The Horology Museum
The Catalogue 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.
All Clocks90 Pocket Watches37 Wristwatches8 Instruments274 Movements & Components34
Historical period All Medieval Period (4) Renaissance Horology (22) Early Modern Horology (35) Precision & Scientific Horology (138) Industrial Revolution (93) Golden Age of Mechanical Watchmaking (115) Modern Mechanical Horology (9) Quartz Revolution (21) Mechanical Renaissance (6) Country of origin All England (192) United States (25) France (20) Switzerland (19) Germany (16) Iran (Persia) (10) Italy (6) Islamic world (3) Spain (3) Belgium (2) India (2) Netherlands (2) Czech Republic (1) Ireland (1) Japan (1) Mechanism All Compensation balance (63) Fusee (60) Spring detent (chronometer) escapement (56) Plates, cocks and bridges (47) Detached lever escapement (47) Balance spring (hairspring) (46) Pendulum (32) Jewel bearings (23) Going barrel (22) Keyless (stem) winding (19) Power reserve indicator (19) Mainspring (18) Quartz crystal oscillator (12) Deadbeat escapement (9) Self-winding (automatic) mechanism (8) Verge escapement (8) Anchor (recoil) escapement (7) Chronograph (6) Gridiron pendulum (6) Cylinder escapement (5) GMT / dual time (5) Motion work (5) Caesium atomic standard (4) Karrusel (4) Moon-phase indication (4) Duplex escapement (3) Tuning-fork oscillator (3) Equation of time (2) Grande sonnerie (2) Tourbillon (2) Alarm (1) Balance wheel (1) Flyback chronograph (1) Free pendulum (Shortt-Synchronome) (1) Double three-legged gravity escapement (1) Mercury compensated pendulum (1) Pin-pallet escapement (1) Remontoire (constant force) (1) Riefler escapement (1) Institution / source All Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva (2259) Gardiner Houlgate (auction house), Corsham (1811) Craft & Tailored (dealer), Los Angeles (950) LiveAuctioneers auction archive (845) Analog/Shift (dealer), New York (811) German Clock Museum (764) S.Song Watches (dealer), Seattle (738) Science Museum Group, London (700) Vintage Watch Specialist (dealer), United Kingdom (581) Bulang & Sons (dealer), Copenhagen (576) Vintage Portfolio (dealer), Vienna (560) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (550) Victoria and Albert Museum, London (533) Museums Victoria, Melbourne (463) Royal Museums Greenwich (443) Huntington Company (dealer) (405) Musée du Louvre, Paris (381) Howard Walwyn Fine Antique Clocks (dealer), London (369) WatchMuseum.org shop (356) Watches of Knightsbridge (dealer), London (321) P A Oxley (dealer), Wiltshire (296) Rijksmuseum (262) British Museum (241) Oliver & Clarke (dealer), United Kingdom (240) Somlo Antiques (dealer), London (192) Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (164) Invaluable auction listings (155) The Antique Clock Company (dealer), Dorset (153) Collectors Corner NY (dealer), New York (151) Suomen kansallismuseo (148) Museum of Gothenburg (146) Pieces of Time (dealer), London (135) Pendulum of Mayfair (dealer), London (124) Museo Galileo, Florence (119) Grey & Patina (dealer), Los Angeles (98) Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven (90) Nordic Museum Foundation (89) Montanhistorisches Dokumentationszentrum (87) HKM / Kulttuurihistoriallinen (85) History of Science Museum, University of Oxford (82) Museum of City History Leipzig (82) Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology (79) Adler Planetarium, Chicago (64) Fine Arts Museum Vienna (62) Työväenmuseo Werstas (54) National Museum of Decorative Arts (51) Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe (49) Museum Rotterdam (44) Art Institute of Chicago (43) Dresden State Art Collections. Royal Cabinet of Mathematical and Physical Instruments (34) Turun kaupunginmuseo (28) Cleveland Museum of Art (27) Modemuseum Hasselt (26) Fashion Museum of Antwerp (22) Museokeskus Vapriikki (22) Satakunnan Museo (22) City Museum Zutphen (21) Tiedemuseo Liekki (19) Blekinge Museum (18) Lake Vänern Museum (18) Sort Oldest first Newest first Title A–Z Clear all filters Matching records 443 records · page 1 of 19
Instruments · 1230-31
Astrolabe, Islamic world, 1230-31
Royal Museums Greenwich
Instruments · 1230
The Caird Astrolabe
Royal Museums Greenwich
Instruments · 1300
Astrolabe, 1300
Royal Museums Greenwich
Instruments · 1300
Astrolabe, Spain, 1300
Royal Museums Greenwich
Instruments · mid-15th century
Astrolabe, England, mid-15th century
Royal Museums Greenwich
Instruments · 1516
Nocturnal, Italy, 1516
Royal Museums Greenwich
Instruments · 1522-23
Astrolabe, Iran (Persia), 1522-23
Royal Museums Greenwich
Instruments · 1548
Astrolabe, Germany, 1548
Royal Museums Greenwich
Instruments · 1550–1600
Mariner's Astrolabe
Royal Museums Greenwich
Instruments · 1552
Astrolabe, England, 1552
Royal Museums Greenwich
Clocks · 1552
Terrestrial globe clock
Royal Museums Greenwich
Instruments · 1553
Astrolabe, France, 1553
Royal Museums Greenwich
Instruments · 1555
Astrolabe, 1555
Royal Museums Greenwich
Instruments · 1560
Astrolabe, France, 1560
Royal Museums Greenwich
Instruments · 1569
Astrolabe, Italy, 1569
Royal Museums Greenwich
Instruments · 1570
Astrolabe, India, 1570
Royal Museums Greenwich
Instruments · 1573
Astrolabe, 1573
Royal Museums Greenwich
Instruments · 1574
Astrolabe, 1574
Royal Museums Greenwich
Instruments · 1575
Astrolabe, Italy, 1575
Royal Museums Greenwich
Instruments · 1577
Horizontal sun and moon dial
Royal Museums Greenwich
Instruments · c. 1582-83
Astronomical compendium
Royal Museums Greenwich
Instruments · 1584
Regiomontanus dial
Royal Museums Greenwich
Instruments · 1588
Astrolabe, Germany, 1588
Royal Museums Greenwich
Instruments · 1588
Greenwich (Valentia) Astrolabe
Royal Museums Greenwich
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