A brief introduction to the historical origins of Western antique clocks

Typical Western antique clocks are represented by France, with a large variety and large production, mostly in copper gilt. French luxury in the clock embodiment, often pay attention to the calculation by set (somewhat similar to tableware). A Western clock is sometimes accompanied by a candlestick on the right and on the left. French clock makers have always been sculptors, painters, etc., often in a clock left more than one producer's signature shell by a sculptor to complete, dial drawn by a painter or jewelry artist, movement another producer.

Unlike France, the English clock is synonymous with the highest level of antique clocks. In terms of design, craftsmanship, style and taste, they are all of the highest quality. British clocks are also used by royal families around the world. Interesting. The British clock makers are mostly scientists and physicists, who have knowledge of navigation, physics and other sciences, and therefore emphasize the accuracy of the clock.

German clocks are different from British and French. As early as the 15th and 16th centuries, the Nuremberg and Augsburg regions of Germany and the Blois region of France had already become the center of the world's watch industry. From a global perspective, today's renowned Swiss clocks and watches in Europe do not have much of a history, and their origins began only in Geneva in the middle of the 16th century, later than the Black Forest region of Germany. At that time, the entire clockmaking industry had already moved on to watchmaking, so that clockmaking in Switzerland did not develop in the same way as its watchmaking counterpart. The Black Forest region of Germany has always been the center of the traditional European clock industry, the industry is very large, whether it is the hands, the sound part, dials, etc. to achieve the segmentation of the production, the output to supply the whole of Europe.

In Europe, the circulation of clocks and watches is relatively large, and the flow of the industry is also large, so it is normal for French watchmakers to go to Germany and Swiss watchmakers to go to England. On the whole, British clocks favor the musical system, French clocks favor artistic modeling, and German clocks favor technology. Therefore, German clocks can ensure that the overall error is a little smaller, like the external shape of the more choose the French goods, the pursuit of music tend to be more favored British clocks.

The American clocks are particularly noteworthy here. American clocks are characterized by excellent production, good quality and practicality, when the famous clock company Seth Thomas company, Ansonia company. The American clock in the 19th century antique clock collection plays a significant role.