The Beaumont European Bronze Seat Clock by Von Alden

The seated mantel clock, that distinctly European form where an ornate sculpted plinth serves as the clock's base; reached its creative peak in the ateliers of 19th century France and Belgium, where every object on a mantlepiece was expected to be as beautiful as it was functional. The Beaumont continues that tradition. An intricately scrolled and foliate resin body, finished in warm aged bronze, supports a clear Roman numeral dial face and a high-precision silent quartz movement that keeps time without announcing itself. The result is a clock that reads as a genuine antique at the distances where most people will encounter it.

The silent mute function makes it as suited to a bedroom as a drawing room, and the aged bronze finish pairs naturally with brass candlesticks, dark wood furniture, and the warm material world that Von Alden inhabits. A piece for rooms where the mantlepiece is the anchor and every object on it has been chosen with the same deliberate eye as everything else in the room.