Clock

Clock Timeline

By jschmeiser30
  • Jan 1, 1510

    Watch

    Watch
    Made in Nuremberg, Germany by Peter Henlein.

  • Pendulum

    Pendulum
    Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens built first pendulum in 1656. Using hanging weight, the pendulum swings to keep time.

  • Anchor Clock Escapement

    Anchor Clock Escapement
    The mechanism in a mechanical clock that maintains the swing of the pendulum. Invented by British scientist Robert Hooke.

  • Electric Clock

    Electric Clock
    Alexander Bain made the first electric clock.

  • Digital Clock

    Digital Clock
    Plato created the first digital clock in which there were small digital cards with numbers printed on them, which flipped as time passed.

  • Atomic Clock

    Atomic Clock
    Invented by Dr. L. Essen, they are the most accurate time and frequency standards known, and are used in television broadcasts, and in global navigation satellite systems such as GPS.

  • Mechanic- Digital Alarm Clock

    Mechanic- Digital Alarm Clock
    D.E Protzmann and others got a patent for the first mechanic- digital alarm clock.

  • Sundial

    Sundial
    Egyptians first created the Sundial in 800 BC, this measured time from the suns shadow.