Vienna clock museum: highly recommended
If you visit Vienna in Austria, do not miss the clock museum on Schulhof 2 in the first district.
From the first mechanical time machines in the XIVe century to contemporary watches, you will be awazed by the quality and diversity of the time pieces on display.
Here are a few samples:
A lovely table clock:
This painting embedds a watch in the top right corner:
An unbelievable amount of complications on this mantle clock:
Finally, this mid-17th century canopy clock. It was designed to hang from the frame of a bed. When standing in the room, one would read the clock from a larger chapter ring; lying the bed, one would read the smaller one:
and then:
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Marquis
A few good things are plenty enough
Vienna, Austria
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6.69” / 17.00 cm
Very nice! Thanks for sharing.
Wow. Never heard of this place before. What an absolute treasure