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  • Cuckoo Clocks: Tracing The History
    The craft of clock making is said to have started in Black Forest, Germany. The abundance of both time and woods have fashioned the idea of creating clocks, which was followed after an imported clock from a nearby area.

    The first clocks that were produced in this region were rather primitive but are great alternatives for the sundials hourglasses that were ordinarily use during those times. Wooden toothed wheels were the first parts and the weights are normally made of st...
  • A Brief History Of Pocket Watches
    Everything has its beginning. And if you believe that time starts from somewhere, also consider the beginning of time measurements.

    Early people have devised a system to tell the exact date. But a device that exactly tells the precise time comes much later. Water clocks, sundials, and candle clocks are the earliest instruments that somehow manage to tell time but accuracy is far from achievable.

    In the 13th century, weight-driven clocks were developed. It used gears w...

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