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Clocks, Marine Chronometers & Barometers
Christie's, the world's premier auction house for antique clocks, holds 5-7 clocks sales a year in London, the traditional centre of the clock market. Buyers and collectors from around the world typically bid in our sales. Clocks are also sold alongside furniture and decorative arts in our salerooms in Amsterdam, New York and Paris. Estimates begin as low as £300.
Upcoming Sales from this department
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Dec 2008 16 10:30am & 2pm
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Feb 2009 18 2pm
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Nov 2009 17 2pm
Department Contact Info
Specialist Profiles
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London, King Street
Jamie CollingridgeInternational Specialist
Department Head -
Alastair Chandler
Specialist
Amsterdam Contacts
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Koen Samson
Tel: +31 (20) 57 55 922
London, King Street
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Tel: +44 (0) 20 7389 2223
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7389 2504
New York Contacts
Paris Contacts
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Louis-Xavier Joseph
Tel: + 331 40 76 85 73
Exceptional Prices
Thomas Tompion & Edward Banger
A Queen Anne sidereal and mean time ebonised longcase regulator of month duration, no. 483, c. 1708/9
Price realized: £621,250
July 2003, London, King Street
A Queen Anne sidereal and mean time ebonised longcase regulator of month duration, no. 483, c. 1708/9
Price realized: £621,250
July 2003, London, King Street
James Condliff
A Victorian walnut and brass striking skeleton clock with balance wheel escapement, c. 1850
Price realized: £71,700
July 2003, London, King Street
A Victorian walnut and brass striking skeleton clock with balance wheel escapement, c. 1850
Price realized: £71,700
July 2003, London, King Street
Thompson
A George III ormolu, enamel and paste gem-set musical automaton and quarter-striking tower clock made for the Chinese market, London
Price realized: £565,250
June 2003, London, King Street
A George III ormolu, enamel and paste gem-set musical automaton and quarter-striking tower clock made for the Chinese market, London
Price realized: £565,250
June 2003, London, King Street
Markwick Markham Perigal
An exceptional gold-mounted bloodstone musical and automaton miniature table clock, London, c. 1770
Price realized: £254,400
December 2005, London, King Street
An exceptional gold-mounted bloodstone musical and automaton miniature table clock, London, c. 1770
Price realized: £254,400
December 2005, London, King Street
Nicole, Nielsen & Co.
An English nickel-plated grande sonnerie striking carriage clock with one minute tourbillon escapement, no. 11553, c. 1915
Price realized: £117,250
September 2004, London, King Street
An English nickel-plated grande sonnerie striking carriage clock with one minute tourbillon escapement, no. 11553, c. 1915
Price realized: £117,250
September 2004, London, King Street
James Gorham
A William IV astronomical skeleton timepiece with mean and sidereal time, c. 1835
Price realized: £262,850
July 2003, London, King Street
A William IV astronomical skeleton timepiece with mean and sidereal time, c. 1835
Price realized: £262,850
July 2003, London, King Street
Henry Borrell
A George III ormolu and guilloché enamel mounted musical automaton table clock for the Chinese market, London c. 1790
Price realized: £223,750
July 2001, London, King Street
A George III ormolu and guilloché enamel mounted musical automaton table clock for the Chinese market, London c. 1790
Price realized: £223,750
July 2001, London, King Street
A South German gilt-metal astronomical table clock from the Orpheus series
The reliefs after engravings by Virgil Solis, c. 1570
Price realized: £259,650
July 2002, London, King Street
The reliefs after engravings by Virgil Solis, c. 1570
Price realized: £259,650
July 2002, London, King Street
Thomas Tompion
A Queen Anne walnut month-going longcase clock, no. 365, c.1705
Price realized: £520,450
September 2004, London, King Street
A Queen Anne walnut month-going longcase clock, no. 365, c.1705
Price realized: £520,450
September 2004, London, King Street
Thomas Tompion & Edward Banger
A Queen Anne ebony miniature table clock with pull quarter repeat, no. 414, c.1706
Price realized: £419,650
September 2004, London, King Street
A Queen Anne ebony miniature table clock with pull quarter repeat, no. 414, c.1706
Price realized: £419,650
September 2004, London, King Street
Joseph Knibb
A Charles II walnut and cariniana, month-going and Roman striking longcase clock with 1 1/4 seconds pendulum, London, c. 1685
Price realized: £243,200
March 2005, London, King Street
A Charles II walnut and cariniana, month-going and Roman striking longcase clock with 1 1/4 seconds pendulum, London, c. 1685
Price realized: £243,200
March 2005, London, King Street
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