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| Keywords: German - Portable Drum Watch - Walters 5868 - Open.jpg The raised dots called touch pieces that are above the Roman numerals functioned much like Braille does today allowing a blind person to read the time A sighted owner could also use the touch pieces to check the time in the dark The internal watch mechanism the movement is made completely from iron as was typical from the early to mid-16th century Later brass and steel parts were increasingly used The mechanism in Melanchthon's watch from 1530 Walters 58 17 is similar though it also has an alarm mechanism The movement of this watch is stamped with a C a reference to its maker and a pinecone identifying it as having been made in Augsburg It is not clear whether the first watches were drum-shaped or ball-shaped ca 1520 1550 Renaissance gilt on brass case gilt on brass dial iron movement cm 2 8 5 h x d accession number 58 68 30290 George Robinson Harding London date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore 1921 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1921 Signature On movement C Philip Melanchthon's Watch The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 2000-2001 A Renaissance Gem Revealed Petrarch's Triumphs Disbound The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2002 place of origin Augsburg Germany Walters Art Museum license Renaissance applied arts in the Walters Art Museum German art in the Walters Art Museum 16th-century watches Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
