Often crafted in wood, brass, porcelain and gilt bronze, many clocks feature elaborate cases and finely engineered movements. Christie’s has sold clocks since its first auction in 1766, including works from the ‘Golden Age’ of clockmaking by Thomas Tompion, George Graham and Daniel Quare. Pieces by Fabergé, Cartier and Tiffany & Co. are particularly renowned for their combination of functionality with artistic opulence — the Rothschild Fabergé Egg, which contains a clock, was sold by Christie’s for £8.9 million in 2007.
A CHINESE GILT-BRONZE, ENAMEL AND PASTE-SET QUARTER-STRIKING AND MUSICAL TABLE CLOCK WITH AUTOMATON WATERFALLS, SPINNING FLOWERS AND ACROBAT
PROBABLY GUANGZHOU WORKSHOPS. FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
A GEORGE III CHASED AND ENGRAVED ORMOLU QUARTER-STRIKING, MUSICAL AND AUTOMATON TABLE CLOCK FOR THE CHINESE MARKET
HENRY BORRELL, LONDON, CIRCA 1795
A GEORGE III ORMOLU 'CABINET' TIMEPIECE TABLE CLOCK
ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES COX, LONDON, CIRCA 1765
A GERMAN ENGRAVED GILT-BRASS AND COPPER STRIKING AND AUTOMATON LION CLOCK
PHILIPP MILLER (THE OLDER OR YOUNGER), CIRCA 1580/90
AN IMPERIAL CHINESE ORMOLU AND PASTE-SET AUTOMATON, MUSICAL AND STRIKING TABLE CLOCK
GUANGZHOU WORKSHOPS, QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795), LATE 18 TH CENTURY
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU STRIKING TABLE CLOCK WITH CALENDAR, MOONPHASE, EQUATION OF TIME AND TERRESTRIAL 'SPHERE MOUVANTE'
JEAN-MATTHIEU MABILLE AND MARTIN BAFFERT, PARIS, CIRCA 1770-1775
A CHINESE PASTE-GEM-MOUNTED ORMOLU MUSICAL AND AUTOMATON TIMEPIECE TABLE CLOCK
THE CASE GUANGZHOU WORKSHOPS, QIANLONG DYNASTY (1736-1795), INCORPORATING CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN MECHANISMS (LATE 18TH CENTURY), THE WATCH MOVEMENT SIGNED FOR PERRET, PARIS
A MONUMENTAL EMPIRE ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE MUSICAL ‘SINGING BIRD’ AND AUTOMATON CLOCK
THE DIAL SIGNED BY LOUIS-JACQUES VAILLANT, THE CASE ATTRIBUTED TO CLAUDE GALLE, CIRCA 1805
卡地亞，瑰麗、極精細及應為獨一無二，18k金鑲鑽石、黃鑽、紅寶石、綠寶石、藍寶石、貝母及黑瑪瑙座鐘，“Parrot Clock 鸚鵡”，約1991年製
SIGNED CARTIER, “PARROT CLOCK”, CASE NO. WK900015, CIRCA 1991
A GEORGE III ORMOLU, SILVER AND AGATE MUSICAL TIMEPIECE TABLE CLOCK
JAMES COX, LONDON, CIRCA 1766
A GERMAN GILT-BRASS STRIKING AND ASTRONOMICAL TABLE CLOCK
AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1560-70
A CONSULAT LARGE ORMOLU QUARTER-STRIKING AND AUTOMATON PEDESTAL CLOCK WITH ANNUAL CALENDAR AND EQUATION OF TIME, ON AN ORMOLU AND PORCELAIN-MOUNTED MAHOGANY PEDESTAL INCORPORATING AN ORGAN
THE CLOCK DIAL SIGNED BY J.A. CAVE, CIRCA 1800, THE PEDESTAL ATTRIBUTED TO JACOB FRERES
A CHINESE ORMOLU, WHITE MARBLE AND PASTE-GEM-SET QUARTER-STRIKING 'DOUBLE GOURD' CLOCK WITH SWINGING DIAL
GUANGZHOU WORKSHOPS, QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795), LATE 18TH CENTURY
A GEORGE III ORMOLU, ENAMEL AND PASTE-SET MUSICAL AND AUTOMATON TOWER CLOCK, PROBABLY MADE FOR THE CHINESE MARKET
JOHN MOTTRAM, LONDON, CIRCA 1780
A SOUTH GERMAN ORMOLU, SILVER AND GILT-BRASS QUARTER-STRIKING ASTRONOMICAL MASTERPIECE TABLE CLOCK
HIERONYMUS SYX, AUGSBURG, 1705
A MAGNIFICENT AND IMPORTANT GERMAN EMERALD, DIAMOND AND ENAMEL-SET SILVER-GILT STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
ATTRIBUTED TO THE DRESDEN COURT WORKSHOP, POSSIBLY BY JOHANN MELCHIOR DINGLINGER, DRESDEN, CIRCA 1730, THE DIAL SIGNED MARKWICK, THE MOVEMENT 19TH CENTURY
An important early Dutch ebony and rosewood pendulum clock with alarm
SALOMON COSTER, THE HAGUE. DATED 1658
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD QUARTER-STRIKING AND MONTH-GOING ORRERY CLOCK WITH CALENDAR AND EQUATION OF TIME
DESIGNED BY AND MADE FOR JACQUES-THOMAS CASTEL, SECRÉTAIRE DU ROI. DATED 1763
A William III miniature brass-mounted and inlaid ebony striking eight day table clock with pull quarter repeat
THOMAS TOMPION, LONDON, NO.271, IN SECOND CASE. CIRCA 1696
AN AUGSBURG MOTHER-OF-PEARL, HORN AND BRASS-INLAID, TORTOISESHELL, PORCELAIN, SILVER AND ORMOLU-MOUNTED ORGAN PRUNKUHR
CIRCA 1725-1730, THE PORCELAIN PROBABLY MEISSEN AND DECORATED IN THE AUFFENWERTH WORKSHOP (AUGSBURG)
THE HUNTER-DUNN FAMILY CHIPPENDALE PLUM PUDDING MAHOGANY BLOCK-AND-SHELL TALL-CASE CLOCK
DIAL SIGNED BY JAMES WADY (D.1759), NEWPORT, 1750-1759
A Silver-Gilt Mounted Guilloché Enamel and Bowenite Clock
MARKED FABERGÉ WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF JULIUS RAPPOPORT, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1908
A CHARLES II SILVER-MOUNTED EBONY STRIKING ARCHITECTURAL LONGCASE CLOCK
JOHANNES (JOHN) FROMANTEEL, LONDON, CIRCA 1670-72
AN IMPORTANT EMPIRE ORMOLU QUARTER-REPEATING TIMEPIECE CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH FULL YEAR CALENDAR, MOON PHASE WITH AGE OF MOON AND ALARM
BREGUET ET FILS, PARIS, NO. 179. STARTED IN 1796, SOLD IN 1804
A GEORGE III GOLD AND AGATE MOUNTED AUTOMATON WATCH; WITH AN ORMOLU AND AGATE MUSICAL AND AUTOMATON CABINET
FROM THE WORKSHOP OF JAMES COX, LONDON, CIRCA 1770, THE WATCH SIGNED AND NUMBERED '1391', THE CABINET'S MUSICAL MOVEMENT NUMBERED '11’, ADAPTED TO ACCOMMODATE A WATCH
A GERMAN GILT-BRONZE AND BRASS ASTRONOMICAL AND QUARTER-STRIKING ASTROLABIC MASTERPIECE CLOCK
DAVID BUSHMANN, AUGSBURG, DATED 1625 (1652)
A silver-gilt and gold-mounted guilloché enamel sunburst clock
MARKED FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1898, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 57929
A CHINESE IMPERIAL ORMOLU QUARTER-STRIKING TABLE CLOCK
PALACE CLOCK WORKSHOPS, QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-95)
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD, KINGWOOD AND BOIS-DE-BOUT FLORAL MARQUETRY STRIKING MONTH-GOING LONGCASE CLOCK
THE CASE BY ROCHETTE, THE MOVEMENT BY ANTOINE DE SAINT MARTIN, CIRCA 1745
A CHARLES II SMALL LABURNUM OYSTER VENEERED ARCHITECTURAL STRIKING EIGHT-DAY LONGCASE CLOCK
EDWARD EAST, LONDON, CIRCA 1670
A CHARLES II SMALL GILT-METAL MOUNTED EBONY STRIKING EIGHT DAY TABLE CLOCK WITH PULL QUARTER REPEAT
THOMAS TOMPION, LONDON. CIRCA 1675/80
A CHARLES II GILT-BRASS MOUNTED EBONY EIGHT DAY TIMEPIECE TABLE CLOCK WITH PULL QUARTER REPEAT AND ALARM
THOMAS TOMPION, LONDON. CIRCA 1675/80