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A French gilt brass gorge cased carriage clock with push-button repeat and alarm. Drocourt, Paris, Late 19th century, The eight-day two train gong striking movement with original silvered platform lever escapement with DC trademark for Drocourt and numbered 8749 to backplate, the circular white enamel Roman numeral dial with Arabic five minutes and blued steel Breguet hands set into a foliate engraved rectangular gilt brass mask incorporating subsidiary alarm setting dial to lower margin, the bevel glazed case with hinged carrying handle and repeat serial numbers to base, 13cm (5ins) high excluding handle, with original leather covered outer travelling case.

A fine French engraved gilt brass gorge cased alarm carriage clock with calendar and push-button repeat. Retailed by Grohe, London, late 19th century, The two train gong striking movement with silvered platform lever escapement and signed Grohe, London to backplate, the circular white enamel Roman numeral dial further signed GROHE, 7 WIGMORE STREET, LONDON to centre, with blued steel Breguet hands and set into a foliate engraved rectangular gilt brass mask with subsidiary date of the month and alarm setting dials to lower margin, the `gorge` case overall engraved with panels of scrolling foliate decoration a matted ground, the rear door with conforming scroll decorated brass panel incorporating shuttered winding holes, 13cm (5ins) high excluding handle, on original gilt brass base with conforming engraved decoration between mermaid engraved supports to angles, 17.5cm (7ins) high overall.

A Black Forest miniature weight driven wall clock with alarm. Unsigned, late 19th century, The two train wooden framed outside countwheel bell striking movement with anchor escapement and transverse alarm mounted to the right hand side of the movement, the 2.25 inch circular white enamel Roman numeral dial with brass alarm setting disc to centre and with lakeland landscape painted scene to arched panel above, complete with side doors, hanging hoop and spurs, pendulum and weights, 10cm (4ins) high.

A Queen Anne brass lantern clock. James Drury, London, early 18th century, The posted countwheel bell-striking movement with verge escapement, the silvered dial with vestigal alarm disc to the foliate scroll engraved centre within applied Roman numeral chapter ring with cruciform half hour markers and signed Jam. Drury, London to lower edge, the frame with ball feet, columnar uprights and urn finials flanking dolphin frets beneath bell housed within the domed bearer above, with brass side doors, backplate, hanging hoop and spurs, (alarm removed, with restorations and replacements), 38cm (15ins) high. James Drury is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as admitted to the Clockmakers` Company in 1687, gaining his Freedom in 1694, appointed Master in 1728 and died 1740.

A French brass lantern clock. Unsigned, mid 18th century, The posted rack and bell-striking movement with anchor escapement and passing half-hour strike on the same bell with a second hammer, the dial with alarm setting disc to the plain centre within applied Roman numeral chapter ring with starburst half hour markers beneath crest with sunburst mask within foliate scrolls surmounted with a cockerel, the frame with tall teardrop shaped feet, columnar uprights and urn finials beneath bell with turned finial (pendulum, pallets, and alarm lacking, generally distressed), 39cm (15.5ins) high.

An unusual padouk wood musical alarm table clock. Berguer London, probably early 19th century, The five pillar twin chain fusee movement with verge escapement and alarm playing a choice of two peels or a lively melodic tune on eight bells, the backplate engraved with an urn within a rococo scroll cartouche and decorative border incorporating leafy sprays to angles, the 7 inch brass break-arch dial with alarm disc to the matted centre and blued steel hands within an applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised fleur-de-lys half hour markers and Arabic five minutes to outer track and signed Berguer, London to lower edge the angles with female mask and scroll pattern spandrels beneath arch with CHIME/SILENT dial flanked by conforming scroll cast mounts, in a case with brass carrying handle to a moulded panel following the profile of the break-arch top with brass pineapple finials, the front door with ebonised fillet mouldings to the glazed aperture and brass inset angles, the sides with circular foliate scroll engraved brass sound frets above concave-topped windows, on moulded base with brass bracket feet, 39.5cm (15.5ins) high. Four makers with the surname Berguer (probably brothers) are recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in London during the first quarter of the 19th century; Frederick 1805-24, John 1809-24, Francis (Holborn) 1820 and Joseph 1820. Two generations of makers with the same surname are also recorded working in Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland during the 18th century hence it is probable that the London based makers at the start of the 19th century were first generation immigrants. The fact that the maker of the current lot was probably an immigrant may account for the unusual specification of the movement (which plays music as an alarm only) as well as the individual nature of the detail design of the case. These variations perhaps echo those seen on clocks made in London by an earlier generation of Huguenot immigrant makers working during the early years of the 18th century.

An extremely rare Charles II travelling timepiece with silent-pull repeat, alarm and calendar. Robert Seignior, London circa 1685, the pierced silver case of later date. The 4 inch diameter circular movement with five finned and knopped pillars secured with blued steel latches to the tulip and foliate trail engraved gilded backplate applied with a scroll pierced and engraved balance cock, double-headed alarm hammer and central bell, the going train with chain fusee and verge escapement regulated by a sprung three-arm flat rimmed steel balance, the silent-pull repeat powered via a standing barrel mounted on the inside of the backplate and now sounding the hours only on the bell mounted to the rear of the movement, the alarm with further standing barrel mounted on the frontplate and crown wheel for the dumb bell type hammer sounding on the same bell, the 4.5 inch circular gilt brass dial with recessed silvered alarm disc, ringed winding hole and calendar aperture to the matted centre within silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with quarter hour inner track, stylised fleur-de-lys half hour markers, Arabic five minutes within the narrow outer track and signed Rob.t Seignior, Londini Fecit to lower edge, with pieced blued steel hands and herringbone engraved outer border, now in a silver case of later date finely pierced and chased with panels in the Renaissance style with scrolling acanthus incorporating figural terms and grotesque masks, putti and squirrels divided by repeating borders including a pair of profile portrait medallions, the hinged front cover with convex glass within foliate cast bezel, opposing hinged rear cover relief decorated with a bathing scene with an old man attended by semi-clad female figures within elaborated pierced double border, the top fitted with a ball pivoted cast suspension ring, (repeat work formerly sounding the quarters on a second bell), diameter 13cm (5ins) overall depth 10cm (4ins). Robert Seignio(u)r is recorded in Loomes, Brian The Early CLOCKMAKERS of Great Britain as apprenticed to John Nicasius gaining his Freedom of the Clockmakers` Company in 1667. He worked in Exchange Alley and was often at loggerheads with the Clockmakers` Company. In August 1674 he was appointed the King`s Clock and Watchmaker `without fee` until the death or surrender of office by Edward East, presumably to ensure succession of the role in the event of East`s demise. This appointment was never formally fulfilled as East outlived Seignior who died in 1687. The current lot is a particularly rare model as it is neither a table clock suitably adapted and scaled for travelling purposes, or a large clock-watch as the scale of the movement and details in construction and design are more akin to clockmaking practice rather than watchmaking. The design and layout of the repeat work closely resembles the earliest silent pull mechanisms first used by leading makers such as Joseph Knibb (See Allix, Charles and Harvey, Lawrence Hobson`s Choice pages 36-41 for closely related table clock repeat work). The engraved decoration to the backplate is again closely related to designs found on contemporary table clocks by the leading makers and can be directly compared to an example by Seignior dated to around 1680 illustrated in Dawson, Percy G., Drover, C.B. and Parkes, D.W. Early English Clocks Plate 512 (page 359). The design of repeat work, style of movement pillar, backcock, engraving and other features such as the distinctive `S` scroll shaped cocks for both the alarm going train crown wheel lower pivots identify the movement and dial of the current lot as unmistakenly English. However two similar travelling timepieces by the Hague maker Johannes Van Ceulen are known. The first example is illustrated in Bruton, Eric THE HISTORY OF CLOCKS AND WATCHES page 173, this appears to be an alarm timepiece only and is housed in a plain drum shaped case with a foliate pierced band towards the rear to allow the alarm to be heard. The case may give an impression of how the original for the current lot may have appeared (the present fine purpose-made elaborately chased and pierced silver case is probably Continental and of later date). The second example is illustrated in Bertele, Hans von MARINE & POCKET CHRONOMETERS and is described as a `ship`s cabin clock`. This second example is generally a more complex model as it appears to strike, have a calendar dial as well as an alarm, and is housed in a more elaborate silver case with pierced decoration to rear cover. The original client for the current lot must have been an extremely wealthy individual to be able to afford the luxury of such a fine timepiece exclusively for travelling purposes. Furthermore a subsequent owner must have also valued it highly enough to commission such a fine purpose-made silver case to be supplied to house the movement and dial.

A modern French L`Epee brass carriage clock, with strike/repeat and alarm facilities, 17cm high

A modern French L`Epee brass carriage clock, with strike/repeat and alarm facilities, dial inscribed `Rapport Fondee en 1900`, 17.5cm high

A late 19th century postmans alarm wall clock

A Looping travelling alarm clock and barometer, to one side is the 8 day timepiece, to the other is the barometer, and between is a mercurial thermometer, in a folding leather case with inscribed presentation plaque applied; with a Looping 8 day travelling alarm clock

*A collection of gentleman`s and lady`s fashion watches, brands include: Citizen; G-Shock; Seiko; Sekonda; Casio; and Festina; some items boxed; also includes an alarm clock

A Brass Carriage Clock Having White Enamel Dial with Roman Numerals and Two Subsidiary Dials for Alarm and Date, Repeating Mechanism, 16 cm High Max.

A French Gilt Brass Carriage Clock with Repeating Mechanism and Painted Porcelain Panels Depicting Dandy and Maiden in Park. Gilded Chapter Ring with Roman Numerals and Secondary Alarm Dial Under. Reeded Corinthian Columns with Acanthus Terminals, 11 cm x 10 cm x 21 cm High.

A French Repeating Gilt Brass Carriage Clock by E Thomas Paris, having Enamelled Chapter Ring with Three Subsiduary Indicators for Day, Date and Alarm with Original Leather Case. Clock 11 cm x 8.5 cm x 19 cm High Max.

A Good Quality French Gilt Metal Carriage Clock with Enamelled Chapter Ring and Subsiduary Alarm Dial, the Case with Twisted Column Supports and Repeating Mechanism, 10 cm x 9 cm x 19 cm High.

AN ENGLISH EIGHT-DAY BRASS CARRIAGE CLOCK REPEATER ALARM BY BOXELL, BRIGHTON, CIRCA 1880 5cm white enamelled dial with black Roman numerals, subsidiary repeat and alarm dials, engraved gold mask, the anchor movement striking the half and full hour on a spiral gong, in an Anglaise style case 12,5cm high excluding the handle 1

A FRENCH BRASS LANTERN CLOCK WITH ALARM, REGNAULT, PARIS, CIRCA 1850 12,5cm foliate engraved dial with Arabic and Roman numerals signed Regnault, Paris, the pierced cresting inset with a regulator dial, the four pillar movement with verge escapement striking the full hour on a bell mounted on top of the case, the frame with urn finials, ring-turned ball feet, brass sides 16,5cm high Sold: Stephan Welz & Company (Pty) Ltd, 22 & 23 March 2005, lot 314 1

A FRENCH EIGHT-DAY BRASS CARRIAGE CLOCK, CIRCA 1850 4cm white enamelled dial with black Roman numerals, subsidiary minutes and alarm dials, cylinder escapement, glazed door and panels, shaped handle, distress 9,8cm high excluding handle 1

A FRENCH EIGHT-DAY GILT-BRASS REPEATER ALARM CARRIAGE CLOCK BY JOSEPH PENNINGTON, PARIS, CIRCA 1880 5cm white enamelled dial with black Roman numerals and subsidiary alarm dial signed Joseph Pennington, Paris, ratchet tooth escapement striking the half and full hour on a spiral gong, glazed door and panels, shaped handle, signed T. Martin & Co. 151 Regent Street London on the escapement plate, distress 13,3cm high excluding handle 1

A GERMAN EBONISED BRACKET CLOCK, CIRCA 1880 14cm brass dial with a silvered chapter ring, Roman numerals, date aperture and an aperture with a mini pendulum, three subsidiary dials in the arch, an on-and-off alarm, alarm and a moon dial, the clock striking and playing a tune on six bells, the stepped hood surmounted by a brass finial, the panelled door on a stepped plinth base, on brass bun feet, paper label indicating sold in Dresden by Aug. Friedemeyer Königsbruecke Strasse 69, signed Zacharias Conrath, A. Breslau on the backplate, distress, restorations 42cm high 1

"Swiza miniature/ travelling alarm clock, octagonal with gilt metal embellished faux tortoiseshell frame, leather case, and a Barbola type lamp base"

"Cartier travelling alarm clock, cream oval enamelled frame, c.1978, serial No 7509 04266, boxed"

*Seiko alarm clock (Lot subject to VAT)

*Seiko alarm clock (Lot subject to VAT)

An oak chiming Bracket Clock with domed top and subsiduary dials, 14in H (glass cracked) and an Alarm Clock

BAYARD TRAVELLING ALARM CLOCK IN LEATHERED TRAVEL CASE

A 1920`s Bayard brass alarm clock with two door travelling case.

A Cartier travelling alarm clock, with velvet pouch

A vintage Swiss travelling alarm clock, in a leather case (distressed)

A CONTINENTAL POSTMAN`S ALARM WALL CLOCK the painted dial with Roman numerals, 12" diameter

A mahogany postmans alarm clock, the pink dial with Roman numerals View on staceyauction.com

A Boxed Thunderbirds Talking Alarm Clock.

A small Alarm Clock in Mother of Pearl casing with brass handle and four miniature Bun Feet , 1 3/4`` square

An early 20th Century gilt brass carriage alarm clock, with eight day movement striking on a bell, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals and subsidiary alarm dial, the glazed case with swing handle on bracket feet.

A 19th Century American rosewood cased wall clock, the glazed door decorated with a bird, together with a late 19th Century mahogany cased circular wall alarm clock, both with two weights.

A 19th Century brass cased Carriage Clock with white enamelled dial, having alarm movement

A late 19th century brass drum clock, with alarm chiming on a bell, and a 19th century silver cased pocket watch

A collection of Kodak cameras, Ansonia alarm clock, two others, a barometer, and a paperknife

Collectables and bygones to include bicycle lamp, mother of pearl handle pickle fork, paperweights, booklets and an alarm clock circa 1970`s.

An early 20th century oak cased alarm clock, of architectural form, dial signed Fattorini & Sons, Patent Automatic Alarm, no. 16226 (a/f)

A 19TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL POSTMAN`S ALARM CLOCK with circular dial 12" diameter together with a further similar clock (2)

An Art Deco chrome and black bakelite strike lighter, of stepped tower form, together with a Waralarm black cased alarm clock.

A JAEGER BRASS CASED CIRCULAR EIGHT DAY MINIATURE TRAVEL ALARM CLOCK.

A "postman`s alarm" wall clock with pine cone weights

Cartier travelling alarm clock.

An English Regency mahogany bracket clock with alarm, Milton, early 19th century, the five pillar twin fusee bell striking movement with alarm sounding on the same bell, anchor escapement and inscribed Milton, FECIT to the shouldered backplate, the 7 inch white painted Roman numeral break-arch dial with brass alarm disc and signed MILTON to centre, with gilt rosette decoration to spandrels and subsidiary STRIKE SILENT dial flanked by gilt laurel sprays to arch, the break-arch case with brass carrying handle and foliate carved twist mouldings, the sides with rectangular sound frets, on conforming carved moulded base with bun feet, 36cm (14ins) high excluding handle

A 19thC German carved wood alarm clock

A black leather cased travelling clock, early 20th century, enamel dial bearing Arabic numerals, keyless wind, eight day movement with alarm, maker/retailer`s mark indistict, London.

A late 19th Century French Carriage Clock with repeat and alarm movement, with white dial in brass and bevelled glass case and outer leather travelling case. Height of clock 5" (13cms).

A late 19th Century French repeating Carriage Alarm Clock, 733, the movement with Silvered cylinder platform escapement, push repeat and strike on a bell, to a Roman enamel dial with outside minute track and further Arabic five minute increments over an Arabic subsidiary and fitted with blued steel moon hands, in a polished Brass obis case, height 6 ¾”

A second half of the 20th Century French lacquered Brass Carriage Clock with Alarm, the movement with lever platform escapement and strike on a blued steel coiled gong, to a Roman dial, with outside minute track and alarm subsidiary at 6, with blue steel trefoil hands, in a lacquered Brass case with foliate engraved frieze panels, height 7 ½”

A 2nd half of the 20th Century West German Plastic Alarm Clock, of bright yellow plastic cylindrical form, by Blessing, length 4 ½”

An early 19th Century 30 Hour Clock Movement with Alarm, Collcott – Cotton, the bespoke wall mounting oak case with overhanging cornice to a glazed door flanked by freestanding columns, to an 11” square 2nd period painted dial with gilt highlighted floral spandrels enclosing an Arabic chapter ring with further Arabic quarters and star markers, decorated to the centre with a pheasant over a date aperture, with pierced and stamped single brass hand with further alarm set hand, to a movement with plates united by four knopped pillars, with anchor escapement and side-mounted alarm mechanism with verge type crown wheel, with strike on a bell, height 24 ½”

A Gilt Brass Striking and Repeating Carriage Clock with Alarm, circa 1890, with top carrying handle and repeat button, Corinthian corner columns, bevelled glass panels, enamel Arabic chapter ring and alarm dial enclosed by pierced scroll decoration with birds, twin barrel movement with platform lever escapement and striking on a gong, 19.5cm high over handle

A Gilt Brass Quarter Striking Carriage Clock with Alarm, circa 1890, with carrying handle and repeat button to the top, Corinthian capped corner columns, underside of the case with selections for hours and quarters/silent/quarters only, white enamel dial with Roman numerals, alarm dial, twin barrel movement with later platform lever escapement, quarter striking with four hammers onto four gongs, 22cm high over handle

A Rare Gilt Brass Grand Sonniere Alarm Carriage Clock with Presentation Inscription From the Queen Xmas 1897, signed Drocourt, retailed by D & J Wellby, Garrick St, London, late 19th century, the gorge case with top carrying handle and repeat button, front of the base with engraved inscription From The Queen Xmas - 1897, the underside with grand sonniere selection lever striking/silent/full striking and numbered 29006, twin barrel movement with silvered platform lever escapement, two hammers striking two blued steel gongs for the hours and quarters, and a further smaller hammer striking a gong for the alarm, movement backplate stamped with Drocourt`s trade mark and numbered 29006, 17.5cm high over handle, within its original brass bound travelling case, with concealed top carrying handle and ivorine inset plaque initialled HW, together with original winding key numbered 29006 and outer double lock key for the travelling case Sold with a letter from the Registrar at the Royal Archives at Windsor Castle, dated 13th June 1994, saying they have found an entry in Queen Victoria`s Privy Purse Accounts for November 1897, under the section `presents`, for the purchase of a clock from D & J Wellby. The clock recorded in the accounts book was given to the Telegraph Clerk. Research shows the telegraphist was a George Warren who had worked for 34 years for Her Majesty at Osborne House. He died in 1896. It is possible this clock was presented, for long service, to Warren`s family in 1897 (Jubilee year), as HW on the outer case could be family member`s initials.

A Fine and Rare George II Ebonised Pull Quarter Repeating Alarm Table Clock with Unusual Dial Display, signed William Scafe, London, circa 1730, the inverted bell top with acorn finials, side carrying handles and pierced wood sound frets, pull repeat cord, raised on block feet, 8-1/2-inch arched brass dial with Roman and Arabic silvered chapter ring, matted dial centre with alarm dial and mock pendulum aperture, the arch with silvered plaque with strike/silent selection and signed corresponding hand, date subsidiary dial and engraved sunburst decoration to the dial plate, twin fusee movement with verge escapement, quarter striking four hammers onto a nest of four bells and a further hammer striking a bell for the hours, backplate displaying two racks and engraved throughout with mask, bird and scroll decoration and signed to the centre, secured by brackets, 55cm high William Scafe is recorded as a maker of repute, who worked at King Street, Guildhall, London in 1721, and was Master of the Clockmakers Company 1749-64. He is best known for the distinctive design to his dials and workmanship. See Baillie (GH) Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, pg.283. A very similar table clock is illustrated in Barder (Richard CR) The Georgian Bracket Clock 1714-1830, pg.52.

"Victorian silver plated semi-gadrooned three piece tea set and a Dalvey travelling alarm clock, cased (5)"

A Swiza gilt alarm clock