Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, USA
Pomander (musk-ball) watch,
Southern Germany 1530
Signed: „PHIL. MELA. GOTT ALLEIN DIE EHR 1530“
The Melanchthon watch has been scientifically examined in preparation of the large exhibition of early portable watches and clocks in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg (Nürnberg) in December 2014. These examinations included the innovative technology of 3D Micro-Computer-Tomography.