Category: Vintage and Antique Clocks
Think of antique clocks, and a stately grandfather, German cuckoo, or Art Deco Bakelite clock may come to mind. But clockmaking is a va… Go to clocks
Category: Vintage Coke Clocks
Coca-Cola began advertising its products on clocks in 1893, when such novelty advertisements were increasingly common. Coke would distr… Go to coke clocks
Category: Antique and Vintage Advertising Clocks
Advertising clocks have been made in a wide range of materials and styles, as diverse as the numerous products and services they were d… Go to advertising clocks
Category: Antique Ansonia Clocks
Connecticut was home to multiple clockmaking companies in the 19th century, such as Ingraham, the William L. Gilbert Clock Company, Set… Go to ansonia clocks
Category: Antique New Haven Clocks
Founded in 1853, the New Haven Clock Company was the first to mass-produce brass clock movements in America. The company was formed to … Go to new haven clocks
Category: Antique Ingraham Clocks
Patents in clockmaking usually cover innovations to clockworks, the wheels and springs and escapements that together contribute to a cl… Go to ingraham clocks
Category: Antique Waterbury Clocks
The Waterbury Clock Company, one of many 19th century Connecticut-based clock firms, began as a subsidiary of Benedict & Burnham, a bra… Go to waterbury clocks
Category: Antique Sessions Clocks
In 1902, William E. Sessions, who ran the Sessions Foundry Company in Bristol, Connecticut, and his nephew A.L. Sessions bought the con… Go to sessions clocks
Category: Vintage and Antique Wall Clocks
Wall clocks represent the largest category of antique clocks and are among the earliest forms of clocks designed for the home. Througho… Go to wall clocks
Category: Antique Grandfather Clocks
How did grandfather clocks—also known as tall-case, longcase, coffin, hall, standing, upright, long, or floor clocks—get to be so tall?… Go to grandfather clocks
Category: Vintage and Antique Mantel and Shelf Clocks
Mantel clocks (also known as mantle or shelf clocks) were inexpensive to make and affordable to own, which explains why they were one o… Go to mantel clocks
Category: Antique Regulator Wall Clocks
Regulator clocks, the most accurate form of pendulum clocks, were invented in the mid-18th century in a quest for greater timekeeping p… Go to regulator clocks
Category: Antique Cuckoo Clocks
One of the most beloved novelty clocks of all time, the cuckoo clock was created by Franz Anton Ketterer in 1730. Ketterer resided in a… Go to cuckoo clocks
Category: Vintage and Antique Alarm Clocks
Alarm clocks go back to the ancient Greeks. Their clocks ran on water, dripping at a consistent pace. Once the captured water reached a… Go to alarm clocks
Category: French Antique Clocks
French clockmaking came into its own in the 17th century, when highly ornamented clocks covered in gilt bronze, known as ormolu, were p… Go to french clocks
Category: Antique Calendar Clocks
Calendar indicators have appeared on clocks since the late 17th century. Some clocks displayed the days of the month on the outside edg… Go to calendar clocks
Category: Antique Banjo Clocks
First patented in 1802 by brothers Aaron and Simon Willard, the banjo clock was one of the most popular clocks of its time. Despite the… Go to banjo clocks
Category: Seth Thomas Clocks
Antique Seth Thomas clocks—particularly wall clocks and mantel clocks—are treasured by clock collectors and antiques lovers who value c… Go to seth thomas clocks
Category: Antique and Vintage Gilbert Clocks
William L. Gilbert was one of the foremost clockmakers of 19th-century Connecticut, a state that gave the world Eli Terry, Seth Thomas,… Go to gilbert clocks
Category: Art Deco Clocks
Clock design was heavily influenced in the 1920s and ’30s by Art Deco, a machine-like aesthetic for a fast-paced industrial age. No obj… Go to art deco clocks
