Peter Henlein Brunnen

The Peter Henlein Fountain stands on Hefnersplatz, marked by a bronze statue of a man peering intently at a device held in his left hand. The figure represents Peter Henlein, a sixteenth-century Nuremberg locksmith often credited with the invention of the portable watch. He stands atop a spherical stone pedestal that symbolizes the Nuremberg Egg, the early, oval-shaped timepieces associated with his workshop. Beneath him, water spills from faces carved into the base into a low basin.