Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, United States
Renaissance table clocks and watches, enamel watches, astrolabes and the Pierpont Morgan collection.
The Met's European clocks and watches include J. Pierpont Morgan's collection, given in 1917, and much of its collection is published with open-access images.
- Type
- Museum
- Location
- New York, United States
- Founded
- 1870
- Specialities
- Renaissance watches · Enamel · Astrolabes
- Official website
- www.metmuseum.org
Opening hours, admission and accessibility change; please check the official website before visiting.
From this collection in the Atlas catalogue
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Instruments · 4th century BCE
Clepsydra, water clock model, baboon, Egypt, 4th century BCE
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Instruments · 10th century
Quadrant by Muhammad ibn Mahmud, Iran (Persia), 10th century
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Instruments · 1290–1292
Astrolabe by ‘Umar ibn Yusuf ibn ‘Umar ibn ‘Ali ibn Rasul al-Muzaffari, Yemen, 1290–1292
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Instruments · 1462
Astrolabe by Regiomontanus, Germany, 1462
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Instruments · ca. 1500
Sundial, Germany, ca. 1500
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Pocket Watches · 16th century
Table clock-watch by A. K., 16th century
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Pocket Watches · possibly 16th century
Watch by A.R., possibly 16th century
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Pocket Watches · 16th century
Watch by Nicolas Bernard, France, 16th century
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Pocket Watches · ca. 1550
Watch by Leopold Reicheneder, ca. 1550
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Clocks · case 1554, movement ca. 1680
Table clock by Caspar Behaim (Chasparus Bohemus), Austria, case 1554, movement ca. 1680
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Pocket Watches · ca. 1565 and 19th century
Repeater watch with key by Bartholomew Newsam, United Kingdom, ca. 1565 and 19th century
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Pocket Watches · ca. 1570
Watch by Nicolas Bernard, France, ca. 1570
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