Bombay and Poona, India

C. Marcks & Co.

Partially verified

Retailer of luxury timepieces for the Indian market

History

The company maintained a significant presence in Bombay and Poona, serving as a primary importer for high-quality horological goods.

Their inventory included complex pocket watches, often decorated with gold hunter cases, arabesque motifs, or enamelled portraits. Marcks & Co. collaborated with renowned Swiss watchmakers, such as Henri Grandjean, to source complicated movements for their clientele.

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Key models

Grande and Petite Sonnerie striking chronograph: Commissioned around 1890, this piece featured a complex striking mechanism and minute repeater housed in a heavy gold hunter case.

Known markings

The firm utilized the signatures C. Marcks & Co. and Marcks & Co. Ltd.

Serial numbers

No serial-number system for this maker is recorded in the cited references.

Collecting significance

The catalogued pieces listed on this page show the kinds of objects auction houses, dealers and museums attribute to this maker; each attribution is the source's own.

In the object catalogue

3 catalogued objects are recorded under C. Marcks & Co. Attributions are as given by each source and are not independent authentication.

C. Marcks & Co. 18K Gold and Diamond Phoenix Brooch WatchEnamel, form & pendant watch · circa 1890
C. Marcks & Co. Dragon/Griffin Pendant WatchEnamel, form & pendant watch · circa 1900
Swiss keyless astronomical world time pocket watch for Marcks & Co. LtdCalendar & astronomical watch · circa 1890

Sources & references

Marcks & Co. - Heritage-Inspired Luxury Watches, marcksandco.in, retrieved 2026-11-03 (paraphrased; text © the publisher)

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