Time was not meant to blink at you from a digital slab of glass.

It was meant to breathe — to swing in perfect rhythm beneath domed crystal, to shimmer in candlelight, to remind a room that elegance and precision once shared the same heartbeat.

Around 1900, in a Paris workshop that smelled faintly of oil and brass, Samuel Marti et Cie built this four-glass French crystal regulator clock. It was the era of Belle Époque optimism — art nouveau curves, gaslight cafes, and inventions that promised the future would hum like a well-tuned escapement.

This one is special: the champlevé enamel bezel and pendulum still blaze with color against the gilt bronze case, anchored by cool green onyx top and base. The movement is signed with Marti’s Médaille d’Argent, Paris 1900 medallion — his proud mark of excellence. The clock runs smoothly, keeping time with the same quiet dignity it’s held for over a century.

Behind its beveled glass panels, the jeweled pendulum swings with calm defiance of the digital age.

Specifications:

• Maker: Samuel Marti et Cie, Paris

• Date: Circa 1900

• Height: 12.5 in. | Width: 8 in. | Depth: 5.25 in.

• Features: Four-glass case, green onyx top & base, champlevé enamel bezel and pendulum, jeweled movement, marked “Made in France” with Marti’s 1900 Silver Medal stamp

• Condition: Runs and keeps time. Light age wear consistent with 120+ years of refinement. Original gilding and enamel remain vivid.

A piece like this wasn’t made for a shelf — it was made for a mantel where quiet conversation and fine whiskey linger.

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