o mark the 100th anniversary of its Astronomical Art Clock, the German Watch Museum Glashütte has opened a special exhibition dedicated to the art clock in September 2025. Entitled LEAP IN TIME, the exhibition takes visitors back to the time when the clock was created.

Anyone entering the German Watch Museum in Glashütte, Saxony, will see one of the most important exhibits in the collection as soon as they pass through the entrance portal and will inevitably be mesmerised. The Astronomical Art Clock by Hermann Goertz impresses not only with its size, but also with the multitude of displays that suggest a sophisticated mechanism behind the magnificent dial.

This year, the German Watch Museum Glashütte is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its Astronomical Art Clock. It was completed in October 1925 by its builder Hermann Goertz after a good three decades of construction. To mark the occasion, the Watch Museum opened a special exhibition dedicated to the art clock in September. Entitled LEAP IN TIME, the exhibition takes visitors on a journey back in time to 1925, when the clock was completed.

Various themes are used to bring the technical and social conditions of the time to life and show the challenges Hermann Goertz had to overcome while working on his masterpiece. The exhibition also provides vivid insights into the interior of the clock. For example, the perpetual calendar, the astronomical functions and the materials used in the construction of the clockwork have been selected as central elements.