pomander in A Sentence

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    The Pomander Watch of Melanchthon.

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    Nowadays, there are only two preserved Pomander watches in the world.

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    The upper half of the Pomander can be opened to reveal a second- slightly smaller- half-sphere underneath.

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    In the early 16th century, he became the first to install small movements in the capsule of a Pomander with olfactory essences.

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    A committee assessed the watch in 2014, especially the two facts that the Pomander dates back to 1505, and was signed by Henlein himself.

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    By combining an Oriental status symbol, the Pomander(or fragrance apple), with a miniaturized watch movement, his invention changed the way we measure and manage time.

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    The one from 1505 is in private ownership, and the Pomander Watch of Melanchthon, from 1530, which is owned by the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore.

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    The Pomander(derived from the French pomme‘ambre in German Bisamapfel) also called Riechapfel, was a status symbol from the Orient, and often represented first encounter by the Europeans with the fragrances of the Orient.

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    The Pomander watch displays small engravings of the city of Nuremberg at the beginning of the 16th century, e. g. the Henkerturm built in the year 1320, which can still be visited today or the still standing Weinstadel, which also still stands.

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