art Deco or Louis XVI eras, for example, is going to stand out in your workspace as a striking accent.

Since new, vintage and antique tabletop and desk clocks are not as common in today’s interiors, these objects will make a statement in yours. Find a spectacular clock on 1stDibs now.

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