Clocks, Scientific Instruments and Mechanical Instruments

In the broad panorama of antiquity, the department of clocks, scientific and mechanical instruments of the past centuries collect exceptional examples of the artisans' inventiveness.

Moved by the desire of reaching also the more demanding categories of collecting, the experts have selected pendulum clocks, officier, solar clocks and space and time measuring mechanisms that, on top of the pronounced decorative and furnishing connotation, can amaze through sophisticated engineering.

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Cartier table clock

Important Cartier table clock of the Mystérieuse type in 18K yellow gold with faceted citrine quartz dials, gold frame set with 12 diamonds.
Signed Cartier Paris Londres New York. circa 1940

Estimate € 20.000 - 22.000

Sold € 181.250

Table clock in yellow and red gold, silver and white enamel with gilt silver sunburst finished with laurel branches and gold ribbons.
Signed and marked in Cyrillic Fabergé, MP for Mikhail Perkhin, Russian state marks for gold and silver with initials of taster Iakov Lyapunov

Estimate € 55.000 - 70.000

Sold € 100.000

FABERGE'

Round box with three-dial clock on the lid in yellow, pink, green and silver gold, chiselled

Estimate € 90.000 - 140.000

Sold € 81.250

FABERGE'

Triangular table clock in yellow gold, gilt silver and lilac guilloché enamel on the front and sides, resting on three fluted feet, white enamel dial with Arabic numerals and openworked gold hands

Estimate € 65.000 - 80.000

Sold € 75.000