Curious Clocks and Watches through time with Oliver Cooke, Curators Corner S8 E1
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 (16801690) 04:00 Flying Pendulum Clock (18751885) 06:00 Timeprojecting Night Clock by Eveready (1913) 08:03 Bradley Snyder Visuallyimpaired Watch by Eone (2014) 10:31 Nuremberg Horizontal table clock (15351545) 11:21 Nuremberg Horizontal table clock alarm attachment (15351545) 12:30 Pair Cased Watch (1770s) 12:50 Alarm Device for Pocket Watch (18351845) 15:09 Clocks and Watches at the British Museum Inclined Plane Clock:
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