Showcase 8
Showcase 8
Object Description
Carriage clocksA carriage clock, also known as a coach clock, is a travel clock that looks similar to a large neck watch or later a large pocket watch. In order to be able to take it along on journeys, it usually has a protective over-case. On the road, timepieces that were as reliable as possible were significant. In addition, carriage clocks were supposed to express the social status of the owner, which is why they are often made precious. Whether the clocks were actually hung on a hook during the bumpy ride in a carriage must be rather doubted. Perhaps they were also hung above the bed at the destination. Push buttons on the earlier models and chime repetition on the later ones suggest that the clocks were also used at night. The artistically sophisticated design and technical perfection make the carriage clocks examples of the entire art of clockmaking from the 16th to the 18th century.
Selection
- 1: Carriage clock with hour self-striking movement and alarm clock
- 2: Carriage clock with hour self-striking movement
- 3: Monstrance clock with carriage clock
- 4: Carriage clock with hour self-striking movement and alarm clock
- 5: Astronomical carriage clock with self-striking hour movement, alarm clock and over-case
- 6: Carriage clock with hour self-striking movement
- 7: Astronomical carriage clock with self-striking hour movement and alarm clock
- 8: Carriage clock with hour self-striking movement
- 9: Carriage clock with hour self-striking movement and alarm clock
- 10: Carriage clock with hour self-striking movement
- 11: Carriage clock with hour self-striking movement, alarm clock and over-case
- 12: Carriage clock with alarm clock
- 13: Carriage clock with hour self-striking movement
- 14: Carriage clock with hour self-striking movement and overcase
- 15: Carriage clock with quarter hour self striking movement and train repeater
- 16: Large carriage clock with self-striking hour movement, repetition, alarm and overcase
- 17: Carriage clock with quarter repeater and alarm clock
- 18: Carriage clock with quarter-hour self-striking movement, repetition, alarm, date and over-case
- 19: Carriage clock with hour self-striking movement, repetition and alarm clock
- 20: Carriage clock with quarter hour repeater and alarm clock
- 21: Turkish carriage clock with astrolabe
- 22: Carriage clock with hour self-striking movement and repetition
- 23: Carriage clock with automaton, chime and overcase for Chinese market
- 24: Carriage clock with chimes and miniature painting
