Antique Clocks and Barometers

This section includes clocks and table time pieces from the 17th century to modern day. Including table clocks, carriage clocks, barometers, deck watches, goliath watches, ships chronometers. These are available to view and purchase from our central London shop.

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Display of Dial Cartouches

An unusual glazed display with burr walnut veneered frame of numeral cartouches from early 18th Century watches and clocks. Concentric circles of the white enamel cartouches taken from gilt dials are displayed in the square frame, a dial from a calendar watch taking the place of one cartouche. At the centre a blue and white enamel disc for the age of the moon, two larger versions above and below. Approximately 70 pieces in total.

Circa 1720

£850.00 Add to cart
Gold Hunting Cased Chronometer

A 19^th Century Swiss fusee chronometer in a gold full hunter case. Gilt three quarter plate keywind movement with fusee and chain. Harrison’s maintaining power. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel helical hairspring. Pivoted detent chronometer escapement, screwed in jewelling. Engine turned and engraved silver dial with applied gold Roman numerals and two colour gold decoration to the centre and edge. Subsidiary seconds, blue steel hands. Engine turned 18 carat full hunter case, shield shaped cartouche on the front cover lightly scratched with characters. Wound and set through the gold cuvette engraved “Chronometer”. Maker’s mark “LP&F” in a rectangle and number corresponding to that on the movement.

Circa 1870

£4,500.00 Read more
Large Silver Patent 8 Day Swiss Lever

A very large late 19^th Century Swiss lever watch of 8 days duration in a silver open face case and travelling case. Reversed three quarter plate gilt keyless movement. Compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Polished steel index adjusted by removing the front bezel. Club tooth straight line lever escapement. Opening the back single cover reveals an open centrally placed barrel with a visible blue steel mainspring under a glass, almost the diameter of the movement, wound by a folding key. In the centre a brass thumb wheel is used to set the hands. Large white enamel dial with bold Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Substantial large plain silver open face case, maker's mark “HG” in an oval. In a fitted red morocco case lined with velvet, signs of an easel stand, now lacking.

Jacot and Bovet took out the Swiss patent for this mechanism (No 496) in February 1896. Although the hallmark pre-dates the patent, the case is undoubtedly original to the movement. See Technique and History of the Swiss Watch plate 144 for a similar watch

Hallmarked Birmingham 1888

£1,100.00 Add to cart
Small Clock with View of Lake Geneva

A late 19th Century Swiss cylinder clock with a view of Lake Geneva on the dial. Keywind bar movement with suspended going barrel. Plain cock with blue steel regulator, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. White enamel dial with a monochrome view over Lake Geneva depicting the bridge and buildings on the far bank., mountains in the background. Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Heavy circular brass case suitable for use as a paperweight and also with sliding dovetail mount to enable the clock to be hung on the wall. Very thick bevelled flat glass.

Circa 1890

£775.00 Add to cart
Silver Heart Shaped Desk Clock

An unusual late 19th Century heart shaped desk clock. Small circular Swiss going barrel key wound and set watch movement mounted in a silver circular watch frame. Circular white enamel dial with Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Unusual heart shaped case, the half round frame of chased and engraved floral repousse work, makers mark “E.L” in a rectangle. Silver wire easel stand. Signed octagonal black morocco cover fitted case with two hinged doors. Fitted lined dark blue velvet interior.

Hallmarked Birmingham 1890

£1,400.00 Add to cart
Watch, Barometer and Thermometer Desk Set

An early 20^th Century desk set comprising a goliath watch and matching barometer fitted in a stand with thermometer. The watch with a large keyless gilt bar movement, going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, uncut bimetallic balance with spiral hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Substantial plain nickelled open face case. The barometer in a similarly sized nickle case housing an aneroid mechanism. White enamel marked in inches of mercury and weather. Small pointer in the rotating bezel to record the current reading. Morocco covered case lined with green velvet to house the watch and barometer, easel stand. The front covered with a silver face hallmarked in Birmingham, a small mercury thermometer at its centre.

Hallmarked Birmingham 1902

£750.00 Add to cart
Watch and Barometer Desk Set

An unusual early 20^th Century Desk set comprising a large Swiss lever watch, matching barometer in a silver faced stand with a thermometer. Keyless gilt bar movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator. Uncut bimetallic balance with spiral hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Substantial plain open face nickle case. The English aneroid barometer in a matching nickle case, the rotating bezel with a blue steel pointer to record the setting. White enamel dial marked in inches of mercury and the type of weather expected. Both fitted in a black morocco covered case with easel stand and lined in green velvet. Plain silver mask to the front with a central blue spirit thermometer marked in Fahrenheit.

Hallmarked Birmingham 1902

£1,100.00 Add to cart
Large Cut Glass Silver Mounted Inkwell

An impressive early 20^th Century cut glass inkwell with a silver top housing a verge watch. Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement. Engraved cock with diamond endstone, plain three arm steel balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, gilt hands. engine turned silver open face case with ribbed middle. Hallmarked London 1825, maker's mark “IC” in a rectangle. Large square glass inkwell with canted corners, concave base decorated with a cut star reflecting the colour of the ink. Circular hinged silver top fitted with the watch secured by a bayonet fit silver bezel.

Hallmarked Birmingham 1906

£1,800.00 Read more
Two Day Marine Chronometer by Kullberg

A 20^th Century English two day marine chronometer by Kullberg. Full plate spotted keywind reverse fusee movement marked with the broad ministry arrow above “I”, four turned pillars secured by blue steel screws. Harrison’s maintaining power with steel click and blue steel spring. Polished steel barrel ratchet wheel and double toothed click on the spotted barrel bridge. Spotted cock with diamond endstone in a polished steel setting. Two arm compensation balance with two circular weights, Kullberg’s later form of middle-error temperature compensation, large timing screws and nuts, freesprung palladium helical hairspring. Earnshaw spring detent escapement, escape pivots with endstones. The movement secured to the gilt dial plate by three blue steel screws. Engraved signed and numbered silvered brass dial with broad ministry arrow, “I” and date, subsidiaries for seconds and power reserve indication, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Numbered turned brass bowl, rotating shutter to the winding hole, screw brass bezel with flat glass. Brass gimbals and locking mechanism, brass ratchet key. Three tier mahogany box, hinged flush brass handles, later top lid. Rectangular plaque engraved with the maker’s name, number, date, broad ministry arrow and “Two Days”. Included is a photocopy of a letter to the Director General of Stores at the India Office signed by the Astronomer Royal recommending the purchase of this chronometer.

Circa 1910

£5,000.00 Add to cart
Kew "A" Two Day Marine Chronometer

A 20^th Century Irish two day marine chronometer. Full plate spotted keywind fusee movement, four turned pillars secured by blue steel screws. Harrison’s maintaining power with steel click and blue steel spring. Blue steel barrel ratchet wheel and double toothed click on the spotted barrel bridge. Spotted cock with diamond endstone in a blue steel setting. Two arm compensation balance with two circular weights, Poole’s auxiliary middle-error temperature compensation, large timing nuts, freesprung palladium helical hairspring. Earnshaw spring detent escapement, escape pivots with endstones. The movement secured to the gilt dial plate by three brass screws. Engraved signed and numbered silvered brass dial marked in red “Auxiliary Compensation – Kew A”. Subsidiaries for seconds and power reserve indication, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Numbered turned brass bowl, sprung rotating shutter to the winding hole, screw brass bezel with flat glass. Brass gimbals and locking mechanism, brass ratchet key. Three tier mahogany box, brass straps and corners, hinged flush brass handles. Signed and numbered circular plaque.

Circa 1915

£2,700.00 Add to cart
Enamelled Singing Bird Box and Watch

A 20^th Century Swiss enamelled singing bird box with silvered mounts and fitted oval watch. Small lever watch movement mounted in the front of the box. Wound and set by a crown under the box, silvered oval dial with gilt centre, blue steel hands. Singing bird mechanism with going barrel wound by key below the box. Small bellows mechanism providing air to a variable whistle operated by a system of cams and levers. The rod at the side of the box is pulled to start the bird singing. The oval lid rises and a bird appears, turning from side to side, flapping its wings and moving its beak. When the song is finished the bird falls backwards and the lid closes. Rectangular box standing on four small ball feet. The faces of translucent red enamel over an engine turned ground framed by engraved silvered mounts. The repousse scene on the oval door is of a couple embracing on a bench surrounded by birds.

Circa 1920

£8,250.00 Add to cart
Unusual Striking Automaton Desk Clock

An unusual 20^th Century Swiss eight day striking desk clock with automated figures. Nickelled circular keywind movement with two large going barrels. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement. Hour and half hour striking on a steel gong. White enamel ring dial with Arabic numerals on a silver engine turned plate, elaborate blue steel hands. In the centre chased and engraved automaton figures either side and below a cupid all appear to strike bells as the clock chimes. Substantial large square silvered case with a cast hinged easel stand. Circular housing with small glazed aperture to reveal the balance.

Circa 1920

£2,500.00 Add to cart