Common antique clocks types:

Different books and clock experts may call the same type of clock by different names according to geographical differences and trade custom, sometimes causing confusion. Next is a general classification of antique clocks:

• Advertising clocks: Collective term for clocks used for promotional purposes that display advertisings somewhere on the clock dial or case. Most commonly found as wall clocks or shelf clocks; more rarely as longcase or grandfather clocks. Price Range: US$
• Animated clocks: Clocks with moving parts that display the actions of a person, animal or object.
• Ballon clocks: A shelf clock whose case is shaped in a form similar to the hot-air balloons of the late 18th century.
• Black mantel clock: General name for a shelf clock with a predominantly black case made of marble, slate, onyx, or painted iron. Often a wooden case was painted in imitation of black marble or onyx.
• Blinker or moving eye clocks: A clock with a case in the shape of a human figure or animal whose eyes blink, rotate or move in unison with the clock escapement.
• Calendar clock: A clock that shows the date. May show day, month and year or any combination thereof.

Ballon clock

Figural clock

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• China or porcelain clock: A clock with a case made entirely out of pottery or porcelain.
• Crystal Regulator: A shelf clock dating from the 19th century, generally an upright rectangular, with glass panels on each side, completely exposing the interior.
• Cuckoo clocks: A clock which houses a small cuckoo bird figurine that emerges from a small door at the top to announce the hours and half hours with its "cuck-oo" call, usually accompanied by a gong. A German invention of 1730.
• Dial clocks: A spring-wound or electric wall-mounted clock with a dial enclosed by a simple wood or metal surround, usually circular, but sometimes of hexagonal or other shape.
• Figural clocks: A clock that features a statue or figure of an animal or person as part of its case design.
• Grandfather or longcase clock: Slang term for a floor-standing, longcase clock, derived from a song composed by an American songwriter around 1875.