The traditional mechanical clocks

Meeting the desires of a more traditional clientele, the travel clocks, replicas of prestigious historical models form the other pillar of the MATTHEW NORMAN range.

We owe the origin of these horological marvels to Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747-1823), a brilliant clockmaker born in Neuchâtel (Switzerland), who became apprenticed at the age of 15 to a watchmaker in Versailles. In 1796, he created his first carriage clock, drawing inspiration from the models he had seen in La Chaux-de-Fonds in the Swiss Jura region.

MATTHEW NORMAN has written a new chapter in the history of carriage clocks by reproducing some vintage models, while also giving the genre a bright new look.

Each MATTHEW NORMAN mechanical clock is made by hand, part by part, at the hands of vastly experienced master-clockmakers. Only noble materials are used, and particularly polished brass, which gives the clocks their weight and their radiance, underscored by beautifully cut glasses. The most elaborate, as well as the main movement, have an additional mechanism for the chiming, repeater or alarm mechanism, as well as for calendar and moon-phase displays.