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Essay

Seventeenth-Century European Watches

March 1, 2009

By J. H. Leopold and Clare Vincent

By about 1520, the device had been developed to such an extent that a tiny watch movement could be incorporated into a jewel or some other small precious object.
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Revolutions in Time: A Timekeeping Tour of Watson Library

August 7, 2019

By Kamaria Hatcher

Assistant Museum Librarian for Reader Services discusses Watson Library's collection of books on clocks and watches.
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James Cox (ca. 1723–1800): Goldsmith and Entrepreneur

November 1, 2008

By J. H. Leopold and Clare Vincent

Cox produced lavishly ornamented articles for trade with the Far East, first with India and then with China, where the reception of his “toys” or “sing songs,” as the Chinese are believed to have called them, was at first a success.
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Artist Vik Muniz reflects on The Henry R. Luce Center for the Study of American Art in this episode of The Artist Project.