vintage Metamec quartz carriage clock

Metamec (a portmanteau of “Metal and Mechanics”) was founded in 1941 as an offshoot of the Jentique furniture company. They grew to become one of the most prominent and largest British clock manufacturers during the post-war era.The Era: While Metamec is famous for its mid-century starburst wall clocks, this brass-style carriage clock dates from the late 1970s to the 1980s, a time when the company integrated modern, reliable German or English battery-operated quartz movements into traditional, classic clock aesthetics