Matthes, Dietrich
Die älteste Taschenuhr der Welt? Der Henlein-Uhrenstreit
Kulturgeschichtliche Spaziergänge im Germanischen Nationalmuseum, Band 16
500 years ago Peter Henlein, a locksmith from Nuremberg, was among the first to create small-scale portable clocks. His contemporaries already praised him for this masterly performance. But do original "Henlein pocket watches" still exist? If so, how can they be identified? Collectors and specialists in museums have been concerned with this issue for a long time now, up to the discussion which clock could and should receive the title of the "World's Oldest Pocket Watch".
The accompanying volume to the exhibition is part of the series "Kulturgeschichtliche Spaziergänge im GNM" ["Cultural Strolls in the GNM"] and presents the most recent scientific findings on the "Henlein pocket watch" in a larger historical context.
