Portable Drum Watch
The earliest watches were small, portable versions of drum-shaped table clocks. This one has a sundial, which was far more accurate and could be used to reset the clock. The 24-hour dial is marked in Roman numerals on the outer band and in Arabic numerals on the inner one....
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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