Antique German carriage alarm clock Junghans 1910s with a music box alarm

Antique German carriage alarm clock Junghans 1910s with a music box alarm

The clock is checked and serviced, and the mechanic in very good working order. The alarm is also working fine.

Highly collectible item!

The case measures 14.5 x 13 x 12 cm

On 15 April 1861 Erhard Junghans created the company „Junghans und Tobler“ together with his brother-in-law Jakob Zeller-Tobler in Schramberg. In 1927the company also began to produce wristwatches .

A carriage clock is a small, spring-driven clock, designed for travelling, developed in the early 19th century in France, where they were also known as “Officers’ Clocks”. The first carriage clock was invented by Abraham-Louis Breguet for the Emperor Napoleon in 1812. The case, usually plain or gilt-brass, is rectangular with a carrying handle and often set with glass or more rarely enamel or porcelain panels. A feature of carriage clocks is the platform escapement, sometimes visible through a glazed aperture on the top of the case. Carriage clocks use a balance and balance spring for timekeeping and replaced the larger pendulum bracket clock.