A master watchmaker George Daniels said that”Watchmaking has always been an art, and the mechanical watch is not obsolete”(Clerhael, 2013). Most people agree that. Because when They walk in the gallery of clocks, the delicate and beautiful clocks and watches shocked me. It could be agree that those clocks and watches are the great art works in the world.
Compare with the other galleries in British museum, the clocks and watch gallery is a little small. It is argue that, it is one of the most interesting gallery in British museum. It will spend you the whole afternoon to this gallery, you can take photos for all of the clocks and watches. It can be argue that when you visited the gallery you might feel exciting and happy, I never have this feeling when I visited other exhibition. It maybe you first time find something you really interesting in a gallery.
There are two special clocks you might be interested. One of clock is the Monument Carillon clock, made in 1589, by Isaac Habrecht., Strasbourg. It’s a beautiful mechanical clock and it still works. It have 400 years history. I really like the design of the clock, and the bells voice is really clear and melodious.
The second one is the rolling ball clock, about 1820, design by Sir William Congreve, made by Santiago James Moore French, London. It is a very interesting clock, it use the rolling ball to keep track of time, although the ornamental is more than usefulness.
Bibliography
Clerizo, Michael. (2013), George Daniels: A Master Watchmaker & His Art. London: Thames & Hudson