Historisches Museum Basel

1982 saw the museum’s own modest collection of watches and clocks enriched by three private collections of outstanding quality: the 200 sun dials and scientific instruments of the Emanuel G. Sarasin-Grossmann collection (on permanent loan), the 180 mechanical clocks belonging to the Dr. Eugen Gschwind Foundation – including a large number of gold watches enamelled by the famous Huaud of Geneva – and a third collection of 242 mechanical clocks and watches, including a unique collection of twenty-two coach clocks belonging to Carl and Lini Nathan-Rupp. At one fell swoop, therefore, Basel Historical Museum came into possession of a collection of watches and clocks of European standing. The watches and clocks are exhibited together with the University of Basel’s collection of scientific instruments. Another room is devoted exclusively to Basel’s own watch-makers, who by 1780 were producing some superb timepieces.

> Haus zum Kirschgarten
Ground floor and basement