Tiffany & Co 8 Day Easel Back Desk Clock. Measures 12cm by 1...

Hammer

£400

Tiffany & Co 8 Day Easel Back Desk Clock. Measures 12cm by 12cm c1920. In working order. The clock is one of the few Tiffany& Co. clocks to feature numbers instead of numerals. Clock case made by the Brandt Brothers in Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B. Young in Brooklyn, Connecticut in 1837 the company has grown to become a name synonymous with luxury. Trademark on easel of a dove with olive branch first registered by the watch case company “Fabrique de Boites La Centrale” of Bienne on 24 April 1922. The registration drawing with No. 154 shows that this existing mark was entered into the central register in 1934 when the Swiss systems of Poinçons de Maître was centralised in 1934. La Centrale was founded by the Brandt brothers in a factory building that they had initially rented and then purchased from Schneider & Perret-Gentil in 1880 as their first factory in Bienne. La Centrale was set up in this factory in 1896 to make watch cases for Omega.