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| Keywords: Christoph Schissler - Portable Drum Watch - Walters 5870 - View A.jpg The ealiest watches were small portable versions of drum-shaped table clocks This one has a sundial which was far more accurate and could be used to reset the clock The 24-hour dial is marked in Roman numerals on the outer band and in Arabic numerals on the inner one The animals leaping through the foliage design were cast in relief and then chased marking this watch as an object of luxury between 1550 1570 Renaissance gilt on brass case gilt and traces of red pigment on brass dial iron and brass movement cm 2 4 8 accession number 58 70 3943 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature C S place of origin Augsburg Germany Walters Art Museum license Renaissance applied arts in the Walters Art Museum Christoph Schissler 16th-century watches Portable sundials | ||||
