Curious Clocks and Watches through time with Oliver Cooke | Curator's Corner S8 E1

The British Museum March 16, 2023
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Everyone's favourite Horologist Oliver Cooke delves through the cupboards of the British Museum's Horological Study Room to bring you six curious and novelty clocks and watches from across time. See below for a list of links to find out more about each one in the video. CONTENT WARNING: This video features a staggeringly low number of accurate timepieces. We can't express it enough, most of these would not reliably tell you the time or wake you up. They're pretty interesting though. CHAPTERS: 00:33 Inclined Plane Clock (1680-1690) 04:00 Flying Pendulum Clock (1875-1885) 06:00 Time-projecting Night Clock by Eveready (1913) 08:03 Bradley Snyder Visually-impaired Watch by Eone (2014) 10:31 Nuremberg Horizontal table clock (1535-1545) 11:21 Nuremberg Horizontal table clock alarm attachment (1535-1545) 12:30 Pair Cased Watch (1770s) 12:50 Alarm Device for Pocket Watch (1835-1845) 15:09 Clocks and Watches at the British Museum Inclined Plane Clock: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1958-1006-2146 Flying Pendulum Clock: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1958-1006-2074 Time-projecting Night Clock by Eveready: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1971-0503-1 Bradley Snyder Visually-impaired Watch by Eone: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_2014-8037-1 Nuremberg Horizontal table clock and alarm attachment: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1958-1006-2151 Alarm Device for Pocket Watch: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1958-1201-2200 #CuratorsCorner #clock #horology

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