Watch in the shape of a terrestrial globe
Also known as: Horloge in de vorm van een wereldbol
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1552
Silver verge watch Anno 1552 with gut string without balance spring. Case in the shape of a terrestrial globe, engraved after Franciscus Denoncent, the movement made by H. Sebart, Strasbourg, with compass and sundial. On the dial: Adam in Paradise. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-KOG-1936; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); measurements diameter 5.1 cm. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Dimensions
- diameter 5.1 cm · diameter 5,1 cm
- Measurements
- diameter 5.1 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Horloge in de vorm van een wereldbol
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-KOG-1936
- Museum classification
- wrist watch
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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