Pomander Watch - Qatar 2

Pomander watch, around 1520 - 1530

Watch without alarm function/bell, lid attached at '3 o-clock', 12 touch-knobs with a higher pointy one at '12'. Lower half of the case shows portrait medaillons on the sides, a further portrait medaillon below. Twelve piercings in the upper half of the case through which the numbers of the dial can be seen - but not read off the time. Dial with roman numerals I - XII and an inner ring with arabic 13 - 24.

 

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