Gilt-brass cased clock-watch with alarm, sundials and lunar volvelle in the form of a book, c1580. Artist: Hans Kock.

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Gilt-brass cased clock-watch with alarm, sundials and lunar volvelle in the form of a book, c1580. Alarm and calendar clock-watch in a deeply engraved gilt-brass case shaped as a small book. Outside of front cover has dials for magnetic declination, and corrections for latitude with names of 30 European towns and countries; inside, compass. Dimensions: length: case mm (inc. pendant loop); width: case mm; thickness: case mm; length: movement mmwidth: movement mmheight: pillars mm

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Photo credit: © Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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