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Individual clocks, watches, instruments and movements, each with photographs, maker, date, materials and the institution or archive that documents it. Every record links back to its source; images are credited and their rights status is tracked for review.

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Clepsydra, water clock model, baboon, Egypt, 4th century BCE

Instruments · 4th century BCE

Clepsydra, water clock model, baboon, Egypt, 4th century BCE

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Fragment of a water clock decorated with the figures of the ithyphallic god Min and an unidentified Pharaoh

Instruments · 379 BCE–342 BCE

Fragment of a water clock decorated with the figures of the ithyphallic god Min and an unidentified Pharaoh

Museo Egizio, Turin

Water clock, Egypt, 332 BCE – 30 BCE

Instruments · 332 BCE – 30 BCE

Water clock, Egypt, 332 BCE – 30 BCE

Musée du Louvre, Paris

Water clock, Egypt, 332 BCE – 323 BCE

Instruments · 332 BCE – 323 BCE

Water clock, Egypt, 332 BCE – 323 BCE

Musée du Louvre, Paris

Roman sundial, second half of the 2nd century AD

Instruments · second half of the 2nd century AD

Roman sundial, second half of the 2nd century AD

Fine Arts Museum Vienna

Sundial by Johann Müller von Königsberg gen. Regiomontanus, Austria, dated 1463

Instruments · dated 1463

Sundial by Johann Müller von Königsberg gen. Regiomontanus, Austria, dated 1463

Fine Arts Museum Vienna

Hourglass, Wildegg, 1500–1599

Instruments · 1500–1599

Hourglass, Wildegg, 1500–1599

Museum Aargau

Sundial, Austria, dated 1548

Instruments · dated 1548

Sundial, Austria, dated 1548

Fine Arts Museum Vienna

Sundial, Austria, late 16th century

Instruments · late 16th century

Sundial, Austria, late 16th century

Fine Arts Museum Vienna

Sundial, Austria, second half of the 16th century

Instruments · second half of the 16th century

Sundial, Austria, second half of the 16th century

Fine Arts Museum Vienna

Hourglass, 1551

Instruments · 1551

Hourglass, 1551

Museum of City History Leipzig

Clock by Christian Heiden, Germany, Nürnberg, 1553

Instruments · 1553

Clock by Christian Heiden, Germany, Nürnberg, 1553

Dresden State Art Collections. Royal Cabinet of Mathematical and Physical Instruments

Sundial, Germany, 1561

Instruments · 1561

Sundial, Germany, 1561

Dresden State Art Collections. Royal Cabinet of Mathematical and Physical Instruments

Sundial by Christoph I. Schißler, Germany, dated 1564

Instruments · dated 1564

Sundial by Christoph I. Schißler, Germany, dated 1564

Fine Arts Museum Vienna

Sundial, 1564

Instruments · 1564

Sundial, 1564

Städtische Museen Zittau

Sundial, Germany, probably Augsburg, c. 1565

Instruments · c. 1565

Sundial, Germany, probably Augsburg, c. 1565

Dresden State Art Collections. Royal Cabinet of Mathematical and Physical Instruments

Table clock by Caspar Rauber (Schmied), Germany, 1572

Instruments · 1572

Table clock by Caspar Rauber (Schmied), Germany, 1572

Landesmuseum Württemberg

Clock by Markus Purmann, Germany, last quarter of the 16th century

Instruments · last quarter of the 16th century

Clock by Markus Purmann, Germany, last quarter of the 16th century

Fine Arts Museum Vienna

Sundial, Austria, 1576

Instruments · 1576

Sundial, Austria, 1576

Fine Arts Museum Vienna

Sundial, Austria, dated 1579

Instruments · dated 1579

Sundial, Austria, dated 1579

Fine Arts Museum Vienna

Sundial, Nürnberg, 1579

Instruments · 1579

Sundial, Nürnberg, 1579

MAK – Museum of Applied Arts

Sundial, Austria, 1580

Instruments · 1580

Sundial, Austria, 1580

Fine Arts Museum Vienna

Sundial by Erasmus Habermel, Czech Republic, 1586

Instruments · 1586

Sundial by Erasmus Habermel, Czech Republic, 1586

Fine Arts Museum Vienna

Sundial by Erasmus Habermel, Czech Republic, 1590

Instruments · 1590

Sundial by Erasmus Habermel, Czech Republic, 1590

Fine Arts Museum Vienna