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Making Time

Long before the digital revolution, traditional watchmaking was one of the most specialised crafts, and its practitioners were the highest in the order of the honourable guilds. This collection of watchmaking instruments was gifted to the museum by the New Zealand Horological Institute – a venerable organisation that lives on today as part of the Jewellers and Watchmakers of New Zealand Inc.

 

Audio tour  Audio Tour

Join Dr Tom Trnski, Research Manager and John Early, Curator of Entomology and get closer to the stories, tales and historical information for this unique collection of objects.

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 Video Introduction Director's Introduction

 Object Gallery  Object Gallery

Explore Secrets Revealed objects and listen to their stories


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