The Horology Museum

The Catalogue

Individual, historically significant objects — each with its maker, movement, mechanism, period, holding institution and editorial status. Records are published only once sourced photographs are in place.

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Clocks · c. 1088–1092

Su Song's Astronomical Clock Tower

Kaifeng

"The Elephant Clock", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari MET DP234075.jpg

Clocks · Described 1206

Al-Jazari's Elephant Clock

Diyarbakır

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Clocks · 1410

Prague Astronomical Clock (Orloj)

Old Town Hall, Prague

Pocket Watches · Dated 1530

Spherical table watch ('Melanchthon's Watch')

Nuremberg

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Clocks · 1657

Pendulum clock by Salomon Coster (Huygens design)

The Hague

Instruments · Completed 1759

Harrison's H4 marine timekeeper

London

Pocket Watches · Commissioned 1783; completed 1827

Breguet No. 160 'Marie Antoinette'

Paris

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Wristwatches · Patented 1926

Rolex Oyster (1926)

Geneva

Wristwatches · Qualified by NASA 1965

Omega Speedmaster Professional

Biel/Bienne

Wristwatches · 25 December 1969

Seiko Quartz Astron 35SQ

Tokyo (Suwa Seikosha)

Sorted chronologically by historical period. 10 records.