Unusual Clock

French Art Deco Clock

18th Century Tall Case Clock

Casement Clocks

Antique Travel Clock

19th Century Black Mantel Clock

Small Clock

Crystal Clocks

Brown Grandfather Clock

Category

20th Century Decorative Art

Materials

Metal

Clock Face Antique Mirror

Green Chinoiserie Mantel Clock

Located in Buckinghamshire, GB

A very unusual Chinoiserie mantel clock. It has a arch top case, with a mottled green ground case

Category

Early 20th Century English More Furniture and Collectibles

Green Chinoiserie Mantel Clock

$856

Chantilly porcelain clock and candelabra garniture

Located in Vancouver, BC

A rare and unusual three piece clock set in the Chinese manner, the beautifully painted guinea fowl

Category

Antique 19th Century French Garniture

Materials

Metal, Bronze

Chantilly porcelain clock and candelabra garniture

$12,500

Art Deco Silver Plated Carriage Clock

Located in Buckinghamshire, GB

An unusual silver plated carriage clock of oblong form, having a stylised Art Deco numeral dial

Category

Early 20th Century French More Furniture and Collectibles

Art Deco Silver Plated Carriage Clock

$651

Solid Carved Oak Timepiece Mantel Clock

Located in Buckinghamshire, GB

An unusual carved oak timepiece mantel clock. It has a lancet shaped case, with a carved front and

Category

Early 20th Century European More Furniture and Collectibles

Solid Carved Oak Timepiece Mantel Clock

$541

Antique Watch Silver Inkwell by John Grinsell Son Early 20th Century

By John Grinsell Sons

Located in Northampton, United Kingdom

Antique Clock Inkwell with unusual sterling silver pocket watch lid and pen rest by London

Category

Early 20th Century British Edwardian Inkwells

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique Watch Silver Inkwell by John Grinsell Son Early 20th Century

$2,049

Very Unusual Clock Included in a Biscuit Rhinoceros

By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres

Located in Paris, FR

Charming clock included in a biscuit representing a rhinoceros topped with a gilded bronze putti

Category

Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Clocks

Very Unusual Clock Included in a Biscuit Rhinoceros

$16,390

Jaeger-LeCoultre Clock

By Jaeger-LeCoultre

Located in New York, NY

A stunning and very rare Art Deco Jaeger-LeCoultre clock. This unusual clock is made from bakelite

Category

Vintage 1930s Swiss Clocks

Materials

Copper

Jaeger-LeCoultre Clock

$3,175

Italian Mid-Century Veglia Brass Faux Wood Celluloid Veneer Alarm Clock

By Veglia

Located in Port Hope, ON

painted brown housing. An unusual clock in excellent condition that displays beautifully.

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Space Age Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Brass

Italian Mid-Century Veglia Brass Faux Wood Celluloid Veneer Alarm Clock

$525

English Art Deco Brass R.A.F. Roundel or Target Illuminated Electric Desk Clock

Located in Port Hope, ON

substantial and unusual clock keeps great time, looks fabulous and displays beautifully.

Category

Vintage 1940s English Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Brass

English Art Deco Brass R.A.F. Roundel or Target Illuminated Electric Desk Clock

$1,250

Unusual Silver Plated Timepiece Carriage Clock

Located in Buckinghamshire, GB

An unusual carriage clock. It has a very heavy silver plated case, with reeded side columns and a

Category

Early 20th Century French Clocks

Materials

Silver Plate

Unusual Silver Plated Timepiece Carriage Clock

$920

Unusual Western Union Electric Wall Clock

Located in Culver City, CA

Wooden cased Western Union wall clock with the usual electric movement that was checked daily for

Category

Vintage 1930s American Industrial Clocks

Materials

Metal

Unusual Western Union Electric Wall Clock

$1,150

Unusual Black Faced LeCoultre Mantel Clock

By Jaeger-LeCoultre

Located in Chicago, IL

This is a handsome, modernist clock.

Category

Vintage 1960s Swiss Clocks

Materials

Bronze

Unusual Black Faced LeCoultre Mantel Clock

$2,200

Dutch Midcentury Brass and Lucite Model TL E10 Globe Electric Clock by Eerste

By Eerste Nederlandsche Industrie Zwolle Holland

Located in Port Hope, ON

unusual clock is in excellent vintage condition and displays beautifully.

Category

Vintage 1940s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Brass

Dutch Midcentury Brass and Lucite Model TL E10 Globe Electric Clock by Eerste

$1,750

Very Unusual 19th Century Belgian Tall Case "Fish" Clock from Liege

Located in Antwerp, BE

This extremely unusual tall case clock was made in the last half of the 19th century in Liege

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Belgian Clocks

Very Unusual 19th Century Belgian Tall Case "Fish" Clock from Liege

$8,500

Brass Op Art Infinity Mirror Clock by C Jere

By Curtis Jeré

Located in Atlanta, GA

Great vintage op art infinity mirror clock by C Jere 1972. This unusual clock is comprised of a

Category

Vintage 1970s North American Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors

Brass Op Art Infinity Mirror Clock by C Jere

$1,200

Antique French Mosque Style Mantel Clock

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

This unusual mosque style French mantel clock has gold gilt brass and is decorated with very

Category

Antique 19th Century French Islamic Mantel Clocks

Materials

Brass

Antique French Mosque Style Mantel Clock

$4,200

1980s Junghans Clear Plexiglass Wall Clock

By Junghans Uhren GmbH

Located in Hove, GB

Unusual Modernist plexiglass wall clock by Junghans Germany from the 1980s. The Minimalist

Category

Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Wall Clocks

Materials

Plexiglass

1980s Junghans Clear Plexiglass Wall Clock

$479

Extremely Rare French Crucifix Wall Rotary Clock

Located in Charleston, SC

Unusual striking clock with a magnificent gilded wood frame having a glass front enclosing and a

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Other Wall Clocks

Materials

Bronze

Extremely Rare French Crucifix Wall Rotary Clock

$8,450

Antique French Clock, solid bronze w/ alabaster inserts honoring Torquato Tasso

Located in Harrisburg, PA

This solid bronze and alabaster French clock honors Italian Poet, Torquato Tasso. . It is unusual

Category

Antique 1810s Mantel Clocks

Materials

Alabaster, Bronze

Antique French Clock, solid bronze w/ alabaster inserts honoring Torquato Tasso

$1,700

Small Ornate French Clock

Located in Stutton, GB

Small ornate French clock, the unusual oval white enameled dial with roman numerals, in a stylish

Category

Antique Late 19th Century European Victorian Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

Small Ornate French Clock

$1,021

Zodiac Bas-Relief Brass Desk Clock by Schatz

By Schatz

Located in Stamford, CT

Unusual desk clock in brass and black bas-relief ceramic by Schatz. Functioning, lacking battery

Category

Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Brass

Zodiac Bas-Relief Brass Desk Clock by Schatz

$575

Versace "Barocco" Pattern Table Clock by Rosenthal Porcelain, Germany

By Rosenthal

Located in New Haven, CT

Unusual versace clock in the "Barocco" Pattern by Rosenthal, Germany. The foliate design in

Category

1990s German Baroque Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Porcelain

Versace "Barocco" Pattern Table Clock by Rosenthal Porcelain, Germany

$150

Late 18th Century George III Japanned Tall Case Clock

By William Harris

Located in Kilmarnock, VA

A large and elegant late 18th century English chinoiserie decorated tall case clock in an unusual

Category

Antique Late 18th Century English George III Grandfather Clocks and Long...

Late 18th Century George III Japanned Tall Case Clock

$9,800

Faux Marble Painted and Ribbed Early 19th Gustavian Swedish Tall Case Clock

Located in Antwerp, BE

Very elegant and unusual painted Swedish tall case clock. Gustavian style carved ribbing and faux

Category

Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Grandfather Clocks and Long...

Faux Marble Painted and Ribbed Early 19th Gustavian Swedish Tall Case Clock

$1,781

Unusual Antique Carved Oak Barometer

Located in Stutton, GB

Unusual antique carved oak clock barometer with thermometer, in a lovely case oak case, working

Category

Antique 19th Century European Victorian Furniture

Materials

Oak

Unusual Antique Carved Oak Barometer

$939

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Unusual Clock For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the unusual clock you’re looking for. An unusual clock — often made from metal, wood and brass — can elevate any home. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect unusual clock — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. Each unusual clock bearing Mid-Century Modern, Neoclassical or Art Deco hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made unusual clock over the years, but those crafted by Cooper, Pegler Co., Eerste Nederlandsche Industrie Zwolle Holland and J.E. Caldwell Co. are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Unusual Clock?

An unusual clock can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $5,900, while the lowest priced sells for $155 and the highest can go for as much as $29,500.

Finding the Right Clocks for You

A sophisticated clock design, whether it’s a desk clock, mantel clock or large wall clock for your living room, is a decorative object to be admired in your home as much as it is a necessary functional element. This is part of the reason clocks make such superb collectibles. Given the versatility of these treasured fixtures — they’ve long been made in a range of shapes, sizes and styles — a clock can prove integral to your own particular interior decor.

Antique and vintage clocks can whisk us back to the 18th and 19th centuries. When most people think of antique clocks, they imagine an Art Deco Bakelite tabletop clock or wall clock, named for the revolutionary synthetic plastic, Bakelite, of which they’re made, or a stately antique grandfather clock. But the art of clock-making goes way back, transcending continents and encompassing an entire range of design styles and technologies. In short, there are many kinds of clocks depending on your needs.

A variety of wall clocks can be found on 1stDibs. A large antique hand-carved walnut wall clock is best suited to a big room and a flat background given what will likely be outwardly sculptural features, while Georgian grandfather clocks, or longcase clocks, will help welcome rainswept guests into your entryway or foyer. An interactive cuckoo clock, large or small, is guaranteed to bring outsize personality to your living room or dining room. For conversation pieces of a similar breed, mid-century modern enthusiasts go for the curious Ball clock, the first of more than 150 clock models conceived in the studio of legendary architect and designer George Nelson.

Minimalist contemporary clocks and books pair nicely on a shelf, but an eye-catching vintage mantel clock can add balance to your home library while drawing attention to your art and design books and other decorative objects. Ormolu clocks dating from the Louis XVI period, designed in the neoclassical style, are often profusely ornate, featuring architectural flourishes and rich naturalistic details. Rococo-style mantel clocks of Meissen porcelain or porcelain originating from manufacturers in cities such as Limoges, France, during the 18th and 19th centuries, exude an air of imperial elegance on your shelves or side tables and can help give your desk a 19th-century upgrade.

On 1stDibs, find a range of extraordinary antique and vintage clocks today.