Watch

probably after 1657

Not on view

Buschmann belonged to a prominent family of clockmakers active in Augsburg in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. His uncle, Johann I Buschmann, learned the secret of Jost Bürgi’s cross-beat escapement, and for a brief period watches with the escapement were made in Augsburg. This watch has an ordinary verge escapement, but it tells the hour of the day, the day of the week, the day of the month, the phases of the moon, and the age of the moon in its monthly cycle.

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Title: Watch
Maker: Watchmaker: David Buschman (German, 1626–1701)
Date: probably after 1657
Culture: German, Augsburg
Medium: Case: rock crystal and gilded brass; Dial: gilded brass and silver, partly gilt; Movement: gilded brass and steel, partly blued
Dimensions: Diameter: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Classification: Horology
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.190.1516
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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