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 gorgeous 8-day clock in sterling silver made for none other than Tiffany & Co. in the 1920s or 1930s. Housed in a 3.5” x 4” signed, sterling silver clamshell case with a push-button closure and a matching ‘onion’ crown, it features a ceramic dial with painted black, stylized ‘Arabic’ indices, radium lume, and a matching ‘cathedral’ handset. Signed by Tiffany & Co, it has an outer ‘railroad’ minute track with radium lume plots.

Powering this travel clock is an 8-day mechanical movement wound and set via the crown. Truly, this beautiful piece stems from one of the golden periods of portable clock design — the Tiffany signature is merely a bonus!