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Follow the development of time measurement and technical and scientific innovation in timekeeping from the 16th to the 21st centuries.

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Self-winding watch

Time Measurement

1882

Watch with inscription in gold hunter case with keys

Time Measurement

Horizontal Butterfield-type sundial, in shagreen covered case

Time Measurement

1726-1750

'Memovox' alarm wrist-watch

Time Measurement

1953

Winding handle for the original free pendulum parent clock

Time Measurement

1912-1922

Single sand-glass in rosewood mount

Time Measurement

Seiko analogue quartz watch components in case

Time Measurement

Inscribed octagonal shaped sundial

Time Measurement

1797-1843

Sand-glass in four pillared wooden mount

Time Measurement

Sandglass from the Abbot Horne collection, single

Time Measurement

1600-1799

Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Time Measurement

Sandglass from the Abbot Horne collection, single

Time Measurement

1600-1799

One mechanical universal altitude sundial, brass,

Time Measurement

1601-1700

Sandglass from the Abbot Horne collection, single

Time Measurement

1600-1799

Sand glass in ivory and ebony stand (glass broken,

Time Measurement

Pocket sundial with adjustable bird gnomon and sca

Time Measurement

Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Time Measurement

Winding handle, for Wheatstone master clock

Time Measurement

c. 1870
Quartz Analogue "no battery" wristwatch by Pulsar Quartz (CAL. V103), 1984, powered by an amorphous silicon photocell with reserve power provided by a capacitor

Pulsar Quartz wristwatch

Time Measurement

1984

Part of clock case, Hipp pendulum clock

Time Measurement

Replica compass needle, for portable universal equinoctial sundial

Time Measurement
Universal sundial by Adams, circular baseplate.

Sundial

Time Measurement

1734-1795

Brass pinion and bracket, plus four machine screws, from French train remontoire clock

Time Measurement

Movement pendulum from the free pendulum clock

Time Measurement

1899

Pocket sun dial with folding gnomon and case

Time Measurement

1678-1724

Ferranti Electric Wall Clock

Time Measurement

1932

Clock showing action of snail plate and repeater

Time Measurement

1870-1883

Unmounted Sand Glass, Unsigned, 1890-1950

Time Measurement

1890-1950

Wooden column sundial, showing Italian hours, sign

Time Measurement

1677

Nocturnal

Time Measurement

1601-1650

Sundial with separate compass

Time Measurement

Horizontal magnetic sundial in wooden case

Time Measurement

1751-1850

Tablet dial

Time Measurement

1701

Wooden Column Sundial with Map Decoration

Time Measurement

1651-1725

German 16th century iron chamber clock

Time Measurement

1501-1600

Electronic digital countdown timer, designed for u

Time Measurement

1997-1999

Electric timeswitch by Potterton, for controlling

Time Measurement

1960-1979

Movement of electrical clock

Time Measurement

1898

Pocket watch mechanism

Time Measurement

1750-1805

Silver Pocket Watch with Silver Dial and Calender, 1705-1715

Time Measurement

1705-1715

Sundial, brass, baseplate 7 1/4in. by 6in., late 1

Time Measurement

1671-1700

Analemmatic brass sundial

Time Measurement

1701-1800

Pocket Watch in Silver Case by James Ryland, 1795-1805

Time Measurement

1795-1805

Flat movement with horizontal escapement no. 23093

Time Measurement

Pocket Watch in Silver Case by Thymen, 1690-1710

Time Measurement

1690-1710

Pocket watch in silver inner case

Time Measurement

1765-1780

Wrist-watch with electrically operated balance wheel mechanism

Time Measurement

1949-1992

Bob for American Ogee wall clock by Jerome

Time Measurement
1872 patent cast steel bell, by Vickers Sons and Company Limited, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, 1872-1874

1872 patent cast steel bell, one of three

Time Measurement

1872-1874

Sand-glass, five pillared wooden mount, matching stand

Time Measurement