Sure, Analog:Shift is a business built around the love of watches — mostly mechanical watches. But, in essence, it’s our love for timepieces and timekeeping in general that are the common themes throughout the items we procure. And that includes the love of clocks in general: pocket watches, travel clocks, and more.

After all, in the couple hundred years before the First World War, personal timekeeping was all about the pocket watch, and before that, it was larger clocks that were front and center, horologically. We still believe a good clock — such as a classic travel model from the 1920s or 1930s — has a place in the watch lover’s collection.

This particular timepiece is a truly incredible 8-day ‘pyramid’ clock from La Grand Maison itself, Jaeger-LeCoultre. Housed in an 8” x 7.4” x 5.25” lacquered brass and lapis lazuli pyramidal case with a brass winding key, a brass winding crown, and an acrylic crystal, it features a lapis lazuli dial with a brushed brass rehaut featuring quadrant ‘Arabic’ and ‘wedge’ indices, a matching ‘dauphine’ handset, and the Jaeger-LeCoultre signature. 

Powering the clock is a hand-wound, 8-day movement from Jaeger-LeCoultre, and completing the package is a 9” x 8.62” x 5” blue leather, signed box with brass hinges and additional, spare screws. Dating to the 1960s, it’s a truly magnificent piece of horological art, the likes of which are extremely difficult to come by today.