With a movement created by Mattheus Hallyächer of Augsburg around 1680, this rare spherical watch appears to be an intriguing attempt to replicate the principles of a pendulum within a portable timepiece. Made around two decades after Huygens successful application of a pendulum to a clock, it will be offered in our auction ‘Masterworks of Time: Adolf Lange, the Golden Era of Glashütte’ in #Geneva on 11 November (est. CHF 10,000 – 15,000). Head to Hodinkee to read jackjforster’s spot-on analysis of this “beautiful curio”. #sothebyswatches #sothebysgeneva #masterworksoftime