1930s LeCoultre Copper Swiss Art Deco Alarm Clock

$298.00
A copper-clad 1930s LeCoultre Swiss Art Deco mechanical alarm clock with a copper-tone dial, bold architectural numerals, blue hands, and the kind of green-and-bronze patina only decades can build.

Small enough for a desk, shelf, or bedside table but surprisingly substantial in hand, this piece has that wonderful machine-age look: square case, stepped base, sculptural front feet, and a dial that feels part downtown lobby, part train platform, and part Swiss watchmaker’s bench.

This is a mechanical wind-up alarm clock. It has been tested and is currently ticking, keeping time, and the alarm works.

📚 Historical Context

Before Jaeger-LeCoultre became shorthand for Swiss luxury, the LeCoultre name was already working out of Switzerland’s Vallée de Joux, where precision timekeeping was less of a hobby and more of a regional obsession.

This clock comes from the practical side of that legacy: not a showpiece locked behind glass, but a real little bedside machine made to be wound, set, listened to, and used. The 1930s were peak Art Deco with geometry, speed, architecture, metal, and mechanical confidence. You see all of that here in the squared case, stepped base, stylized numerals, copper-toned face, and crisp dial layout.

It is small, but it has weight. That was the trick: turn everyday timekeeping into something engineered, modern, and just glamorous enough to earn its place on a nightstand.

✨ Condition Notes

- Tested and working: ticks, keeps time, and alarm works.
- Mechanical wind-up time and alarm movement.
Case shows heavy authentic age, including patina, oxidation, verdigris-style green spotting, surface scratches, discoloration, and finish wear.
- Copper/brass-tone finish has been left unpolished to preserve its timeworn character.
- Dial shows age-related surface wear, small marks, and light speckling visible up close.
- Glass/crystal shows light surface wear consistent with age.
- Rear controls are present, including time set, alarm set, alarm wind, time wind, and fast/slow regulator.
- Underside/base is stamped “2017.” This appears to be a case/reference or assembly-style marking rather than a manufacture date.
- One upper rear corner screw opening appears empty/missing, as shown in photos. Backplate remains seated.
- Please review all photos carefully, as they are part of the condition description.

📏 Measurements (approximate)

Height: ~3.25 in
Width: ~3.25 in
Depth: ~2.25 in

📦 Packaging

Clock will be professionally padded and boxed with care.
A copper-clad 1930s LeCoultre Swiss Art Deco mechanical alarm clock with a copper-tone dial, bold architectural numerals, blue hands, and the kind of green-and-bronze patina only decades can build.

Small enough for a desk, shelf, or bedside table but surprisingly substantial in hand, this piece has that wonderful machine-age look: square case, stepped base, sculptural front feet, and a dial that feels part downtown lobby, part train platform, and part Swiss watchmaker’s bench.

This is a mechanical wind-up alarm clock. It has been tested and is currently ticking, keeping time, and the alarm works.

📚 Historical Context

Before Jaeger-LeCoultre became shorthand for Swiss luxury, the LeCoultre name was already working out of Switzerland’s Vallée de Joux, where precision timekeeping was less of a hobby and more of a regional obsession.

This clock comes from the practical side of that legacy: not a showpiece locked behind glass, but a real little bedside machine made to be wound, set, listened to, and used. The 1930s were peak Art Deco with geometry, speed, architecture, metal, and mechanical confidence. You see all of that here in the squared case, stepped base, stylized numerals, copper-toned face, and crisp dial layout.

It is small, but it has weight. That was the trick: turn everyday timekeeping into something engineered, modern, and just glamorous enough to earn its place on a nightstand.

✨ Condition Notes

- Tested and working: ticks, keeps time, and alarm works.
- Mechanical wind-up time and alarm movement.
Case shows heavy authentic age, including patina, oxidation, verdigris-style green spotting, surface scratches, discoloration, and finish wear.
- Copper/brass-tone finish has been left unpolished to preserve its timeworn character.
- Dial shows age-related surface wear, small marks, and light speckling visible up close.
- Glass/crystal shows light surface wear consistent with age.
- Rear controls are present, including time set, alarm set, alarm wind, time wind, and fast/slow regulator.
- Underside/base is stamped “2017.” This appears to be a case/reference or assembly-style marking rather than a manufacture date.
- One upper rear corner screw opening appears empty/missing, as shown in photos. Backplate remains seated.
- Please review all photos carefully, as they are part of the condition description.

📏 Measurements (approximate)

Height: ~3.25 in
Width: ~3.25 in
Depth: ~2.25 in

📦 Packaging

Clock will be professionally padded and boxed with care.