Upon entering the town of Columbia, I was greeted with this mural. Click on images to enlarge them. |
The National Watch and Clock Museum in Columbia, PA |
The gift shop at the museum |
Scholars theorize that the primary purpose of the Antikythera mechanism was to use gears and dials to exhibit the position of sun and moon in accordance with the phases of the moon. |
A pocket watch from 1896. This Swiss watch was donated to the museum by Ambassador Donald C. Johnson. |
An 1880 Picture Clock from Munich, Germany. Reverse painting on the glass was used to create the beautiful dial on the clock. It has a thirty-hour movement with steel pivots and brass gears. |
This is a shelf clock from Plymouth, Connecticut, c. 1822. Clocks such as this were known as Salem Bridge clocks. |
This pocket watch was made in Lancaster, PA at Hamilton Watch Company in 1935. |
An advertising board from 1900 which is advertising for pocket watches used by train personnel. The ad is for the Rockford Watch Co. in Illinois. |
I enjoyed this display of James Bond quartz watches from movies during the years 1973 to 1995. |
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