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品名（中）	时钟手表
品名（英）	Clock watch
入馆年号	1917年，17.190.1549
策展部门	欧洲雕塑和装饰艺术（European Sculpture and Decorative Arts）
创作者	Michael Nouwen, or Nouen【1513 至 1613】【佛兰德人】
创作年份	公元 1595 - 公元 1615
创作地区
分类	钟表业（Horology）
尺寸	Diameter: 1 7/8 英寸 (4.8 厘米)
介绍（中）	Nouwen是佛兰德钟表制造商家族的一员，该家族起源于现在属于荷兰的布拉班特的Hertogenbosch。和瓦林斯一家一样，他可能也是一名来自政治和宗教冲突的难民。Nouwen机芯的前板被一分为二，这是一个不同寻常的功能，可以在不干扰另一列机芯车轮的情况下拆卸其中一列机芯的车轮。这些钟表通常也有穿孔的表壳，这样人们就可以听到附在表壳内侧的钟声。金属制品复杂的穿孔和雕刻使这款手表既是一件珠宝或展示品，也是一个计时器。这一时期的手表，尽管在技术上几乎总是尖端的，但却远非精确，而且缺乏分针。表盘中央的女性形象，让人想起佛兰德人对夏天的拟人化，戴着一顶谷穗王冠，右臂上拿着一个聚宝盆。
介绍（英）	Nouwen was a member of a Flemish family of clockmakers that originated in ’s-Hertogenbosch in Brabant, now a part of The Netherlands. Like the Vallins, he was probably a refugee from political and religious strife. The front plate of Nouwen’s movement is split in two, an unusual feature that makes it possible to remove the wheels of one train of the watch without disturbing the wheels of the other. These clock watches also typically have pierced cases so one could hear the striking of the bell, which is attached to the inside of the case. The intricate piercing and engraving of the metalwork makes this watch as much a piece of jewelry or a display piece as it is a timekeeper. Watches of the period, though nearly always technically cutting-edge, were far from accurate and lacked a minute hand. The female figure in the center of the dial, reminiscent of Flemish personifications of Summer, wears a crown of grain stalks and carries a cornucopia in her right arm.