Objekt 6
Pocket watch with stop device and overcase
Description
This clock is probably the earliest stopwatch made in Basel.
Object description
Maker: Johann Jakob I. Bossardt (1749-1799) or Johann Heinrich Bossardt (1753-1842), members of the Bossardt family were city clockmakers 1760-1858
Basel, late 18th century
Silver, enamel, blued steel
Signature: Bossardt A Bâle
Deposit Institute of Physics of the University of Basel, Phys 111
Inv. 1986.159.