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The Watch 1505 / ˌ w ɒ t ʃ f ɪ f ˈ t iː n ˈ ə ʊ ˈ f ɑː ɪ v / (also named PHN1505 or Pomander Watch of 1505) is the world's first watch.It was crafted by the German inventor, locksmith and watchmaker Peter Henlein from Nuremberg, during the year 1505, in the early German Renaissance period, as part of the Northern Renaissance.
Pomander Watch 1530 created by Peter Henlein. It once belonged to Philip Melanchthon and is now in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. Henlein did not create the typical Nuremberg eggs - he crafted mainly portable pomander watches. Although they are associated with Henlein, and are a development of the watch-making tradition of Henlein's time ...
An early watch from around 1505 purportedly by Peter Henlein A pomander watch from 1530 once belonged to Philip Melanchthon and is now in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. The first timepieces to be worn, made in the 16th century beginning in the German cities of Nuremberg and Augsburg , were transitional in size between clocks and watches. [ 5 ]
A Nuremberg egg watch of the late 16th century The oldest Nuremberg "clock-watch" preserved dates to c. 1550, after Henlein's death. Kept in Germanisches Nationalmuseum, this is the so-called "Henlein-Uhr", and its association with Henlein's workshop, and even its authenticity, has long been controversial. [citation needed] The 1505 pomander watch
The first self-winding mechanism was invented for pocket watches in 1770 by Abraham-Louis Perrelet, [57] but the first "self-winding", or "automatic", wristwatch was the invention of a British watch repairer named John Harwood in 1923. This type of watch winds itself without requiring any special action by the wearer.
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As early watches were not numbered, it is uncertain when Lépine began to sign watches with Lépine à Paris on the movement and partially L'Epine à Paris on the dial. On 12 March 1762, he became maître horloger (master horologist) and probably since that year he was teacher of Abraham-Louis Breguet , to whom he had a business relation over ...