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Travelling watch
movement: Salomon Hendrikszoon Coster (1622–1659), The Hague, c. 1643–1659, cases: The Netherlands, c. 1650, silver, oil paint, glass; movement: various materials
This plain case contains a movement incorporating the most modern ideas of its time. Salomon Coster was one of the leading clockmakers of his day. He was in contact with eminent scientists, such as Christiaan Huygens, who were trying to increase the precision of timekeeping instruments. As a result, Coster’s table clocks were internationally renowned. The men portrayed on this watch may be scholars.
- Artwork typejewellery, travel clocks
- Object numberBK-KOG-1779
- Dimensionsheight 10.5 cm x width 8.5 cm x depth 4.8 cm
- Physical characteristicszilver, olieverf, glas; uurwerk: diverse materialen