Picture clock with Alster panorama
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The Picture clock with Alster panorama (German: Bilderuhr mit Alsterpanorama), also known as the Coffeeparty on the Alster with view over Lombard Bridge to the city (German: Kaffeegesellschaft an der Alster mit Blick über Lombardsbrücke auf die Stadt), is a picture clock [de] or music box painting (Spieluhr-Gemälde) – an oil painting of a landscape scene with integrated mechanical clock, automata and music box – that is in the collection of the Museum for Hamburg History.[1] 74 cm x 89 cm in size, it was made between 1827 and 1830 by an unknown group of artists and craftsmen.[2] It was restored in 2012 by the museum and watchmaker Helmut Tüxen.[3]