- Uhrenmuseum Beyer
The Uhrenmuseum Beyer (Beyer
Watch andClock Museum) is located in the heart of the city ofZurich , (Switzerland ) and is one of the world's leading privatemuseum s dedicated to thehorology .The museum is located on the lower level of Bahnhofstrasse 31, the main shopping boulevard. It is affiliated with Chronometrie Beyer, a high grade watch retailer run by the same family for generations.
The core of the museum was acquired during the life of Theodore 'Teddy' Beyer, a pioneer in collecting antique timekeepers. The collection is made up of premechanical timekeepers (sundials, sandglasses, water and fire clocks) as well as clocks and watches from around the world and covering all eras.The collection is particularly strong regarding early clocks and watches, including several pieces from the gothic and
renaissance era, as well as complicated pieces with many complications.Many of the displayed pieces are unique and/or significant in the history of watchmaking, and therefore are often loaned out to major museums around the world. The collection includes one of the early marine chronometers by
Ferdinand Berthoud , a pendule sympathique byBreguet . a pocket watch with astronomical indications by Auch, several bespoke late 2oth century watches byGeorge Daniels , one of the few reproductions of theastrarium byDe Dondi to name just a few highlights. Furthermore there are superbGeneva made enameledpocket watch es, and a most instructive timeline illustrating the history of theNeuchatel pendule.Additionally there is a good small display of locally made clocks and watches including such Zurich makers as Bachoffner, Liechti and Ochsner.
ee also
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Horology Similar museums:
*Deutsches Uhrenmuseum
*National Watch and Clock Museum
*Mussee Internationale d'Horlogerie
*Clockmakers' Museum
*Royal Observatory, Greenwich External links
* [http://www.beyer-chronometrie.ch/uhrenmuseum.html Uhrenmusem Beyer, Zurich (Website available in German and English)]
References
*Beyer, Theodore (author): "The Museum of Time Measurement Beyer Zurich", Verlag Calley, Munich, 1982, ISBN 3 7667 0637 3
*Beyer, Rene (au & Meiss, Reinhard (authors): "Uhrenmuseum Beyer Zurich, Antike Uhren, Neuerwerbungen", Verlag Calley, Munich, 1982, ISBN 3 7667 1204 7
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