MetaFilter posts tagged with horology

Astronomic representation

tellurian — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:03:46 -0800

The Richard Mille Planetarium-Tellurium - 10 years in the making and looking absolutely fabulous.

jonson — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 23:03:24 -0800

Marvin Schneider, New York City's Official Clock Master is responsible for keeping the giant public clocks of the five boroughs running smoothly; the beautiful photo essay with an accompanying interview is not to be missed for fans of giant gears & sprockets.

OmieWise — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:25:05 -0800

Rhomboid — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 05:06:07 -0800

JJ Casalonga's Gallery of Odd Watches contains a number of rare and esoteric designs. Some are conventional but for being nearly transparent or made of wood, while others are truly bizarre and impractical. Is this what the timecube guy wears? Don't miss the Bolshevik counter-clockwise design.

nervousfritz — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 23:16:36 -0800

Claude Théberge is a Canadian artist. Watch out for the umbrellas and hats. [MI]

carter — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 10:25:55 -0800

The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich has some excellent online collections related to maritime history and technology, including telescopes, marine chronometers, sundials, and a whole lot more. Some stuff I've been looking at: John Harrison's chronometers (described in Dava Sobel's book Longitude), polyhedral sundials, and pocket globes.

five fresh fish — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 12:14:10 -0800