Antique Carriage Clocks for sale.
A selection of antique carriage clocks by well known makers such as, Henri Jacot, Drocourt, Margaine, Pinchon, Paul Garnier and Japy. Repeating carriage clocks, and a good selection of timepieces. You may even find a nice stock of porcelain panel carriage clocks or Grande Sonnerie carriage clocks which are very hard to find.
The golden age of antique carriage clocks was between 1860 and 1900 and there are some very beautiful timepieces from Switzerland, England and Austria, but the great bulk were produced near Belfort in France and then mainly exported to England.
The forerunners of carriage clocks were the Capucines and antique carriage clocks may look very similar, surrounded by a glazed brass housing, polished or gilded, with a fold-down handle, there are, however, very great differences in quality, size, housing, striking trains and calendar indicators.
Clock collecting is more popular than it's ever been and the importance of dating of antique clocks correctly means it has to be an exact science, which it can be providing you have the right index books and the proper experience.
Clock design was heavily influenced in the 1920s and ’30s by Art Deco and clock cases from the period often echo geometric architecture. In Europe, the French and Swiss were the leading producers of Art Deco clocks with the French excelling at fashioning clocks for the mantlepiece; in marble, onyx, brass, glass, and chrome.